Benghazi Investigation Thoughts

It is clear that there were warnings about terrorism months in advance and they were ignored, it is clear that troops were ordered to stand down when they could have gone to the rescue, and it is clear that the talking points were severely manipulated by the White House and State Department.
We were lied to about the reasons for the attack, we were told it was a mob action in reaction to an anti-Islam video, and the creator of that video was arrested and is still in jail.
But we don't know that a rescue could have saved any lives, maybe it could and maybe it couldn't, and we don't know who knew what and when.
But it is beyond any reasonable dispute that we need answers.
But sadly politics has crept into this, and we probably shouldn't be surprised. Democrats have been demagoging the investigation, carrying the administration's water and denouncing any attempt to find the truth a "Partisan witch-hunt." And some Republicans have begun to use the "I" word, "Impeachment."
Both these extremes should be rejected. Republicans should drop all talk of impeachment immediately, this is not something that should be taken lightly and it is never something to be excited about. Whatever you think about President Obama he is the President and we should all hope he serves out his full term in office, it is never good for the country when a President is forced to leave office before is term is over, no matter what you think of the man or his policies.
And Democrats need to stop shilling for Obama and Hillary and start looking for the truth wherever it takes us. This is a serious issue, not a non-story as some partisan hacks on the left have tried to paint it. People died and we were not told the truth and we deserve to know why.

Republican Voters Need to Get a Clue

After a long string of losses that should have been victories in the last few years yet another election is likely to be handed to the Democrats, a special election of a heavily Republican seat in South Carolina. The Republican candidate is disgraced Former Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford.
He is running against Elizabeth Colbert Busch and nearly every poll has him behind is a seat that should have been an easy landslide win for any Republican with little need for money even being spent on a campaign.
Who is to blame for this? Is it the liberal media? No. The blame on this one rest completely in the hands of Republican primary voters who nominated him. He joins a long line of deeply flawed candidates who were just plain out of touch, like Sharon Angle, Christine O'Donnell, Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock. Now Sanford's problem is ethical and not that he's on the fringe like these other candidates.
But it shows a tone deafness in Republican voters who only realize their mistake after they've thrown the election away.
Even if Sanford somehow squeaks out a small victory, possible, but according to the polls (which despite Republican cries of skewed polls were accurate last year) Sanford is headed for defeat, he will still face another tough race in 2014 and will be a distraction for Republicans in congress.
If Republicans want to win elections they need to choose better candidates. And, no, that is not a code word for nominating wishy washy moderates who won't rock the boat, conservatives like Marco Rubio, Pat Toomey, and Ron Johnson have shown the right conservatives can win even in Purple and nominal Blue states. These people knew how to connect with voters and not alienate them. And that's what we need, and we need it badly.