Wasn't she scheduled to testiy under oath before Congress this week about Benghazi .....If she's fainting over that, can you imagine when the phone rings at 3 AM in the WhiteHouse....No-Hillary 2016, thank you very much.

Mike, gotta find a conspiracy theory in everything called Democrat? Disgusting, the flu is epidemic now in this country and this time of the year. Sec. Clinton works harder than anyone, and that's all you got? Rest up Hillary, get well soon, and yes, we will be there for you in 2016 if you would honor us by running for Pres.

Rest up Hillary, we are counting on you for 2016.

Get well Madame Secretary, improve your strength, and stamina, we'll need you in 2016!!!!!!!

HILLARY CLINTON/?....2016!!!!

Hillary's sick, and was still trying to work, up until she obviously couldn't. I'd bet she's a lot tougher person than you, Mike.

I think Misterj-1780316 just proved he did not read the article. He missed the part about being sick and falling down. Perhaps one Dr. for her head and one for the flu. And as far as the rest of us Americans . . some of us have more then one Dr. . . Speak for yourself, not for me and the rest of us. I guess maybe Misterj`s health insurance from working at McDonald's does not cover more the one Dr. Get a life Mr !

Mike seriously is that all you've got?! You might need to come up with some new material. I'd be interested to see your work schedule , I'm sure it would be paltry compared to the "grueling schedule" Hillary does everyday. She is all over the World at a moment's notice, in some very dangerous nations. No wonder she has a virus and so would you if you were in her shoes, and guess what? YOU aren't the Secretary of State and YOU also don't speak for all Americans. Hey Mike ,feeling just a little bit threatened that a woman can do a very tough job? Must be a Republican. Hillary cares about her country and does the best job she can possibly do, more than can be said for your comments. Either way, here's hoping she recovers and comes back swingin just like the intelligent, savvy, tough gal we all know. And , yes I'll be rooting for her in 2016!

Slow news day, huh?

Mister J - are you kidding? I have more than one doctor and so do all of my neighbors, friends and family members . . . heart doctor, family doctor, pediatrician, allergist, gastrointestinal and my foot doctor and my orthopaedic doctor and ENT . . . along with the hundreds of technicians and aids and nursing staff at all the clinics and hospitals I have visited through the years.

Everybody needs to stop straining at every little word to find a foundation from which they can launch their every ready and waiting hate campaign against the details of life that can't fight back at them.

Mike and a few others are prefect examples of what is wrong in this country.

When Bush 1 took ill recently I wished him a speedy recovery (Look it up on Newsvine) even though I did not support his stances on many issues. I think he was not a deeply flawed individual and worked hard without all the hate.

Hillary has done the same, she has been a highly successful servant in foreign affairs, though attacked constantly with silly personal attacks. But any decent American knows she has been tireless and should thank her for her work, even if they don't agree with all of what she has worked hard on.

Partisan hacks have no place in a hospital room or bedside on our elected and appointed public officials. A simple get well and thanks will do.

STAY HEALTHY HILLARY!!!

Just in time for her to not testify in front of Congress to answer for her negligence.

I'd rather have an unconscious Hillary Clinton as President rather than a wide awake Little Marco Rubio. Republikans are just pissed because they're just now starting to realize that they are going to be out of power for the next TWELVE years. Losers!

Wishing Mrs. Clinton a full and speedy recovery...

She's an amazing representative for America...

MisterJ. People like you need lots of doctors and i would start immediately with psycoanalysis and anger management.......

She'll get my vote in 2016 ....

Hey selfstarter-Really negligence? After Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld etc attacked Iraq and you use the word negilgence. Those people lied to the World to achieve their goals, killed lots of people, destroyed a country, left us with a horrible name all over the world etc. If a Democrat would have done what they did they would have been removed from office and went to prison.

My prayers are with Mrs. Clinton as she recovers as well as to the families who lost loved ones in this awful shooting.

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Wasn't she scheduled to testiy under oath before Congress this week about Benghazi .....If she's fainting over that, can you imagine when the phone rings at 3 AM in the WhiteHouse....No-Hillary 2016, thank you very much.

Get rational, Mike, and get over your obvious bias because it clearly stands in the way of clear thinking. Secretary of State Clinton fainted because she was working through her illness. In other words, Mike, she put her job ahead of her own health.

But leave it to people like you to accuse anyone you don't like of some devious agenda. We already know your agenda, and it stinks!

Mister J

And I'm with Mike on this. You silly bastards do everything you can to smokescreen real issues, real scandals, and then bitch about it when a Republican gets elected. Show some actual intellect and less blind fool; you're not going to get a special trophy for mindlessly backing a party and letting heinous crap slide. That goes for you Republicans too; stop being such pansies and actually stand up for your beliefs, not your Boehner.

Congratulations, J. You jumped on Mike's bandwagon and it turned out to be a garbage truck. You people are so caught up in your own bias, prejudice and hate that you cannot possibly admit that anything done by your enemies is acceptable. Think a little more gray .... the world really isn't all black and white. But I do have my doubt whether any more information will fit into some peoples' narrow minds.

She looks exhausted in this picture.

muddlerfly (#1.30)

2 FINAL WORDS ..... YOU'RE DELIRIOUS

Hillary:

Your stylist obviously isn't telling you this, so let me be the one to pass the message that the Chi flat iron is NOT your friend.

I hope she recovers quickly. She is by far the most competent member of the Administration (and that includes Obama). She has the earned the respect of leaders in both parties - unlike most of Obama's appointees.

Too bad she was cheated out of the nomination in 2008 (she got more popular votes than Obama) - She would have been a far superior President than Obama - or McCain.

Go Mike. All of these demonrats are still drinking the kool-aid.

And some people lack the intellectual capacity to come up with something other than the old dumbass catch phrases.

How unfortunate to have happened right before testifying. Oh well, must be a coincidence.

We wish her a speedy recovery so she can have a clear mind when she goes on the stand and tells the truth about Benghazi.

I just got an alert on my phone from MSNBC (or whatever they're calling it now) saying she will NOT be testifying due to the concussion.

How convenient.

I actually liked Hillary and if she had run for president again she would have earned my vote. Until the Benghazi mess.

The principal and another teacher threw themselves at the gunman who murdered 20 kids and 4 other adults, getting themselves killed in the process. That's honor. What Hillary is doing is nothing more than cowardice. Whoever advised her to bow out is just as cowardly.

ROY WILSON-----So Roy, can we then expect you to vote for Secretary Clinton over...say...Marco Rubio? Mike Huckabee? Jeb B...oops...I almost said Jeb Bush there. Unless he changed his name he'd have a snowball's chance on a West Texas parking lot. Newt Gingrich? Rick Perry? Yeah, how about Rick Perry? He's a classic.

My prediction? If Hillary makes it clear she will run (and that's not a done deal) the republikans will also run a woman. Forget Palin, somehow her IQ has gone even lower. Probably Gov. Haley or that big mouth Senator from N.H..Whatever, I know how each of us will vote But I have a question Roy.

..."she was cheated out of the nomination in 2008 (she got more popular votes than Obama)"

So are you telling us that Gore was cheated out of his election to President? He got more popular votes that Bush. But then Bush had a few stooges on the Supreme Court on his side...

Hillary is strong...

Hillary For Pres. 2016

Here's the headline on NBCNews Homepage:

"Hillary Clinton faints, suffers a
concussion

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fainted and suffered a
concussion after becoming dehydrated because of a stomach virus, the State
Department said Saturday."

