All He Was Saying Is Give Peace A Chance

This can't be the headline and lede Team Obama hoped to see at the NY Times:

Obama’s Call at U.N. to Fight ISIS With Ideas Is Largely Seen as Futile

By GARDINER HARRIS and ERIC SCHMITT  SEPT. 29, 2015

UNITED NATIONS — President Obama called upon a conclave of world leaders on Tuesday to fight violent extremism not just with weapons but with ideas, jobs and good governance, a strategy he has long advocated. There are few signs that it is succeeding.

Ouch.

Military pressure, Mr. Obama said at a United Nations summit meeting, will be insufficient to vanquish groups like the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL.

“This means defeating their ideology,” he said. “Ideologies are not defeated with guns. They are defeated by better ideas — a more attractive and compelling vision.”

Hmm. I infer there were no follow-up questions asking Obama to detail the better ideas that defeated Hitler. For my money it was a combination of guns, Stalinism, and the democratic vision of the Western leaders, but two of those are not on Obama's little list. I hope.

And since the West lost China to Mao and Vietnam to Ho Chi Minh, does that suggest to Obama that communism is superior to Western democratic ideals? Just asking (Yeah, I agree - why ask?).

Finally, and with respect to ISIS, Obama is in the grip of a fundamental misperception. ISIS is not participating in some sort of an electoral contest in which competing sides are trying to cobble together a coalition that can attract 51% of the vote. My goodness - ISIS releases recruiting videos in which prisoners are beheaded en masse or burned alive.  That is not an attempt to appeal to a mass market.

So while Obama tries to present his better governance ideas that may attract popular support from 50% or 60% or 70% of a population, ISIS is trying to recruit the 1 percenters intent on joining the craziest, baddest asses on the planet. And what sort of recruiting numbers might the ISIS approach produce?

If there are a billion Muslims worldwide then let's say there are 500 million men, maybe 50 million of whom are of military age. If one tenth of one percent join ISIS, that is 50,000 recruits. What are the odds that there are 50,000 angry, disaffected Muslim men in the world? What are the odds that Obama will craft a message that wins the hearts and minds of 99.99% of its target audience, thereby draining the ISIS recruiting pool? High school girls are joining ISIS from England - does Obama imagine that this is a cry for reforms to their National Health Service? Were the three girls who left Denver to join ISIS just frustrated Hillary supporters?

The Times includes this telling detail:

Even Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. acknowledged in a candid moment when he arrived in New York that little would come of Tuesday’s meeting. He asked a group of reporters who were following him if they would stay awake at the United Nations meeting and “30 speeches about how we’re going to go after ISIS.”

When you've lost Joe...

A large group of well-intended people without guns can be subdued by a small group of crazies with guns. Is this really news to Obama?

Comments

[buccaneer teach]

this is not a serious forum,

http://www.weaselzippers.us/235587-venezuelas-socialist-president-praises-obamas-courage-during-his-address-to-the-u-n/

[matt]

erstes!

[Peter]

Dritte!

[henry]

give Religion of Peace a chance.

and yes, ISIS has its own way of getting a more exclusive electorate. I hope Obama does not import that along with importing most of ISIS as refugees.

[lyle]

to fight violent extremism not just with weapons but with ideas, jobs and good governance

Oh, good Lord. Put down the bong, BOzo. But, interestingly, he doesn't seem too interested in jobs or good governance in the US. I wonder why.

[DebinNC]

Kerry really took off the gloves with his incendiary description of Russia's Syria bombing today as "not helpful".

[Jeff Dobbs]

“This means defeating their ideology,” he said. “Ideologies are not defeated with guns. They are defeated by better ideas — a more attractive and compelling vision.”

Time to repeat that story Obama heard from his grandpa - about his dad walking into a bar with a loudmouthed racist complaining of having to drink next to a black man? You know, the one where Obama's dad defeated the racist's ideology by talking to him about the universal rights of man or whatever. And not only defeated the ideology such that the racist became unracist - but the now unracist bought the drinks for the rest of the night and paid his dad's rent for the next month.

Glory hallelujah.

