Well, Shobiz fans, the reviews are in, and there's no question about it.

Hillary Clinton's appearance last week before the House Select Committee on Benghazi was

a smashing success.

The Washington Post raves Clinton emerges unscathed from high stakes Benghazi hearing.

And USA Today agrees, enthusing this was a good week for Clinton.

Critics around the country cheered Mrs. Clinton's performance as pitch perfect, saying her calm

response to hostile questions made her look presidential.

Who could disagree?

Mrs. Clinton's performance undoubtedly brought a new level of articulate dignity and presidential

plausibility to her endless series of detestival lies.

Just for example, when Mrs. Clinton told the committee that she had actually believed

that a YouTube video had had something to do with the September 11, 2012 attack on the

Libyan diplomatic compound that killed four people under her care, just the sheer brashness

of that start turn had me thinking Oscar Knight.

After all, Mrs. Clinton not only told her daughter it was a terrorist action on the night

of the attack, she told the Egyptian Prime Minister the same thing the day after.

But Hillary leaders stood in front of the caskets of the four murdered Americans and told

their families and our entire nation that the attack had been a random protest spurred

by a video.

A lie meant to protect her own position as well as Barack Obama's campaign talking points.

The last time Hillary Clinton was questioned about this lie, she played the part angrily,

snapping what difference at this point does it make.

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