Why did Hillary take the Benghazi blame?

[SeattleGriz]

I thought for sure that Hillary was going to keep herself as safe as she could from this whole mess, especially since she should have Presidential aspirations for 2016.

Anyone got a good take on why she took one for the Obama team, other than it might be the actual truth?

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You know me, partisan political hack, I only want the juicy stuff.

[Grizalltheway]

Obama and Biden threatened to two-hole her if she didn't.

[SeattleGriz]

Obama and Biden threatened to two-hole her if she didn't.

I thought she was a man?

[SeattleGriz]

Here's as good of an explanation as I can find so far.

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What Hillary has done is basically say, "the damn phone is ringing and President Creased Trousers isn't answering it so give it to me. She comes off as the grown up who said, look I'm in charge here and for good or ill that makes me responsible".

People tend to admire others who stand up and take the hits. Hillary looks like A-the loyal soldier and B-the only one who is going to stand up and say, "something awful happened on my watch and I'm going to look in the mirror to see who is in charge and not like some other people I could name, look around for scapegoats".

Hillary isn't taking the blame, she's taking the credit.

Now a lot of this is hypocritical because Hillary already tried casting the blame elsewhere but when all else fails, it's sometimes better to own it in the end.

How does this hurt Obama? Well tonight he will be standing next to Mitt Romney. Romney you might recall has made a rather big stink about Obama's failure to lead and his own stellar leadership record.

Here's how he might play this when Benghazi comes up (or he brings it up himself)..."It's all well and good that Secretary Clinton is taking responsibility but my leadership experience has taught me that only the person at the top of the organization is truly responsible. President Obama is at the top of the Executive Branch and he's ducking responsibility. I'd like to know if the President agrees with the Secretary and if he does, why hasn't he asked for her resignation? If he doesn't agree, why doesn't he say who is responsible? Most importantly, why hasn't he taken responsibility from Day 1. Harry Truman didn't say the buck stopped at the Department of State, it stopped at his desk in the Oval Office."

What Hillary has done is hand Mitt a baseball bat, turned him in the direction of the giant Obama pinata on stage tonight and said, "Have at buddy. Maybe I'll see you in four years".

[expandspanos]

Does anyone on this forum remember when I said something to the effect of:

"A poorly directed youtube video did not cause the protests in the Middle East.." I pointed out the obvious fact that most people living there don't have internet connections, and couldn't care less about a poorly directed youtube video.. and you guys all called me nuts?

Now that your god- the mainstream media has admitted that story was made up and the video had nothing to do with it.. any apologies from anyone? Anyone willing to eat-crow and admit I was right? Or is everyone too proud to admit they were wrong and the guy who everyone here calls "nuts" was 100% right on?