BloggeRhythms

Yesterday, Utah GOP Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced his bid to become the next House speaker, challenging Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. And, unless other candidate’s join the contest, the  House certainly ought to elect Chaffetz to the post, regardless.

 

That’s because McCarthy made a huge mistake in his making the Benghazi committee appear to be a political tool specifically designed to attack Bill Clinton’s wife. And by giving her that ammunition, he’ll likely never get out from under her continual use of his gaffe to her advantage, and ultimately, her defense in the matter.  

 

In that regard, Bill’s wife has already begun. In an interview today with the Today show’s Savannah Guthrie, Bill’s wife said: “This committee was set up, as they have admitted, for the purpose of making a partisan, political issue out of the deaths of four Americans. I would have never done that! And if I were president — and there were Republicans or Democrats who were thinking about that — I would have done everything to shut it down.”

 

Therefore, McCarthy’s made the kind of mistake you’d expect from Joe Biden, but not a  Republican Speaker of the House.

 

On another issue, an article by Reuter’s Michelle Conlin, via yahoo.com, seems to help justify what was written here yesterday regarding the unreliability of political polls at present.

 

Ms Conlin writes: “Carly Fiorina has emerged as the Republican candidate of the moment in conservative fundraising circles, drawing the notice of the billionaire Koch brothers and other wealthy donors who could instantly remake her shoestring presidential campaign.

 

“Fiorina's show-stealing performance in a Republican presidential debate last month, and her subsequent surge in the polls, has prompted industrialists Charles and David Koch to take a “serious look” at the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive, according to three sources close to the brothers.”

 

While Ms Fiorina  has now moved to the short list of candidates the Kochs may support with their reported $1 billion war chest, Marco Rubio is also among those on the coveted list.

 

At the same time, “Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens hosted a packed luncheon at a posh Dallas venue for Fiorina in late September, while venture capitalist Tom Perkins is planning a fundraising gala in California in the next few months.

 

Perkins, who served on the HP  board during Fiorina's tenure, said: “My money is on her. I think she could be president.”

 

On the other hand, however, following an article about Ms Fiorina on Fox, reader c2323257 commented, “I wish I could take credit for this one, but: "If Carly Fiorina wants to shut down Planned Parenthood, she should just become its CEO."

 

And then, Adam Kredo @freebeacon.com, wrote about the current state of events in Iran, where: “A senior Iranian military leader warned this weekend that “all U.S. military bases in the Middle East are within the range of” Iran’s missiles and emphasized that the Islamic Republic will continue to break international bans on the construction of ballistic missiles.

 

“Much of this missile work, like the details of Iran’s advanced arsenal, remains secret, according to Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force.

 

“The threats of attack on the United States were issued as Iran unveiled new high-tech torpedoes and the formation of a joint war room along with Russia, Syria, and Iraq.”

 

Yet, for the POTUS and his administration, the push toward the nuclear deal keeps moving forward, which as frequently mentioned here, leads to the question of what his real goal is.

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

As already mentioned above, and confirmed by an article by Colin Campbell @businessinsider.com, “Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unloaded on Congress' Benghazi investigation during a Monday morning interview on the "Today" show.

 

“A visibly angry Clinton tore into the Republican-led Select Committee on Benghazi when she was asked how she would react to hypothetical GOP leaders facing scrutiny over their own government email use.”

 

What’s most interesting about this article isn’t just the subject, but the substance of the comments that follow, where all 165 of those responding to then were negative toward Bill’s wife, which provides a story of its own.

 

It also leads to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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