Come on, Whirlaway. Won't it suffice to post any Benghazi-related link or bit of commentary in a thread that already exists? Why do you think all this thread-starting nymphomania is justified?
You know, Whirly, there are other scandals going on now, too... Originally Posted by ExNYerYes, indeed.
Just for starters:
Nothing has been done to address the out-of-control growth of health care spending. The "reform" plan passed three years ago simply seeks to expand a badly broken, massively expensive, terribly dysfunctional system. I know few people who believe that implementation isn't going to be chaotic and very expensive. Peter Orszag told us several years ago that the new legislation would "bend the cost curve." It does that, all right -- but in the wrong direction!
Nothing has been done about financial reform. The TBTF banks are about 60% bigger than they were in 2007, and a lot of community banks are being virtually starved out of business. Dodd-Frank did far more harm than good, and instead of fixing anything we've simply built a bridge to the next financial crisis. Among other things, in my opinion, we need a new version of Glass-Steagall, updated for the needs of a 21st-century financial system.
Nothing is being done to address the desperate need for entitlement reform. Neither party appears likely to address issues such as the need for means-testing, for example.
Tax reform is desperately needed. Our code is simply a national embarrassment.
Then there's monetary policy, trade policy, various regulatory headwinds, etc., etc. The list of structural impediments to robust, sustained economic growth goes on and on. And none of them are being addressed by either of our dysfunctional parties, both of which are only interested in serving up demagoguery.
The Benghazi issue would probably work well for Republicans if more of them were perceived to be statesmen rather than political hacks only interested in scoring victories over the opposing party. But in that regard they're no better than Obama, who obviously is only interested in the same, and has no intention of making any tough decisions or undertaking any serious efforts to fix or reform anything.
But look at their approval polling numbers lately. I think that's why Republicans are likely to simply shoot themselves in the foot over this issue.
I believe that a large and growing number of people would prefer to see congress aggressively address all of our myriad problems, not just Benghazi.
DIPSHIT OF THE YEAR 
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