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Rand Paul Grills Clinton at Benghazi Hearing: ‘Had I Been President…I Would Have Relieved You of Your Post’

Jan. 23, 2013 1:02pm Jason Howerton

Sen. Rand Paul Grills Hillary Clinton at Benghazi Hearing

US Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questions US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2013. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced a tough line of questioning Wednesday as lawmakers grilled her on the deadly terrorist attack that occurred in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012. No one posed tougher questions than Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who blasted the “inexcusable” failure of “leadership” Clinton displayed in the time leading up to the assault.

Paul told Clinton he was glad she had decided to take responsibility for the “worst tragedy since 9/11″ but that doesn’t excuse the State Department for ignoring cables from Benghazi asking for additional security and warning of extremist activity.

“Had I been president at the time, and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post,” he said. “I think it’s inexcusable.”

He continued: “I would think that by anybody’s estimation, Libya has to have been one of the hottest of hotspots around the world. Not to know of the requests for securities really, I think, cost these people their lives. Their lives could have been saved if someone had been more available, had someone been aware of these things, more on top of the job.”

Paul went on to say that he does not suspect Clinton of “bad motives” but that doesn’t excuse her negligence in the situation, even it was wasn’t “willful.”

Watch Sen. Paul skewer Clinton during Wednesday’s Benghazi hearing:

The senator followed up by asking Clinton whether she had any knowledge of the transfer of weapons to Turkey out of Libya. She denied having any knowledge of it, but took the question “for the record,” never denying it.

“To Turkey?” Clinton asked, perplexed. “I will have to take the question for the record, nobody’s ever raised that with me.”

“It’s been in news reports that ships have been leaving from Libya and that that they may have weapons,” Paul pressed. “And what I’d like to know is the annex that was closely, were they involved with procuring, buying, selling, obtaining weapons and were any of these weapons being transferred to other countries, any countries.”

“Well, senator, you will have to direct that question to the agency that ran the annex. I will see what information is available,” Clinton replied.

“You’re saying you don’t know,” Paul shot back.

“I don’t know. I don’t have any information on that,” she said.

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Comments (241)

blazemama
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:29pm
Congressman Paul, you are a breath of fresh air. Keep up the exemplary work!

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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:47pm
  Amen! He did a much better job than Senator Johnson did when Hillary just shouted him down:
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/hillary-clinton-shouts-down-senator-at-benghazi-hearings-what-difference-does-it-make/
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:50pm
  What’s with the coke bottle glasses she’s been sporting lately? As for Rand Paul, I like the moxy this guy has, but I just wish his voice was more demanding. He’s hard to hear when he speaks.
  
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- HellboundandDown
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:52pm
  ha! more like a fart in a windstorm!
  
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- AmericaMustBeFree
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Paul is one of the few who has any guts to do whats right! That she knows nothing about Turkey tells me that she is either lying or hasn’t a clue how to do her job! Like Eric Holder she knows nothing! What disgusts me is that Eric Holder should have been forced to step down. Instead Washington has let a accessory to the murders of countless men and women! Hillary you are a failure period!
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Awesome….I think she came in there today with the halo of the second coming’s inauguration still present thinking she could BS her way through this…also its a known fact when someone is lying to a line of questioning the first thing they do is get defiant and loud…..she’s always been a terrible person and this zebra hasn’t changed its strips…
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:08pm
  .
  He did not even put a scratch on Hillary. When she started Boo Hooing thats when he should have told her to shut up and tell the truth, cause she did not cry that much when she found out Bill was looking at the top of Monicas head…….
  
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- hauschild
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:12pm
  Ya know, with all the flunkies on both sides, only Paul is a true throwback. There is very, very little I disagree with him on. I think this cat is one of the truly good ones (you could count that number on one hand).
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:13pm
  oh how they love Rand Paul’s guts, but hate his ideas and principles
  
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- aproudinfidel
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Very impressive, Sen. Paul, that you don’t wilt in the face of a Clinton. You asked the tough stuff, she failed to deliver the truth in reply. Just what I expected.
  