Click on it and here's what you get:

NBCNews.com

404 error

The link you followed may be broken or expired. Use the "Back" button on your
browser to return to the previous page, or visit the NBCNews.com homepage for today’s top news."

http://www.nbcnews.com/usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/15/15930235-hillary-clinton-recovering-after-fainting-suffering-a-concussion?lite

Why did they do that.....Isn't it newsworthy anymore ???

Fish story and I don't believe it, but it might have more to do with making confirmation of Kerry as Secretary of state more urgent than testimony about Benghazi, which she will have to do regardless of any personal problems she may have.

Seems odd that Rice and Kerry are the top two choices for such an important position.

Roy Wilson..1.35

I echo your comment. She is the most impressive performer in the WH and world wide the most respected. Her job, damned if you do and damned if you don’t, is a thankless one and at times almost impossible to execute, given the “foreign” WH Foreign Policy agenda driven by the president.

Sean Hannity was making fun of Hillary's fall on Fox, What a Dirtbag !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I guess that she won't be able to testify before Congress. The old I'm too sick trick.

sure hope she doesn't get a blood clot.

And you wonder why you lost the election. People can almost feel the irrational hate you people give off. You're rapidly becoming the party of insignificance.

Do we have anyone who still doesn't believe the right is full of hate filled, nasty morons? All you need to do is read what they post and if you fail to see it, you're totally blind.

The GOPigs got run over by a Reindeer !!!!!!!!!

GOP Loonies wishes the 1% Merry X-Mass, you guys get Coal !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Republican Tea Loonies are setting up Chinese Labor Camps for their 1% Koch Baggers !!!

Okay, all of you who don’t have the common sense to evaluate each issue as they arise and only figure out a way to attack the conservative folks on this site ought step back and reevaluate how hypocritical you are. If this was a republican that was suppose to be testifying on a major issue you would be saying the same thing the conservatives are. If you dispute that you are a bigger liar than I already think most of you are. In your mind any democrat could commit the biggest atrocity on the planet and you would not only support it but you would find a way to blame Bush. Take some of your own advise, grow up and take responsibility for your actions.

IF the Secretary of State is sick I hope she recovers soon but in the same breath I hope she agrees to testify to clear her name. In my mind she is looking for a way to avoid testifying. I think she is mart enough not to lie and that may prove to be a career-ending proposition. That is one of the reasons I think they sent Susan Rice out to do the lying for them. If she does lie and gets caught the outcome wouldn’t be much better. For all of you that have already proclaimed her next President you should slow down a bit. Obama hasn’t yet been sworn in for his second term. Wait until Obama care is implemented and the economy goes to hell in a hand basket because neither the dems or republicans can agree on limited tax increases and to stop the insane spending. I doubt that the American public will want anything that resembles the current supposed leadership.

The Clintons are lying scumbags, they never want to be accountable when they do something wrong, and they will put the blame on someone else in a New York minute just to cover there lying ass. Our government is so corrupt, and it's people like the Clintons that leads the corruption.

@Larry & Charlie - appearently you only read 1/2 the posts. Both the left and the right are "full of hate filled nasty morons" as you put it.

All you have to do is look at the very next post after yours (#1.54) to see an example of the hate coming from the left. It's not just the right...

Get well H.

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Wasn't she scheduled to testiy under oath before Congress this week about Benghazi .....If she's fainting over that, can you imagine when the phone rings at 3 AM in the WhiteHouse....No-Hillary 2016, thank you very much.

You are correct sir. Its really funny how the whole Benghazi incident got swept under the carpet before the elections as well as the Doctor being kidnapped. Im betting obama did his best at trying to delay all of this. Well Justice delayed is not Justice denied. I hope the Obama is put in the lime light for turning his back on our americans in need of help.

It is, however, unfortunate that Secretary Clinton is unable to testify next week before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the investigation into the terrorist attack that killed four Americans and left others injured,"

Go figure.....

Poor Hillary she suffered a concussion from dehydration from a stomach virus? Why didn't they just say she had an ingrown toenail? Anything to get out of telling the truth about Benghazi. But just look at the pathetic excuse, and yet liberals swoon to her defense. There can't be a more gullible group of people on the face of the earth then today's liberal.

I have thought that Hillary has not looked too well lately. I wonder if she is overworking or in some way neglecting her health. That is not a good thing to do if she wants to survive to be president in 2016. Whoever is president at that time will have a lot on their plate.

I saw a tabloid in the supermarket the other day that ran an article about how the Clintons are having problems with Obama. It claimed that Bill Clinton is very ill and almost killed himself campaigning for Obama. Obama then snubbed the Clintons after he won, treating them badly. I have not seen any other news anywhere else on this except this one tabloid. I usually regard tabloid stories with a grain of salt. Is there truth to it?

In any event, I still want her to testify about Benghazi even if they call her later when she is better because I think if she were to run for president again, that incident needs to be explained by her so that it is not an issue that dogs her in 2016. She unfortunately repeated that stupid story about it being a movie that caused the attack, and I know she is not that stupid. I want her to explain why she did. In 2016, there will be more pressing issues than what will be a four year old one. If the Republicans act as bad as they are now, she should win in a walk.

Lots of comments about Hillary in 2016. I think that ship sailed in 2008. I don't see a 69 year old being elected. If she won, she'd be the 2nd oldest ever elected.

In today's media circus, unfortunately the camera counts and she will look that much older in 4 years.

Wow how stupid to be thinking that ms. clinton is the best bet for prez in 2016. Unbelievable people think that we should already put her in office instead of seeing who is best for the country in getting back to what this country should was and should be.

Does anyone really think she actually has a concussion? "she will continue to work from home" How about she testifies Thursday using Skype? She can stay home and still testify.

This is not the first time Hillary has conveniently been unable to testify about Benghazi. For those who have forgotten, Hillary and her buddy Leon Panetta went to a wine-tasting in Australia around November 14 - 15 so as to be, again, conveniently, unavailable to testify.

That there are people who think Benghazi is a "non-issue" (#1.9) is simply terrifying on so many levels.

Actually...

It's us "GOP loonies" who have all the money and pay for everything...

And we're leaving the country in droves, four times as many this year as last, and closing businesses by the score because many of us who don't have to work for a living are tired of being penalized by draconian tax laws for employing people...

And you'll soon run out of other peoples money to take...

And have to rely on yourselves and your own resources...

Of which you have but little...

So who's the loony?

Weird. I was just saying a few days ago she wasn't looking well and for awhile now I've been saying it look like the job of S.O.S. was wearing her down. Regardless, hope she gets back on her feet.

From a Republican concerned about the health of all of our leaders, regardless of party ...

Get well soon, Hillary.

I;m just wondering if she has medical insurance like there making the people take out any way she;s getting up there her and Bill i wonder if they will have a comment-tee decide if she is to much money spend on health but she won;t because she is right in the others pockets the hell with the people as long as they get want they want

I do hope that Hillary gets better.Honestly though i don't think she will run in 2016 unless her health get slot better.It seems that all the traveling and current politics have taken their toll.

starsailing, republicans didnt cut the funding to the embassies. The just passed a bill that the democratc laid out. I got my info from the senate and congressional sites. I got into the habit of checking out what both sides decide to lie about so that I know who the best person for the job is, and know who is lieing the most.

From the posts i have been reading here i have a question...Why is it ok for Democrats to post their opinions on here and no matter what the contents it's OK..If a Republican or anyone who disagrees with the Democrats posts something they don't like,They get mass malled with assaults.All i am saying is do a count here and see who is doing the bashing instead of discussing the issue.Both sides are bashiong but,the Democrats have the edge in numbers.

