October 11, 2012
— Ace
A Kinsleyan Gaffe is a statement in which a politician reveals her real, but repulsive, beliefs.
Stephanie Cutter just committed a horrific one.
She views the abject failure of Obama to provide adequate security in Benghazi -- due to his naive view that a disarmed consulate would deter armed aggression -- as a purely "political" issue.
A "political" issue to be spun, reframed, recontextualized.
A "political" issue that just happens to have a bodycount.
This explains why the Obama Campaign lied about the attack for two weeks: Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, they view this as a "political" issue to be spun and won.
This explains why the Obama Campaign lies to the face of the mother of Sean Smith. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, Sean Smith's death is just a "political" issue to be won in a newscycle.
This explains why Obama jetted off to a Vegas fundraiser on the day of Chris Stevens', Sean Smiths', and two SEALs' murder. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, this is just a "political issue" and for Obama to cancel political plans would suggest it might be more than that.
This explains why Hillary Clinton lied about the cause of Chris Stevens' death, just yards away from his coffin. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, this is just a "political issue," a distraction from the only thing that matters, the reelection of Barack Hussein Obama.
This explains why the Obama Administration claims its investigation into why they themselves refused completely reasonable security upgrades cannot be completed... until after the election. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, the catastrophic decision to pursue a Let a Smile Be Your Bodyguard folly is just a "political" issue to be reframed for media soundbites.
This explains a full month of lies, evasions, and complete refusal to admit any sort of responsibility. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, the bodies of four Americans are just a "political" issue, just "bumps in the road," to be buried and forgotten.
Not a Gaffe: A Planned Administration Strategy. As @verumserum notes, Jay Carney trotted this "politicization" claim yesterday.
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Posted by: Dastardly Dan at October 11, 2012 11:31 AM (rvLeh)
Posted by: Adriane at October 11, 2012 11:31 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 11, 2012 11:31 AM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Dave S. at October 11, 2012 11:31 AM (3R0Zs)
That's the only way it gets the attention it deserves. Otherwise, it's too easy for the Palace Guard to shove it under the rug.
Posted by: Hedley Lamar at October 11, 2012 11:32 AM (RdCfV)
Posted by: Dastardly Dan at October 11, 2012 11:32 AM (rvLeh)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 11, 2012 11:32 AM (KjlbF)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (pLTLS)
Satan has his minions. They are in the Obama administration.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (UK9cE)
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I'd put Steff Cutter in the "bitchy junior high chick clique" category....
Posted by: Samuel Jackson at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Bzb888 at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: El Kabong at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (b1eWL)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (iL9Kk)
Posted by: Fast and Furious at October 11, 2012 11:33 AM (mukPq)
No, she should be put in charge of the re-election campaign
Posted by: Dastardly Dan at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (rvLeh)
In a sick way, she's right. The reason for the coverup is entirely political - Obama wants to get reelected.
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: joncelli at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Elijah Cummings and Eleanor Holmes Norton at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (mjR67)
Yes, it is. They grow up into adults unfortunately.
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 11:34 AM (VqU7/)
Posted by: Average Joe at October 11, 2012 11:35 AM (bN5ZU)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 11, 2012 11:35 AM (hyB08)
But a lady murdered to death by Romney's Cancer Ray? Run the ad.
Posted by: Dang© at October 11, 2012 11:35 AM (R18D0)
Posted by: Jolly Roger at October 11, 2012 11:35 AM (t06LC)
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 11:36 AM (VqU7/)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 11, 2012 11:36 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 11, 2012 11:36 AM (oSFWF)
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at October 11, 2012 11:36 AM (y12hg)
Posted by: rockmom at October 11, 2012 11:37 AM (qE3AR)
"Obama wants to get reelected. " The unemployment numbers are a lie. Many seasonal temporary holiday jobs.
oh yea..and Holiday means "Holy Day" Some Democrats want to eliminate holiday now from the workplace. Will that happen someday?
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 11:37 AM (VqU7/)
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 11, 2012 11:37 AM (hyB08)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at October 11, 2012 11:37 AM (1Jaio)
Politicians are more corrupt than lawyers.
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (VqU7/)
And this is why it took you 3-fucking weeks to get boots on the ground to secure the facility? After CNN had been through it 2+ weeks ago?
Yeah, really interested in "getting facts" - especially everyone in the administration KNEW, for a FACT, while the consulate was being attacked, that it had nothing to do with the damn video.
Glad I just voted (absentee) against these clusterfucks. It won't matter (Massachusetts, spit), but it makes me feel a little better after reading this shit.
Posted by: DocJ at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (V20sy)
Posted by: Tommy V at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (ZYlKz)
Posted by: ET at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (s72/N)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (Zd/NW)
I'm re-tweeting that like it's hot!