[Jeff Dobbs]

to fight violent extremism not just with weapons but with ideas, jobs and good governance

Time to repeat Obama's speech after the shootings at Virgina Tech in 2007? You know, the one where Obama pays lip service to the dozens who were killed and then proceeds to lecture us about "other kinds of violence" - like the violence of kids getting a bad education and the violence of someone having their job shipped overseas and the violence of a radio shock jock calling a college basketball team some mean things that made them feel bad about themselves.

[rich@gmu]

that formulation reminded me of something ... a blast from the past:

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/10/opinion/yes-there-is-a-reason-to-be-in-somalia.html

>>>Success is important not only for the Somalis -- 300,000 people died from war and famine before the United Nations approved intervention -- but also because anarchy may produce refugees, uncontrolled arms peddling and targets of opportunity for terrorists and their state sponsors. But peace cannot be made overnight. It will take time for people who have been shooting at each other to start trusting each other. Combatants must be disarmed, retrained and re-employed. Development aid must be delivered and efficiently used. Democratic institutions must be established. Those who disrupt the peace must be stopped.<<<

[buccaneer teach]

and a future oligarch is born,

http://babalublog.com/2015/09/30/meet-the-castro-regimes-business-gatekeeper-who-will-ensure-all-u-s-investment-goes-to-support-cubas-apartheid-regime/

[buccaneer teach]

'you must address the maniac, in a firm tone of voice'

San Angeles police department, bylaw 21

[Rick Ballard]

Lyle,

BOzo slipped the surly bonds of reality quite a while ago. Besides, the reconstitution of the Axis of Evil under Russian management is just a distraction from the real battle with the SkyDragon.

[DebinNC]

What happened to Gen. BOzo's, "If they bring a knife to the fight, you bring a gun"? Facing McCain, he was George Patton, but with Putin he's Rodney King?

[GMax]

Now we see why Ms Mosby has hid the autopsy report on Freddie Gray for two months as it has now leaked, although it was to be made public on Friday anyway. Andrew McCarthy takes a look with a prosecutor's eye. It aint pretty for Mosby and her SJW cohort:

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/420274/freddy-gray-autopsy-report-deals-blow-murder-charges-andrew-c-

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Linky no worky Gmax

[matt]

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!

I do believe Obama is using similar speech writers....

[DublinDaveForever]

The next Speaker of the House,Republican Kevin mcCarthy on the TRUE nature of the Benghazi committee.

“Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy offered as “one example” of a Republican win in Congress. “But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today?” the California Republican asked. “Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable.”

This political scam was perpetrated on the backs of 4 dead Americans.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Barry apparently ready to abstain on a UN vote brought by Cuba every year condemning the US for our embargo.

Now a smart Republican would get himself elected pres and beg the traitorous creep to take the big cheese job at the UN. Once he's ensconced then you announce you're pulling the US out of the UN and kicking its sorry ass out of the country.
And do it by EO citing Barry as precedent just for kicks.

[lyle]

Ig, you magnificent bastard!

[rich@gmu]

Rick-

the zero administration girding for battle

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/255390-feds-set-to-impose-major-ozone-rule

>>>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to tighten its standard for surface-level ozone from 75 parts per billion to between 65 and 70 parts per billion.<<<

it is always that 10 parts per billion that is the silent killer ... environmental violence on such a scale needs every resource and measure.

[buccaneer teach]

Judicial Watch and Guccifer had more to do with it,
then the rambling affair that Gowdy runs,

[rich@gmu]

and of course we would need a speaker of the house to mouth off to the press ... learned nothing and forgotten nothing.

[GUS]

Rodham stood in front of the 4 AMERICANS CASKETS at Andrews and LIED about a video.

The Drunken Fukwad knows this.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

That was the political scam WeeDavey was referencing, no?

[James D]

What happened to Gen. BOzo's, "If they bring a knife to the fight, you bring a gun"? Facing McCain, he was George Patton, but with Putin he's Rodney King?

That's exactly right. But that's always been the Democrat way. Unilateral disarmament and surrender agaisnt foreign enemies. Unrestricted, total warfare against domestic political opponents.

[henry]

Well, Vlad bombs Syria, but not ISIS, somewhere near Homs. Perhaps the 5 remaining guys that Obama trained? Obama doesn't know who or what was bombed, Vlad won't tell him.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Amazing six year old girl pleads with her mom and dad to "settle down" and not be mean to each other.
Unfortunately Barry saw it and made it his foreign policy.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

With Putin he's more like Saint Traytable.

