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alp227

(32,020 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:06 AM Jun 2014

Clinton: Benghazi probes 'more of a reason to run'

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview Monday that she feels emboldened to run for president because of Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

In an interview with ABC News, Clinton said the Benghazi inquiry from Republicans gives her a greater incentive to run for president because she considers the multiple investigations into the attacks "minor league ball" for a country of the United States' stature. But she said she's still undecided.

"It's more of a reason to run, because I do not believe our great country should be playing minor league ball. We ought to be in the majors," Clinton said emphatically. "I view this as really apart from — even a diversion from — the hard work that the Congress should be doing about the problems facing our country and the world."

The interview publicizing her new book, "Hard Choices," highlighted some of the key lines of criticism Clinton could face if she runs for president in two years: Her record as President Barack Obama's top diplomat and charges by Republicans that she has been insulated from the everyday problems of Americans after more than two decades in public life.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/clinton-kicking-high-profile-book-tour



More excerpts from the interview aired Monday night: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-interview-21-revealing-quotes/story?id=24064953&singlePage=true

Clips:

On her relationship with Obama



Running for president



And the ABC World News 4-minute highlight reel:

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Clinton: Benghazi probes 'more of a reason to run' (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2014 OP
Oh s**t Iliyah Jun 2014 #1
Not 5 minutes later-- look below... TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 #3
Hillary just isn't the best candidate we have. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #4
Personally, if it came down to a primary with the two of them, I would... TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 #5
Maybe I'm just a dummy but I just don't see how Warren would win the general WhoWoodaKnew Jun 2014 #7
Well, there's that... TreasonousBastard Jun 2014 #8
I thought Warren made it clear that she is not running? truthisfreedom Jun 2014 #9
She did. Very clear. Stuckinthebush Jun 2014 #10
Have you read Elizabeth Warren's book A Fighting Chance? JDPriestly Jun 2014 #16
I'm sure I would like it Stuckinthebush Jun 2014 #21
Send me a private message and let me know what you think after you have read it. Thanks. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #22
Reality is not some people's strongest point. Beacool Jun 2014 #12
Hillary Clinton has been named woman of the year numerous times and virtually Bandit Jun 2014 #14
H E double L <<NO>> to more Blue Dog Corporate ConservaDem War Hawk DINO's blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #2
Man, she knows how to poke the GOP. SunSeeker Jun 2014 #6
I guess that the Right still doesn't get what makes her tick. Beacool Jun 2014 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #13
What questions are people asking that have not already been asked and answered Bandit Jun 2014 #15
Post removed Post removed Jun 2014 #17
Of course she has testified Bandit Jun 2014 #19
That message has been hidden in a 6-1 vote alp227 Jun 2014 #20
She has got my vote an support The Second Stone Jun 2014 #18

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. Not 5 minutes later-- look below...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:40 AM
Jun 2014

and I just don't understand what the "anti-corporate" wing of the party hopes to achieve. Hillary is not perfect, but she is not the devil incarnate and she does have a good chance to win against the far worse Republican she would run against.

If she runs, she's got my vote.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. Hillary just isn't the best candidate we have.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:45 AM
Jun 2014

She is competent, but Elizabeth Warren is inspiring. Elizabeth Warren gets things done and doesn't stop fighting until she does.

Hillary -- what has she really fought for and won?

Hillary is not focused on the issues that will lift up middle-class Americans.

Elizabeth Warren is.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
5. Personally, if it came down to a primary with the two of them, I would...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:51 AM
Jun 2014

have a hard time choosing. Both have good points and some questionable ones, but I would happily vote for either of them in the general.

The Republicans have nothing close.