...and if touching little boys is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Posted by: Jim Messina at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (mX8oo)
Posted by: Captain Hate (more dagny and less curious) at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (awj+x)
Posted by: El Kabong at October 11, 2012 11:38 AM (b1eWL)
Posted by: Vic at October 11, 2012 11:39 AM (YdQQY)
@Lis_Smith
Somehow not shocked that whenever LibyaÂ’s discussed, the GOPÂ’s first instinct is to turn it into a political attack.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 11, 2012 11:39 AM (pLTLS)
Posted by: marinemom at October 11, 2012 11:39 AM (OKtOV)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (oSFWF)
FIFY, but not amusing that I did it Truman. It just makes it sadder.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (HECWz)
Posted by: RWC at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (fWAjv)
"The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday fired a Texas staffer who appeared to offer to help someone figure out how to vote simultaneously in two states in undercover video released by conservative activist James OÂ’Keefe."
I'd link it but I can only find the story at Talking Points Memo......
Posted by: Tami at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (X6akg)
Political first, last, and always-- every day in every way, now and forever
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Adam at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (/YJYi)
Posted by: El Kabong at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (b1eWL)
This is in the media because of Romney/Ryan? Romney tweeted something that was 100% ACCURATE the night of the attack. Obama has been COVERING IT UP ever since.
This has about as much to do with politics as the hair on my ballsack.
Obama fucked up and SACRIFICED AMERICAN LIVES in Libya. WHY!?!
Answer the goddamn question!!!!!
Democrats are forever dead to me. They are pathetic and have no soul.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (1hLHC)
Posted by: Vic at October 11, 2012 11:40 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 03:34 PM (kXoT0)
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Ancient Rome was quite advanced in other ways though. You could legally kill your own child until it reached the age of reason, which was set at the age of four. So, way ahead of us and our puny abortions.
Posted by: Surgeon General, USA at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (jUytm)
Yes, it is. They grow up into adults unfortunately. Only if you let them.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (zji3t)
Posted by: soothsayer already said it at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (jUytm)
Lol. Yeah, like this will move the needle. Lol. People don't care about foreign policy, all they care about is the wonderful job numbers that came out last Friday and today. Lol. Romney just lost Ohio. Texas, Oklahoma, and Alaska too.
Lol.
Posted by: Gerg at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 11, 2012 11:41 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: garrett at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (mX8oo)
Posted by: DangerGirl (@deadlyestrogen) at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (cDwCa)
This needs to be a 60 second commercial. All the lies, the refusal to provide protection to the consulate and the ambassador; finally the callous disregard of their deaths.
Romey and Ryan have to shove this to the fore front. The MFM won't. America needs someone who can lead. Not these pathetic clowns like Obama.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (zLp5I)
Posted by: SH at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 11, 2012 11:42 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: tofer732 at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (2zM0P)
Posted by: maddogg at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (8y9MW)
Man.
We've blown clear through all the barriers of what I thought was a possible low for these....people here (I really have to strain to assign basic humanity to the Obama team at this point).
We've gone past the self-parody. Past the insane. Past the unbelievable. Past the obscene. Past another galaxy.
We're into another DIMENSION.
I flat out don't believe what I just saw. I don't know if it quite computes. I simply cannot fathom a human being speaking in this fashion. It terrifies me.
And you juxtapose this with the horrible gut wrenching grief coming from a grieving mother on CNN...
Christ almighty.
This. Cannot. Stand.
It has to end.
That which cannot continue, will not.
The country cannot, and will not, continue with this man as president. It will not survive.
Posted by: Hawkins1701 at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (h6Qhg)
Posted by: @Ed at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (wFejO)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 03:42 PM (Zd/NW)
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Kind of ironic given that whole "St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers" thing, isn't it?
Posted by: Surgeon General, USA at October 11, 2012 11:43 AM (1Y+hH)
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Oh... Debbie stepped in it a bit on this issue too. In response to a question about wrong information about the video the administration put out.
"well that doesnt make it false.... or deliberate."
Posted by: fixerupper at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (C8hzL)
Only if you let them.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2012 03:41 PM (zji3t)
I'd prefer if they all stayed as children.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (mukPq)
Team Obama is trying to "turn those machines back on!!!" to 9/12 when it looked like Mitt Romney stepped on his dick by politicizing the death of a U.S. Ambassador. But waaaaay too much has come out and happened since 9/12 for them to get away with this. Obama is behind now and everything is being filtered through that lens now, not the lens of "how did Romney fuck up today?"
Posted by: rockmom at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (NYnoe)
This should be prominent in the VP debate tonight. Two things worry me:
1. The media desperately wants to declare a momentum-changing Biden win tonight.
2. Humor. Biden's weakness is his strength in this regard, in that he ad libs and likes put-down humor. Ryan seems super-serious. Maybe uptight. Like the humorless Obama looked in Denver vs. the animated, smiling Romney.
Smile Paul.
Posted by: CJ at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (9KqcB)
Posted by: tofer732 at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (2zM0P)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:44 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Jay Bee at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (Xwgt3)
"This country is being run by college students."
Yes, it is. They NEVER grow up into adults unfortunately.
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 03:34 PM (VqU7/)
FIFY
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (zLp5I)
If Ryan is declared the winner, then the media has abandoned the One. I think they want to at this point.
