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SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 04:37 AM Oct 2015

Clinton Cracks Up At The Most Awkward Q Of The Benghazi 

Love this exchange where Hillary showed her sense of humor and the Republican's utter lack of it.

After hours of inquiries, a question from Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) made Clinton erupt with laughter.

"Who else was at your home, were you alone?" Roby asked.

"I was alone, yes," Clinton replied.

"The whole night?" Roby asked.

"Well, yes, the whole night," Clinton said, bursting with laughter.

"Well, I don't know why that's funny," Roby said.




http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-laughs-benghazi-testimony
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Clinton Cracks Up At The Most Awkward Q Of The Benghazi  (Original Post) SunSeeker Oct 2015 OP
i loved that back-and-forth..... chillfactor Oct 2015 #1
What struck me was that she looked like she hadn't bathed in a couple of months. olegramps Oct 2015 #18
K&R for an absolutely PRICELESS description!!! COLGATE4 Oct 2015 #20
I kept expecting: "So where was Bill?" flor-de-jasmim Oct 2015 #2
I believe Bill has his own house in upstate New York whathehell Oct 2015 #6
Poor Hillary. tecelote Oct 2015 #3
Here! Here! johnnyfeech Oct 2015 #13
Ms Roby ridiculous line of badgering emilylynn Oct 2015 #4
I loved when Hillary laughed at that line! whathehell Oct 2015 #5
That's exactly what Clinton did say. Nitram Oct 2015 #16
he was trying to probe her into saying retrowire Oct 2015 #7
Not a "he" OldRedneck Oct 2015 #9
or maybe like - how do we know you were alone if you were alone LiberalElite Oct 2015 #12
Roby can't help it if she asks dumbass questions. bulloney Oct 2015 #8
Coffee spew!!! Hepburn Oct 2015 #11
Unfair COLGATE4 Oct 2015 #21
The grease from her hair has gone through the scalp to the brain (assuming there is a brain). Hepburn Oct 2015 #10
This is disgusting. Why would you choose to denigrate her appearance when there is so much to go on Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #15
This is How a Public Official is Grooming Herself? McKim Oct 2015 #14
Shouldn't Roby silenttigersong Oct 2015 #17
thanks for this, SunSeeker! I've been hearing about it but haven't seen it yet. Cha Oct 2015 #19
Rep. Roby.....I laugh in your general direction..... JPK Oct 2015 #22
:D Laughing right along with her. ffr Oct 2015 #23
I didn't think they could drag out worse than Sarah Palin - TBF Oct 2015 #24
These folks are dangerously stupid. jalan48 Oct 2015 #25
They were searching for Dress Stains zebonaut Oct 2015 #26
Please explain to mr, DWS..... Hulk Oct 2015 #27
Part of me wishes she had responded with something like . . . markpkessinger Oct 2015 #28

chillfactor

(7,573 posts)
1. i loved that back-and-forth.....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 04:41 AM
Oct 2015

and I laughed with Hillary...another instance of sheer rethug stupidity..

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
18. What struck me was that she looked like she hadn't bathed in a couple of months.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:47 AM
Oct 2015

I guess that's a tradition among hillbilly inbreds only bath in creek once a year. Her hair looked like she used pig fat to plaster it down.

whathehell

(29,058 posts)
6. I believe Bill has his own house in upstate New York
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:00 AM
Oct 2015

I think they actually live separately, and just "visit"...Probably better that way.

Yay Hillary, for taking on the Fools and beating them at their own game.

emilylynn

(1 post)
4. Ms Roby ridiculous line of badgering
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 05:26 AM
Oct 2015

Ms Roby was the female GOP poster child who badgered the witness with her ridiculous line of "questions"
The only purpose of her "who was there and what time did you leave" was to badger Hillary into a "gotcha moment" and to somehow show her as "uncaring".

