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Title: Obama Won't Be 'Swift-Boated' By Benghazi
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POLITICO
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83236.html
Published: Nov 3, 2012
Author: Roger Simon
Post Date: 2012-11-03 11:41:56 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 8840
Comments: 23
Obama should have been destroyed by now. That was the plan. He was going to be “Swift Boated” in this election, just like John Kerry was in 2004. It would be about Benghazi, where on Sept. 11 of this year, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed. This would be the spear point that would fatally wound the Obama campaign. It would be a classic smear: The Obama administration had delivered a “stand down” order to potential rescuers, and so the four Americans had died. Why would any agency or anybody in the administration do such a thing? It didn’t matter. Wingnuts can always find motives. There are still people who say Bill Clinton murdered Vince Foster. Whole books have been written about that one. There are legitimate questions to be answered about what happened at Benghazi. There always are questions after such tragedies. Warnings were ignored by the George W. Bush administration before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, after all. Were warnings ignored in Libya? Hindsight will probably find some. But Ambassador Stevens would hardly have ventured to Benghazi with inadequate protection if he thought there were legitimate warnings not to do so. So a different narrative, a different point of attack, would have to be found for Benghazi. On Oct. 26, Fox News reported that urgent requests for military backup during the attacks in Benghazi “was denied by officials in the CIA chain of command - - who also told the CIA operators twice to ‘stand down’ rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.” The CIA and State Department denied it, but “stand down” would become the rallying cry for the far right. It not only appears everywhere on social media, but on Friday Obama was on his way to a rally at the Franklin County Fairgrounds in Hilliard, Ohio, when, according to the White House press pool report, it “passed small groups of onlookers, including a slightly larger cluster holding signs related to Benghazi such as: ‘We won’t stand down … Benghazi’ and ‘What are you hiding?’ ” But Benghazi has proven to be not dynamite, but a firecracker. The October surprise has not turned into a bombshell. Instead, it has bombed. Romney might have made it an issue, but he blew two chances. In the second presidential debate, Romney delivered a muddled attack as to whether the administration had called the killings a terrorist act quickly enough. Then Romney finally managed to remember his talking point. “But I find more troubling than this, that on - - on the day following the assassination of the United States ambassador … when we have four Americans killed there, when apparently we didn’t know what happened, that the president, the day after that happened, flies to Las Vegas for a political fundraiser, then the next day to Colorado for another event, other political event,” Romney said. But Obama was ready. He had rehearsed, too. “The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened. That this was an act of terror and I also said that we’re going to hunt down those who committed this crime. And then a few days later, I was there greeting the caskets coming into Andrews Air Force Base and grieving with the families.” Romney then eagerly leapt into a parsing battle (which he lost) as to whether Obama actually had called it “an act of terror.” But who cares what Obama called it? It is far more important if Obama failed to protect American lives. Why didn’t Romney pursue that? It was a mistake and one he failed to correct in the final debate when moderator Bob Schieffer raised it in his very first question. But Romney muddled about again: “We see in — in — in Libya an attack apparently by — well, I think we know now by terrorists of some kind against — against our people there, four people dead. Our hearts and minds go to them.” So Romney blew it. And the Obama administration responded yesterday with an extensive tick-tock of events stating that help was rushed to Benghazi and there was no stand-down order. David Ignatius, the highly respected columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post, who had been vigorous in demanding more information about Benghazi, wrote online Thursday: “While there were multiple errors that led to the final tragedy, there’s no evidence that the White House or CIA leadership deliberately delayed or impeded rescue efforts.” Not that the Romney campaign couldn’t find diehard conspiracy advocates. John McCain, who has been determined for the past four years to stamp out any admiration he once earned for being a principled “maverick,” told Fox News Thursday that the Obama administration was engaged in “a classic scandal and cover-up” that “could be as bad as Watergate.” Worse, actually, since “nobody died in Watergate.” “I think it can have an impact [on the election] because we’ve still got five more days,” McCain said hopefully. But it won’t. There have been enough domestic smears, slurs and lies in this election that we don’t have to go looking for them in Benghazi.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
All that shit, and the above quote is the only FACT in the story. All you "spin" won't change that fact, Lyin' Brian. Let's not paint it with too fine of a brush: o'Bungler is a traitorous piece of shit, and you suck his dick.