Posted by: SH at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (gmeXX)
LA Times writer criticizes Fox News, Bret Baier for not defending Obama post-Benghazigate
http://tinyurl.com/8wkjwv7
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (tf9Ne)
Stephanie Cutter and Tonya Harding - separated at birth.
Tonya put the hurt on her figure skating competition; Cutter applies the tire iron to the Gold Star moms of America.
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (jm/9g)
Posted by: Tami at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (X6akg)
They are so brainwashed and determined to push this shit for brains through the gates that they lose all sense of reality.
But as Ann Coulter said, if they weren't crazy-assed loons they wouldn't be Democrats.
Posted by: Vic at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Meremortal, trying to get it together at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (1Y+hH)
There's no way that she gets fired over this. The people running the show care about tonight's debate, followed by the next two debates and by campaigning. All else is simply noise to be ignored until after the election. NOTHING. ELSE. MATTERS.
Also, do you really think that an administration with Eric Holder running the Justice Dept. would have the wherewithal to throw Cutter overboard for verbalizing what is, to them, a core belief? Pffft.
Posted by: sans_sheriff at October 11, 2012 11:45 AM (OQHM+)
Posted by: maddogg at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (YmPwQ)
The first murderer in the world to be convicted by DNA evidence is a British man named Colin Pitchfork (yes, that's right). When the police interviewed him, they were struck that his expressions of emotion were completely abnormal.
He smiled when he said he was sad, and he frowned when he said he was happy. After a psychiatric evaluation, it was determined that he was a rare, pure sociopath who utterly lacked empathy and therefore had no idea when to smile or frown. He felt nothing for anyone but himself, so he couldn't even approximate human emotions.
Cutter is a sociopath. She smiles at the most horrifically inappropriate times, when she's talking about murdered Americans, because she--like her boss--feels nothing for other human beings.
Posted by: Llarry at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (ydx+F)
Posted by: Random at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (u8eBQ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (mukPq)
Posted by: tofer732 at October 11, 2012 03:44 PM (2zM0P)
I'm betting that Ryan will be just a bit more prepared than Palin. She did fine, but she was NO WHERE NEAR prepared for what she got into back then.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: real joe, ready to commence drinking heavily at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (lJSPE)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 11, 2012 11:46 AM (9+ccr)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 11:47 AM (mukPq)
Posted by: ErikW at October 11, 2012 11:47 AM (Dy26i)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 11, 2012 11:47 AM (Dnbau)
>>Cutter has deleted the tweet from her timeline.....sadly, Jim Messina hasn't deleted is retweet of it.
He's still in the shower with a boy scout.
Posted by: garrett at October 11, 2012 11:47 AM (mX8oo)
#90 I wouldn't go that far. I just think Team Obama had a lot of success this year with the "Republicans are making everything political, isn't that icky and desperate and sad" so it's sort of a default talking point for them. They think this time isn't any different....but they're wrong. They may get Mark Halperin and Chuck Todd to go along and wave their pom-poms, but nobody else is.
I feel like Anderson Cooper is genuinely revulsed by this incident and is really pissed off at the dissembling and cover-up. Maybe CNN has finally realized that recapturing some integrity may get them an audience.
Posted by: rockmom at October 11, 2012 11:48 AM (qE3AR)
Possible?
Posted by: schmoopy at October 11, 2012 11:48 AM (vclSa)
Posted by: Tami at October 11, 2012 03:45 PM (X6akg)
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Tami... catch me up. What'd Cutter tweet???
Posted by: fixerupper at October 11, 2012 11:48 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 11, 2012 11:48 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (Pixxe)
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Dont poke the bear....
Posted by: fixerupper at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (TpXEI)
Link in sig.
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (imtbm)
I really want to see the whole interview. I bet the whole interview is even more damning.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (zLp5I)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 11:49 AM (mukPq)
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 03:46 PM (UK9cE)
Biden's job tonight is 1) don't fuck up, 2) make Ryan look young and inexperienced, and 3) don't fuck up
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: social science major at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (xXhWA)
Posted by: logprof at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Redd at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (guxHP)
Posted by: pcoast at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (s72VS)
"I feel like Anderson Cooper is genuinely revulsed by this incident and is really pissed off at the dissembling and cover-up. Maybe CNN has finally realized that recapturing some integrity may get them an audience."
No.
We've wondered this about fifty times since 2009. It ain't happening. It's beyond marriage with these people. With marriage there's the concept of divorce. This is cult stuff.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 11, 2012 11:50 AM (TpXEI)
we need to get back to the important stuff, war on womens free bc and Big Bird.
Posted by: willow at October 11, 2012 03:48 PM (hX8cq)
And birth control for Big Bird. Because he's a dirty bird.
Posted by: joncelli at October 11, 2012 11:51 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 11, 2012 11:51 AM (1hLHC)
I think Mussolini is a more apt comparison. A buffoon masquerading as greatness personified.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 11:51 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: fixerupper at October 11, 2012 03:48 PM (C8hzL)
Andrew Kaczynski @BuzzFeedAndrew
Stephanie Cutter says Benghazi is only an issue "because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan." 1:56 PM - 11 Oct 12 · Details " data-mentions="BuzzFeedAndrew">
.@BuzzFeedAndrew Romney has politicized Libya w/no plans of his own. POTUS' priorities are getting facts & bringing terrorists to justice.
