re: #405 Blind Frog Belly White

I think the difference relates to the difference in how Liberals and Conservatives see Truth. When Liberals asked for an investigation into why 9/11 happened, Conservatives generally balked. This seems nonsensical - clearly understanding why the worst attack since Pearl Harbor happened, and how something like that could be prevented in the future is critically important. An investigation to reveal those things is a no-brainer.

That’s if you see investigations as a way of discovering the truth, wherein you reach your conclusion based on the investigation. You dig everywhere you can think of, and follow any leads that appear. But that’s not how the Right understands it. To them, you do an investigation to find evidence of what you already “KNOW” is the “TRUTH”.

In the case of Benghazi, they “KNOW” that Obama and Clinton somehow betrayed the country in some awful way that will turn all Americans against them. They MUST HAVE, so the investigation is about proving that. That’s why they keep investigating, because they haven’t found anything, which means they haven’t dug deep enough. Every question they asked has been answered, every theory disproved, every claim debunked, but that just means the REAL proof is buried DEEPER!

So, if you look at investigations from their perspective, they presumed that any investigation of 9/11 would just be a witch hunt to prove the Bush Administration’s complicity. It’s what they’d have done. That’s why they opposed it.

Simpler way of looking at is that it is simply cynical politics. It is a club to beat Hillary with, they already know that there is nothing to their allegations. The only reason for the current Investigation is to create more smoke. Unfortunately many really do assume that where there is smoke there must also be a fire.