During the most recent Republican debate, Marco Rubio attacked Hillary Clinton by referencing her appearance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
"She spent over a week telling the families of those victims and the American people that it was because of a video. And yet the mainstream media is going around saying it was the greatest week in Hillary Clinton's campaign. It was the week she got exposed as a liar. It was the week that she got exposed as a liar."
The Facts:
The tragedy in Benghazi happened on the other wide of the world. The reports coming from the intelligence community at the time were conflicting and sometimes out-right wrong. As reported by The Washington Post's Greg Sargent, "Clinton's...statements...did not reflect certainty; they tracked with information that was coming in at the time."
Despite Mr. Rubio's contrived, sound-byte for the red-meat crowd rant during the debate, Marco is perfectly aware that Ms. Clinton and the Obama administration were at the mercy of contradictory data they received during and immediately following the Benghazi tragedy. He is also perfectly aware that the information released by Ms. Clinton in the days following Benghazi tracked with the changing intel she received.
Several Republican-led
M'eye Verdict:
Having lived so long within the confines of the GOP's Facts Are Fluid vacuum, Mr. Rubio's confusion over the difference between what he wants to believe and what his signature indicates that he actually believes may be understandable.
But, Mr. Rubio, truth is truth and propaganda is propaganda. When you call someone "a liar," you should make sure you haven't signed your name to a public document that says otherwise.
I was leaning toward 4 Gops for this bit of truth-stretching, but that signature thing convinced me Marco Rubio deserves the full 5 out of 5 treatment--if for no other reason than just plain evidentiary sloppiness.
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