Get over yourself...one thing has nothing to do with the other.

oh really! Hillary gets concussion just prior to having to testify in the Benghazi tragedy! Hmmm, coincidence? Absolutely not! Postpone the hearing then, she must answer the many questions regarding her and Susan Rice's response to the attack on our Libyan Embassy which resulted in 4 Americans being brutally murdered while we DID NOTHING to help!

If you believe this story then perhaps you also believe obama has a clue as a leader!

People who work long hours for their jobs in their senior years get hit much harder when they physically fall ill.

Hillary Clinton is no exception. She's 65, now.

Aren't the republicans suppose to be working on the fiscal cliff? It would seem to me that this witch hunt could wait until they actually complete the work on the middle class tax cuts. So....is it possible her stomach virus was actually something the republicans fed her to postpone their investigation so they don't look as bad when we go over the cliff? Nah, their not smart enough to realize that holding a witch hunt when they have a week left to fix the cliff could be the end of their existence.

Hillary is too tough to suffer a 'concussion'! After all she's been married to Bill all these years despite his 8 mistresses that we know about! Something else is going on.. and it's called 'obama stonewalling', a new phrase that will be added to Webster's Dictionary after his term has finally ended!

Mike, you are SPOT ON!!!

Now poor Hillary cant testify (to avoid perjury charges too) and her "assistant" is going to testify???

What a bunch of BS!!!! She is DESTROYING her own credibility now!

Hey, Hill puts her pants suite legs on one at a time, just like the rest of us men. Buck up and revive your "credibility" Hill!

Straight from Bill Clinton play book. Could be Hillary doesn't want to hurt her 2016 chances. She doesn't have a chance, Michelle O will see to that.

Can't you just hear it now. Ms Clinton, is there any reason security was not taken more seriously in Libya amidst all threats? We Senator, that depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is. Just a typical liberal that cries foul on anything and everything from the other side of the isle, but will not tell the truth because it might make her look totally incompetent. Not a liberal is bothered, because they now believe concussions are caused by stomach viruses.

guys.... this doesn't matter... Benghazi won't matter either come 2016.. you guys can come on here with the cheap rumor mill stuff that nobody but the Limbaugh crowd believes... however:

if Hillary runs, she is going to win..... end of story... Gingrich of all people is saying it publicly... she has the most complete experience of anybody in politics... She and Bill are a completely experienced and capable foreign and domestic team with decades of relationship throughout the world.. you think a Jeb Bush is gonna win against that? no way... that's delusional... 70% of the GOPers I know will vote for her because they can't see a reasonable GOP choice

either the GOP becomes a resonable opposition party and figures out a new tactic to capture the diverse center, and nobody sees how they are going to do that because they have to go so far right to get nominated.... or there will be at least 16 years of Dem presidents

starsailor

the cut was for civilian contracts guarding the embassy when we have soldiers to perform that task. so why does hillary need to travel so much? with todays technology we can have conference meetings and use programs like skype and if not we really have our noses in to many countries affairs. i can understand some things need to be handled in person but most could be handled with technology. wonder how much it cost us tax payers when she travels? do you think she is running from bill?

Oh, so now we're recycling former First Ladies for the Presidency?

Who will her opponent be, Barbara Bush?

We'll pass!

elva

you don't know about the politicians elite medical plan. the tax payers pay for their medical cost so why would she want to buy the peons lowly medical insurance?

empress

I saw the same tabloid and it said obama said ," see I told you we didn't need clinton " then went on to insult him and hillary. I also seen one that said michell and obama were having a bad marriage and getting advice from a divorce lawyer. I don't believe much of what tabloids print but you never know all we can do is pray

Does anyone remember how those whitewater records "just happened to show up" on a coffee table at the WH after months of people "looking" for them??? Geeee, they must have been there all the time!!!!! My ass................... This is just more of the same old lying bull@!$%# her and bill are so famous for.

"Secretary Clinton developed a stomach virus, leading to extreme dehydration, and subsequently fainted. Over the course of this week we evaluated her and ultimately determined she had also sustained a concussion. We recommended that the Secretary continue to rest and avoid any strenuous activity, and strongly advised her to cancel all work events for the coming week. We will continue to monitor her progress as she makes a full recovery."

Yep, forget about that minor Benghazi Congressional inquiry next week.

Wait a dad gum minute.....Mrs. Clinton was too tired to go on T.V. to discuss Benghazi and Rice took it to the airways. The Secretary of State is NOT "teflon" on Benghazi.

The hatred from the right is even worse than the hatred with some of the same sort of patter from the Democratic supporters. A S.o.S. is obviously overworked and the so called right wing creatures see nothing but a conspiracy from the Government. I can see a disgust with some of the policies from our government officials,both Republican and Democrats but I think this unthinking hatred for everything that comes from officials that these vile persons consider should not be there is unhealthy. It appears to me that many from the far right are not Rep./T.P. but truly anarchists, and if you don't know what anarchists means then I think that you people should find someone in your group who might have enough knowledge to explain to you what I mean.

I think you have the to look at the realities. Secretary of State has taken a toll on her, far more than what some want to believe. I think she knows this and that is why she does not want to run for President in 2016 unless she takes some time off. Maybe, then maybe she will run.

Who the heck is Hillary??? oh wait my bad I forgot she is the "cold fish" Bill Clinton was cheating on!!!. Somehow I really doubt she has the flue as I suspect she really has Begazititus.

The haters want everybody to forget that many children and teachers died in Connecticut. Why talk about guns in America when we can talk about the death of a diplomat (who knew that Benghazi was a dangerous assignment)? Why face our own nation's violence with honesty? Do we need to arm kindergarteners with automatic assault weapons, just in case? - because the only deterrent against violence that is advocated by the conservatives is more gun violence. This is the question, not Benghazi, where four adults that had volunteered to go into a theater of war were killed.

As to Benghazi: Should the President ask for troops to protect against terrorist attacks in foreign countries, when sending more troops would be looked at as an act of war? If it is necessary, then we do send troops, and this President is slowly winding down the involvement in Bush's wars. But do we want more war fronts for our American soldiers to die in?

Meanwhile, those who busy themselves with this "hearing" on Benghazi, right now, are avoiding taxing the rich. They would drive this country, especially the military, over the "fiscal cliff," because they want to interrogate somebody who fell because they were dehydrated. Sure, she will be able to testify in a week or two, and that is fine. But meanwhile, TABLE the discussion on Benghazi until she is well, and Congress, for once, please, DO YOUR JOBS.

Hey, look, MANY people have concussions and just have to carry on. This poor, ragged, old cow just didn't want to testify under oath and be found to be the incompetent LIAR she is. And while we're at it, get Bozobama up there to find exactly WHAT HE KNEW and WHEN HE KNEW IT!! We already know the uncaring jerk watched the events live, then just went to bed; what more do you need to know to realize the Bozobama is the worst thing that's happened to the USA in a LONG time?

Elizabeth-1372999....

Our government gets TOO MANY taxes already. The PROBLEM is their SPENDING....HINT HINT HINT.

The Progressive agenda:

Tax + Spend + Redistribute and add onto that a heck of a lot of REGULATIONS.

No, Benghazi has BEEN ON THE TABLE for over TWO MONTHS NOW and the American people cannot get a truthful answer out of this administration.

BTW: Still waiting on "Fast and Furious" answers. Maybe the truth will finally come out in the court room.

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Progressives and Unions are detriments to American society.

This was staged so Hillary could avoid testifying before congress. All you people saying go Hillary 2016 are delusional. After four more years of Obama the country will be so far down, it will never recover.

Elizabeth-1372999

The haters want everybody to forget that many children and teachers died in Connecticut. Why talk about guns in America when we can talk about the death of a diplomat (who knew that Benghazi was a dangerous assignment)?

