by Bernard J. Byrne
In May of 1973 the "Watergate Committee" was formed in the United States Senate to investigate President Nixon's campaign activities and his possible role in the cover-up of the burglary at the Democratic campaign office at the Watergate Hotel. The committee was led by four members of the majority Democratic party and three members of the minority Republican party.
Those of you old enough to remember watching the proceedings on TV, can remember well that it was a very non-partisan investigation, with Republicans asking tough questions pertaining to the investigation, and knowing that their job was to ascertain the facts, no matter where the chips fell.
It was Minority party leader, Senator Howard Baker Jr., who asked the now famous question, "What did the President know, and when did he know it?" The republican members of the committee worked hand in hand with their Democratic counter parts, to get at the truth, for the good of the Country. The committee, working together brought out the truth of what ensued, before, during and after this critical time in our Country's history. Working together, they brought a non-partisan end to this crisis.
Fast forward to May 2014 and the formation of the "House Select Committee on Benghazi" to investigate the terrorists attack on our government facility in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four brave Americans.
Fast forward to May 2014 and the formation of the "House Select Committee on Benghazi" to investigate the terrorists attack on our government facility in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the deaths of four brave Americans.
One and a half hours before the attack was even over, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was spreading reports about the cause of the attack, reports that turned out to be not only untrue, but were known to her, to be untrue.
Despite the deaths of four Americans and the many questions surrounding Benghazi and why it had such poor security, the Democrats on the committee have done everything they can think of to hamper the investigation. The minority ranking member Democrat Representative Elijah Cummings bemoaned how there were seven other Benghazi investigations at a cost of almost $20 million dollars and how that $20 million dollars could have been used to improve the security of our Embassies.
I wonder how much better our Embassies security could be made, if they could utilize the $475 million tax dollars that the Democrats insist on giving to Planned Parenthood every year? They even hold our Country's entire budget hostage to their commitment to Abortion on demand, any time and any way.
To show that the Democrat's participation on the committee was only to hinder and obstruct the truthful findings of the committee, one only has to look at the actions of Democrat representative Adam Smith of Washington State. While he has been the loudest, and most critical Democrat of the Committee's workings, he has also been the most absent member, in their proceedings. In fact, in the hundred's of hours spent on questioning the first fifty-four witnesses before the committee, Adam Smith was present for only one hour.
Far from the bi-partisan co-operation, for the good of the Country that was shown by the Watergate Committee, the Benghazi Committee shows that even finding the truth about the deaths of four brave Americans does not come before protecting and enhancing the reputation of a Democratic Presidential candidate. Is nothing sacred anymore, in the Democratic Party?
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