Recovering at home after fainting and suffering a concussion, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not testify next Thursday, as planned, for two congressional hearings on the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The news comes one day after the State Department went out of its way to assure the committees that Clinton would indeed testify, despite its initial worry that her report would not be ready. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a statement expressing concern that testimony from Thomas Nides and William Burns - the secretary's deputies who will take her place - will not be sufficient.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Welllll, there you have it. A Conspiracy! It must have something to do with the missing birth certificate and FauxNews inability to tell the truth about ANYTHING.
I hope this does not have a negative influence on her presidency.
Wait it just hit me. The Hillary, Michele ticket. I have a feeling....oh wait, Michele need to serve a couple years as senator first...oh wait yet again, there is still time.
on that note wrote: The Hillary, Michele ticket. I have a feeling....oh wait, Michele need to serve a couple years as senator first...oh wait yet again, there is still time.
Some might argue that Michelle's husband wasn't a US born citizen and still became Prez.... she might not have to be a senator after all.
Would prefer someone else entirely....but people argue all kinds of stuff for no reason, but it is somehow not so funny, because these religious zealots distract folks from real issues.
Since the liberals are busy salting the earth on possible Republican contenders for the 2016 election, I thought I'd throw this in given Secretary Clinton's recent inability to testify:
Is Secretary Clinton too old to run for President?
'I am... not only healthy, but have incredible stamina and energy:' Yoga enthusiast Hillary Clinton says she's not too old to run for president in 2016
While she maintains publicly that she has little interest in running for president in 2016, Hillary Clinton doesn't want anyone to doubt that she has the grit for the job.
'I am, thankfully, knock on wood, not only healthy, but have incredible stamina and energy,' Clinton told Barbara Walters when asked whether at age 67, she is too old to consider the prospect of a two-term presidency starting in 2016
So Secretary Clinton was born October 27, 1947. Making here 65 now and 69 in 2016.
One of those moments came the other day when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) visited a New Hampshire high school and took questions. One brave youngster asked him, as courteously as possible, if at 71, he might be too old for the job he's seeking. McCain scoffed, saying, "I work 24/7, I'm very active, I enjoy life," and bragging that he's always outcampaigned his opponents. He closed by joking, "Thanks for the question, you little jerk. You're drafted."
But the student raised an important question that many of his elders have been strangely unwilling to pursue. It may seem rude and even cruel to say that someone is simply too old to be entrusted with the presidency. But in McCain's case, by any sensible standard, it's also true.
If elected, he would be the oldest person ever to enter the office. Ronald Reagan was 69 when he was inaugurated, nearly 2 1/2 years younger than McCain will be on Jan. 20, 2009. If he served two full terms, McCain would leave the White House at the age of 80.
Yes, he appears to be an active man who doesn't tire easily. You don't get to the top of the political heap by working bankers' hours. But to claim that because he's energetic at 71, he will suffer no slowdown in the next five years is like saying that because he's still breathing, he won't ever stop. A car could run fine for 200,000 miles, but if you're driving across Death Valley in July, that vehicle might not be the best choice.
So we will see if the standard that Senator McCain was held to in 2008 also applies to Secretary Clinton in 2016. Time will tell.
Clearly she is too sickly, frail and slow to recuperate to be a serious contender for POTUS.
From the OP: ""While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion.
"She has been recovering at home and will continue to be monitored regularly by her doctors," Reines continued. "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." "
How convenient. If she can work from home, couldn't she testify from home? Or is her brain too much mush, which would be a usual and normal condition?
IN NOVEMBER 2014, WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN OUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND ONE-THIRD OF THE SENATE! DONT BLOW IT!
“When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex. Only whit man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.” Indian Chief Two Eagles