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- GoldenRudy
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:27pm
  Rand Paul … looked like a real man today. Good for you.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:30pm
  SOY: Whose ox are you goring ? You send many conflicting messages . Your intent ?!
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:32pm
  First of all I see this as posturing for billary,
  
  Look at me, I’m the only one willing to take any responsibility for this lie, even though I’m still lying.
  
  Is it possible that this is a tactical move to set her up for a run at the oval office, provided this country lasts that long with the communist already there, or maybe she’s just being a good soldier taking the heat, and covering for the criminals?
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Barber
  
  Merely pointing out the hypocrisy that you love him when he is bold but this crowd hates his ideas…Well, they dont all hate his ideas yet because Glenn hasnt told them to hate Rand Paul. But when they figure out that Rand’s ideas are almost identical to Ron’s – they will throw Rand Paul under the bus
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Hillary v. Rand Paul could become an even bigger deal in 2016.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:56pm
  SOY: I think all conservatives are hungry to get behind a strong candidate. We know , of course, that campaigning against the Democrat Media Character Assassination Squad will be the hardest part of the battle. Even Hillary has picked up the nasty, thuggish style of the radical Left and their Flying Monkey Media. The group is a nasty . mean-spirited, un-American gang.
  
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- fastfacts
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:15pm
  Real question is: “Where are the Survivors” Why aren’t they testifying???
  
  Here is a report on that in video form: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/jan/where_survivers_hillary.html
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:22pm
  I think Iraq is the worst since 9/11
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Nice to see someone has a pair up yonder in D.C.
  
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- ThirdPartySparky
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:25pm
  You know how hard it is to make a comment on this site?
  i know your not in NY anymore but get more professional.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:30pm
  Hey Rand, if you were President, you would still have a drunken oaf of a son.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:47pm
  Lance
  You tell em. He does appear to waste his time on trolls. Good for you lance. Got it out, remind everyone his son isn’t perfect and it may effect his national decision making. Good parallel lance.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:51pm
  Actually, just to set the record straight, Paul didn’t “grill her.” He made a speech. Grilling is when you ask a bunch of questions. A speech is where you just talk, and in this case, make accusations without allowing the Clinton to respond. That’s pretty chicken —- of you Senator, but few people expect any more of you. I don’t anyway.
  
  Okay, he did ask one question about a FOX news story that the CIA was running guns (the CIA ran the “annex” he mentioned). Maybe he doesn’t realize this, but the CIA is not run by the State Department. And the topic was the attack at Bengazi, not CIA operations.
  
  But again, what can you expect of a guy like Rand? Take a couple of cheap shots without letting her respond, then asking a question unrelated to the investigation, unrelated to the State Department and based on a FOX news report.
  
  Yeah, a real tough guy.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:00pm
  @SOYBOMB
  But when they figure out that Rand’s ideas are almost identical to Ron’s – they will throw Rand Paul under the bus
  —–
  Well, Paulists are calling Rand a “Christian Zionist” after his trip to Israel — which is a bizarre reaction, given RP’s unceasing love for Israel (sarc.)
  
  So, what do you think, SOY? Was it a ploy on Rand’s part? To be honest, I’m wary.
  
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- MadinIllinois
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:16pm
  Clinton knows exactly what happened! My question, when our Ambassador was sent a “written” decline for additional security, WHO was the person that made that decision…it wasn’t the individual sending the letter…
  
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- GuruMeditation
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:18pm
  He for damn sure is a breath of fresh air. Fine business Sen. Paul!
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:30pm
  @kryptonite
  Rand Paul is more politically savy than his father….that is not necessarily a good thing overall
  
  I think Rand went to Israel because he knows they will paint him like they tried to paint his father – so he is going to seal that up front. Not a bad idea but like i said, I dont think it is good when people do things solely for political reasons.
  
  Rand Paul would still be 1,000 times better than what the republican establishment has given us over the last 20 years
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:10pm
  Soy
  Rand doesn’t have the baggage of the bots. That was Ron’s biggest negative; his rabid supporters. Maybe, perhaps, without oodles of bots, Rand can get a decent message out. Thank Bro Smitty, The Jerk, and various and sundry POSs for the negative bot connotation.
  