Retweeted by Jim MessinaPosted by: Tami at October 11, 2012 11:51 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter [/b][/i][/u] at October 11, 2012 11:51 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Actually a lot of mayhem is needed. at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (hLRSq)
If Ryan is declared the winner, then the media has abandoned the One. I think they want to at this point
There is no way they will delare Ryan the winner, unless Biden makes an impossible-to-ignore gaffe. The best they will say is "a standoff."
Unless I am wrong. Which I could be. At which point I'll deny ever writing this post.
Posted by: CJ at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (9KqcB)
Ryan's lecture was masterful, but some people cannot be taught because they are incapable of learning.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (/kI1Q)
The crowd won't be his typical speech recipients, so he won't be able to throw down chains comments and lies like he has been for the last 3 years. Things have changed and he's gone senile.
Ryan won't take it lightly and will be on point, rock solid and show leadership that Biden can only read about in his comic books under his bed.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: mallfly at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (bJm7W)
I'm betting that Ryan will be just a bit more
prepared than Palin. She did fine, but she was NO WHERE NEAR prepared
for what she got into back then.
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And she still shredded that dumbass.
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 11, 2012 11:52 AM (0CiTm)
Biden's job tonight is 1) don't fuck up, 2) make Ryan look young and inexperienced, and 3) don't fuck up
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 03:50 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah, I see the meme in the headlines about the debate is "A heartbeat away from the Presidency, the importance of a VP." I guess they want people to think Ryan is too young. I think the opposite is true. Why would they call attention to the fact that the VP could be President? The thought of Biden in that position is truly frightening...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (9+ccr)
In a better time, this whole administration would be punished for treason.
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (imtbm)
so she said it.... and .... wrote it.
**spit**
Posted by: fixerupper at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: IreneFingIrene at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (X7MMs)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: MJH at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (UF0og)
Posted by: logprof at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (8sCoq)
Yes, if your child proved mentally or physically defective, you could legally dispose of it because the Roman citizenry was to be the finest in the world. You were not required to do this, but, the social pressure was fierce. It is another reason that adoption was an integral part of Roman society--if you had no worthy progeny, you adopted them, even if they were slaves. The exaltation of Rome was the first and last goal of Rome and its citizens.
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (kXoT0)
Not a Gaffe: A Planned Administration Strategy.
Then it is a Mega-Gaffe, a supernova of gaffing, and an example of being so dense to normality that not even light can escape.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Actually a lot of mayhem is needed. at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (KjlbF)
Ace,
I would extend one.
This a dog whistle from Stephanie Cutter to the media. this as a "political" issue to be spun and won....so get out there, Media, and do your "Obama dog and pony show" and help cover our asses.
Posted by: Wisrich at October 11, 2012 11:53 AM (hdpay)
Disgusting.
Posted by: ToursLepantoVienna at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (F9l4e)
Posted by: IC at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (a0IVu)
Biden's job tonight is 1) don't fuck up, 2) make Ryan look young and inexperienced, and 3) don't fuck up
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 03:50 PM (8sCoq)
You are absolutely correct about jobs 1 and 3. But job 2 is also "fuck up."
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (ggRof)
If you were on Obama's team and retaliation for Benghazi was about to occur, might you start floating this out there to pull Romney/Ryan into making a statement that the administration is sitting on their butt. Then the next day.....boom!
Possible?
Posted by: schmoopy at October 11, 2012 03:48 PM (vclSa)
We are coming up on a no / new moon this week. But the emphasis by Romney needs to be on the lies and the complete lack of security.
Retaliation is an entirely different issue. Of course the ignorant, gratuitously obtuse, small minded, twits in the media will confuse the issues. Because the confusion will help provide cover for their boyfriend.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (zLp5I)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (mukPq)
Are the voters insignificant pawns too?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 11, 2012 11:54 AM (SkyIE)
A Presidency not only built on hope, but on arrogance to the extreme. This explains it all.
Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at October 11, 2012 11:55 AM (zpqa2)
Thing is, Romney did kind of box them into a corner by coming out immediately calling Bullshit. That was their opportunity to walk it back but they decided to see if the media could kill the story for them.
Cutter's gaffe is really just slagging the media for not helping them kill the story.
Posted by: spongeworthy at October 11, 2012 11:55 AM (r5w1L)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 11, 2012 11:55 AM (GFM2b)
Posted by: nip at October 11, 2012 11:55 AM (11Tdq)
Posted by: ErikW at October 11, 2012 11:55 AM (Dy26i)
Posted by: nhwingnut at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (DhgCF)
Or were all three "don't fuck up"? But then why would they always call me "fuck up"?
I'm pretty sure jobs 1, 2, and 3 for me tonight are "fuck up". I hope I don't disappoint!
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (ggRof)
Posted by: The Ghost of Flannery O'Connor at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (mMtFx)
Posted by: angler at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (SwjAj)
Romney has politicized Libya w/no plans of his own. POTUS' priorities are getting facts bringing terrorists to justice. Romney has politicized Libya w/no plans of his own. POTUS' priorities are getting facts bringing terrorists to justice.
