03-25-2019, 02:50 PM
(03-25-2019, 02:43 PM)fredtoast Wrote: They don't look any worse than the Republicans after several Benghazi investigations found Hillary did nothing wrong and a Bush appointed FBI director concluded she broke no laws with the use of her private server.
Yeah, they absolutely do. The GOP looked stupid over Benghazi, but it was nothing on the scale of the accusations against Trump that now appear to have been fabricated whole-cloth. The Dems and most of the media have been telling us for two years that Trump was a foreign agent, that he was in Putin's pocket, that Putin had video of Trump getting urinated on by hookers. the scale and depth of the accusation make Benghazi look like the beergarden summit critics. I've said from the beginning that this wasn't going to pan out the way the Dems and their supporters hoped and that it was going to make them all look very bad.
Quote:I agree Dems need to move on, but the extremists on both sides look stupid when the refuse to accept the results of these investigations.
I concur; however, the sheer scale of this example sets it apart. As Bel's link correlates, the only comparison is the Iraqi "WMD's". The comparison is apt due to the scale of the mistake. Russiagate certainly doesn't carry the human and economic cost of the second Iraq war and its fallout, but it is unprecedented in the scope and intensity of the allegations aimed at a lawfully elected President. This is insanely damaging and, if you'll forgive a personal observation, it appears you realize this and are attempting to mitigate it with your Benghazi comparison.