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- ScreaminEagle
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 7:28pm
  Where Are The 20 Benghazi Survivors, and who are they?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 8:24pm
  SENDTHEMEATEYORES, Whining a bit more heavily this evening, aren’t you? Your hero took a six minute minor spanking so you have to make excuses and accuse Rand of such? Then to top it off you seem to think that the CIA and the State Department are incapable of working hand in hand? What was the old joke about the over staffing of embassies around the world with agricultural attaches? The CIA and State have worked very well together since the inception of the CIA as it changed from the OSS during the Cold War. But alas, you will continue to come here and just make sh/t up to suit your perceptions.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 8:36pm
  SOY, I do like Rand, and with FUBARED in his assessment. Apparently when Rand fell from the tree he managed to roll down hill for quite a distance. He makes a lot more sense than his father, and I for expect him to go far.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 8:54pm
  @SOY
  That was a candid reply, for the most part. RP bears sole responsibility for his anti-Israel reputation, and his zealots are like-minded, thus their attacks on Rand.
  
  As for Rand, if it’s a money issue, I can respectfully disagree, but he may be hiding ingrained racism. Dims were fooled by a charismatic commie. I would never forgive myself if I voted for an anti-Semite, unawares.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 9:05pm
  Hey RJ! Okay, let’s suppose, for the sake of argument, that the CIA has a gunrunning operation funneling guns to the rebels in Syria. Rand suspects that’s the case.
  
  First of all, the topic is the attack on Bengazi, not gunrunning. Why, using his five minutes of fame to bring up a topic irrelevant to the hearing? Nah, this was a lame gotcha question. In the real world, even a high school classroom, somebody would say, “Senator, let’s stick to the topic under discussion.”
  
  So what is he trying to accomplish with his question? Expose a covert CIA operation to support the rebels in Syria trying to overthrow Assad? Why would he do that? Please explain.
  
  Sorry BJ, he was just giving a speech and slamming Clinton in a several minute rehearsed diatribe she was not given a chance to respond to. Sure, tough guy. And then trying to get Clinton to respond to a FOX rumor. That’s what all responsible Senators do, ask people to respond to FOX rumors right? Tough guy right, making accusation she was not allowed to respond to?
  
  You may think that shows he cojones. I think he’s a grandstanding clown and an amateur. Kind of effeminate looking too IMO, especially making his “tough” accusations.
  
  And saying he’d fire her? Oh wow that’s rich!
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:00pm
  I need some help, and I’m hoping I can get it here. Senator Paul said that Bengazi was, ” the worst tragedy since 9/11.″
  
  Here’s my question. How does he figure that exactly? Now I’m looking at that remark and saying to myself, as you may be… huh? My memory is not the greatest but didn’t +5000 Americans die in Iraq? You know that country we conquered to remove the threats of WMD against the US, which didn’t exist? Yeah, that “oops” moment in American history (apologies to Rick Perry for stealing his line).
  
  And what about that Afghanistan thing? Haven’t Americans died there? Like lots? And what about all those mass murders with semi-automatic weapons, like Columbine, Virginia State, Aurora, Colorado and so on? What were those events, chopped liver?
  
  So how does he figure this “worst tragedy since 9/11″ stuff. What metrics is he using to make that determination? Frankly I think he just used his five minutes in the spotlight to make as many hyperbolic statements in the time allowed to make his little, local star shine as brightly as possible hoping to boost his reelection potential.
  
  If I’m wrong, would someone please explain how this was “worst tragedy since 9/11?″ I’m just a little confused about that.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:47pm
  @SendTheMeteors
  Your second post is correct. There have been a great many tragedies since 9/11. Most of them involve more tyranny and not necessarily deaths
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 12:10am
  SENDTHEMEATEYORES, Please remember that it was you who mentioned gun running and you took your conversation off the track big time. I never mentioned any such thing. I can simply pass along that I am retired Army, and we have worked with State before. I also used to work with a former Special Forces officer who had a number of close dealings with the CIA in Vietnam. My point is that your earlier assessments illustrate a delusional idea that differing agencies and departments of the federal government do not get along or cooperate at all. Naturally, none of these relationships are perfect, but they actually do cooperate more than you must think. Your ramblings in this last post tell me that you are back it, and making even more sh/t up. You hardly make sense here now.
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:33am
  rand paul for president.
  
