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stopbush

(24,378 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 12:57 PM Oct 2015

Wow. Did Anyone See Hillary Smoke That Pile'o Papers RW Congresswoman?

Didn't catch her name, but the R Congresswoman - a lawyer by profession! - started her questioning (sic) by placing two piles of papers in front of her claiming that they "represent the e-mails that were sent between you and everyone else in 2011 & 2012 (concerning Libya)." The 2012 pile was much smaller. The congresswoman was trying to infer that while there were all these e-mails going out in 2011, there were very few that went out in 2012 when the shit hit the fan.

How could that be? Weren't you concerned? Blah, blah blah. Not ONE e-mail in 2012 about the two bombings sustained on the compound in Benghazi.

I'm sure this "lawyer" thought she had her gotcha moment, complete with props.

Hillary's simple answer - "I didn't conduct much State Department business via e-mail. Those things were handled in private meetings, in intelligence briefings, on calls made on secure phone lines, etc." (paraphrasing)

She destroyed this idiot without as much as raising her voice.

First rule of cross examination - never ask a question that can be answered in a way you didn't imagine.

That's the problem with Rs - they have no imagination. Everything is influenced by their ideology, or it doesn't exist.

If this "lawyer" is the best the Rs have to go up against Hillary, they may as well just fold up the Party tent and dissolve the GOP.

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Wow. Did Anyone See Hillary Smoke That Pile'o Papers RW Congresswoman? (Original Post) stopbush Oct 2015 OP
You're exactly right. Gman Oct 2015 #1
That was Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN). nt pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #2
oh, they have imagination. fevered imagination. onenote Oct 2015 #3

Gman

(24,780 posts)
1. You're exactly right.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 01:07 PM
Oct 2015

I didn't see it, but it is the height of stupidity to first go at her with a question that means a lack of quantity implies a lack of quality.

They do live on an alternate reality.

onenote

(42,383 posts)
3. oh, they have imagination. fevered imagination.
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 01:12 PM
Oct 2015

Another way in which it's not a fair fight.

Clinton attracts very very capable people to be her staff and support.
The types of people that end up staffing nitwit members of Congress. Not so much.

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