POTUS had that filmmaker hauled off to jail. Brought his ambassador-murdering ass to justice.
Posted by: CJ at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (9KqcB)
No.
We've wondered this about fifty times since 2009. It ain't happening. It's beyond marriage with these people. With marriage there's the concept of divorce. This is cult stuff.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 11, 2012 03:50 PM (TpXEI)
They are attached at the hip with the Dems, but their self preservation instincts are much stronger. Remember, Dems will turn on their own if it means they get some protection. They are the scorpion.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (Zd/NW)
Gerg is sucking his father's jism out of condoms left in the shower, so his breath smells like his ass.
Posted by: Gerg's mom at October 11, 2012 11:56 AM (qxcKC)
Posted by: real joe, ready to commence drinking heavily at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (lJSPE)
Posted by: Shameless lies about murder. at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (LpQbZ)
Ehhhhh. Their bits are irrelevant. Van Jones, Bill Ayers, Cass Sunstein, Zeke Emmanuel...all cut from the same cloth as those scrunts.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (/kI1Q)
If I remember correctly, the Bengahzi murders weren't even brought up in the first Romney/SCOAMT debate. Which makes me think that it won't be brought up tonight.
It'll be about that $716 billion Medicare argument.
Posted by: Soona at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (fQ9ZK)
Posted by: Roy at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: RushBabe at October 11, 2012 11:57 AM (tQHzJ)
She's not hot. She's supremely ugly in that she has no personality, no character and no soul.
Posted by: ErikW at October 11, 2012 03:55 PM (Dy26i)
From a physical "bed post notch" viewpoint, she is reasonably hot.
As a human?
Lower than oil spill on the shore scum.
Posted by: © Sponge at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Gas Fumes Edition at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (eQnzo)
No way Ryan is declared the winner, unless Biden actually drops trou and starts jacking off
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 03:53 PM (8sCoq)
If it is really bad, we need someone to make a video of their soundbites and play them interspersed with Biden's biggest screw-ups. Sort of like what Rush does every day.
If it is funny enough, it could go viral.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (zLp5I)
Politics over basic humanity.
Sociopathic Narcissist, is there any doubt left?
Posted by: watchtheface at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (ROdby)
Posted by: logprof at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (V/U0X)
Posted by: RM at October 11, 2012 11:58 AM (TRsME)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Ken at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (7yb9x)
And furious. Sick and furious.
In fact, more furious than sick.
There is no shame, no conscience, in this administration. Only greed and malice. There's not a single real American in the bunch, and I spit on every last one of them.
*SPIT!*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at October 11, 2012 03:51 PM (CA2NO)
Link to yawning kitteh?
Posted by: MrCaniac luvs Yawning Kittehs at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Count de Monet channels Stephanie Cutter at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (BAS5M)
Posted by: squirrel! at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 11:59 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Shameless lies about murder. at October 11, 2012 12:00 PM (LpQbZ)
I guess they want people to think Ryan is too young. I think the opposite is true. Why would they call attention to the fact that the VP could be President? The thought of Biden in that position is truly frightening...
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Yeah, the main takeaway from tonight will be "who do I want a heartbeat away from the presidency? - Young, virile and intellectually keen...or Old, dusty, and brain damaged...
Posted by: kallisto at October 11, 2012 12:00 PM (jm/9g)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (0nogT)
"Virtue Ethics" is the term you're looking for. People who follow it tend to reject measuring ethics by outcome, because that's "Utilitarianism", and bad, m'kay?
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (4+LTj)
“Unfortunately as we’ve already seen in everything from his fact-free convention speech to his exaggerated marathon time, Ryan isn’t afraid to skirt the truth, ” Messina said. “That’s what we expect to see tonight.”
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Roy at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: JEM at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (KJD4k)
"They are attached at the hip with the Dems, but their self preservation instincts are much stronger.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 03:56 PM (Zd/NW) "
The media has shown time and again they would rather be batshit liberal insane than survive. Case in point: Dan Rather and 'fake but accurate.'
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 11, 2012 12:01 PM (TpXEI)
Yup, just to make things easier, she has her resume and price list tattoed on her tatas and just above the holy of holies, the bedazzled vajayjay.
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (kXoT0)
The next person, from either side, who lectures us about our "tone" gets his fuckin head kicked in.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (eJkKU)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living.... at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (BF5Y9)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (mukPq)
Posted by: ErikW at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (Dy26i)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (Zd/NW)
They've been repulsed, off and on. Cooper didn't like F&F, either.
It's just that they didn't see the exit before. Like the battered wife, they didn't think they had anywhere else to go.
Romney's debate performance might have helped them out of that mindset as much as independent voters.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at October 11, 2012 12:02 PM (4+LTj)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 11, 2012 03:59 PM (8y9MW)
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It's one thing to carry water for Obama, quite another to be his forced Sonderkommandos.