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- phil1765
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:44am
  SendTheMeteors
  Moron, the Ambassador was there talking to a Turkish official about those guns, everyone with half a brain knows this and so does Hillary. But your messiah didn’t want anyone to know that another failed gun running program let a bunch of guns end up in the hands of terrorists in Syria. It was a legit question because Stevens had no business being there except he was trying to find out the whereabouts of said missing weapons.
  
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- DRSAVAGE24
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:05am
  When all else fails, just attack the “Paul-bots”. You’re pretty shallow if your only reason for disliking a candidate is because of how passionate his supporters are. I thought passionate support was a good thing. The real problem is that we’re awake and we see the dire straits our country is in. If you see the Republic collapsing and your beloved Constitution being shredded, would you be polite so as not to offend anyone or would you desperately shout, trying to alert everyone you can to what is happening? That’s part of what won me over to Ron Paul was trying to understand why his supporters were such fanatics. I was curious in 2008, and a die-hard supporter by the end of 2011. I doubt Ron or his supporters would have gotten much attention if they weren’t so loud and rowdy back then. They woke people up and whether you’ll admit it or not, he is the REAL father of the tea party.
  
  Shame on you if you dismiss a great candidate for the shallowest, most junior high of reasons – you don’t like his friends. I call BS on that, why don’t you just man up and admit you were wrong about Ron Paul, you bought into the establishment BS about him, and now you need an excuse why you were so terribly wrong these past several years.
  
  Don’t worry, though, the Hannitys, Limbaughs and Becks of the world will be gearing up to support another big government statist like Marco Rubio in a few years and lemmings like you will follow right along….again.
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 5:59am
  send the meathead
  Once again your points are completely absurd. I know you get off trying to provoke folks on this site while smoking dope in your mommy’s basement. The more you post the more everyone realizes you are an absolute MORON
  
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- sueatt
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 8:28am
  aside from the fact that he didn’t know what he was talking about, yeah, he did a great job. lol
  
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- georgette
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:11am
  “duties”???????????????????????????
  
  These days , it seems someone, anyone, who actually stands up on their hinds legs is so rare as to be noteworthy.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 9:50am
  “If I were President”
  The NEW funniest line of the century, so far.
  
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- starview
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:06pm
  The way she “laughed” off his Turkey question was VERY telling. She knows something.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on January 24, 2013 at 3:48pm
  savagenatn says, “Once again your points are completely absurd. I know you get off trying to provoke folks on this site while smoking dope in your mommy’s basement. The more you post the more everyone realizes you are an absolute MORON”
  
  SavageNation, that’s not true. I’m not in my mommy’s basement smoking dope. I’m not sure where I am to be honest, but all the walls are white and there are no windows.
  
  As far as provoking people, well, provoking them to think maybe. How boring this place with be without people like me. I mean, how many times can you read “Obama is a communist” and not get a bored with the repetition.
  
  RJ, that’s correct. You didn’t bring up the gun running stuff. Senator Paul did. That was the rumor he referred to.
  
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LOJ
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:28pm
Rand Paul is NOT one to falter in the face of adversity and attacks from the left…we really like this…He would have relieved Hillary of her Job, and she deserved it…This Senate hearing did not bode well for her on the facts and specifically on the lives of 4 brave Americans! The Democrats gushed over her, instead of getting solid concrete answers, to distract from the serious issues of neglegence and as to why there wasn’t air power sent in, and why they ignored Christopher Stephens pleas for more security!