WhoWoodaKnew

(847 posts)
7. Maybe I'm just a dummy but I just don't see how Warren would win the general
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:09 AM
Jun 2014

I love many of her stances on various issues but I think the republicans would beat her (and gain the presidency along with the house and possibly the senate). Of course, I've been wrong before.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
8. Well, there's that...
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 07:41 AM
Jun 2014

when picking a candidate, it's not just the positions, but the "winnability" you have to deal with. Republicans would savage either of them, but in different ways and Hillary might have the better edge at fighting them off.

But, we'll see how it goes.

Stuckinthebush

(10,845 posts)
10. She did. Very clear.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:54 AM
Jun 2014

But there are those on DU who think that wishing it hard enough will make it happen.

Is Clinton the best progressive? No. Is Clinton the candidate who can win and who will advance a majority of progressive issues. Yes.

Honestly, I think that to worry about the 2016 race when the 2014 race is staring us in the face is preposterous. Let's worry about the Senate. Hillary and everyone can wait.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
16. Have you read Elizabeth Warren's book A Fighting Chance?
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:04 PM
Jun 2014

Please do. It's great. I haven't talked to anyone yet who read the book and didn't like it as well as her. In the middle of the book it gets a bit slow, but the beginning and ending are terrific.

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
14. Hillary Clinton has been named woman of the year numerous times and virtually
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:57 PM
Jun 2014

every single American household has heard of her. I doubt if even ten percent of American households have heard of Elizabeth Warren. Name recognition is huge in a country that shows very little interest in civic responsibility. Hillary is going to be our next President.

 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
2. H E double L <<NO>> to more Blue Dog Corporate ConservaDem War Hawk DINO's
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:17 AM
Jun 2014
"We need more 'reform' aimed right at the little people. Lots and lots more 'reform.'"

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
11. I guess that the Right still doesn't get what makes her tick.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 11:03 AM
Jun 2014

They keep waving red flags in front of her. Don't they know by now that pushing Hillary against the wall is the one way to get her to push back? The more they go on with their insanity (the endless Benghazi investigations, questioning her mental health, etc.), the more ticked off she'll get and the more inclined she'll be to run.

Response to alp227 (Original post)

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
15. What questions are people asking that have not already been asked and answered
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:03 PM
Jun 2014

numerous times in the more than thirteen hearings on the subject and the more than twenty five thousand pages written about the events. There have been more hearings on Benghazi than 9-11 and Katrina combined. If there was something there, someone would have found it by now. Republicans have been searching harder than anything they have ever done in their entire life and yet....zero. So just what questions would you like answered?

Response to Bandit (Reply #15)

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
19. Of course she has testified
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:17 PM
Jun 2014

Don't you recall the big huff when she exploded and asked "What difference does it make?" whether they were terrorists or ordinary people that were riled up over a video. The end results were that there were four dead Americans.

alp227

(32,020 posts)
20. That message has been hidden in a 6-1 vote
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 02:13 PM
Jun 2014
On Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:30 PM you sent an alert on the following post:

She has never testified.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=822611

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

YOUR COMMENTS

Blatant right wing smear against Hillary Clinton - she did testify at a January 2013 Benghazi hearing.

User registered yesterday http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=315082

and is concern trolling. See also post 13.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:38 PM, and voted 6-1 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Benghazi! Hide this dumb ass troll.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Don't let the facts get in the way of a right wig smear job.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Have to support the poster of this alert....right wing smear and false to boot.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Yeah, this post is a little too Freeperville-ish for my taste. Plus it's just flat out false.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: *nods* Clinton did testify.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Obvious troll.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's not my job, or your's, to pratrol new members. That's why we have MIRT. Dispute them in the thread, ffs!! This alerting on post that are not OTT is getting ridic!

Thank you.


The last juror's comment is particularly annoying. Do they not know that juries influence MIRT? Too many jurors would rather beat around the bush than make a solid decision.
 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
18. She has got my vote an support
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 01:14 PM
Jun 2014

Republicans have been ruining the country with bullshit, and she wants to fight that and knows how.

I'm open to other nominees, but we need Hillary. In my opinion.

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