Posted by: 66chevelle at October 11, 2012 12:03 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 11, 2012 12:03 PM (KjlbF)
Posted by: steevy at October 11, 2012 12:03 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: IBuiltIT at October 11, 2012 12:03 PM (VqU7/)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 12:03 PM (mukPq)
Confirmed Dem Martha Raddatz is the "moderator". She socializes with the Obama's enough to invite them to weddings.
The debate will be 2 on 1, so I only give Ryan a 50% chance.
Posted by: Ed Mahmoud at October 11, 2012 12:04 PM (NVdGX)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 11, 2012 04:03 PM (KjlbF)
She probably exploded..
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 11, 2012 12:04 PM (9+ccr)
Hell, they are drinking his bath water and pronouncing it to be the finest of vintages.
Posted by: Will Never Vote For a dhimmocrat at October 11, 2012 12:04 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 11, 2012 12:04 PM (1hLHC)
I've seen no evidence they believe they have any public responsibility. Nor that they have good intentions.
I think they believe that whatever is good for them is all they should pursue.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at October 11, 2012 12:04 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Golan Globus at October 11, 2012 12:05 PM (7vSU0)
Posted by: logprof at October 11, 2012 12:05 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: realityman at October 11, 2012 12:05 PM (obXkJ)
Posted by: Joey B. - Master Debater at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (wAQA5)
I agree that Biden will most likely lie, lie and lie some more.
All of his talking points are...Lies.
So I'm hoping that Ryan's most frequently used phrases tonight, are...
"No Sir. That is not true." .....followed with the facts.
"No, Mr. Vice President. That is not true."
"No, Sir. Not even close."
"No Sir. Not true."
If Ryan will do this, I think that Biden will come unglued.
He has a temper.
He used to lose it...frequently...on the floor of Congress.
If Ryan can get him to lose his temper, then that would be magnificent.
Posted by: wheatie at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (l5RhJ)
Either Anderson knew this guy personally, or he shared a kinship with him.
Posted by: Shameless lies about murder. at October 11, 2012 04:00 PM (LpQbZ)
Since AC has declared that he is a friend of Dorothy, I would most likely say that he shared a kinship. He probably also knew him personally, maybe not biblically, but they ran in the same "social circles".
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Countrysquire at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (1hLHC)
'Politicize' is one of those words that is used to stop people thinking. I honestly don't know what the term means (except that it is BAD).
Is there an actual working definition for the term?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 11, 2012 12:06 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at October 11, 2012 12:07 PM (GBXon)
The next card which will be played???
Cutter, Obama, et al will say its all David Patreus's fault... that HE was the one who gave them that 'information'... that maybe putting a General in charge of Spys was not a good thing..... ie.... Patreus under the Bus...
HIS response will be.... enlightening....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 11, 2012 12:07 PM (lZBBB)
And we can extend this now:
Romney called bullshit immediately.
Ambassador Kennedy thought "Terrorist" immediately.
Lamb -watched- it, and knew it wasn't a protest immediately.
Nordstrom & Wood both "Immediately recognized" this wasn't a protest.
So: If everyone in power recognized immediately that is wasn't over a video I need the fucking name of the idiot that said it was a protest. Now..
Because your "expert opinion" can be recognized by laymen 20,000 miles away from the action as complete bullshit. Immediately.
Well, everyone in the chain except the Top Men. But we're firing them seen anyway.
Posted by: Al at October 11, 2012 12:07 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 11, 2012 12:07 PM (TMB3S)
I feel like Anderson Cooper is genuinely revulsed by this incident and
is really pissed off at the dissembling and cover-up. Maybe CNN has
finally realized that recapturing some integrity may get them an
audience."
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Either Anderson knew this guy personally, or he shared a kinship with him.
AC and the ambassador both played for the other team.
Posted by: Ed Mahmoud at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (NVdGX)
Posted by: soothsayer at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (jUytm)
"Remember how many things he said did not pass the post-debate "fact check"?"
It is the Stupid Party, but I have to believe that Ryan and the people prepping him have this angle covered. Ryan knows the facts as well if not better than anyone, and I have not seen any evidence that he won't call out Biden when he starts demagoguing or out and out lying. It worked for Biden with Palin. IMHO, Ryan won't let it happen to him. We'll see tonight.
Posted by: RM at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (TRsME)
Posted by: Greggy Poo at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: wte9 at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (ZL7LA)
Posted by: the Butcher at October 11, 2012 12:08 PM (8g9qq)
Posted by: Paul Ryan at tonights debate at October 11, 2012 12:09 PM (xXhWA)
The next new moon will be 10/15. Expect the Libyan retaliation mission on that date?
I hope that they do hit back, but I am afraid they will do something stupid like hit Benghazi itself or even the government in Tripoli. Not the actual terrorists, who have taken the last month to disperse and go into hiding. Al-Qaeda is not stupid, and is very good at getting its leaders and specialists out of the line of fire, so they can continue their jihad.
I am afraid Obama will feel he has to strike and will lash out ineffectively, and target innocents to appear to be "Doing Something," even if it is wrong.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 11, 2012 12:10 PM (zLp5I)
Havin' trouble keeping up with all the posts and comments this week....