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:28pm
Rand is a centrist looking for answers. That any loon would define him on the right shows how far left the lemmings are off the cliff. The U.S. Constitution IS the center. That is the very definition of center of political ideology when the U.S. Constitution IS the starting point. That makes Conservatives CENTRIST by the very definition.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:41pm
  The problem with politics is that “someone” has defined people as Right or Left. When reporters from Fox News go out and actually talk to people they find most people are indeed Conservatives. They want less taxation and government waste and spending. They are fiscal Conservatives. Why? Because they have an individual budget themselves. They do not want to be represented by a Government or group of elite people called Congress who live far above them in luxury. They want Congress to spend what they have and spend it wisely and judiciously as they would their own personal income. On social issues the country is also Conservative. Most people would rather a woman not have an abortion. On the gay thing the country is split down the middle because so many parents have gay children they do not want to reject. Most Americans don’t want war but they understand that these jihadists have declared it worldwide and aren’t letting up so it is a fact of life in America now. Government spending and taxation, War, Abortion, Gay Thing, these are the issues that seem to be consuming our thoughts and lives. when you look at the entire picture you see America to the Center Right on every one. The LEFT is a fringe group by all definition. But you would NEVER know that by media reports. A Blue dog Democrat is a Conservative.
  
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perry1980
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:27pm
Finish her off today so she is not viable for 2016.

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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:49pm
  Rand Paul 2016!
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:09pm
  Yep, start counting the days until 2016. That will keep your minds off the fact that our Constitutional Republic is gone. No point in trying to wake you up. I don’t kiss useful idiots (RPers) or useless patriots (Beckers) who have decided to sleep away their sorrow.
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:16pm
  Actually Krypto…I’m currently serving as a Precinct Committeeman and a State Committeeman. What the hell have you done lately?
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 6:17pm
  @3MONKEYSMOMMA
  Oh, goody. So you’re not asleep. My bad. Way to go to get rid of the commies (sigh).
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:50pm
  There is no pleasing kryptonite. 3Monkeys – you are a rock star
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:26pm
After watching some of the ass kissing opening I muted the TV and turned Glenn’s how back up. But, when Rand came on I caught all of that with glee. I see it torqued off a number of our tolls too.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:29pm
  Show, not how.
  
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- deskjockey
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:38pm
  So funny. I did the same thing.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:00pm
  @RJJ
  Here’s what you missed. Listen to TRACK 2. It’s 1:49 min long and you’ll get a very accurate summary of her “testimony”:
  http://www.audiomicro.com/animals-wild-hyenas-hyena-growl-throatyi-pe931412-sound-effects-145268
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:24pm
  KRYPTONITE, LOL, that’s just as I recall her back in June of ’94 too.
  
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barber2
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:25pm
The Democrat Character Assassination Media Squad Bullies must be preparing their smears as we write ! The Media will be down on him like hungry lions on a kill. Ready. Aim. Fire. 24/ 7. From Stewart to CBS to CNN to …the whole MSM pack Lefty Character Assassins.

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SREGN
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:25pm
How come people like Rand, people with a spine aren’t leading us? Oh, that’s right, people with a spine would take away our food stamps.

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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:51pm
  Rand Paul will be viable for 2016. Let’s make it happen.
  
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- WatchingThePuppetShow
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Because the people that are behind curtain controlling the puppet show wouldn’t allow that to happen…it would spoil their plans. Don’t ever think this economic collapse is just a dumb luck ;)
  
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:25pm
Another Rand Paul publicity stunt.

Ignoring the facts and reenforcing the fringe’s misconceptions, Rand Paul will soon be collecting a government pension.

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:29pm
  I wouldn’t be so sure Betty. Rand Paul will probably run in 2016. You just don’t know how many people are fed up. Watch and see the 2014 primaries. That should be interesting.
  
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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:33pm
  Is that you hugo? Margaret sanger (iconic liberal hero who is the mother of mass genocide)?
  Fringe loon whatever the case.. Move to China where you can live out your days in progressive Utopian collectivism.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:35pm
  I would have fired her after the Wikileaks dump.
  
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- VRW Conspirator
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:39pm
  umm.. Mary…i know you live with your mom…in the basement and all..maybe you should have her proofread your posts…
  
  the word is “reinforce” not reenforce… spell check dear…spell check….
  
