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‘Will We Ever See Her Before She Leaves Office?’ Clinton Missing From Events and Still No Health Status Update

In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for photographs before a dinner hosted by Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam, unseen, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. (Photo: AP/Matt Rourke, File)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been recovering from a stomach virus for the last couple weeks, missing a few key events in the process. Her absence and lack of a status update continues to be noted.
Clinton fell ill shortly after returning from Czech Republic, Belgium, Ireland and Northern Ireland on Dec. 7. It was on Dec. 15 that deputy assistant secretary Philippe Reines released a formal statement saying Clinton was going to work from home last week as she recovering from the virus, which left her dehydrated. The statement also said Clinton had fainted and sustained a concussion.
“She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors. At their recommendation, she will continue to work from home next week, staying in regular contact with Department and other officials. She is looking forward to being back in the office soon,” Reines said.
In working from home, The Weekly Standard pointed out in a recent post about the Secretary of State’s absence titled “Where’s Hillary?”, she missed a couple key events, like the December 19 State Department holiday party and the December 20 Benghazi hearing.
President Barack Obama took note of Clinton’s absence at the party:
“I was going to congratulate her on her record-breaking travel,” President Obama said, noting her absence. “These are not frequent-flyer miles,” he joked. “She is tireless and extraordinary.”
Obama announced the next day that Sen. John Kerry would be nominated for the position of Secretary of State. Obama said again that Clinton wished she could attend this Dec. 21 announcement but that she “could not be more excited about [it].”
Daniel Halper for The Weekly Standard goes on to pose these questions:
So, what’s Hillary Clinton’s status? Her situation is serious enough to sideline her for two weeks, but we still don’t know what’s going on. How serious is it? Does it prevent her carrying out the secretary of state duties?
And later, Halper asks this one: “The question is, where’s Hillary and will we even see her before she leaves office?”
Then Jonathan Easley from The Hill tweeted a bit of criticism about this post:

To be fair, Halper’s post is on The Weekly Standard’s blog, so he can easily pose these questions without asking the State Department if he so wished.
TheBlaze did reach out to the department about Clinton’s health. We have yet to hear back but will update this post if and when we do.
Related:
- Allen West Blasts Hillary for Not Testifying: ‘She Caught the Benghazi Flu’
- Charles Krauthammer: Hillary Clinton ‘Seems to Have a Severe Benghazi Allergy’
(H/T: Drudge Report)
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Comments (230)
Skeeterhawk
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:26pmI would lose my job if I was “disappeared” for this long. I only sell stuff, she has a little more responsibility than I.
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chips1
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:31pmYour job is more important than hers.
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cloudsofwar
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:46pma stomach virus? maybe someone put the fear of GOD in her. strange she gets sick after leaving europe. is it really a stomach virus? i have had a stomach virus and it laid me up for 3 days and then i was back at work. maybe someone wants to shut her up for good. maybe she knows too much.
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yourhuckleberry
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:04pmI’ll bet when she returns, she will have lost any recollection of the Benghazie affair.
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term limits for congress
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:05pmAnyone seen Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod lately? Probably visiting Hill – giving her a special version of obamacare. It is the Chicago way.
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Landon410
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:11pmwithout you doing your job guberment couldn’t tax you and pay her salary
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cloudsofwar
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:43pmhide and seek for Hil.
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:48pmTerm: Agree with you. The Chicago radical Democrats are a mix of the Mafia and the KGB. A very nasty, immoral gang of anti-American value political bullying thugs. Maybe even Hillary is afraid of them.
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aproudinfidel
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:52pmAm I the only one hoping that alien abductions really happen? Maybe she is gone for good…or evil.
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naughtycal
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:57pmWarrants for her arrest needs to be issued or she needs to come forward and testify over bengazi……There no special law just for her if I skipped out on my testimony they would send nazi troopers to drag me in the testify.
