The "stop blaming bush" image is an internet meme, at least in my opinion... http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdwebculture/f/What-Is-an-Internet-Meme.htm
no memorial for victims of Benghazi on one year anniversary like it never happened http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/09/state-department-staffers-benghazi-anniversary.php
[rquoter]However, the staffer said the group that held the memorial was never given an explanation for why there was not a larger memorial event at headquarters in Washington. The staffer theorized it could have been because the department distracted by the ongoing situation in Syria or, potentially, because a May ceremony where Stevens and Smith’s names were added to the memorial plaque in the lobby was considered sufficient. State Department spokesman Alec Gerlach confirmed to TPM on Sunday that there was no official commemoration held at the headquarters in Washington beyond the email sent by Kerry on the anniversary Wednesday. That email was entitled “Remembering September 11” and acknowledged both the 2012 attack on the consulate in Benghazi and the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The spokesman provided a copy of that email to TPM. “For all of us, September 11 is much more than another day on a calendar or another anniversary. It’s a day like none other. Seeing American flags flying at half-staff brings back powerful and haunting memories of loved ones, friends and colleagues lost on two awful days — last year and twelve years ago — that remind us in searing ways just how complicated and dangerous a world we live in,” Kerry wrote. In the email, which was read at the State Department’s daily press briefing Wednesday, Kerry encouraged staffers to take a “quiet moment of remembrance and reflection.” Gerlach said Kerry also led a moment of silence at a meeting with senior staff that day. “I hope that as you read this, wherever you are in the world, you’ll join me for a quiet moment of remembrance and reflection. It may be a thought, a hope, a prayer or a wish,” Kerry wrote in the email. “My hope is that as we remember our fallen colleagues from both September 11s and all the other sad days, we never forget the reason we do what we do.” When asked why the State Department did not have a formal ceremony marking the anniversary of the Benghazi attack, Gerlach pointed to congressional investigations that he said have politicized the discussion. Investigations led by Republican House members have criticized the Obama administration and Clinton for their initial explanations for the attack.[/rquoter]
Did anyone see this hearing? I am curious why the D's walked out... http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiep...ore-testimony-from-benghazi-families-n1704732
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>PHOTO: <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightDems">@OversightDems</a> excuse themselves from testimony of <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Benghazi&src=hash">#Benghazi</a> heroes' family members <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PJNet&src=hash">#PJNet</a> <a href="http://t.co/NP9u2I2noC">pic.twitter.com/NP9u2I2noC</a></p>— Darrell Issa (@DarrellIssa) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrellIssa/statuses/380774106167136256">September 19, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Does seem rather disrespectful. Apparently, they're still fighting over this Benghazi stuff, with Republicans challenging the official findings of the investigation, saying that the authors were trying to protect Clinton in their report. I couldn't find any source that would say why the Dems walked out, but I'm guessing they saw the testimony of these parents of the slain as some cheap political ploy (or at least one that would put them at a disadvantage). Politics is unseemly.
perhaps they were upset about the continued politicizing of a tragedy... oh wait, that is something only the right can be upset about...
Would seem to me that this would be much more damaging than anything they could have testified on. Why not just suck it up, say you're sorry for their loss, and move on. Also, I haven't seen the official report, hadn't really heard much about it, could you summarize the main finding or do you know of a source that does?
They were upset, huh? Would you say they were as much or more upset than the parents of the slain victims they turned their backs on?
Rowdy Gowdy, brutal <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ofDh5TNI9xI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
If they have no new, material information to offer and they were subpoenaed by politicians, that's exactly what it is.
Democrats walking out on those parents was the only way -- gutless and without honor -- to avoid taking responsibility for their fearless leader's ineptitude and unfeeling. Oh, yes, I wonder if Obama really didn't care because the Benghazi victims were white? He was certainly more concerned by the death of Trayvon Martin.