Had not Sandy happened, Benghazi could have been a major issue but it looks like God wants President Obama re-elected.
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... thanks for reminding me of the best political contributions i ever made,
What was that, reelecting the war criminal jorge booosh?
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... no defeating the coward kerry
The Tea Bagger God must have wanted four dead bodies in Libya too, since in their world, nothing happens that is not God's will, Sometimes wouldn't mind them seeing what a Mormon president would actually be like. I somehow don't think he would be so rewarding for all the grief they have caused the Mormon church in the past.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
yep, that's why he took out the democrats in the north east
That IS the real mystery about mittens. They do know what the hell they would be getting. That is why the last minute indies will break for the President.
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... *grin*
you guys need to loosen up those tin foil caps, you're getting silly now
We are just 'channeling' your peoples thought process (what scant little there is of that).
It is not easy reconstructing 'molded minds'... don't be so testy brian, i didn't run the bad campaign your messiah did
That is why the last minute indies will break for the President. The local Mormons have been out in force campaigning for him here in Northern California. If he renounced his Bishop status in the church it would be one thing (of course Mormons are still allowed to lie to and deceive non Mormons), but they don't realize how the Mormon Church works and why he can lie and flip flop with a straight face. The Tea Baggers won't know what hit them until it's too late.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Why do you silly conservatives always see mere politicians as messiah's. You GOPbot are still worshipping Reagan.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Romney's ancestors were forced to flee for their lives to Mexico because of Christian evangelicals, pure and simple.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
Stupid cunt: The Tea Bagger God... In Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," one of the main tenets is to accuse your opponents of what it is YOU do. Since you accuse conservatives of being "tea- baggers," it would seem logical (using Alinsky's tactical book as a blueprint) that you're the ones doing the "tea-bagging." I notice Lyin' Brian didn't contradict the observation, that he performs fellatio on o'bungler daily. [Giving credit where due, it's obvious that you, whineymold, do it far less frequently (and with less... "fervor") than lyin' bryan.] But you're both guilty of it. Which means that YOU are truly "tea-baggers," using the sexual innuendo that you so often use. And THAT is why you use this term so often; a Freudian slip that indicates what's really on YOUR mind. You're an obama drone, pure and simple: Paid and volunteer Obama campaign operatives that work on social and internet media and seem like they are remote controlled personalities spouting talking points reflexively and thoughtlessly. Will not ever admit to being wrong despite the facts and can not be convinced that any Obama policy is wrong. Will call anyone a racist, a conservative, Perry or Bachmann supporter (even if that person is from the left of the left) or any other insult they think will shut down legitimate policy discussions. Derived from Obama's ever expanding use of remote controlled drone bombers in the endless wars started by Bush and the wars started by Obama, himself. In Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," one of the main tenets is to accuse your opponents of what it is YOU do. Since you accuse conservatives of being "tea- baggers," it would seem logical (using Alinsky's tactical book as a blueprint) that you're the ones doing the "tea-bagging." I notice Lyin' Brian didn't contradict the observation, that he performs fellatio on o'bungler daily. [Giving credit where due, it's obvious that you, whineymold, do it far less frequently (and with less... "fervor") than lyin' bryan.] But you're both guilty of it. Which means that YOU are truly "tea-baggers," using the sexual innuendo that you so often use. And THAT is why you use this term so often; a Freudian slip that indicates what's really on YOUR mind. You're an obama drone, pure and simple: 1. Obama Drone Paid and volunteer Obama campaign