Citing Benghazi Gaffe, McCarthy Withdraws From House Speaker Race. What Are Your Thoughts?

CPT Ahmed Faried — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:06:58 -0400

Another Headline for this could have been "Benghazi takes out US Politician and it isn't Hillary Clinton"

But it was a Sept. 29 interview on Fox News that may have been the final nail in the coffin of McCarthy’s ambitions to become speaker. In it, he suggested that an ongoing House investigation into the deadly September 2012 attack on a diplomatic compound in Libya was motivated by GOP efforts to wound Clinton’s Democratic campaign for president.

“Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?” McCarthy said in the Fox interview. “But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known that any of that had happened had we not fought.”

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Citing Benghazi Gaffe, McCarthy Withdraws From House Speaker Race

McCarthy's suggestion that the Benghazi probe is political cost him the House speaker post.

Response by LTC Kevin B. made Oct 8 at 2015 10:10 PM

LTC Kevin B. — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:10:29 -0400

I think he was in trouble before the Benghazi gaffe. That just sealed it. The hard-liners weren't supportive of him, and lack of their support would have prevented him from winning the vote.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2015 10:11 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:11:18 -0400

CPT Ahmed Faried, I was wondering why he pulled his name from consideration this afternoon when I received the update on my iPhone, thanks, sir.

Response by SFC Everett Oliver made Oct 8 at 2015 10:18 PM

SFC Everett Oliver — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:18:42 -0400

Wanted in Washington, one each, Leader; Color immaterial; creed immaterial; Love of USA a must....

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Oct 8 at 2015 10:24 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:24:01 -0400

CPT Ahmed Faried This might cause those clowns to actually work together for the good of the nation rather than for their own re-election!

Term limits might help stop this idiocy!

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Oct 9 at 2015 12:04 AM

Capt Seid Waddell — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 00:04:31 -0400

Loose lips sink ships.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Oct 9 at 2015 11:29 AM

LTC Bink Romanick — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:29:12 -0400

CPT Ahmed Faried Mc Carthy spoke what we already knew that Benghazi investigation was a Soviet style show trial. Merely, Kabuki Theatre. The investigations 7 in total were designed to attack Mrs Clinton during an election year.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2015 3:11 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:11:31 -0400

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Response by SPC George Rudenko made Oct 10 at 2015 11:27 PM

SPC George Rudenko — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:27:26 -0400

Everyone wants the benefits, they don't want the responsibility. Same goes for politics, hard to find a speaker who wants the job and is willing to take the responisbility.