At least some of the outrage seems to have gotten through to Eleanor Clift, who earlier this week on “The McLaughlin Group” suggested that Ambassador Chris Stevens wasn’t “murdered” in Benghazi, but rather died of smoke inhalation. Clift acknowledges the backlash in a column in today’s Daily Beast, but she’s standing by her words, “despite the hysteria my saying so has ignited on the right.”
Eleanor Clift: I refuse to back down on my senseless statement because Reagan: http://t.co/s6otn9AHEr
— Peter Cook (@_Peter_Cook) May 15, 2014
What does Ronald Reagan have to do with it? Well, consider the 1983 Marine barracks bombing that killed 241. “When the September ’84 bombing occurred nearly a year later and the security was not yet in place,” Clift writes, “Democrats did not see it as an opportunity to score political points. Instead they accepted President Reagan’s explanation that repairs take time.”
She concludes:
Today no one in either party would accept such a benign explanation for a lapse in security, nor should they. But no administration is immune to tragic events in troublesome spots in the world, and not every tragedy is a scandal. Poking around for partisan gain in what lawmakers now know were clandestine activities for answers to questions that for the most part have already been answered is the scandal.
NEW from ST: Eleanor Clift doubles down on #Benghazi "smoke inhalation death" stupidity http://t.co/LoBcBoo7z4 #fb
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) May 15, 2014
@DrewMTips @EleanorClift how does “the attack was made to free CIA hostages” square with WH story about the YouTube video?
— The H2 (@TheH2) May 16, 2014
@Slublog I love the part where Clift’s theory destroys the WH narrative about the YouTube video and she just rips right past it.
— The H2 (@TheH2) May 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/mark85nh/status/467097406979710976
https://twitter.com/fbc1955/status/467094825175896064
Clift: Ambassador Stevens Wasn't Murdered — He Simply Died. Shame on You, Eleanor Clift.
— Bernard Goldberg (@BernardGoldberg) May 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/467090025537359872
@DrewMTips @EleanorClift because a president I liked made a mistake, that absolves a president you like of responsibility from his. Got it.
— Spaceman Spiff (@sykoticwit) May 16, 2014
@EleanorClift if Chris Stevens died of smoke inhalation (that isn't an established fact) it was because of a fire caused by an RPG.
— リチャード！ (@RichardGJP) May 16, 2014
@EleanorClift In any case, it was murder, just give it up.
— リチャード！ (@RichardGJP) May 16, 2014
Maybe @EleanorClift's ambassador friend didn't mention it but not only did Clinton say no to more security, she removed some that was there
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 15, 2014
Also someone needs to explain to @EleanorClift that if you set fire to a house and someone in it dies you can be charged with murder.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 15, 2014
But other than those few things, @EleanorClift is spot on.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 15, 2014
@EleanorClift runs back to Reagan to find an excuse for her pathetic argument on #Benghazi .. A hack is gonna hack.
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) May 15, 2014
.@PolitiBunny @EleanorClift @BrianFletcher7 Obviously Eleanor has not seen the photos of the ambassador being tortured. Or doesn't care.
— Mary ?? (@mpg25mary) May 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/smag52/status/467028773653602304
https://twitter.com/buddylovejr/status/467021326772092928
@CO2HOG Sounds like Eleanor Clift is joining the BO Admin in public defense of anti-American terrorist murderers…by fabricating stories.
— Lurabyss (@Lurabyss) May 15, 2014
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