Elizabeth, are you saying the death of 4 Americans due to the NEGLIGENCE of our government 3 months ago is not important? Its OK because they knew it was dangerous?

Are you for real? They TRUSTED our government, who sat back and WATCHED as they DIED!! Then tried to cover it up!

Those NAVY SEALS went in to SAVE more people from being murdered and gave their lives which is more than we can say for our government!

Shame on Hillary and shame on YOU!

No one is forgetting about children murdered in school, evil happens EVERYWHERE! The devil LIVES in Benghazi and VISITED CT on Friday!

They lied four died and they are lying again. My guess she won't be able to testify while she is the Secretary of the Sate. Once she leaves the administration she will plead the 5th as a civilian. The Liar in Chief has it all worked out after almost tree months of planning.

@Dad: I'm sure you said the same thing about Obama. In fact, you probably prayed for GOP victory, with the delusion that God favors one party over the other. Were your prayers answered? Were someone else's prayers answered?

@Ido: Hitler abolished labor unions. Just sayin'...

How convenient. It's almost comical that people don't see it! I guess that's how she knows she can get away with it....most Americans are gullible.

There is a man who helped the United States rotting in a Pakistani prison because Obama felt spiking the football was more important for the political gain then any concern for whom might be made to suffer. But when the news might not show the Obama administration in the best of light, no tactic which can keep the American people from learning the truth is not warranted. A concussion from a stomach virus is about as pathetic an excuse as there ever was, and all so Hillary doesn't have to testify on Benghazi. So when this sort of event repeats itself, we will know why, the country was not allowed to learn from its mistakes because no one in the Obama administration was willing to stand up and tell the truth.

ROY WILSON-336103

I hope she recovers quickly. She is by far the most competent member of the Administration (and that includes Obama). She has the earned the respect of leaders in both parties - unlike most of Obama's appointees.

Too bad she was cheated out of the nomination in 2008 (she got more popular votes than Obama) - She would have been a far superior President than Obama - or McCain.

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Good morning Mr. Wilson,,,,,,,

,,,,,,, for the second time today on two different subjects:

Great post. Well said/enough said.

( Hillary is indeed " by far the most competent member of the Administration (and that includes Obama) ".)

How convenient. I'd say we need to postpone the hearings till she could make it but we all know she'd just fake amnesia.

" Hillary gets concussion just prior to having to testify in the Benghazi tragedy! Hmmm, coincidence? Absolutely not!" Sally Reeks. Of what? I'll leave that to you.

Hillary looks EXHAUSTED.

She doesn't have the energy to do anything more in politics.

Rest.

Grab an Adirondack chair and a drink, and chill out by a like, Hill.

Hillary does everything for a reason. Even falls. I suppose she will not remember enough to testify before Congress now and she may be able to get a disability pension out of this down the road. Wait and see.

I actually liked Hillary and if she had run for president again she would have earned my vote. Until the Benghazi mess.

This from sombody who voted for Mc Palin(2008) and Romney(2012)? You, ma'm, are a liar.

News flash Benghazi isn't a conspiracy. 5 nations errupted in violence after the anti-muslim video and it's not too far of a strech to think Benghazi was any different than the others at the time.

But disgruntled conservatives (who have lost the election handily) have nothing better to do than drum up anti-obama administration drama where it's not due. Just like the whole Fast n Furious, gun smuggling thing in Arizona.

You really did not believe that she was going to testify about her own role in this did you. This is as much her fault as the Presidents. This embassy should have had many armed American soldies there. The Clintons are very good at protecting themselves.

Not a really good idea from Bill to avoid her testifying.

Doctor's orders: Drink one liter of water at least per day.

An apple a day keeps you doctors away

A donut a day keeps you doctos awake, Oink.

Please get well, Hillary.

Bet the well wishes from the left didn't come flyin' in when it was good ol' Dick Cheney.

Don't worry Hill, if it's serious Obummer care has a pill fer' ya, if not then lay off the booze from your gyrating conga line parties overseas on tax payer dollars......get well.....AND TESTIFY.

I hope Hillary gets better soon and wish her well, but as far as being our next Pres., no thank you very much!

I don't wish bad on anyone, but she has aged in the last 4years. She may not be fit to run in2016.

Yeah... Stomach bugs suck... Hard to drink enough water when you can't keep anything down. I've had bad ones before that were accompanied by pretty severe delirium.

The only delirium brought on by Hillary's stomach virus related concussion are from those buying into this pathetic excuse. This is nothing more then Hillary doing everything possible to avoid telling the truth on Benghazi. She definitely does not want to tell the truth because that will make the Obama administration and herself look totally incompetent. While going out in public and lying like Rice did might end her future political aspirations. So make up some ridiculous excuse, because gullible is the new liberal.

At her age, don't they need to do brain imaging? And regardless of age, concussions can cause nausea and vomiting and so does her virus. All the more reason to check her at a hospital or clinic.

Hillary has been causing nausea and fainting among true red-blooded Americans for years, sounds like a little justice here. She just CAN'T testify - - - 'executive privilege coverup!!.'

I think Hillary must have been following in the footsteps of the anointed one. Let the government take care of you from cradle to grave and no responsibility for your own condition. She drank the koolaid instead of water??

It may not happen Sec. of State, Hillary Clinton will not run for President in the year 2016.

Good Health for an incoming President is of the utmost importance to Lead the Country, being able to withstand severe stress, not much sleep, and deal w/Domestic/World Crisis.

She has not looked well for a long time--Hillary has been the ultimate States person for the Cabinet Position-- Secretary of State.

Good wishes go out to her--they can always "postpone" the Benghazi Investigation, until she is well enough to testify.

I agree. I think Hillary is tired after the last 4 years doubt she'll ever run now.

i would'nt take that job either.sooner or later i would probably give in to the urge to strangle someone.

I agree, she got old fast in just a mere 4 years. Had I known this would have killed her, I would have asked her to be given the position long ago.

Think of it, Secretary of State has little to do with corrupting our government from within with all those liberal man-hating politics that Hillary always pushed. Now, other governments have to put up with the witch instead.

Heil Hillary!

I don;t predict Hillary will run in 2016, but I've been wrong many times before. If she does, she'll still be younger than Reagan when he took office, or Bob Dole when he ran.

If John Kerry gets the job I wonder if he will have a manicurist and pedicurist traveling with him at taxpayer expense?

J70/The only comment I will allow myself to you is You are a worthless S.O. B. You are not even worth ----.

If you did have all the money, obummer would appropriate it through his evil irs henchmen lead by turbo-taxcheat geithner.

brutal: But then, Secretary Clinton didn't shoot anyone in the face, no?

Sarah..

Politicizing the flu....nice.

If Hillary is responsible for the "four Americans" who died in Benghazi then Bush is responsible for the 3,056 who died on 9/11, right?

@ Joe... and the Republicans who are supported by the NRA are responsible for all those children that died yesterday

Joe-1588888

If Hillary is responsible for the "four Americans" who died in Benghazi then Bush is responsible for the 3,056 who died on 9/11, right?

That would be the logical conclusion. But don't bring logic into the argument with the pathetic cons.

If Hillary is responsible for the "four Americans" who died in Benghazi then Bush is responsible for the 3,056 who died on 9/11, right?

Exactly, but some people like Sarah are too ignorant to realize when they "step on" a bag of @!$%#.

Sarah: If 4 dead Americans is bad then 3000 dead Americans - killed a few weeks after Dubya was explicitly warned about Bin Laden using airplanes - must really, really upset you.

Bob don't forget the thousands of our troops who died in Iraq because of Bush lies into war...and then abandoning troops in Afghanistan while they gutted supplies and troops in Afghanistan.... and went for war profits for Haliburton in Iraq. Sarah forgot it...conveniently.....

