# Will "BHENGAZI-GATE" screw up Hitlery's chances in 2016? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 9, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888 "2013-05-09T13:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/21 "2013-05-09T15:48:32Z")
Can we also talk about how Fox’s beating on this story can only \*cost \*the Pubs votes, not gain them, but they’re still doing it because they don’t have any other ideas to try? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/22 "2013-05-09T16:02:47Z")
No, it won’t. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/23 "2013-05-09T16:04:15Z")
Join date May 2013. Who could have guessed? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/24 "2013-05-09T16:29:30Z")
Jon Stewart’s coverage of “Benghazi-Gate” lays it out quite clearly. > **[The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central](https://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah)** > > The Daily Show is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning program that looks at the day’s top headlines through a sharp, reality-based lens. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/25 "2013-05-09T16:33:56Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > You mean that embarrassing period when a bunch of idiot conservatives attempted to use the deaths of a diplomat and part of his staff to shit on the then Secretary of State who handled their crude and offensive attitudes with strength, grace and tough talking? Is that what you’re referring to? When government lies to the public it is bad when a republican is president. When government lies to the public it is good when a democrat is president. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/26 "2013-05-09T16:37:34Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Funny thing is, I was alive back then. I don’t recall the incident being downplayed at all. The administration wasn’t over hyping the whole thing, but I recall some outrage, some promises to figure out what went wrong and to find those responsible. I didn’t feel the need for Obama to yell from the Truman Balcony every day “Terror! Terror! Terror!” You _didn’t_? Why do you hate America, man? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/27 "2013-05-09T16:43:45Z")
Damn straight. All those people who were undecided about whether or not they would vote for Hitlery will have now made up their minds. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/28 "2013-05-09T16:49:29Z")
Ha, I didn’t even notice ‘Hitlery’ until I opened the thread. I haven’t been following the Bhengazi accusations, is there anything Hitler-like she is being accused of? Or have they completely given up even the pretense of calling someone Hitler only when the accusation is at least a little totalitarian? Did Clinton try to use Benghazi as a pretense to invade Poland, or something? Or is it just “Democrat = bad = Hitler”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/29 "2013-05-09T16:49:47Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > When government lies to the public it is bad when a republican is president. > When government lies to the public it is good when a democrat is president. I’m confused - when the Republicans lie about the Democrats lying, is that good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/30 "2013-05-09T16:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > it is bad when a republican is president. > it is good (well, less bad, anyway) when a democrat is president. Beyond that, IF the government lies to the public, it is bad, full stop. But the stuff in the quote box, above all. ---
**Author:** ![Habakkuk3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@Habakkuk3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habakkuk3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/31 "2013-05-09T17:05:11Z")
oh guess I gotta go to bbq pit excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/32 "2013-05-09T17:08:13Z")
> [@Habakkuk3](#): > > oh > > guess I gotta go to bbq pit > > excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me No. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/33 "2013-05-09T17:14:49Z")
Apparently it can’t be talked about by the OP, who apparently doesn’t have an opinion on the issue. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/34 "2013-05-09T17:18:32Z")
I would be proud to elect President Hitlery and have her “go Benghazi” on people like the OP, and by that I mean she will be forced to respect their wishes to have less security while the GOP votes to deny funds to security, and then a vast Middle Eastern wave of protests and violence happens in which they accidentally get caught up in and lose their life while President Hitler does everything she can like responding within a the hour to the disturbance, but ultimately was too late because the attacks were random and happened so quickly ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/35 "2013-05-09T17:22:39Z")
I have to say that I consider the 8th Benghazi hearing that the Republicans held to have been a success. As far as I know, Issa did not release any classified information this time. Credit where credit is due. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/36 "2013-05-09T17:31:53Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I have to say that I consider the 8th Benghazi hearing that the Republicans held to have been a success. They’ve got the 40-somethingth Repeal Obamacare vote in the House scheduled for next week. Maybe that will be just as much of a success. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/37 "2013-05-09T17:32:25Z")
Ah the hard on the GOP has for hating Hillary. It truly amazes me sometimes. I was once told that she gave a speech to troops in Iraq coming out in favor of abortions up to 3 months _after_ the child was born. The cognitive dissonance however, does not. It seems to be the trademark of the right these days. A simple internet search will easily reveal that 1) there were several embassy attacks resulting in the deaths of over 50 people, and 2) that exactly 0 people were called to hearings about them. Idiocy, blatant grandstanding, and taking advantage of other people’s suffering for their own gain. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/38 "2013-05-09T17:33:14Z")
Slow troll day, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/39 "2013-05-09T17:36:49Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Slow troll day, I guess. I don’t think it’s trolling. He’s just another right wing idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888/40 "2013-05-09T17:39:21Z")
> [@Habakkuk3](#): > > oh > > guess I gotta go to bbq pit > > excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me /me points and laughs at underpants boy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-bhengazi-gate-screw-up-hitlerys-chances-in-2016/657888.md?page=3)