[GUS]

Wow Obama sure is FLEXIBLE. I wonder if he has any YOGA pictures on his server.

[DebinNC]

Read at some link I didn't capture that the WH learned Russia was bombing Syria today when a 3-star Russian general walked into the Baghdad U.S. embassy and informed them that bombing was about to commence.

[buccaneer teach]

heard that on Fox

[buccaneer teach]

I wouldn't be doing any additions in ramallah,

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2015/09/30/palestinian-president-abbas-says-hes-no-longer-bound-by-the-oslo-accords/

[GUS]

Quit worrying folks our IDEAS will win!!!

[buccaneer teach]

the free syrian army, has been in homs, in the past, however they seem to be the ones that do turn their weapons over to nusra front, eventually,

[Jack is Back!]

Looks like my "going long" on fainting couches is paying off big time. According to Rush, the MFM are beside themselves that the Pope (you know the guy wearing a white beany and a Ché tee shirt) met with Kim Davis.

/Darn it. We thought he was one of us.

[James D]

JiB, the comments on FB about the Kin Davis meeting are hilarious (and also totally unsurprising).

They're so hurt, so shocked (especially the ones who aren't Catholic) that the Pope is only moving 98% on their views, and not giving them that final 2%. Oh, the betrayal!

[buccaneer teach]

guess who are new frenemies are:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-military-opens-a-new-front-in-the-hunt-for-african-warlord-joseph-kony/2015/09/29/73ffef96-66a9-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html

[GUS]

Did any of you see Josh Earnest speak today.
There is REALLY REALLY good news. You see, WE/AMERICA are LEADING not a 60 nation coalition, but rather a 65 nation coalition, against ISIS!!!!!!!

We're LEADING this YOOOGE coalition. Earnest said so!!!

[rich@gmu]

DebinNC-

he's bombing the one or two people the Obama Administration has left in Syria. Zero will cave on the Russian request-he'll have to.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

I want the next Republican President's press secretary to tell the MFM to go fuck themselves for never challenging the obvious lies of Earnest.

[buccaneer teach]

oh frabjous joy, but there is no hashtag,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/centralafricanrepublic/10502752/Seleka-the-militia-terrorising-Central-African-Republics-Christian-population.html

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Barry vows to veto bill which would prevent Iran sanctions relief and release of its funds before it pays court judgments against it owed to Americans primarily for terrorist acts.
I'd say unbelievable if it was, but it aint.
I'd also ask why these people weren't paid out of frozen assets long ago?

[Jack is Back!]

“Ideologies are not defeated with guns. They are defeated by better ideas — a more attractive and compelling vision.”

Does this mean that Marie Harf is now Bozo's speech writer?

[DebinNC]

Did Pope Francis ratify Kim Davis' particular action in denying a civil marriage license to gays, or just her right and anyone's right to follow their conscience at work and anywhere else? I think it was the latter.

[Miss Marple 2]

Gus, I heard it.

I also heard that the Putin/Obama meeting "wasn't on the operational level" so that's why Putin didn't tell him they were going to bomb the hell out of Syria.

Marvin Kalb, old CBS foreign correspondent now a sometime consultant on Fox, says that Obama and Kerry don't know what to do.

Kalb thinks this is about Putin holding onto power and his fear of national uprisisngs (especially in Moscow).

I don't think so, myself. I think it's about Putin walking into a big gaping hole Obama left, and grabbing his chance to "Make Russia Great Again." (If we start seeing ballcaps with that slogan in Cyrillic, we will knonw I am right.)

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

What makes dumbshit Barry think "stay in your horrible desert country and work your ass off under a brutal dictator and barely survive" is a better idea to ME youth than either "kill the infidels" or "go to where the infidels live and they will give you their money and daughters"?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--I think it's about Putin walking into a big gaping hole Obama left...--

I hope I can preempt any horrible jokes by humbly asking; Please no.

[James D]

Deb @ 1:33

I think so, too, from what I've read.

But apparently the fact he met her at all is enough to set off the progs.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Does anybody have any info on this Richard Glossip who Oklahoma is about to snuff out? The usual suspects at Zuckerberg are whining about it and the only links I can find are from bleeding farts. So any real data would be appreciated.