That's assuming that Bush knowingly and willfully denied extra defenses to be sent to that Embassy. Oh, you mean the one in 2001. I get confused ever since your president got called out on it and you guys somehow deflected it back to 2001 when it was clearly about 2012 Romney was speaking about.

And the WTC wasn't an Embassy that was stormed by angry terrorist cell members performing a military action. It was a civilian building that was rammed by 747s hijacked by 16 Arabic guys who were aided by 4 other guys of mixed nationality and Arabic names. Pretty big difference there. And you really had your facts straight, you would know that Dick Cheney is responsible for their deaths rather than Bush who was reading to school children, being kept in the dark about his own administration as usual. Dick ran that show - didn't you listen to Colin Powell?

Hillary is responsible not just for 4 Americans, but specifically the first Ambassador being killed since 1971. That's a major f-up, dude. Ambassadors are never supposed to die because they have only 2 guys protecting them against hundreds of people trying to kill them. The Al-Qaida message is clear - our foreign administrators don't have a freaking clue what they're doing and our leadership is made of fail.

and Joe, let's not forget "the other Rice" told GW a range of time this would be happening. So he could have ordered stepped up security. Not to mention that BEFORE the buildings came down, they were showing photos of 18 of the 19 hijackers on TV. Someone will have to really convince me GW did not know what was happening.

Get will soon Madam Secretary. Hillary 2016!

Hillary is responsible not just for 4 Americans, but specifically the first Ambassador being killed since 1971. That's a major f-up, dude. Ambassadors are never supposed to die because they have only 2 guys protecting them against hundreds of people trying to kill them.

Some of you people are truly pathetic with your statements. Do YOU have any idea what encompasses service at the Ambassador level in HOSTILE environments? It is on the same level of our Soldiers fighting wars, you are there, and unfortunately, any amount of "security" will not save you, sooner or later.

You people want to put the blame on this President and anyone he appointed so bad, you forego your intelligence, you overlook what Ambassador Stevens had to say himself. A very intelligent man who knew damn good and well what Libya was all about. When you have fear in your heart, you do not put yourself in violent situations, like YOU would. Ambassador Stevens had no fear, he had compassion, and duty to his country.

Try having that J--1780316....

In a State Department video introducing Stevens as the new ambassador to Libya last May, Stevens says he "quickly grew to love this part of the world" during his time in the Peace Corps and since joining the Foreign Service "spent almost my entire career in the Middle East and Africa."

At his Senate confirmation hearing in March, Stevens said, "It will be an extraordinary honor to represent the United States during this historic period of transition in Libya."

"Ambassador Christopher Stevens was a conscientious, well-informed and engaging diplomat who served our country exceptionally well. Significantly, Stevens' heroic status stems from his exceptional good works on behalf of our country and the personal risks that he knowingly took when performing his duties.

The exceptional characteristics and works rendered by Ambassador Stevens, and the risks he took in service to our country, stand in stark contrast to the recent attempts to exploit the Ambassador's death for political purposes. For those who knew and admired Ambassador Stevens, these efforts are inappropriate and disheartening, even borderline offensive. The time has come for those who knew the Ambassador and understand his legacy to speak out and plea that these efforts stop.

The Ambassador was fully aware of these dangers and the risks assumed by any American in Libya. Precautions could be taken to reduce the risks, but there was no way they could be eliminated. One thing soon became evident to me: my profile in Libya was comparatively low and my exposure to the risk of danger was short term. On the other hand, the Ambassador's profile was about as high as it could be for any American in Libya. Moreover, his tenure in Libya, unlike mine, was for the long term. Despite the known risks, Ambassador Stevens liked being out among the people.

As I end my comments I have some suggestions for those who seek to exploit the Ambassador's death for political purposes. First of all they should heed the admonitions of Stevens' parents: the attempts to "place blame are unproductive" and the blatant attempts to exploit the Ambassador's death are "abhorrent." We all would be better off if we returned to the bygone ethic of past leaders who sought to unite our nation on issues of foreign policy, not divide it."

Justice Paul H. Anderson.
Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
10/29/12

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justice-paul-h-anderson/remembering-chris-stevens_b_2041235.html

Joe-1588888

and Kennedy is responsible for 54,000 who died in Vietnam right??

Lets blame Billy Clinton also since Bin Laden came to power under his administration; but that did not concern the Clinton camp.

Trying to save the world? WTF are you rambling about?

Rocky....NOPE....try reading the transcripts of the LBJ tapes to Republican Sen Dirksen...LBJ had peace all set up...NIXON blue up the peace signing when he found out North and South V.N. and China had a peace agreement....Nixon found out and got S.V.N. to pull out of signing and told South he could get them a better deal....they believed him...Nixon then told nation he had a secret plan to end the war the day before elections...he didn't...he escalated the war that was going to end...and because of his fake plan and blowing up the peace...two of my friends died.....and war lasted yrs more.....

LBJ didn't go public because the nation would have more riots...you can hear the tapes online also...

I have it from a good friend of mine who was there that the reason the Viet Nam war lasted so long is we had to dismantle nukes left over from the Korea conflict but it had to be done in secrecy. The nukes were in very bad deteriorating condition. But then I remember Nixon saying something like if a man can't make peace in 4 years, he has no business asking for another four years. Guessing he asked for four more but didn't quite make it. All this obstructionism is payback for Nixon.

It may not happen Sec. of State, Hillary Clinton will not run for President in the year 2016.

Good Health for an incoming President is of the utmost importance to Lead the Country, being able to withstand severe stress, not much sleep, and deal w/Domestic/World Crisis.

She has not looked well for a long time--Hillary has been the ultimate States person for the Cabinet Position-- Secretary of State.

Good wishes go out to her--they can always "postpone" the Benghazi Investigation, until she is well enough to testify.

Hillary has looked worn for quite sometime now ,that traveling to n fro to the East has taken atoll on her ;(shes not A Super Woman !!and to try to talk resolutions with the East ? (those People are hard to deal with . no matter how we see it ,its getting worse not better ~~n Hillary is putting her Life on the Line n by being a Woman ? worse !they dont even respect their Women ,so we cant win ,evn tho i know Hillary has tried to resolve some of the issues at hand ;shes a Brave Woman ,n i have Respect for her Trying n for all Women Abroad~~so hoping she has a speedy recovery n maybe think twice about going back there ;n let Someone else take over her duty to the East Amen

Saving what world??? This is her KARMA. At least Bush pray to God For his soldiers that died under his care. Hillary and Barry just lied and they don't believe in praying because they think they are God.

well if Bush lied to get us in the war,Why is Obama still living the lie by keeping us in it?.We could have been out of there four years ago when Obama was elected if he really had wanted to.Then he might have earned that peace prize.I bet he figures that as long as people blame Bush and not him he can do whatever he pleases

For all of you bringing up Hillary Clinton as it relates to what happened to the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, I'm reposting this from #1.164 - Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:47 PM PST

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So the House GOP refused the White House's request for better funding for the security of our embassies and consulates in war-torn countries, because, in part -- as Mitch McConnell said, the Republican Party's number one priority was to make Obama a one-term President. Deny him and the Democrats, everything they can, even for things the right-wing agreed previously upon.

JASON CHAFFETZ (R-Utah) ADMITS HOUSE GOP CUT FUNDING FOR EMBASSY SECURITY: 'You Have To Prioritize Things'

Excerpts:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) acknowledged on Wednesday that House Republicans had consciously voted to reduce the funds allocated to the State Department for embassy security since winning the majority in 2010.