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Gorp
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:03pm” It was on Dec. 15 that deputy assistant secretary Philippe Reines released a formal statement saying Clinton was going to work from home last week as she recovering from the virus, which left her dehydrated. The statement also said Clinton had fainted and sustained a concussion.”
Drink a freaking glass of water! How would they know she had a concussion in the first place with her brain?
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Excomunicatedmarine
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:17pmShe too is a sales person…..caught a virus from the **** she sells the public. Scared to death she might be asked about the Iranian captives under interrogation and the arm sold (given) to the AL Qaeda affiliates.
I have lost all trust in our Government…both sides, staged inquiries for confusion of citizens…..kinda like Rome, Russia, China……..and now take our guns away while arming AL Qaeda ? look at the videos…..those guys aren’t worried about 30 round clips…….60 rounds means less reload time when time counts the best. Are these guys military ? if so, howcome there is no war on terrorism ?
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AvengerK
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:38pmIt’s a very rare stomach virus that Mrs Clinton has called “Benghazi Bug”….it not only makes you fall over and get a concussion…it also prevents you from appearing before congress to explain why your department’s ineptitude allowed four Americans to die.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:47pmTypical dem trick: Disappear
Remember Wisconsin
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yougottabekidding
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:55pmAvengerK
That convenient concussion handles a whole host of things including memory lose!
Isn’t that strange?
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desertspeaks
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:19pmthe concussion will almost certainly impair her ability to recall what lie she told to who and when or anything remotely related to benghazi!
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sillyfreshness
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 8:32pmThe US has become just like living in China or Cuba. We have a “dear leader’ who wants to avoid testifying in a corruption scandal and so she goes AWAL and nobody in the “chosen people” controlled Marxist Media questions her. We are the land of the sheep, not the land of the free….thanks to the Judens controlling our media.
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dwilco77
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:19pmIt is a no win situation for her. Tell the truth, and risk her life, or lie and risk her career. The truth will eventually come out. There are too many lies piled on top of each other for all the players to keep them straight.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 6:17amWhy have we not heard from the survivors ?
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RobbieTLHughie
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:23amBehold ye, compassion and conservatism – thrown before ye like the whipping winds of cold winter. Making fun of a woman who appears to be very sick because you don’t like her political opinions. American Christians are weird folks…
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SocialistSlayer
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:23amAnd this Skank really thinks she will be President one Day? Even the idiots in this country will not elect her!
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G-WHIZ
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:01pmDonna worry…she’ll be back after the [4yrs] are up!
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CABERNETQHS
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:19pmTransparent BS ! This is so stupid and the WH knows at least half the country are morons.
The media is treating this as if she was in auto accident, she went through the windsheild and spent weeks in the hospital. A simple concussion is something you may need a couple of days rest and avoid other chances of head injuries for a while. This is like a bad movie.
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dmerwin
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:07pmAfter her “recovery” she will be a citizen and thus can be compelled to testify and as a citizen will have no reason or excuse to not tell the whole story. Will our congress have the cajones to press the issue?
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:23pmThe Clinton’s are masters of deceit.
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gyro
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:43pmthis covers it
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shorelineliz
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:55pmAmen to that. They are one sick evil couple.
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AltaOil2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:56pmI agree….the Clintons only do whats in the best interest of the Clintons.
However true, It is my bet she cannot wait to be rid of her responsibilities,
2016 anyone?
John Kerry? Really? Really?
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******
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:56pmMasters of conciet. Second only to Obama.
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pnwnative
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:21pmPerhaps having a wild vacation with Rosie O’Donnell?
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muffythetuffy
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:30pmPLASTIC SURGERY?
Hillary is having and extended meeting with Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeon. In a few weeks she will reappear looking younger than here daughter. Lets hope she can do something about her hair.
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Jenny Lind
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:39pmHow about rehab?
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TheseTruths
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:48pmMakeover? Facelift? Lifestyle Lift?
