OBAMA GAFFE: WH CLARIFIES EGYPT NO 'ALLY'

[B-Man]

Dr. Krauthammer on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s statement today regarding the attacks on American embassies throughout the Middle East and North Africa this week:

"It looks as if the administration has no idea what it thinks about what has just happened. We had that statement coming out of the embassy in Cairo, which was a disgraceful apology. And Romney attacks it — the White House hadn’t said anything — but after the Romney attack, the State Department denies it or disavows it [and] the White House does.

And then, of course, everybody jumps on Romney because he criticized it. He was absolutely right in attacking it.

 

When we heard from Secretary of State Clinton,

she basically repeated the apology: I oppose all this… We don’t have any sympathy with… we deplore…

I find it disgusting…

 

The worst line in the clip that you showed was this — where she said that “

there are different views around the world about the outer limits of free speech.” Why is she engaging in a disquisition on free speech with the mob? The implication here is that perhaps the mob is right, that we ought to be suppressing anything that offends Islam.

This in a nation that when somebody puts a crucifix in bottle of urine it ends up in a museum– we allow all kinds of exp

ression.

But perhaps we ought to make an exception in the case of Islam? This is absurd.

She ought to be speaking to the heads of state, to the State Department equivalents in the other states and say: You speak with your mob, you talk to them about this — and you defend our embassies.

I find this [Clinton's statement] a return to the sentiment of the embassy statement two days ago. I think they are totally in meltdown over at the State Department."

 

 

 

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/321034/krauthammers-take-nro-staff

[Koko78]

The Egyptians are just upset over all the Egyptians left unemployed by Bain Capital and the Libyians are afraid "Willard" will take away their birth control

 

Mitt Romney infects Egyptian women with cancer, then fires their husbands.

[B-Man]

mark-steyn The one and only

 

 

Oh say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave?

 

Actually, no.

 

Instead, the black flag of al Qa’eda flies over the US Embassy in Tunis.

 

But don’t worry, when your President’s so cool he’s doing gigs in Vegas, what happens in Tunis stays in Tunis.

 

As a Canadian, I’m interested to see that America has belatedly adopted the divided responsibilities of the Westminster system. Proceeding from the Pimp with the Limp show to Letterman to Beyoncé and back again, Barack Obama makes a perfectly adequate (if somewhat cheesy and downmarket) ceremonial queen.

 

But who’s he appointed as Prime Minister to do the tedious business of running the government (and attending those boring national security meetings)?

Edited September 14, 2012 by B-Man

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

Did he apologize for making this threat yet?

 

I am pretty sure that whatever the truth is you won't believe it.

 

The American Embassy Tweeted that they had no part in the film to the angry mob, then Myth lied and you believed it.

Edited September 17, 2012 by BillsFan-4-Ever

[Gary M]

I am pretty sure that whatever the truth is you won't believe it.

 

The American Embassy Tweeted that they had no part in the film to the angry mob, then Myth lied and you believed it.

 

So what did Mitt lie about?

 

http://www.slate.com...ddle_east_.html

 

Sept. 11 6:11 am

 

"The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."

Edited September 17, 2012 by Gary M

[fjl2nd]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/17/poll-more-approve-of-obamas-response-to-embassy-attack-than-romneys/

 

 

 

Poll: More approve of Obama's response to embassy attack than Romney's

 

Posted by

CNN's Kevin Liptak

(CNN) – Americans who were closely following developments in last week's attacks on American diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya were more likely to favorably rate President Barack Obama's handling of the dilemma than they were Mitt Romney's, according to a poll released Monday.

The survey from the Pew Research Center found 45% of Americans who said they were closely following the news approved of Obama's handling of the situation, compared to 26% who approved of Romney's statements. Conversely, 36% disapproved of Obama's handling of the situation, and 48% disapproved of Romney's response. Nineteen percent didn't have an opinion on Obama, and 26% couldn't rate Romney.

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The partisan breakdown of those who said they were following the news closely was largely even. Forty-eight percent of Republicans and 41% of Democrats said they were following the developments closely.

The attacks last week on the U.S. embassy in Cairo and an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, drew sharp reaction from Romney. The GOP presidential nominee initially issued a statement last Tuesday night, as reports indicated an American diplomatic worker in Benghazi had been killed in an attack. The Republican candidate's statement was sent before news broke that the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, had been killed in the attack.

In separate protests in Cairo, several men scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy and tore down its American flag. The violence in both Libya and Egypt stemmed from anger about an online film considered offensive to Islam.

In his statement, Romney said he was "outraged" by the attacks in Benghazi and Cairo, but took harsh aim at the Obama administration for what he characterized as a weak response to the violence.

"It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks," Romney wrote, an apparent reference to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo that denounced the anti-Islam film that is the source of the protesters' anger. The embassy's statement was released before protesters stormed the American embassy in Cairo on Tuesday.

Reaction to Romney's remarks was mixed. While some Republicans defended their party's presidential nominee, others were more critical, saying Romney had acted too quickly to inject politics into the still-developing situation.