On Wednesday morning, CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien asked the Utah Republican if he had "voted to cut the funding for embassy security."

"Absolutely," Chaffetz said. "Look we have to make priorities and choices in this country. We have…15,000 contractors in Iraq. We have more than 6,000 contractors, a private army there, for President Obama, in Baghdad. And we're talking about can we get two dozen or so people into Libya to help protect our forces. When you're in tough economic times, you have to make difficult choices. You have to prioritize things."

For the past two years, House Republicans have continued to deprioritize the security forces protecting State Department personnel around the world. In fiscal year 2011, lawmakers shaved $128 million off of the administration's request for embassy security funding. House Republicans drained off even more funds in fiscal year 2012 -- cutting back on the department's request by $331 million.

Consulate personnel stationed in Benghazi had allegedly expressed concerns over their safety in the months leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks that killed four Americans, including Amb. Chris Stevens.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/jason-chaffetz-embassy_n_1954912.html

Hilary is 65. She is a prime example why the age for retirement under Social Security should NOT be raised. She has the finest medical available that tax $$$ can buy. There are THOUSANDS of places to cut. What Congress and this administration do NOT understand is any $10.00 uneeded cut from a program IS a savings. Put the money back into Social Security that LBJ and Carter stole from the program that the PEOPLE paid into it.

come on people just because bushy messed up doesn't make it ok for somebody else to do the same. If anything we should have been more aware of the situation over there and not taken chances or left our people to fend for themselves.

RRAD...great post of facts as usual...but...we know the rt wingers could care less about facts...thats why they watch Fox news....facts don't matter there!

Yo coco, ol' Billy Clinton stole from it also. How do you think he balanced the budget.

Marchant

It may not happen Sec. of State, Hillary Clinton will not run for President in the year 2016.

Good Health for an incoming President is of the utmost importance to Lead the Country, being able to withstand severe stress, not much sleep, and deal w/Domestic/World Crisis.

LOL.....Please don't tell me you voted for McCain? Talk about "severe stress," PTSD, paranoia, and a few other medical problems all wrapped in him, but probably you would have put him in office.

At least folks, get some of the Presidents straight.

Cheney knew about Bin Laden: he met with him in Afghanistan during the Russian-Afghan conflict, and Tim Russert brought out video tape from that time in a Face the Nation interview with Cheney on Sept. 17, 2001. Cheney was working for Bush Sr. when he met personally with Bin Laden; that was before Clinton. Cheney knew exactly how dangerous OBL was, because he had used him against the Russians, but Cheney ignored all the reports of OBL ready to attack the U.S. in 2001.

As to Kennedy: he had tried to keep us out of Vietnam, not escalating the war that Eisenhower had started. Johnson escalated the war, but as "starsailing" said in post 5.16, Nixon nixed the peace plan, undermining it, and there is proof of that. As much as Johnson escalated the war, Nixon killed many more Americans than that; more than twice as many, and brought other countries into the war too.

History is not just written by the winners of conflicts.

I wish people would admit the deaths of Americans on American land caused by either terrorists or lone gunmen. Violence is not a deterrent unless you want to give automatic assault weapons to kindergarteners.

Stardrone------how about giving the Chinese Communists ICBM tech? The Clinton's were bad for national security......just the facts drone, just the facts.

J1701inColorado: Hillary doesn't hate men. Just you.

Blame and excuses are what keeps liberals warm at night.

I don't know about liberals but I'm kept warm at night knowing that the top 1% are going to begin paying back the money they stole from the US Treasury during the past decade.

I guarentee that is it was a member of the Bush administration a few years ago with something simular, all you liberals would wish they would die. Unlike you, though I'm not a fan, I wish her well and get healthy quickly...

If you look at what's happened to America over the past 20 years, we need less of her "progressive"....so-called "liberal" mentality. She and her husband have lied to this country and hurt it as a result......please tell us all what would this Administration, or the Clintons, have to do before you stopped supporting them???? That's what I thought, which makes you as corrupt as they are!

Your tin cone hat is not protecting your pudding puddinghead. Seems you forgot about the 8 years between Bill and Barrack. Talk about lying.. Boner NEEDS to let us go over the so-called fiscal cliff. 67% of the American public has already blamed the republican congress for the mess of the past 12 years and we are right.

Wait a minute... Bill Clinton, who had a budget surplus at the end of his term, is somehow a terrible person to fiscally conservative Republicans? And our nation now sucks because he had a budget surplus?! WHAT?!

Hey Puddin! I would not trade you one Clinton for all of your little heroes; Delay, Bush, Cheney, Libby, Norquist, Rove, Wolfowitz, etc., etc., etc.,

Yes we need you.... to go away

Hey randog how about one Reagan?

An "American" that doesn't support the President. Perspective is everything, or nothing.

Now that would be rather embarrassing! Haha

A stomach virus does not sound very pleasant.

Please... enough about Benghazi already, especially after the tragedy of all those lives lost yesterday by a mental wack job gun freak.

Albert...

Your great medical expertise on display?

Guess what????? Getting the flu or stomach virus is not going to stop the questions on Benghazi. Just postpone the testifying for now. Hope she feels better soon.

She didn't die, she just fainted. Her brain and mouth still work well enough to say what she needs to say about benghazi.

One has nothing to do with the other. She needs to testify so we can find out the truth of that incident, just like we want facts about what happened yesterday in Sandy Hook !

Yes Albert, just forget about Benghazi! Don't you know that this current tragedy, and Hillary fainting gets to erase those 4 insignificant little American murders, and all the lies surrounding it. We have a new tragedy to focus on, and a new gun agenda push.

By the way don'tlikehypcrites...you may have heard about another tragedy that occurred yesterday. A man in China attacked 22 children with a knife. I know...I'm just as shocked as you are. I guess knives are also evil killers which need to be banned. Can you believe that whack job knife freak! Based on your screen name, I assume you don't like yourself.

Jeffy....when is Bush Cheney going to tesify on how they lied nation into Iraq war...deliberately using false intel to send our troops to death for war profits????? WHEN?????? TREASON.

What a great argument star, all wrong doing by the current administration is completely forgiven moving forward.

I think you also convieniently forgot that much of the WMD intel came from the Clinton administration, and many democrats argued for the Iraq invasion, including Hillary.

We, as a nation gave those WMD's to Saddam. Remember the infamous handshake Lil Donny Rumsfield had with Saddam? They were of no use. GW knew there was no yellow cake, but he put that into his state of the union address anyways, against his advisers recommendations. It is time yu people stop trying to sink this administration. You all are going down for the count right now, but there is still time for you to regain some credibility. Better get to it.

We don't have to try and sink this administration, Obama is doing a fine job on his own. Although, I'm sure he'll blame Bush in the end.

Jeff, can you tell me how many of those children in China were killed by that knife wielding maniac? A big 0. I know that crazy people will always be crazy, but it is a lot harder to kill people without a gun.

You're right Greg, 0 deaths. They only reported gruesome injuries, including deep facial wounds, damaged eyes, and amputations such as fingers and ears. As long as nobody died I guess this is not a big deal. China is reporting an epidemic of slashing and stabbings. Violent people will commit violent acts by whatever means necessary. Guns didn't send the man in the school on his rampage, just as the knife didn't send the man in China on his rampage.

Hey Greg, don't burst Jeff's bubble. he like so many other conservatives care so much about the lives lost in Benghazi that it blurs their vision. It's too bad that they do not seem to care so much about the 300+ people that lose their lives to gun violence everyday right here in the U.S.