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- HumbleMan
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:41pm
  another Marybeth nonsensical post.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:03pm
  @hairybreath aka encinom.
  Care to enlighten everyone to the facts he ignored? F-n idiot……
  
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- scott4freedom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:12pm
  yOUR OPINION IS YOURs AND YOUR ENTITLED TO IT. Even though your wrong! Rand stated facts and went after her. She back pedaled and postured, bottom line is she failed ,she needs to be held accountable for the 4 lives she allowed to be ended by these towelheaded SOB’s!
  
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- AKA_Encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:49pm
  Grimmster!
  
  C’mon man – you are killing me here
  
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- taxpro4u03
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:56pm
  A lamb has 5 legs — prevailing ‘wisdom’ deems it so — and now it’s “legal.” — defacto — but ‘legal.’ To argue any position from a flawed premise makes everything that regurgitates FROM it — ‘false.’ To understand a ‘thing,’ we must first use the Standard for Review to determine its TRUE origin, and having the reasonable debate to either dismiss the premise as false: Superior EVIDENCE as opposed to ‘opinion’ reigns superior, thus “truth” until such time as NEW evidence argued from the same foundation renders such truth previously held null and void. – Plausible deniability is modus operandi when called out -Blatant disregard for the truth is intellectually dishonest – if not outright evidence of cognitive disonance. What one reasonably SHOULD have known – and in THIS situation — Hillary’s ‘position’ requires her to ‘know…’ The “I’m sorry, I don’t recall” denial is …. ‘false.’ Reason, wisdom and logic are human conditions — even the treasonous Ba’al tremble in the knowledge that the wrath of the Almighty is about to descend on ‘em. Can only kick the can down the road so long before Nature Law prevails – (Yin/Yang is you will) – Peace – CIVIL discourse is the expected mode of communication at the table of fair dealing where BOTH sides are presumed to have agreed to do so in good faith DESPITE inconvenient TRUTH.
  
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- Hotconchick
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 5:58pm
  People are more than fed up now just imagine how bad it’s going to be a couple of years from now. There will be hope.
  
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Guerrino_P
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:23pm
Good performance by Paul but he still couldn’t shake Clinton. As for he would have fired Clinton if he were President? If they were both to run in 2016, she would spank him silly. He doesn’t stand a chance 2016. Not saying this is good for the country (I’m done with Clintons), just stating a fact.

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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:30pm
  Rand Paul is a Centrist AND so IS the T.E.A (taxed enough already party). Just because a far left lunatic calls that far right- does not make it so, and shame on you for falling for it.
  
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- Twinspeedr
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:38pm
  Guess again. She will get to relive this entire debacle in 2016 if she runs for POTUS. None of this looks good for her competency in office. She is a professional community organizer and an unconvicted crook. She was handed the 2 posts that she has held on a silver platter because she is part of the new post modern “cool government” meme that many naive Americans have embraced. This will not last because all of these globalist shill politicians, including Pres Obama and Bush are incompetent to run the country, we are all about to pay a very heavy price for our willful ignorance.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:41pm
  “done with Clintons”? Not progressive enough for you amigo?
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:58pm
  I am glad to hear you are done with the Clintons. Is there or has there ever been such a egomaniacal, mind numbing, soul sucking pair of media hogs like the Clintons? They take up so much oxygen! I cannot wait for them to retire and never have to see their ugly mugs again! This is why we need term limits for Congress and other political positions and why when people turn 65 they need to be given a gold plated watch and a cake and told, “thanks for the service. You can go home now.” We the People need to send the Clintons packings. And Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, and any GOP Senator or House of Representatives that is over 65. Teddy Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts for 40 years! Unacceptable! There needs to be two things done about Congress: Reduce their salaries to the average American salary because that is who they serve ($40.000) and demand they be OUT of office by 65 with the proviso they cannot make Congress a career! It is quite possible if WE do these two things we just might have a more functioning judicial body and with fresh representatives and senators who cannot profit from anything we might be able to get the things done for THE PEOPLE instead of a group of old, bloated, rich, arrogant COD FISH!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:37pm
  GHANDI: Agree. The Chicago Radical Lefties have been painting the Tea Party as “extremists” for years. Just to cover their own Far Left “extremist” pull of the Democrat party. And also just to use the usual Alinsky ” accuse your opponents of doing what you yourself are doing ” tactic which we have grown so use to seeing the Obama Democrats do. Hillary, how does it feel to be town under the bus ?! That is what the Chicago Radical Democrats do . Surprised to be out-foxed by an even craftier Democrat crowd !?
  
