It’s hard to think of any other words to describe the idea that pursuing an investigation into the massacre at our United States mission in Benghazi, the one that culminated in the death not only of our Ambassador but of three other Americans, might somehow be of benefit to Hillary Clinton should she be so outrageously foolish as to run in 2016.
But the Washington Post’s Dan Balz raises exactly that supposition. From the Media Research Center (and emphasis in the original):
Appearing on Monday’s The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, Washington Post reporter Dan Balz touted Democratic spin that the ongoing Benghazi scandal could actually help Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign: “I talked to somebody over the weekend, a Democrat, who said, you know, this could actually be good for Clinton because the degree to which the right is really after her helps her with her left….if she’s under attack by the right, the Democrats across the spectrum will be more forgiving of her.” [Listen to the audio]
Host and NBC political director Chuck Todd led off the exchange by wondering if the House GOP was just “playing politics” with the issue by announcing a select committee to investigate the 2012 terrorist attack. Balz declared: “I mean, I think the base of the Republican Party is very stirred up and continues to be very stirred up over Benghazi.” Todd whined: “And they believe the worst in this conspiracy about the White House. And they believe it to the core.”
Read the entire article here, including the Todd-Balz interview.
In fact, Chief Correspondent Dan Balz isn’t only deluded, but his despicable perspective of the Republican Party clearly impedes his ability to see this for what it is: a betrayal of our Ambassador followed by deliberate lies, wrapped up in cover-up on top of cover-up. That they see this is as a political rather than American issue is all part of their leftist blindness; we expect it of politicians of course, but when our media, is so clear about their partisan blindness, it’s despicable. That he’s with the Washington Post, the paper that once was iconic of investigative journalism par excellence for its doggedness against (Republican) President Nixon, is particulary irksome. For shame, WaPo.
You can respond to Dan Balz’ outrageous slander by emailing him at dan.balz@washpost.com, or using twitter: @DanBalz