The Pew Research Center poll surveyed 854 Americans who said they were closely following the news in Libya and Egypt. The poll was taken by telephone between September 13-16, and the sampling error was plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

[3rdnlng]

http://politicaltick...k-than-romneys/

 

 

 

Poll: More approve of Obama's response to embassy attack than Romney's

 

 

Posted by

CNN's Kevin Liptak

 

(CNN) – Americans who were closely following developments in last week's attacks on American diplomatic posts in Egypt and Libya were more likely to favorably rate President Barack Obama's handling of the dilemma than they were Mitt Romney's, according to a poll released Monday.

The survey from the Pew Research Center found 45% of Americans who said they were closely following the news approved of Obama's handling of the situation, compared to 26% who approved of Romney's statements. Conversely, 36% disapproved of Obama's handling of the situation, and 48% disapproved of Romney's response. Nineteen percent didn't have an opinion on Obama, and 26% couldn't rate Romney.

– Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker

– Check out the CNN Electoral Map and Calculator and game out your own strategy for November.

The partisan breakdown of those who said they were following the news closely was largely even. Forty-eight percent of Republicans and 41% of Democrats said they were following the developments closely.

The attacks last week on the U.S. embassy in Cairo and an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, drew sharp reaction from Romney. The GOP presidential nominee initially issued a statement last Tuesday night, as reports indicated an American diplomatic worker in Benghazi had been killed in an attack. The Republican candidate's statement was sent before news broke that the American ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, had been killed in the attack.

In separate protests in Cairo, several men scaled the walls of the U.S. embassy and tore down its American flag. The violence in both Libya and Egypt stemmed from anger about an online film considered offensive to Islam.

In his statement, Romney said he was "outraged" by the attacks in Benghazi and Cairo, but took harsh aim at the Obama administration for what he characterized as a weak response to the violence.

"It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks," Romney wrote, an apparent reference to a statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo that denounced the anti-Islam film that is the source of the protesters' anger. The embassy's statement was released before protesters stormed the American embassy in Cairo on Tuesday.

Reaction to Romney's remarks was mixed. While some Republicans defended their party's presidential nominee, others were more critical, saying Romney had acted too quickly to inject politics into the still-developing situation.

The Pew Research Center poll surveyed 854 Americans who said they were closely following the news in Libya and Egypt. The poll was taken by telephone between September 13-16, and the sampling error was plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

 

BTW, who ended up being right?

[B-Man]

BTW, who ended up being right?.

 

 

You mean , who did the WH end up echoing, just a day later,

 

why that would be Mitt Romney.

 

 

You know the Obama style......leading from behind.

 

 

He's got the media to protect him and those (like some here) blind followers to bleat and re-bleat the spin

Edited September 18, 2012 by B-Man

[Doc]

You mean , who did the WH end up echoing, just a day later,

 

why that would be Mitt Romney.

 

 

You know the Obama style......leading from behind.

 

 

He's got the media to protect him and those (like some here) blind followers to bleat and re-bleat the spin

+1

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

Seriously? What did Myth Romney's camp say immediately after the news got out?

 

Romney adviser blames Obama for Libya, Egypt attacks

 

and within 24 hours Myth backed off his comments -

 

 

After taking flak from both Democrats and Republicans for saying that President Obama sympathizes with protesters following the fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, Mitt Romney appeared to be backing down at a Virginia campaign stop on Thursday, merely saying that America seems at the “mercy of events, instead of shaping events." Then in a Washington Post interview posted Thursday night, a top Romney foreign policy adviser suggested the deadly protests wouldn't have happened on Romney's watch. “There’s a pretty compelling story that if you had a President Romney, you’d be in a different situation,” said Richard Williamson. “For the first time since Jimmy Carter, we’ve had an American ambassador assassinated.” Yet a New York Times article released around the same time says that in an interview Williamson and another adviser "conceded it was not clear that could have stopped the attack that killed the American ambassador there and three other American officers."

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/romney-blames-exonerates-obama-on-libya-attack.html

[Gary M]

Seriously? What did Myth Romney's camp say immediately after the news got out?

 

Romney adviser blames Obama for Libya, Egypt attacks

 

and within 24 hours Myth backed off his comments -

 

 

After taking flak from both Democrats and Republicans for saying that President Obama sympathizes with protesters following the fatal attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, Mitt Romney appeared to be backing down at a Virginia campaign stop on Thursday, merely saying that America seems at the “mercy of events, instead of shaping events." Then in a Washington Post interview posted Thursday night, a top Romney foreign policy adviser suggested the deadly protests wouldn't have happened on Romney's watch. “There’s a pretty compelling story that if you had a President Romney, you’d be in a different situation,” said Richard Williamson. “For the first time since Jimmy Carter, we’ve had an American ambassador assassinated.” Yet a New York Times article released around the same time says that in an interview Williamson and another adviser "conceded it was not clear that could have stopped the attack that killed the American ambassador there and three other American officers."

 

http://nymag.com/dai...bya-attack.html

 

 

Still waiting for you to tell me what Mitt lied about?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

That was Howard Dean, you buffoon.

actually, that was more of a

 

YEAAAAAAAAAAAH!