[buccaneer teach]

the follow up episode to Limitless was a little meh,

[Jane]

Hey dudu, are you afraid to answer my question?

[Appalled]

Ignatz:

Re your 1:39 -- I think Michelle would object, or at least post a twitter hashtag so the world could express its dismay.

[Jane]

I'm worried this is day 1 of WW3

[lyle]

Forget it, Jane. He's comatose from the paint thinner he's been imbibing.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Yes Limitless is more about personalities than ideas.

[sbw]

Jane, I’m with ya. Too much can happen in our time.

[matt]

“Ideologies are not defeated with guns. They are defeated by better ideas — a more attractive and compelling vision.”

Ask any WW II vet about that one.

[buccaneer teach]

what we or the Brits are going to confront Volodya,
this is more like the aftermath of the Tehran conference,

[DebinNC]

Richard Glossip case info ... He's definitely guilty of helping cover up the murder. He's probably guilty of motivating the killer to kill. But recent news that police lost some evidence along the way is probably enough to save him from the needle. I give OK citizens enormous credit after BOzo failed to win a single OK county in either election. So I believe the Glossip jurors in 2 trials were not fooled, but followed the evidence available and the dp is deserved.

[lyle]

“Ideologies are not defeated with guns. They are defeated by better ideas

Great. Our CiC has the emotional maturity of a 10 year old.

[Jeff Dobbs]

via Althouse, this NYT article has the premise:

The Federal Election Commission forbids direct coordination between campaigns and super PACs, lest candidates effectively rely almost entirely on the huge, unlimited donations of a small number of billionaires. But in 2016, the groups are aggressively exploiting gray areas and loopholes in the rules, few of which the commission – deadlocked with its three Republican and three Democratic members – has hastened to close.

It focuses on Carly, but mentions several other R candidates (at least it didn't use the phrase "skirting the rules" - that would have been sexist).

You know who it doesn't mention?

Hillary.

(so it probably could have used "skirting the rules" as everyone knows that you can't be sexist toward a Republican woman)

Anyway, funny leaving Hillary out since we just saw this over the weekend:

http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/09/28/did-hillary-clinton-campaign-illegally-coordinate-social-media-messages

[Marlene]

Just heard Kerry on the top of the hour news. What a foolish doofus. Does he actually know what is going on? Reports from on the ground in Syria?

[lyle]

OrangeDrank gets graded out:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/30/kevin-mccarthy-i-think-john-boehner-deserves-b-spe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS

But is it a solid B-?

[Miss Marple 2]

Well, we discover the Russian general showed up at the US embassy and gave one hour's warning that they were bombing and if we had any troops to get them out of there. K.T. McFarland says she never heard of a general showing up and announcing something like that.

[lyle]

K.T. McFarland says she never heard of a general showing up and announcing something like that.

That's because our country is being run by "men without chests" treasonous a-holes and the rest of the world knows it.

[lyle]

http://news.yahoo.com/al-gore-spreads-environmental-gospel-climate-talks-073001537.html

No bias here:

Miami (AFP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is busily training an army of organizers to go out and spread his environmental gospel ahead of key climate talks in Paris later this year.

The modern world is collapsing around us and we must change our ways, according to the former US vice president, who has led the training of more than 5,000 people in the last 18 months.

At each session, he delivers an updated version of his Academy Award-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," using the latest news footage and startling videos to show how the very fossil fuels that have powered so much innovation are leading to the demise of society.

Air so hot it melts airport runways, floodwaters that crumble roads and bridges, methane that blows terrifying holes in Siberia and air pollution so thick it has shortened life expectancy in China by several years featured prominently during his three-hour presentation in Miami this week.

There's more if you can stand it. Thankfully, the comments rip this agitprop to shreds in pointing our Wooden Al's own CO2 hypocrisy and mendacity.

[Jack is Back!]

Wasn't there something similar with one of our Generals?

I am probably thinking of Mad Dog Mattis when he met with the Sheikhs in Anbar Province.

[Jane]

Gee all this Russian bombing can't be good for global warming. Or is it?

[Jack is Back!]

Yeah. It was this one.

“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f* with me, I’ll kill you all.”

A smart POTUS would send Mattis over to the Russian embassy in Baghdad and Damascus and repeat those words.

