Quote:Is what happened in Benghazi important or not?  That's the original question. 

 

I think almost everyone would agree that what happened is important.   How important?   That is the bone of contention.   The problem is, the Republicans have destroyed their own credibility with their over-the-top demonization of Democrats, liberals, Obama, the media, and everyone else who disagrees with them or publishes facts they don't like.   So they can shout from the hilltops about how important Benghazi was, but there is a very large segment of the population who has tuned them out.   

 

The deny evolution, they have claimed the President is a Muslim, or not a citizen, or that he is a Marxist, or out to destroy the country on purpose, they send out viral emails with ridiculous claims all the time, and on and on and on.   They had an 11-hour interrogation of Hillary Clinton which everyone on both sides of the aisle says was a complete fiasco, so now, when some of them say, wait! wait! we have more new evidence, a majority of people say, just shut up.   Can we talk about what we're going to do about Social Security or Medicare or something else that is important, and stop trying to demonize the people on the other side of the argument?  

 

I don't think we'll ever arrive at a conclusion on Benghazi, what happened, why it happened, because no one has any credibility any more.  It's all totally partisan.