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Supah_Patriot
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:19pm
There’s only one problem, Mr. Paul: Tea Party isn’t allowed to be President. Not even close.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:30pm
  Really? Do they ALL have to be Marxists from this point on? I missed that memo.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:30pm
  I have learned one thing in my 54 years and that is never, ever underestimate the little guy. The under dog. Just not prudent. Wouldn’t be prudent!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:32pm
  Oh lookie… a new wanna-be pretend troll based on a comic book hero.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperPatriot
  
  SuperPatriot was once Johnny Armstrong, a soldier in World War II. Captured by the Germans, Armstrong was used as a guinea pig for scientific experiments and gained superhuman powers. He destroyed the base at which he was being kept so the Nazis could not replicate the process on their troops and donned an American flag-styled costume to become SuperPatriot. SuperPatriot later joined the superhero group called the Allies, working with such figures as Supreme and Mighty Man, and protected the innocent for many decades. He also worked with the WW2 version of Die-Hard and Glory as the group ‘Allies’. [1] His World War 2 career also included a stint in Africa in 1943, chasing Rommel’s ‘Afrika Corps’. [2]
  However, in the 1990s, SuperPatriot was faced with more brutal and intense supervillains than ever before and began to have difficulty dealing with them. Eventually, he was overpowered by members of the Vicious Circle, a group of supervillains organized by Chicago crime-boss Overlord. SuperPatriot was savagely attacked by his foes, with the shark-man Mako biting off his limbs and much of his face. Left for dead, SuperPatriot’s body was taken by Cyberdata, a corporation of subversive scientists, and transformed into a powerful cyborg.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:50pm
  Hi MONK, I don’t think that you are going to convince STUPOR_P of anything. He just flings feces like TROLLMONGER.
  Did you hear today that Hillary’s $25 Million campaign debt was paid last week. I think that she is bought and well paid for.
  
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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:58pm
  Oh look! It’s RJ chiming in to tell us what he heard on Rush today!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Morning RJJ,
  
  Yes, it’s still morning for me. LOL
  
  No, I didn’t hear that. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks. : )
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:21pm
  STUPOR_P, Yeah, and I am still listening to his show. But, I’ve also caught this news on CBS, and ABC earlier too.
  Good morning MONK, I take it that you are still having your coffee? Hope all goes well today.
  
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braddock66
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:17pm
The next president of the United States!!!! Rand Paul

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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:28pm
  Yes! He is the only one at this time with the cohones for this job. I loved his line of questioning especially the line about “if I had been President I would have relieved you of your post.” Love it! He cleaned her clock and she deserves it cause she is an absolute fake and phony!
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:52pm
  From your lips to God’s ears, Braddock!
  
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- Shamrock241
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:17pm
  I hope you stick with that pick and don’t go all wishywashy if Allen W. throws his hat in the ring.
  
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- Copper Catfish
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:01pm
  I’m ready for a president with curly red hair. Rand Paul is AWESOME!
  
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WestKYPatriot
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:16pm
Give em HELL Rand!!! Proud to have rand as my Senator. The other guy from KY is hiding under his desk and about to be primaried out of our lives.

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- encinom
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:22pm
  Rand Paul is a little boy grand standing nothing more. He is as much as a loon, as much as a conspiracy nit wit as his father.
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:24pm
  Right..and Hillary is the model of integrity.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:25pm
  Emcommie .. doesn’t like Rand Paul .. well isn’t that special.
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:34pm
  Yep. Ron Paul was way too out there for me. Rand Paul seems to be more logical than his father. More humble. Don’t count this little bulldog from Kentucky out of any race. This dude has cohones and I love this exchange between him and Mrs. Bill. OR is Bill just “Hillary Clinton’s husband?” LMAO! Go back to WhiteWAter and Arkansas Clinton stooges! You belong in BackWAter anyway! The USA is sick to death of looking at your ugly mugs all over the place! Vampires! Leeches!
  