[DebinNC]

NYT headline - U.S. Warns Russia About Non-IS strikes in Syria and quotes Kerry:

"Moreover, we have also made clear that we would have grave concerns should Russia strike areas where ISIL and al-Qaida affiliated targets are not operating," he said. "Strikes of that kind would question Russia's real intentions fighting ISIL or protecting the Assad regime." Kerry also said the U.S.-led coalition would "dramatically accelerate" its efforts.

Not exactly a "High Noon" sort of warning as "we would have grave concerns" means we currently have only mild concerns which might possibly, conceivably, reluctantly be upgraded to "grave" later on. No idea what gobbleygook "dramatically accelerate its efforts" means, but it sounds ridiculously weak.

Russian response:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov followed Kerry, saying Russia is ready to "forge standing channels of communication to ensure a maximally effective fight." He listed countries with a key role to play in resolving the chaos in Syria, including Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar , the U.S. and China.

Did BOzo release a list of his 60+ coalition members?

[rich@gmu]

not quite as dramatic as Gen. Mattis but during the various bombing runs during the Clinton Administration the US set over a high level official, usually military, to let the Pakistanis know we were sending missiles over Pakistan.

[buccaneer teach]

And they tipped off ubl with that information.

[Captain Hate on the iPad]

Thank you, Deb; ice that clown.

Tammy is having a field day slattering the infantile Lena Dunham.

[buccaneer teach]

That was general ralstin, who they had already prehumiliated.

[rich@gmu]

that too buccaneer ... hard to believe that twenty years on, Clinton's foreign policy could be thought of as muscular and focused.

[Extraneus]

Kerry rebuffs Russian demand, says US airstrikes in Syria ‘will continue’

[DebinNC]

SC police officer shot and killed. Suspect looks like a Farrakhan fan imo.

[Marlene on the phone]

We just lost power. Torrential downpours all day have caused outages.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Barry's handshake with the Iranian Foreign Minister has angered the Iranian Parliament;
"where's out bow!"

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

*our* bow

[Sandy Daze]

I am reminded:

[DebinNC]

Glad to see "deconflict" is actual military jargon, and not something made up by a WH BOzobot who thought it sounded cool.

[Sandy Daze]

Jane and others worried about Putin's adventures in Syria, my take:

I am not worried. Not like there's anything that can be done about it anyhow. Besides, anyone killed over there (aside from Americans) by the Russians, is a net positive.

Fighting there, airstrikes, ground operations etc--it's a tough environment. We can sit on the bench a bit for awhile, put in the substitute quarterback. I am reminded of Mother Russia's adventures,the Great Game, in Afghanistan, oh how many years ago.

This current adventure in Syria might go much the same. Russia is on economic saline drip. Simultaneous operations in Ukraine and Syria will put a lot--A LOT--of pressure on his budget. Operations can kill his budget, eitehr he runs the force into the ground, or he inflates the ruble.

And, what will Vlad get for his troubles? A port on the Med? Well, okay then, but it is not like Tartus and Syria is a fun place to be.

He's supporting the s'h'i't'e's for goodness sake. The shites are bat-shite crazy.

What is the phrase, kill them all and let God sort it out? So, Vlad will be doing the killing for awhile. Good on him. Maybe we can send him some ammo, the supplies we were diverting out of Benghazi to the rebels.

Look, I am as angry as anybody at the utter incompetence of the foreign policy. Hell, the resident INTENTIONALLY LOST two campaigns, Iraq and Afg, not to mention vacillation leading to disaster in several smaller back page efforts.

But Putin--?? least of our issues.

[lyle]

Who said it?:

“It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food or drowned or suffocated simply because they are born girls,”

[Sandy Daze]

well okay, Bashar al A-sad(-man) is an allywhite, but close enough to the s'h'i't'i'e's for government work...

[Jane]

Sandy,

I appreciate your take, hope you are correct and still worried.

[Jack is Back!]

Jane is probably right because the only way a WW3 could start is if Bozo "acted stupidly" and the odds are always in his favor to do that.

I agree with Sandy but the variable is a "known known" - Obama - and that is what is scary. Not Putin or Assad or Rouhani but our guy. They know exactly what they are doing but Bozo?