I have to say, though, that Hillary seems to work tirelessly. Unlike Obama, most of the news about her over the past four years has been work related.
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darkknight91
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:56pmOr Christina Aguilera.
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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:09pmOr perhaps she is “PREGNANT”. You know morning sickness or is it just mourning sickness about old Ben?
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:21pmOle Hillary is pulling a Jesse Jackson Jr. until she can resign with full benefits, and no longer be held accountable for the murders in Benghazi.
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cloudsofwar
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:47pmNo, she wants to run for POTUS.
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kryptonite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:37pmCLOUDSOFWAR
Yep. But the Obamas may have an ace up their power-hungry sleeves. Who knows, maybe Mooch decides to run in 2016. I’d pay to see Willy’s face. All that butt-kissing for nothing! Wa wa waaaaaaa…
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Sweets McSweet
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:19pmMaybe someone should check her for polonium poisoning. Wouldn’t that be ironic? On many levels.
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charles116
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:19pmThe official report debunked all right wing paranoia filled accusations.
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:32pmYou don’t make sense!
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Zipit
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:47pm76! Dora does Nonsense!!!
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Max jones
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:12pmChawlses…..And the all the “random shootings” lately aren’t purposely staged and meant to lead to seizure of our firearms. Or am I a conspiracy theorist? Bah Rahk and company, have access to ALL of the dirty trick library and the entire “nefarious weapons” cache. Plus, they have hearts black enough to put this arcane knowledge to work. There is little honor in D.C., and none in chicago. But, now that the clintons moved to N.Y…..Arkansas is recuperating nicely. Thank you.
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Suzy_Rottenkrotch
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 4:01pmCHARLES…Right-wing paronoia is far better than the left-wing’s uncritical, unquestioning, uncurious, unskeptical, unthinking, unapologetic acceptance of all things Obama.
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Hickory
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:18pmOut of sight, out of mind. Out of mind, out of testimony.
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Silversmith
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:15pmExactly – protecting her image for the next Presidential run.
Ew
Silversmith
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banjarmon
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:18pmIf hillary runs hides from this problem…WHAT would she do as president????. NO BILLERY IN 2016!!!!!
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:43pmNo Democrat in 2016. If they allow the Chicago radicals to control their party, they are as anti-capitalist, anti-American as the Chicago radical Obama crowd .
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kryptonite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:23pmBARBER
No Democrat in 2016.
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Well, you’re right about that. The Dim Party has been hijacked, so post Obama it will all be commies.
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scrapadapolis
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:17pmEvery informed American screams from the top of their lungs to get people to remember the past coverups,Treasonus actions,these people are guilty of but NOTHING is done about them.Were just as guilty as they who act against Our government.
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chips1
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:17pmI’m not a doctor and have no medical experience, but I’d say she is one sick puppy.
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BeingThere
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:16pmI would greatly appreciate never seeing that un-American piece of garbage again!!!!!!! Her and her husband should retire to sunny China and stay out of the press!!!!! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:14pmIs this like a “Where’s Waldo”? ecept it is going to be “Where’s Hillary”?
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Mil Mom
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 5:44pm@1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:14pm
Is this like a “Where’s Waldo”? ecept it is going to be “Where’s Hillary”?
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But a lot less entertaining, who would buy the books?
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IndyGuy
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:09pmWhere’s Hillary??? Who gives a crap….Obama’s the one to go after…
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liberalsarealiens
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:06pmLMAO! She’s having another “I’m sorry, I can’t recall!” event! And she want’s to be President!! I don’t think so there Hil! Your a bigger lier than your husband!
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cloudsofwar
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:54pmremember Obama got Re-elected. you don’t think Hil can get elected? in this country? she can spin her way into the Office and the MSM will cover.
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:29pmYes BUT she has the Chicago radical / international aLeft machine behind her. They seem capable of hiding school records, performing character assassinations, and wining elections without any media , their Pravda, investigation. This is the ” new ” America . The “changed ” America.
