Hillary asks, “What difference at this point does it make?”
A tense exchange between Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Johnson tried to find out why the White House fabricated a story about protestors rioting in Benghazi prior to our ambassador’s murder. A clearly exasperated Clinton asks at one point, “What difference at this point does it make?”
WTMJ’s Charlie Sykes interviewed Johnson shortly afterwards (podcast) and has the transcript.
The Clinton playbook from the 1990s is still the same. No accountability. Just “move on.”
I’m amazed to see some liberals defending Clinton’s performance today, as if shouting and throwing a tantrum is somehow winning a debate. Of course, that’s what they thought when the Capitol in Madison was occupied, too.
But when the Secretary of State says it no longer matters if the administration lied about the circumstances of an American ambassador’s death, then she isn’t fit to hold the office. It’s one thing to be wrong. It’s another thing to be an accomplice to a brazen lie over a foreign policy crisis.
“What does it matter now?” It should matter now, and the American people are owed answers about why a tale was spun of a protest getting out of control instead of acknowledging the murder of an American ambassador was a terrorist attack. But the only conclusion we can draw from Clinton’s performance today is that she doesn’t care about the truth. The administration got through another day, and there’s always another lie to be told tomorrow.
Give us a break. You tell us what difference in makes instead.
DWTNWaukesha Reply:
January 24th, 2013 at 11:39 am
The difference is if it’s acceptable to lie now, please define when it’s not acceptable to lie when it comes to American lives.
TerryN Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 5:05 pm
She really said, at this point what difference does the truth make?
James Wigderson Reply:
January 29th, 2013 at 6:27 pm
She really did.
Hillary chastising Sen. Johnson because he dared to ask the most commonly asked question in matters of oversight “what did you know and when did you know it?” is sad.
It’s sad that out of political expediency, the Obama Administration lied about what happened in Benghazi and why it happened. It’s sad that almost all major media outlets not only gave them a pass on their lying, but celebrated Hillary’s defense of said lying.
That said, it’s interesting how excited the Chris Matthews’ of America got at the notion of Hillary running in 2016…as if four more years of Obummer isn’t good enough.