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- 65Mustang
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:02pm
  Lifelong Kentuckian myself, liked what he did to Hillary but I wish Rand would have went for the jugular and had a “boot on her throat.”
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:33pm
  Encidiot may just have some insight to a grandstanding lil boy. Maybe not on this piece, but in general for sure.
  
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GeminiAura
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:15pm
Three Cheers! This is how we need to bring the fight to the side: hitting hard and straight with the TRUTH! without apology.

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HellboundandDown
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:15pm
‘…and if I was a Real Eye Doctor I would write you a prescription for some eye drops and the Americans with Disabilities Act is takin’ a-waaa my Rights!’
Hoho, Rand Paul, you keep Kentucky Dumb.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:19pm
  You must be from Kentucky then.
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:27pm
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  ….lol………………OUCH….lol
  
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- strawberry411a
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:28pm
  Interesting post. What does it mean.
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:37pm
  STRAW: It is ” pointless.” That is what is all that it means. Or ” that is so” to quote a needy Troll !
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:55pm
  @ Gonzo ZING!!!!! :)
  
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Brents Torts
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:14pm
Give her hell Rand.

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CatB
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:13pm
I just heard that Hillary has to go over to the House to be questioned .. has anyone heard when that will be? Someone also said Marco Rubio asked a good question and was cut off .. anyone see it?

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- Polarized America
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:31pm
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  …yes at …2:00 est…and i think Fox is going to show it ………………….
  
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justangry
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:12pm
LOL the statist downies on the Huffpo’s comment section are going nuts over this. Quite amusing really. They do seem to hate Rand Paul. Bolsheviks… the whole lot of em.

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- CatB
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:20pm
  Love it when someone gets under their skin .. of course Rand Paul will have to be destroyed … it is what they do. Makes me like him even more!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:22pm
  Big Brother Labour Lefties do not tolerate opposition. Witness their OWS / SEIU / ACORN / public union tactics ! They are all one , big, international, radical, angry, bullying, Lefty Family. International bullies with international allegiances. They could give a rats’ @ss about what is best for America. They hate capitalism and ” rich ” people !
  
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- resme
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:37pm
  They’ll be hating Rand Paul on here come 2016, :).
  
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KrishnaDas
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:11pm
Fan. Tastic. Grilling.

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- Verceofreason
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 4:51pm
  Rand Paul couldn’t grill a sandwich.
  
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Beachmastermax
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:10pm
Rand is one of the few Republicans that Hillary does not have a copy of their FBI file.

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Gonzo
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:10pm
Nice Sgt. Schultz impersonation Hillary. I expected nothing less (or more) from you.

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strawberry411a
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:10pm
Lying, worthless hypocritical lawyer.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:22pm
  Is there any other kind?
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:09pm
Here’s to hoping that might happen….

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:08pm
New World Order is not going to be happy with Paul.

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Shasta
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:07pm
Rand is looking at 2016. Good. He may be the guy that conservatives and libertarians can agree on.

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- justangry
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:19pm
  I can agree with that. I don’t think the establishment will go for it though.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:35pm
  I think most conservatives have had their fill of “the establishment” now Angry.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 2:47pm
  “I think most conservatives have had their fill of “the establishment” now”
  
  I have been looking for such a clue for a long time – but i have not seen it. Even after Romney got crowned, the republican establishment passed all those tyrannical rules at the national convention. The establishment will not stop until this country is destroyed. I’m afraid nothing can convince the republican voters to jump out of that sinking ship (republican establishment)
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on January 23, 2013 at 3:56pm
  Soy, they read your previous posts and passed the Machiavellian rules to try to stroke you out. Forget math and crap, it was all for you and your stroking out. Simple really. Muwahahahaha.
  
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PeachyinGA
Posted on January 23, 2013 at 1:06pm
The hearings should have led with Senator Rand Paul’s six minutes of questioning, then just gone home. Very few remarks or questions held secy clinton’s feet to the fire like he did.

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