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schroeder123
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:00pmHillery knows deep down that, the truth will come out.
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johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:30pmDo you reckon that’s why Bill Clinton assembled a “dream team” of legal beagles as soon as the nasty, treasonous stories about the night of 9/11/12 started coming out? Bill knew that Hillary would eventualy need big time legal help.
Sure would like to hear from a sampling of the 30 survivors and the folks on duty in the White House Situation Room that night. How about it, Congressmen and Senators?
“Remember beghazi and ALL the Traitors!”
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geomann
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:53pmI think the reason for her absence is fairly obvious. After seeing the backlash against Susan Rice, Hillary likely told the President she would not be participating in any further cover up with regard to Benghazi. Fearing what she might say during an interview about it, President Obama has struck a deal to take her out of the spotlight, preserving her ability to run in 2016. This extended absence, and the Benghazi fiasco, will be all but forgotten by then.
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Shrugged
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:59pmI think your analysis is right-on. If any private sector CEO had pulled a coverup as obvious and poorly executed as this one, she/he would have been fired and probably investigated for criminal behavior. Has this nation really become this numb to corruption?
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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:08pmBingo
However I think it could backfire on her come 16.
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MDECKER
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:34pmYeah, what a resume she can bring to 2016! At least 5 deaths directly attached to her, a far worse Middle East situation, and complete contempt for our Constitution. I’d say she has a pretty good chance to be the next Marxist in Chief, what, with all the 20 watt bulbs that can vote now.
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Tom K
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:04pm@ GEOMANN : Benghazi will NOT be forgotten in 2016 or 2020 or 2024, etc. Whether Hillary remains U.S. Secretary of State or not, she MUST testify before Congress’ Committee sooner or later. Maybe the ghost of Vince Foster won’t let her out of her house until she comes clean ! Some of us forgive but we don’t forget, ever.
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BlackCrow
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:52pmWearing concrete galoshes at the bottom of Lake Michigan? After all she had the goods on the Chicago mob.
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Mess23
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:05pmThank God she is not alone…
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IndyGuy
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:32pmMaybe pulling a Vince Foster would be fitting…
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RaydocX
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:49pmThe dumbing down of the public is either to the point that the administration can cast of blatant lies without opposition, or they no longer care when logical rational people oppose the daily reporting of lies… well, at least the dumbing down of the MEDIA, who are complicit in all of the unethical, unconstitutional, and unAmerican activities being perpetrated by this administration and the Democratic lackies…
and to know that this woman expects to be the next President is infuriating.
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:07pmAgree with all. I can not even believe this is America anymore. We have been invaded by radical aliens who have changed the media into their zombies. God only knows where this country is headed since no one seems able to crack the radical Democrats secret code of control over the media and the government. John Kerry as Secretary of State ? Alica, we have gone down the rabbit hole….
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Zipit
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:45pmInteresting Barber2! Seems to be a good day for the trolls to claim that we have been consumed by the “conspiracy theory mentality”! I believe that when Hillary fell, she smacked her face, rendering it more hideous than before, forcing her to undergo radical plastic surgery to correct the mishap! When she returns, she will appear much younger and look eerily similar to Sandra Fluke! She will be elected president, and at her inauguration, she, instead of taking the oath to uphold the constitution, will reach towards the heavens, (sorry atheists)! And yell……. SEND THE METEORS! Long live bourbon and eggnog!
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DontStopBelieving
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:50pmraydocx, the dumbing down of America was completed on November 6, 2012.
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vic138
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:48pmHillary is already a proven liar under oath. Recall from Travelgate:
Seven years after the firings Special Prosecutor Robert Ray (who succeeded Ken Starr in the Office of the Independent Counsel), concluded in his final report that Hillary’s sworn testimony was “factually inaccurate.” “The overwhelming evidence establishes that she played a role in the decision to fire the employees. … Thus, her statement to the contrary under oath was factually false.”