operatives that work on social and internet media and seem like they are remote controlled personalities spouting talking points reflexively and thoughtlessly. Will not ever admit to being wrong despite the facts and can not be convinced that any Obama policy is wrong. Will call anyone a racist, a conservative, Perry or Bachmann supporter (even if that person is from the left of the left) or any other insult they think will shut down legitimate policy discussions. Derived from Obama's ever expanding use of remote controlled drone bombers in the endless wars started by Bush and the wars started by Obama, himself. One can always tell when you have no further facts to argue with. You fall back on your Alinsky crutch.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
LMFAO!!!!!!!! Now that is funny, considering you are impervious to facts! No, it is YOU who falls back to the Alinsky tactics... and it is I who calls you out on it, when you do. I noticed, BTW, that once again, you completely ignore the facts and logical conclusion, as I have presented them. Instead, you attempt to apply your Alice- In-Wonderland logic, namely, that because you say something, automatically confers validity to your point. Ironically, when you say something, more often than not, it turns out to be the exact opposite of reality. Not surprising, since you're delusional. <<< smirk >>>
Now that is funny, considering you are impervious to facts! So under the Articles of Confederation the economy in the 13 states consisted of 100% pure capitalism. LOLOLOLOL
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
You drink too much box wine tonight? Mix it with some MIDOL chasers??? You're one stupid bitch, aren't you? <<< eyeball roll* >>> You brought it up on that other thread, I thought I would save you the trouble of going over there when you could be shown here how screwed up you have your "facts".
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
No, I did not. And you're still a stupid bitch. Time to move on. God DAMN it, you've committed the worst sin possible; you're boring me. Fuck it. Back to bozo, twat.
And you're still a stupid bitch. Time to move on. God DAMN it, you've committed the worst sin possible; you're boring me. Fuck it. Back to bozo, twat. And here you grab your other crutch when you get boxed into a corner. You are nothing but a baby.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
The Obama administration had delivered a “stand down” order to potential rescuers, and so the four Americans had died.
"I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
#2. To: Capitalist Eric (#1)
#3. To: Brian S (#0)
swift boated
#4. To: calcon (#3)
#5. To: Brian S (#4)
#6. To: Brian S (#2)
(Edited)
Had not Sandy happened, Benghazi could have been a major issue but it looks like God wants President Obama re-elected.
#7. To: Brian S (#2)
but it looks like God wants President Obama re-elected.
#8. To: mininggold (#6)
Sometimes wouldn't mind them seeing what a Mormon president would actually be like. I somehow don't think he would be so rewarding for all the grief they have caused the Mormon church in the past.
#9. To: calcon (#7)
yep, that's why he took out the democrats in the north east
#10. To: Brian S, mininggold (#8)
#11. To: calcon (#10)
#12. To: Brian S (#11)
#13. To: Brian S (#8)
(Edited)
That IS the real mystery about mittens. They do know what the hell they would be getting.
#14. To: calcon (#12)
(Edited)
#15. To: calcon (#10)
#16. To: mininggold (#6)
Brian S: Had not Sandy happened, Benghazi could have been a major issue but it looks like God wants President Obama re-elected.
1. Obama Drone
"I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
#17. To: Capitalist Eric (#16)
(Edited)
Brian S: Had not Sandy happened, Benghazi could have been a major issue but it looks like God wants President Obama re-elected. Stupid cunt: The Tea Bagger God...
#18. To: mininggold (#17)
One can always tell when you have no further facts to argue with.
You fall back on your Alinsky crutch.
"I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
#19. To: Capitalist Eric (#18)
LMFAO!!!!!!!!
#20. To: mininggold (#19)
#21. To: Capitalist Eric (#20)
(Edited)
Ok.......... so tell me, you stupid cunt, where that came up on this thread???
#22. To: mininggold (#21)
(Edited)
"I am relying on my personal experience with Morons, which have been universally positive." -jwpegler
#23. To: Capitalist Eric (#22)
(Edited)
No, I did not.
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