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 11, 2012 12:10 PM (KjlbF)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 11, 2012 04:01 PM (TpXEI)
This shit doesn't even come close to that level of bullshit, plus Rather is now hosting specials on HDNet. I would say that old Danny boy got the Dems bus treatment. Even back when Rather did this, Kerry had a decent enough chance to win the election, and the media thought so. Now that it looks as though the SCOAMF may lose, they will all jump ship so that the coming shit storm doesn't get them covered.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 12:11 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Madamemayhem at October 11, 2012 12:12 PM (iRgZG)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 11, 2012 12:12 PM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 11, 2012 12:12 PM (ck76k)
I'm getting tired of hearing that..."leading from behind"....phrase.
It's...too polite.
Let's call it what it really is.
It's...Leading from Reverse!
Posted by: wheatie at October 11, 2012 12:13 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: polynikes at October 11, 2012 12:13 PM (m2CN7)
Cutter also inadvertently reveals the lapdog palace guard media. If Romney and Ryan don't mention it, she avers, no way most of the media will pursue it.
Sort of a double or triple whammy on top of playing politics as usual with dead people and national security.
Posted by: Beagle at October 11, 2012 12:14 PM (sOtz/)
"Either Anderson knew this guy personally, or he shared a kinship with him."
No means NO, especially when it comes to butt rape.
Posted by: Anderson's Pooper at October 11, 2012 12:14 PM (wAQA5)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 11, 2012 12:14 PM (VtjlW)
"The media has shown time and again they would rather be batshit liberal insane than survive".
No kidding. Look at how a few numbers come out, and they spin about how the economy is reviving.
Meanwhile, check out all the lay-offs at the newsprint outlets, especially because of ad revenue loss.
Disconnect, anyone?
Posted by: HH at October 11, 2012 12:15 PM (v+ExF)
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 11, 2012 12:15 PM (Hw3Gh)
You do not. Pictures or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Al at October 11, 2012 12:15 PM (MzQOZ)
Is there an actual working definition for the term?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 11, 2012 04:06 PM (SO2Q
When Republicans have an opinion?
Posted by: Beagle at October 11, 2012 12:16 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: simpleton at October 11, 2012 12:16 PM (za3QZ)
"I feel like Anderson Cooper is genuinely revulsed by this incident and is really pissed off at the dissembling and cover-up."
Now, it could be sincere. Or because he believes he should show anger about the circumstances surrounding the brutal rape and murder of a gay man as he just came out of the closet not too long ago. Of course, that kind of cynicisim would put him in the same league as Cutter. I have a hard time believing that every MSM journalist is a complete sociopath. But, they could be.
Posted by: MWTexas at October 11, 2012 12:16 PM (N05oL)
Cutter, Obama, et al will say its all David Patreus's fault... that HE was the one who gave them that 'information'... that maybe putting a General in charge of Spys was not a good thing..... ie.... Patreus under the Bus...
HIS response will be.... enlightening....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 11, 2012 04:07 PM (lZBBB)
Patreus won't say a thing. He is in charge of secrets, and he won't divulge them because that is his training. The Dems will reveal them because that is their training. Patreus will divulge to a Congressional committee, but that would only happen after the election.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 12:17 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 11, 2012 12:17 PM (KL49F)
Obama is just amoral enough to kill dozens of American troops and perhaps hundreds of Libyan citizens with an 'October surprise if internal polling shows him losing by more than the margin of fraud.
By announcing the date of surrender in A'ghan, he emboldened al Qaeda and the Taliban there, and now more Americans have died in A'ghan under Obama then during Bush's entire term. And Obama doesn't care. Sends condolence letters printed off a Word template and signed by autopen.
Of course, being al Qaeda, could just be the old Clinton style missiles at aspirin factory type attacks.
Posted by: Ed Mahmoud at October 11, 2012 12:17 PM (NVdGX)
Posted by: Brother Cavil presents at October 11, 2012 12:17 PM (GBXon)
This allowing them to create the dialogue against the 1st amendment.
No doubt Al Qaeda was behind the protests. Encouraging people to demonstrate against the video to provide cover/distraction from their attack. (Something they learned from the SEIU "demonstrations" and Occupy's "Black Bloc")
But the Administration weakened the security perhaps to not dissuade this protest. So they could be on the TV pointing at the protest, vandalization, flag burning, and saying "see! 1st amendment makes us hated!"
When it all went to hell beyond what they planned because they were played by Al Qaeda they still stick with the play, blame a video, because they weren't going to lose a chance.
This whole thing reeks. It reeks of Fast and Furious. No one makes THOSE STUPID of calls. (No tracking, no security) unless there is an ulterior motive.
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 11, 2012 12:21 PM (l8nIR)
"Why isn't the Gay Left more outraged about the lack of security for a gay Ambassador in a volatile fundamental Muslim country?"
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra impact. at October 11, 2012 04:14 PM (VtjlW)
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I think they are, hence UN Ambassador Susan Rice's Glorious Rainbow tweets this AM which seemed so WTF out of left field to everyone.