The only thing Ms Roby accomplished was to showcase her stupidity and willingness to be a GOP pawn.

sophisticated, intelligent, compassionate....she was not.
a total annoying nothing

whathehell

(29,058 posts)
5. I loved when Hillary laughed at that line!
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:58 AM
Oct 2015

When the repuke said "I don't know what's funny"...I felt like saying

THAT is because you have no sense of humor, moran!!

retrowire

(10,345 posts)
7. he was trying to probe her into saying
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:02 AM
Oct 2015

something about having meetings in the middle of the night or something along those lines.

yes, this whole thing is a charade.

but no, the question isn't really funny considering the reasoning behind it.

senses of humor aren't necessary. and Hillary laughing it off is more along the lines of a tactical parry in conversation.

so.... yeah

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
9. Not a "he"
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:16 AM
Oct 2015

The clown who was questioning Hillary about whether or not she was home alone was a "she" -- Rep. Martha Roby, Republican, who represents a southeast Alabama district. Roby is a Tea Party clown who is reminiscent of Sarah Palin, only dumber.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
12. or maybe like - how do we know you were alone if you were alone
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:34 AM
Oct 2015

who else was with you when you were alone? We need witnesses.... This is a fucking inquisition without the thumb screws.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
8. Roby can't help it if she asks dumbass questions.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:16 AM
Oct 2015

What do you expect from the offspring of a redneck hillbilly and a farm animal?

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)
10. The grease from her hair has gone through the scalp to the brain (assuming there is a brain).
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:26 AM
Oct 2015

Well, let's face it...if she has no clue that one should have clean hear when televised on national TV, then the question from her was not a surprise. Stupid, but not surprising.

IMO, how about a bottle of Suave Shampoo sent to her office with a request to use it where necessary?

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
15. This is disgusting. Why would you choose to denigrate her appearance when there is so much to go on
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:45 AM
Oct 2015

that is actually legitimate?

I think of my daughter, who is pregnant, who was recently degraded because her hair looked (greasy). It really hurt her feelings. Empathy creeps in and it makes me start to feel for this lady in spite of her vile line of questioning.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
14. This is How a Public Official is Grooming Herself?
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:11 AM
Oct 2015

This may seem petty but I think that a person who is a public official with an important office has a duty to look sort of normal.
She looks possibly mentally ill or possibly recovering from a bad night. Women have high standards and should take care how they appear to the public when they are representing the public. The message this person is giving is very off. This was a brilliant exchange on Clinton's part.

Cha

(297,081 posts)
19. thanks for this, SunSeeker! I've been hearing about it but haven't seen it yet.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:02 AM
Oct 2015

Wow! Inquisition. "It's not funny." "I'm not funny."

Yes, it was funny.

JPK

(651 posts)
22. Rep. Roby.....I laugh in your general direction.....
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:01 AM
Oct 2015

Where did the Alabama republican party dig up that exemplary piece of southern trailer trash from? She looked like she just came out of Bob's County Bunker after a night of heavy drinking. That pasty piece of Alabama womanhood had more um's in her questioning than a group of Gregorian Chanters.

ffr

(22,668 posts)
23. :D Laughing right along with her.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:25 AM
Oct 2015

What silliness has been cloaked as serious questioning. WTF!

Who would ever vote for a Republican ever again???

TBF

(32,040 posts)
24. I didn't think they could drag out worse than Sarah Palin -
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:51 AM
Oct 2015

but once again they managed to find one under a rock somewhere that they haven't shown us before. Smh

jalan48

(13,854 posts)
25. These folks are dangerously stupid.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:33 PM
Oct 2015

After all the s**t the Clinton's went through the first time around with a failed land deal turning into an investigation of a White House sexual affair, a reasonable person would have to at least think the Republicans are looking for anything to jump on. Her laugh makes perfect sense.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
27. Please explain to mr, DWS.....
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 01:43 AM
Oct 2015

How repuKKKes can get elected that are this blatantly bland and stupid. Someone is NOT doing their job to find decent, intelligent and otherwise "normal" persons to run against such losers on the Democratic ticket. This bozo should be in the top ten targets.

Granted, the who district may not be much smarter, in many cases, but it blows my mind to think someone that low on the food chain can get elected to such a high office.

markpkessinger

(8,392 posts)
28. Part of me wishes she had responded with something like . . .
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 04:37 AM
Oct 2015

"Yes, I was alone. Well, except for the callboy I kept on the State Dept. payroll."

But then, I suppose if she had said something like that, the idiot Republicans would have launched yet another investigation.

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