Very shortly after the Benghazi attack happened, Hillary came out and said it was her responsibility as Secretary of State. These people worked for her. I don't think she has much issue with testifying except maybe the issue of having to dance around saying anything about the ongoing CIA mission there. I am sure having to live with the loss of her people is far worse than having to put up with a Congressional inquiry and even so you can be sure she will testify even if it does get delayed. Frankly, I think her testimony will in fact do a nice job of putting some of ridiculous right winger in their place. They have more to fear from it than she does. This woman will not take crap from these politically motivated fakers. I dare them to push her, they will pay the price for it.

Anybody with just a little common sense should realize that the CIA presence there had a lot to do with what happened and also had a lot to do with may have appeared to be evasivenessabout giving out information. It was the CIAs official version that Susan Rice reported in her now infamous Sunday morning news shows debacle, that has now resulted in keeping a highly intelligent and effective person from becoming Secretary. You idiots looking for some excuse to string up the President are in fact doing some major damage to the country.

The only thing that would have changed the outcome of the Benghazi attack would have been not being there in the first place. However, if the State Department wasn't there, then there would have been no cover for the CIA. It should come as no surprise that State Department and diplomatic personnel have for many years been involved in CIA work, however the US has never officially acknowledged this nor can they. The Republicans know this and have been playing it knowing full well there are some things the Administration simply can't acknowledge, and because of that they will create an appearance of cover up and incompetency. All political nonsense while gambling with the country's security.

The only thing that comes out of these kinds of witch hunts is damaging the ability of the intelligence community to do their work. Now some of you might believe that there should be no secrets at all in government, but that is being naive. Unless we can have our intelligence community operating covertly, we might as well just save the money and then decide what to do based on what we see on Fox News. Sure , I wish I knew everything we are up to, but that is really just greed for information. However it doesn't take a genius to look at clues and draw some pretty reasonable conclusions. However, the more we publicly draw attention to these things, the more we end up revealing to our enemies who would attempt to use that intelligence to harm us.

The Republicans need to back off the political witch hunt, there is little for them to gain at this point. Sure we need to know how to prevent such things in the future, but the people that need to know that, already do know it. So we will end up with some public knowledge gained, (and some knowledge gained by our enemies), but it will still be to some degree a whitewash because we are not about to publicly admit that the Ambassador was in fact serving a dual purpose role also being a CIA operative.

Randog, since you are making up your own statistics, why not pick a number like 10 or 20 thousand per day. If you look at the CDC website, you'll find that automobile related fatalities outnumber gun related fatalities. And now that you know there are more than 30,000 car related deaths per year, can I assume you'll lead the charge to ban automobiles?

starsailing, isnt it funny how Clintons had the same info and backed Bushes decision 100% and how for a year before the war how they kept bashing Bush for not doing anything yet. Also how that dictator killed his own people with those weapons. And how could some of you people say that Bush could of stopped the world trade center attack and not ask why Clinton didnt stop the world trade center attack in the early 90's.

yea lets all trust the cia you know the same ones that told ins not to arrest the illegal allien that worked for the dem senator till after the election. this adminastration has made me lose faith in most of our government departments that they will write and say whatever they're told. almost like it was scripted

Yes, very convenient. It's almost like she doesn't want to testify.

Nice try Jeff. When statistics work against you just pull any random argument out of your a$$! It seems to work well for you, Rush Limbaugh, and Fox News....

1newday 9.16: That is why, when Petraeus bowed out, I thought that the petty affair was just an excuse. He had been head of the CIA, and it was his responsibility. I was very confused when actual evidence of the affair was revealed, because I had assumed it was just a rumor set to give him an excuse to resign for incompetence. Of course, the conservatives don't blame the CIA because Petraeus is Republican. Somehow the conservatives have used this attack to try to prevent Pres. Obama from being re-elected, and to try to make Hilary Clinton look bad, and they have prevented a possible nomination for Secretary of State. The Ambassador who died is rolling in his grave. When a murder is committed, who benefits? Not the Obama administration, so we must look to the Republicans.

As everybody should recall: The '93 attack on the Trade Center was not expected because the F.B.I. was just beginning to evaluate serious terrorist threats. Bush Sr. (continued by Clinton) had reduced the number of military bases in the U.S., taking away ALL the major military bases around New York City. Ft. Dix Army base in N.J.: gone. Ft. Hamilton Navy base in Staten Island: gone; replaced by a small Coast Guard installation without the muscle to protect. Look at all the bases within a short distance of NYC at that time, and they were... gone. Notice that it took hours for a military "hospital ship" to arrive at NYC after the Trade Center collapse: they sent a military hospital ship, not a military fire-fighting ship or rescue craft because it was already too late; Bush Jr. instead expected the fire fighters and police of NYC to stand in for the military, serving as front lines of an international terrorist war on United States soil.

I have a clue because my husband worked in Ft. Hamilton before the Navy base was closed.

I am a Democrat, but I had serious reservations about both Bush Sr. and Clinton's decisions to take away those military bases. Bush Jr. did not try to reinstate the bases either. However, by 2001, Clinton had provided reports on the activities of Bin Laden, and expected those to be followed up by Bush Jr.; but those reports were ignored. That is very strange, because they already had hindsight about the need to protect the Trade Center, and experience of the F.B.I. infiltrating terrorist cells in the U.S., and also Cheney had worked with Bin Laden in the Russian-Afghan war (as shown in a video on Face the Nation Sept. 17, 2001 by Tim Russert). There was much stronger evidence that America was in danger in 2001 than we had known in 1993, but that evidence was not even passed along to channels such as military intelligence, the F.B.I., or others who might have intervened.

So, when somebody posts a simple, well, Clinton should have known in 1993; well, there wasn't the huge warning then. But what in the world was our Federal government doing in 2001? They were on vacation.

Statistics aren't working against me Randog, and when did the CDC become Rush Limbaugh or Fox News? You claim there are more than 109,500 gun deaths per year in the U.S., yet the CDC reports less than 1/3 of that.

Speaking of that pig Rush Limbaugh, I was listing to the local comedy channel (right wing talk radio station) Friday, and he told a sexist joke involving Hillary Clinton's health. So much for the intellectual head of the GOP - good luck in the next election. That guy knows as much about common courtesy as he does about the Chevy Volt - which is nothing.

Elizabeth,

Well, I'm not so sure the Pretaeus thing was about the CIA involvement or responsibility.

The insider rumors were going on for some time. The story now is that it was just a very recent thing, but if you look at pictures and watch some old interviews with her, I'm pretty convinced he was doing her back in Afghanistan. If he wasn't, she sure wanted him to. It is in his best interests to not admit it went back that far because that would have been a violation of military code.

Not criminal as the head of the CIA, but clearly indicative of poor judgement. It's purely speculation, but imagine if they were together a bit pre-occupied when he got the call about the Benghazi attack? I'm not sure we will ever know exactly what transpired, but it seems pretty obvious that there was CIA action going on and they have as much as admitted that the "Annex" was a CIA outpost. But the fact is that even if they had a couple dozen Marines stationed there at the time, the outcome probably would have just been more US casualties. And you're right, there is no way Republicans are going to get down on Pretraeus. no political advantage in that.

The speculation about being able to stage some intervening mission is full of holes when you get down to the technical capability and it would have taken an immediate response to even get close to making it happen. Intel seemed to be pretty sketchy and even contradictory early on and within a short time after the initial attack, it looked like the attackers had retreated. So there would be some mixed messages.

It was a terribly unfortunate occurrence, but all these folks understand that they may indeed be putting themselves in dangerous positions. Similar things have happened before during other administrations and I don't recall there being a lynch mob for the President in those cases. This was all politically motivated. I watched the hearings with the State Department people. It was mainly about certain Congressmen giving speeches instead of asking questions and when someone tried to say something they didn't want to hear, they just got abusive and shut them down. It was a circus with the clowns sitting in the audience conducting the hearings.