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:16pm“factually inaccurate ” …another Far Left Democrat “change ” word. New definitions for old words and concepts ! Like “social justice ” which used to be called revenge and ” redistribution” which used to be called stealing. Now what used to be called a lie is now glossed over as ” factually inaccurate.”. These people are a new and dangerous breed. This will not end well.
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3Tesla
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:45pmThe idea that Mrs. Clinton wouldn’t have had an MRI after the fall if a concussion was suspected is LUDICROUS !!!! Four people were abandoned on her watch and she basically admitted that the buck stops with her and she is our top candidate for 16 !! Everything about the U.S. today is beyond belief !
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chips1
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:28pmI sort of disagree with you because more and more trolls are showing up on many web sites. The reason is because they are losing. I’m encouraged that Americans are the majority and we will win against the liberals. The trolls keep relating lies as if it was scripted, which it is. They are running scared of us. This includes the RINO’s. America cannot be taken over by propaganda. Weak minded people can.
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kryptonite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:54pmCHIPS
America cannot be taken over by propaganda. Weak minded people can.
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You are wrong, CHIPS. The commies are not even attempting to brainwash the adult generations. Rather, they are targeting our kids and grandkids at every level — political, sociocultural, moral, religious — and it IS working. The way they are dealing with adults is to lure or force us (the carrot and stick approach) into a government-dependent system, and I don’t need to spell that out for you, since you are fully aware of how that part of the takeover agenda is being implemented.
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civilwarcometh
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:43pmSo just how long is everyone going to allow this to keep going on? The longer we wait the more powerful they get. Why do americans wait to the last minute to do anything? This is not america anymore and anyone who thinks this is still a free constitutional country is a complete MORON! I want my REPUBLIC BACK!!!!!!!!!
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RightUnite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:40pmOh, how very convenient….
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NDCORUP
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:39pmShe’s a KNOWN ‘Congenital Liar!’
Rose Law Firm, WhiteWater, TravelGate, etc. etc.
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 2:35pmEver know a lawyer that was not a liar??
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kryptonite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:04pmEver known a LIBERAL that was not a liar?
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:39pmI sense a SGT Schultz moment to be released eventually.
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Shrugged
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:03pmThat Sgt Schultz was part of nazi germany (on the shaw) is of particular relevance to your analogy too.
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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:12pmRJJ
It’s almost like a bad SNL skit.
As soon as the word was out that she had a concussion I had to laugh.
I might have to try that one with the IRS (NOT).
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:54pmIndeed, and Hillary will probably develop sudden amnesia or such concerning Benghazi and have to retie due to medical reasons.
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AvengerK
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:58pmI was sensing the same thing RJJING.
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KangarooJack
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:07amI know nothing…nothhhhing!
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hatchetjob
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:37pmIt’s no big deal, Hillary is just getting the works before we see her again, i.e., liposuction, eye lift, new hairdo, mani-pedi, etc.
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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:43pmTreatment for aids
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NDCORUP
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:46pm“It’s no big deal, Hillary is just getting the works before we see her again, i.e., liposuction, eye lift, new hairdo, mani-pedi, etc.”
MUSTACHE TRIM!
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dare2Bdifferent
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:59pmNot sure about Hillary, but you can be sure that Mr John Kerry will have the same list – lipo, hair, mani-pedi, facelift. They are so funny – have no idea about the real world do they?
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:09pmFunny . I though the same. Knowing how shallow and media crazed this bunch is….
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barber2
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:10pmRemember the hair plugs ?
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chips1
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:36pmHillery and Kerry exchanging parts? Now that’s funny. One size, fits all.
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gyro
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:45pmbe nice fellows !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hillary is someones dad
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kryptonite
Posted on December 26, 2012 at 3:18pmLOL! Liposuction doesn’t work for overweight people. The only cure for the fat slob is a healthy diet and exercise.
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