Stephanie Cutter insisted this morning on NBC that the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not a “foreign policy failure,” and … The threat in eastern Libya, however, came from the direct action launched by Obama against the previous Qaddafi regime. … The central government has little effective control in the Benghazi region. …
By now we’ve gotten the basic details of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi — no thanks to the White House, which tried … But it was too late to help the Americans in Benghazi. The ambassador and three others were dead. … Benghazi terrorist attack will almost certainly arise as a topic.…
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Frankly, I didn’t think this was as outrageous as many on the Right did; clearly, Obama was repeating Stewart’s word … Obama didn’t come up with the word “optimal” all by himself. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.
Illustrations by Chris Muir of Day by Day.…
Obama in 2008 from seeing Mr. … Obama is exhausted. His political capital is spent. … Probably with good reason, Barack Obama is also not acting like a winner.…
Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at [email protected] with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
The Romney campaign may have misfired with its suggestion that statements by President Obama and U.N. … Ambassador Susan Rice about the Benghazi attack last month weren’t supported by intelligence, according to documents provided by a … Why was that language dropped from the talking points distributed to Congress and Obama administration officials?…
Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s narrative on the president’s foreign-policy record has long been that all of those drone … If this is the best the Obama administration can offer in its defense, they’re in trouble. … It’s really quite jarring that Team Obama can accuse Mitt Romney & friends of trying to distort the Benghazi situation for political…
Democrats’ criticism that Mitt Romney ranges from the most radically conservative candidate evah to flip-flopper of the century — that Obama … Whatever these “Romnesia” symptoms are, I find it kind of odd that President Obama really wants to talk a little talkity-talk about … #Romnesia
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 19, 2012
The Twitters is going to have some fun with this one.
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The Obama administration has thus far refused to consider the November 2009 mass murder a terrorist attack, choosing instead to call … Also unlike the Benghazi attack, it would be impossible to hang responsibility for the lack of security on Obama or his administration … ; Hasan was symptomatically a problem before Obama took office. …
Earlier this morning, McClatchy asked why the Obama administration changed its story on the Benghazi terrorist attack after three … The Obama administration maintained publicly for a week that the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi that killed U.S. … That’s a big, big problem for Barack Obama and his righteous indignation.…
Barack Obama insisted in the presidential debate on Tuesday night that he had called the Benghazi attack an “act of terror” in his … The central government in Tripoli has no control now over the Benghazi region. … But just days after President Obama reasserted his vow to bring those responsible to justice, Mr.…
Not just what happened in Benghazi, but what happened within. … Obama : “Here’s what I’ll say. If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. We’re going to fix it. All of it. … He has been known to use dry, off-putting, minimizing euphemisms to downplay the Benghazi attack, after all.…
I can’t resist this delicious piece of video from an Obama rally at a Ohio university from our friends at Revealing Politics. … The way Kelly Maher tells it, this endeavor started innocently as a project to determine whether rank-and-file Obama supporters had … bought the line about Benghazi being caused by a YouTube video.…
Prong one was him insisting that when O got snotty with Romney about his Benghazi accusations, he came off like a — well, let’s say … tell him, except to reassure him that Candy herself used to think the White House’s spin about “acts of terror” was lame, and that Obama…
As long as Obama didn’t collapse on the stage, they were going to say he had his mojo back. … The problem is that in order to sound passionate and full of conviction, Obama had to belt out a remarkable string of untruths. … Obama insisted to Romney that he had called the Benghazi attack terrorism on day one, when in fact, he had not. …
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’m sorry, what’s your name?
Q: It’s Kerry, Kerry Ladka.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Great to see you here. … For background, Obama did apparently lump Benghazi into a reference to “acts of terror” in a Sept. 12 Rose Garden address. … As to Ladka’s question about who turned down the Benghazi security requests and why, Obama reportedly told him that “releasing the…
In a debate on substance, this would be as much a default by Obama as the first debate. … At some points she almost lost control, then seemed to interrupt Romney more often than Obama. … of refusing to call the Benghazi attack an act of terror.…
Consulate in Benghazi an act of terrorism. … Ironically, the President’s reaction to Romney’s criticism on Libya provided Obama with his best optics of the night. … , reality—means that the issue is certain to help Romney and hurt Obama.…
The Barack Obama media avoidance strategy continues apace in the OOTD feature, once again with a bit of a twist. … — while Obama still hasn’t addressed it since his UN speech in which he blamed a YouTube video. … “Here’s the chance, because President Barack Obama wants to hear from Us!…
President Obama has always been careful not to neglect veterans in his bid for reelection, often including them among the groups — … news shows on Monday morning, Arizona senator, veteran, and erstwhile GOP presidential candidate John McCain spoke to how the Benghazi … They’re angry; they’re upset; they don’t trust Barack Obama. There’s 1.6 million of them in Florida, for example.…
It was Obama who too often let Congress steer the ship in circles. … It still is Obama who hasn’t laid out a clear vision for the next four years.
We endorsed Obama for change last time around. … President Obama did not single-handedly put us on this path.…
Refuses to talk to reporters about Benghazi, but grants interview to Us Magazine
“Jim, you may want to move on to another topic.” … Goes to Las Vegas fundraiser after attack on Benghazi consulate
No time to meet with Netanyahu, makes time for the Pimp with a Limp … And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.…
And those are the kinder thoughts that the editors of the Las Vegas Review-Journal had for Barack Obama in their lead editorial yesterday … When they get down to specifics on Benghazi, the anger pulses through every sentence (via Twitchy):
The official explanation for … The best that Team Obama can hope is that what’s said in Vegas stays in Vegas.…
Remember how the White House insisted for more than a week that there was “no evidence” that the sacking of the Benghazi consulate … Even hours into the attack, the White House didn’t go any farther than order an evacuation effort at the Benghazi airport. … This is what Jake Tapper meant by the drip-drip-drip of Benghazi:
As of now, the White House has disclosed that President Obama was…
This piece is as noteworthy for its sourcing as it is for its substance. The dam’s starting to break.
“The [Counterterrorism Security Group] is the one group that’s supposed to know what resources every agency has. They know of multiple options and have the ability to coordinate counterterrorism assets...