Anyway, I don't think Hillary fears these clowns in the least bit and I believe she will not tolerate their games one bit. They know too, that if they try to shut her down, all she has to do is have a little mini press conference afterwards and she'll destroy them. The press will give her every opportunity to tell her story even if the Congressional witch hunt doesn't want to.

My sentiments exactly.

yes TCB.. we would much rather have someone running our country that looks like The Terminator, or maybe a movie star... lol

TCB...

Dumb and Dumber....You fit that description

She is getting old looking.Going to be tough running for president,looking like an old grandma,and having fainting spells

So what's the problem with age? I'm sure when you voted for Reagan in 1981 you knew he was 70, and when you voted for McCain in 2008, he was 72, so your point is?

Madame Secretary Clinton will be 69 when she runs in 2016.

HILLARY CLINTON/?....2016!!!!

To TCB318

I guess it is better to leave the country in the hands of another old has been movie star with Alheimers. Rest easy now?

Your statement is the height of ignorance and immaturity. Yes, she looks like a real 65 year old woman. We should celebrate that and lose the snarky remarks. You have been watching too much botox unreality tv. Personally I really hope she is ok. Go Hillary.

Anyone who doesn't realize that Hillary Clinton has been one of the best Secretaries of State in modern times, simply doesn't have a clue.

I don't want to sound sexist, but a strong willed woman has the potential to do this job far better than a man in may cases. The key is that she must deal with all countries and being a woman in a lot of cases gives her a disarming edge.

There should be little doubt that Hillary is 100% a loyal and high dedicated American. She is also on smart lady.

Hillary has definitely aged in this job because she has tirelessly dedicated herself to it. I hope she is soon feeling better. I can relate to sometimes pushing too hard when sick and when a person should be laying in bed recovering. I can't blame her for looking forward to getting some time off to rest and recover from four years of pretty much continuous work.

To you young "whipper snappers", be thankful you have had some intelligent, thoughtful elders running things, because you wouldn't be here without them. Hillary is the type of person who will use the ideas and new outlooks of younger up and coming staff and tailor them with the experience that only comes with time. Age wears on your body, but you can't get experience without aging. It is more about experience than it is about age. Some start getting the experience earlier than others but it is still about the passing of time. We would all like to be young forever, but as you age you discover that you wouldn't trade the experience for being young again. Of course you don't realize this until you get there.

I still don't get the scandal in Benghazi. Can you enlighten me about it?

Fact o.t.m./Yes it is easy to enlighten you on the Benghazi affair.The R.W. haters in the R.w. opposition will do anything that they can to attempt to prove that our elected Democratic P.O.T.U.S.is a usl.ni. even if it were to destroy our country. This is Racial Hatred at it's most obvious ,yet these creatures continue to claim,racist,not me I think that I have even spoken to one once. They are worthless and ,as all true fascist propagandist do, consider that to say or write anything to discredit their perceived enemies is reasonable. This is the true philosophy of all of those creatures. The blame for underfunding the protection of our foreign Embasies should be found elsewhere

You crazy right wingers would find an ulterior motive and some wacky conspiracy theory in anything the Democrats do. GW choked on a pretzel and his Daddy puked on the Japanese Ambassador at a dinner. Hmmmmm, wonder why they did that? I had a stomach virus in July and spent a week in the hospital so it can be a serious thing. Give the woman a break - I'm sure she will testify as soon as she is feeling better.

I keep hearing that Republicans are finished... What are you basing that on ...winning 2 elections in a row...oops..Wait it was only 1 election in a row...I forgot the 2010 midterm sweep...There will always be Republicans and there will always be Democrats.

FYI...It is rest and relaxation...Part of Hilary's problem might have been due to too much recreation

Yes, Harleyguyvet-President Hillary in 2016...time to see what an extremely motivated woman of her intelligence, law background and vast international experience will accomplish in bringing this lixd up world closer together, little by little anyway....hope springs eternal for all world citizens- alternatives: Work and plan using better strategies to achieve survival together or work in small prejudiced groups to annihilate civilization-ultimately ending civilization bit by bit, This is a civilizaional emergency. Oh the dark ages will return if good men and women do nothing.

Mike...

You are talking from experience?

Hey blowbama... Shut the @!$%# up already, will you? If you're not going to contribute to the conversation, then go do something else. Stop following SayWhat around the board and trolling him. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS POSTS HAS A COMMENT FROM YOU.

Congress would stay in session if the Republicans would stop walking out after a 2 day week. 2 weeks in a row they have done this , how is this helping the country? Seems like they are stalling to me.

Get well Hillary, we need you in 2016. I want to witness a woman President, before i die.

Congress, if it were ever in session, should offer her an impromptu THANK YOU for a job well done, at the expense of her health.

Most all of us do a job at the expense of our health, I for one think we have a bit to much patting on the back going on in Govt now, While I wish Mrs Clinton well I certainly do not feel she has done a well or an unwell job, She is simply doing her job, A job which she accepted and can resign from whenever she wants.

Lost:
You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. While I am personally a Democrat and am pretty happy with the current administration, I agree with you in that politicians on BOTH SIDES receive too much credit when things go right, and too much blame when things go wrong.

So if the docs think it might be heart valve, put the old broad on a treadmill and hold some twinkies in front of her. If she survives get her fat azz in front of congress to testify about her complicity in Bengazi. If her ticker conks out, then it was the valve.

Why cant it be enough to just say, "I hope she recovers" ?? Why is that so hard? Why cant you be hopeful for a fellow human being?

I'm sorry that you cant feel compassion for her.

Yeah and interns wearing bibs and mouth guards

Shoot with the current political atmosphere, they should go in there with body armor and pistols.

Most of them needs to be wearing pants with a zipper in the back and built in knee pads.

omg that is funny.

No, she did not...Romney/Ryan were the best liars ever

I so agree with SayWhat! King George is a moron.

Dumbocrat, Blowbama and Swillary!!! These right wingers sure come up with some meaningful converstion. Now go back in your bomb shelter and count your food supply.

People like you are driving this country into ruin. If you dont see it, thats sad for you. And Sad for the rest of us who have to live in this world. Its funny how you say Romney/Ryan where the best liar, but you NEVER give an example. Blowbama has it right, You idiots cant see our... well your president left 4 people to DIE. All along telling his whole administration to that it was a "random protest". Well if it was a Random protest, those people deserved some help. That was an Attack on our soil you idiots, just as if they threw grenades at the white house. Do you think then they could get some support.

Hillary Lied straight to the face of one the fathers of those who were murdered in Bengazi. You wouldn't know that cuz your heads are firmly up your A$$. Obama for life!! You are so stupid!!

Does anybody remember all the Anybody but Hilary hate of 2008? I would have suppported her over Obama except for the fact that she was hoodwinked by the intelligence DIck Cheney coooked up for everybody while BArack Obama was not. Hope she reover completely and is able to lead in 2016

Please get well soon, Hillary.

And....We are waiting for you to run for president in 2016

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Run Hillary Run

Pigotry

She claims to have a stomach virus . . . that will give her the runs.

Yep just like a gay king to be a supporter Go see your girlfriend you dike

gaiking- Yeah, it's terrible. Just like when you liberals constantly harassed Sarah Palin and her family and even now that her son is getting divorced. Yeah, shame on all of you.

I wonder if Slick Willie has finally had to resort to using Hitlery's vag to wet his cigars with yet?

Nah, she got a concussion from bumping her head under the table.

You sound like a troll bully....