Conservatives Concede: Hillary Ate Trey Gowdy for Lunch

what eye thynk:  Admitting your own party's incompetence is never a harbinger of good things to come, but that's exactly what Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, did as he opened the Committee's long anticipated session with Hillary Clinton.  Using his opening statement to defend the reason for this, the eighth GOP panel's existence, he said,  "Those previous investigations were not thorough"

Well, that's good to know.

The downward spiral continued for 11 more hours.  When Fox "News" abandoned live coverage of the Select Committee on Benghazi's interrogation of Hillary Clinton more than three hours before the hearing actually ended, you could bet on your grandma that the Republicans were not having a good day.  When Fox turned to broadcasting subject matter not even remotely related to the on-going hearing, in fact acting like they were totally unaware of the goings on in Washington at that moment, you could safely add your wife, your first born, his favorite blanket, your dog, the neighbor's cat, and a weekend with the in-laws into the wager and still be sure of coming out ahead.

It didn't take long for conservatives to recognize they were witnessing a disaster-in-the-making in Washington.


Disappointed conservatives weigh in:

Midway through the day, Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller wrote: "Unless something happens, it's starting to look like Hillary Clinton won't merely survive this hearing--she will have come out on top."

Jazz Shaw of Hot Air: "This hearing is turning into a disaster on wheels.  Jesus, I spend half my day criticizing Hillary Clinton and even I find this set of questions embarrassing."

Byron York of The Washington Examiner offered the opinion that the hearing was "very, very good news for Hillary Clinton."

Erick Erickson, conservative radio host and former editor-in-chief of RedState.com said the hearing was proving to be a "waste of time."

John Podhoretz, conservative writer and former Republican speechwriter, commenting on Representative Mike Pompeo's (R-Kansas) attempts to badger Clinton into a "gotcha" moment:  "Why doesn't Pompeo just go over and swear her in for president now?  If he goes on like this he'll practically get her elected."

In the end, Trey Gowdy and his Select Committee had to concede that the public grilling of former Secretary of State Clinton was a waste of time and publicity.  "I don't know that she testified much differently today than when she previously testified."

But, I'm sure, his committee's report will be much more thorough.