Not so much. And remember great leaders, smart leaders make sure they have good, smart people working for them. Bozo has Kerry, Rice, Powers and Ash Carter.

[Jack is Back!]

BTW, for Mac users. OS X El Capitan is now available at The App Store but downloading is really slow because everyone wants it now.

According to the WSJ this morning it increases speed and battery life. Plus a lot of other screen and search features.

Plus its free!

[Thomas Collins]

If we are on the verge of any World War, I'd say we're on the verge of WW I, Second Volume.

[Sandy Daze]

ISTM that the last thing the resident and his team would want to do, after broadly retreating across the entire middle east, is to attempt to go back in now. Not only doesn't he have the stomach for it, he doesn't have the testicular fortitude. His base would not allow it, and the senior military leadership is such a bunch of compromised sycophants, that they cannot plan their way out of a paperbag.

Now, there are many field grade officers and mid-grade/senior grade NCOs still available, but they will have to be promoted into authority during the next administration. For now, another year or two to rest and refit (somewhat) and wait out the traitor in chief.

[lyle]

he doesn't have the testicular fortitude

He'd have to have testicles first.

[Jack is Back!]

No wonder they all want to get to Germany. Like here they have more and better rights than the legal citizens do.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11902296/Second-German-woman-evicted-from-her-home-to-make-way-for-refugees.html

Second German citizen evicted from her home so they can house "migrants".

Do I hear a "it can't happen here"?

[Sandy Daze]

I am counting on the patience of al-Sissi, Bibi, King Abdullah, PM Barzani, and a few others. I think they all can hold out until January 2017, and they'd be idiots not to look that far in advance and know that there will be a strong change in wind direction and intensity.

We've got to do out work, here, and get the right leadership in place in the Oval Office (meaning not a dem), and then after that, traditional allies will once again be allies and traditional enemies will once again be enemies.

All of the world knows this to be true. So they are lining up for goodies now, while there is still a chance, becasue

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Make your mind up fast
If you want it, anytime, I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say
That there must be a catch?
Will you walk away
From a fool and his money?

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
But you better hurry 'cause it's goin' fast

If you want it, here it is, come and get it
Make your mind up fast
If you want it, anytime, I can give it
But you better hurry 'cause it may not last

Did I hear you say
That there must be a catch?
Will you walk away
From a fool and his money?

[lyle]

More of the GOPe stategery that we've all come to know:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/30/dems-accuse-gop-leader-mccarthy-admitting-benghazi-panel-is-political/?intcmp=hpbt2

He added: "And let me give you one example. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she's un-trustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not ...

If guns were allowed in DC, 90+% of the GOPe would never be able to walk or stand...

[Sandy Daze]

@ lyle | September 30, 2015 at 03:38 PM

BINGO.

[lyle]

A bit more:

Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the senior Democrat on the Benghazi panel, called it "shameful" that Republicans have "used the tragedy... for political gain."

The comments are causing some turbulence for McCarthy as he seeks to replace Boehner in the top House post.

You KNEW this hack gasbag wasn't going to let this pass. *Because Dems never use any tragedy for political gain...* NEVER.

[Jane]

Lyle,
I switched over to MSNBC to hear if they had heard about Putin's actions, and the big story was McCarthy's gaffe. Boxer is demanding the Select committee be dismantled.

As far as I'm concerned it is a win/win. McCarthy probably ended his chance for speaker, and Trey (who says he's not retiring) can go full bore ahead.

[James D.]

Lyle @ 3:38

And they wonder why we hold them in such contempt...

Aside from anything else, why ever say something like that out loud? Is it just stupidity? Is he that in love with the sound of his own voice? Is the bubble truly so hermetically sealed that no common sense at all can penetrate it?

[jimmyk]

More of the GOPe stategery that we've all come to know

McCarthy also seems to believe in kumbaya:

Kevin McCarthy ‏@GOPLeader 37m

Three goals in #Iraq: Defeat #ISIS, marginalize Iranian influence, & help foster a system of inclusiveness rather than sectarian division.

[lyle]

And right on cue, Hilligula claims victim status:

http://twitchy.com/2015/09/30/omg-did-hillary-clinton-seriously-just-retweet-this-about-benghazi-hint-you-will-fume/

Screw the four dead Americans. There's a political campaign to be won. Soulless scrunt.