I'll tell you what, after the last election and how he repeatedly claimed it was going to be a blow out in favor of Romney, I've pretty much given up on believing anything that comes out of the mouth of Dick Morris. So when he says that this Benghazi mess will most assuredly lead to the downfall of one Barack Hussein Obama, I'm very confident when I say, he's talking out his butt. Both he and Karl Rove just have no credibility anymore when talking about anything having to do with today's political situation. Barry is a liar, and I think anyone with an ounce of commonsense is able to recognize that fact. But those are not the people who voted for him. The ones who did vote for him are bothered by such things as Benghazi and the death of four American about as much as they're bothered by a cloudy day. The ONLY thing that matters to these people is that they keep getting their government check on time and in the highest amount possible.
In the latest entry on his little website, Morris makes the claim that, "Americans can stand pretty much anything, but not being lied to by their president. When Bill Clinton lied about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, his personal favorability ratings dropped 20 points and never recovered for the duration of his presidency." Well while old Dick may be right in his claim, let's not forget that this is not the 1990's and Barry is not "Slick Willie." Barry really is the first black president, and as such is being provided with an inordinate amount of cover from what's described as being our mainstream media. A state-run media complex that, rather then being interested in digging for the truth in this matter, is far more interested in seeking ever more inventive ways of providing cover for Barry. And they do this by either ignoring the matter completely, criticizing these 'whistleblowers,’ or regurgitating the administration's talking points ad nauseam.
Morris continues, "As the Benghazi hearings unfold, it will become more and more clear that President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knowingly lied to the American people when they both pretended that the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were just a demonstration against the anti-Muslim video gone violent — even as the State Department wrote an intelligence assessment that said "we do know that Islamic extremists with ties to al Qaeda" were involved in the attack." But sadly it will all fall on deaf ears. But then, unless folks are listening to Talk Radio or to Fox News, the revelations now coming to light are unlikely to even reach the ears of most Americans. Most will be left to hearing only the many lies that they will ultimately be fed by those whom they selected as being their primary source for 'news and information.' So in the end, they will essentially be nothing more than mushrooms, fed shit and kept in the dark.
Morris first posits and then answers his own question, "Is it possible that the president and the secretary of State were denied access to this information? Is it possible that a low-level employee at State decided to alter the intelligence report and did not consult with his higher-ups about doing so? Is it possible that Clinton and Obama did not know the truth? No, it is not possible. They had to have known. And that makes their remarks for two weeks after the attack out-and-out lies." Again, while he says may be true, do enough people even care at this point? As I said before, I seriously doubt it. And I think that it's rather naïve, even foolish, to think that the fact we had four Americans literally butchered by a pack of Islamic psychopaths matters all that much to many Americans. And the fact that we have members of one political party saying nothing more than that those who died knew the job was dangerous when they took it, is really pretty sad.
But Morris keeps on swinging, "Beyond the cover-up lies the question of why we were not more robust in our military intervention on the ground as the attack was being waged. Special forces nearby in the country were apparently ordered to "stand down" from responding to the attack. Is it possible that this order was given without consulting with the president or with the secretary of State? While possible, it is most unlikely. This was no minor attack, and the use of American forces eight weeks before an election would certainly need to be cleared with the commander in chief." He then asks, "Are Obama and Hillary really going to stake their future political credibility on the idea that they were out of the loop during this crisis? Are they really going to try to sell the idea that they were not informed by their own employees?" Morris misses the point entirely. Neither of these hacks are worried in the slightest. They know the media has their backs!
And yet he insists, "Even if they try to sell this bill of goods, it won’t succeed. For Americans to believe them, we would have to believe that Obama was so distracted by the presidential campaign that he was practically out of office when it came to crucial national security issues — as if he should have invoked the 25th Amendment citing as his disability the fact that he was busy running for a second term." But still determined in his effort to convince us that any of this will make even an iota of difference, he goes on to say, "The reality, which will become more and more apparent to everyone, is that he was busy claiming credit for extinguishing terrorism by killing Osama bin Laden and that he was not about to compromise that claim by admitting that al Qaeda could pull off an attack in Benghazi. He wants us to ignore the curious timing of the attack on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."
Morris wraps things up by making the claim, "This attempt is, of course, doomed to fail. Once we learn — as we have already — that the intelligence reports were doctored, and that the military actions were aborted, it is only a matter of time until the blame filters up to Obama and Clinton, ruining one presidency and possibly preventing another." He closes with this assessment, "Presidents fail when they get "stuck," when their past statements tie them down and deny them the freedom of maneuver that presidents need to survive. Former President Nixon got stuck in Watergate. Former President Reagan got stuck in Iran-Contra. Former President Clinton couldn’t get around his lie about Lewinsky. Former President George W. Bush, who did not intentionally lie, was stuck by his claim that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Now Obama is stuck also. Hillary, too. They will not be able to free themselves or save themselves. The die is cast."
I will end this piece pretty much the same way I started it, by saying that these days I buy very little of what it is that Morris is selling. While in my heart I wish he was right in everything he says, the truth of the matter is that it's all nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of those who would like nothing better than to watch both Barry and Hitlery go down in political flames. But in this day and age we're not going to be so lucky. These two will manage to successfully dodge a big bullet with much assistance being provided by those who long ago abdicated their responsibility of actually keeping the public informed regarding the rather questionable behavior exhibited by their elected officials. There are very few sources these days that can be counted on to provide to us the truth with respect to what our elected officials are really up to. We've essentially been left to fend for ourselves, and sadly too many people just aren't willing to expend the necessary effort.
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