Posted by: 66chevelle at October 11, 2012 12:21 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: xkaydet65 at October 11, 2012 12:21 PM (hnsU/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 11, 2012 12:21 PM (CCE1r)
Posted by: Marie at October 11, 2012 12:22 PM (H50jQ)
Posted by: Chipperoo at October 11, 2012 12:22 PM (6c62F)
Posted by: Pipe Holder at October 11, 2012 12:24 PM (VTeUD)
If you drill holes in Cutter's head and blow in one end, her tone resembles an ocarina. Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at
You, sir, win the Internets for getting me to look up what the hell an Ocarina is.
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 11, 2012 12:25 PM (l8nIR)
This allowing them to create the dialogue against the 1st amendment.
No doubt Al Qaeda was behind the protests. Encouraging people to demonstrate against the video to provide cover/distraction from their attack. (Something they learned from the SEIU "demonstrations" and Occupy's "Black Bloc")
But the Administration weakened the security perhaps to not dissuade this protest. So they could be on the TV pointing at the protest, vandalization, flag burning, and saying "see! 1st amendment makes us hated!"
When it all went to hell beyond what they planned because they were played by Al Qaeda they still stick with the play, blame a video, because they weren't going to lose a chance.
This whole thing reeks. It reeks of Fast and Furious. No one makes THOSE STUPID of calls. (No tracking, no security) unless there is an ulterior motive.
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 11, 2012 04:21 PM (l8nIR)
The problem is there wasn't a protest over the video. This was a planned attack, both here and in Egypt. It wasn't until after the attacks that there were protests or demonstrations. Those protests and demonstrations were probably set up by AQ also in hopes that there would be an attack by US security forces.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 11, 2012 12:27 PM (Zd/NW)
there is no religion in a communist state--no souls, no compassion and alot of LIES
Doesn't it all explain obama's governing--pure commie to the core...
Las Vegas after the killing of Ambassador Stevens,
obama care-rationing/death panels
cutter/gibbs/axelrot--pure rotting lies out of their mouths--and afterwards--no prob going back to their luxury digs---all paid for by our tax dollars---
communist socialist rules are the sole reason for all the wars/despair and atrocities in the world--see african rulers, etc...but the liberal colleges have won--and created this evil argument that it is the opposite--how sooo- alinsky--sooo wrong---
it's in the colleges where the evil spores of Marxism are grown and spread---it's like the country is putting it's own head into the guillotine...kids who can be great independent thinkers are turn into feminazi commie jerks....(the continuing pussification of men in society now---<---it's from this socialist practices---)
real men don't sit and wait to be fed, real women bring up kids to be independent, and make something of themselves---and LIES are immoral--to the socialist --LIES are just a mean to get more control...
Posted by: nygal at October 11, 2012 12:28 PM (SCEP2)
Posted by: calbadger at October 11, 2012 12:30 PM (TaWQc)
I was doing a very fine job of ignoring the issue entirely and if you hadn't made a big deal about it there wouldn't have been a problem. Clearly this hullaballoo about what happened in your mouth is entirely YOUR fault.
...
Wait, I think I've tried this argument before. As I recall it doesn't work.
Posted by: gekkobear at October 11, 2012 12:30 PM (X0NX1)
American deaths by terrorism under George W. Bush : 2,996
American deaths by terrorism under Barack Obama: 4
Scoreboard!
Posted by: Stephanie Cutter at October 11, 2012 12:30 PM (jtTKf)
1. It got Anderson Cooper and a few of the others at CNN see that an ambassador had been hung out to dry with no security.
2. It let them know where to go looking for information.
I am not certain that diary was actually found in Benghazi. It could have been dug up by someone going through his rooms in Tripoli and forwrded to the media.
Or even more interesting is if Stephens had documented all of his security requests and then told a trusted friend to "forward this to Anderson Cooper if I don't come back alive."
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 11, 2012 12:31 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 11, 2012 12:32 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 11, 2012 12:33 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Ed Gibbon at October 11, 2012 12:34 PM (4eNxd)
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at October 11, 2012 04:21 PM (l8nIR)
You might also like HillBuzz's theory...
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 11, 2012 12:34 PM (KL49F)
Joe, you keep saying that. But you forget Chrysler is Italian.
Posted by: Al at October 11, 2012 12:35 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows poor people don't know how to dress themselves at October 11, 2012 12:36 PM (mukPq)
Posted by: McAdams at October 11, 2012 12:37 PM (N2xJB)
Posted by: MoeRon at October 11, 2012 12:39 PM (yWDpP)
Posted by: rockmom at October 11, 2012 12:40 PM (NYnoe)
I'll be too busy laughing my ass off.
Payback's a bitch, bitch.
Posted by: BS Inc. at October 11, 2012 12:42 PM (P2Ufm)
Posted by: mama winger in paul ryan's district at October 11, 2012 12:42 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: rockmom at October 11, 2012 12:42 PM (qE3AR)
And yet that filmmaker is still being held. They don't even hold 6 time felons that long before a trial.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 11, 2012 12:44 PM (PHb2k)
Posted by: Schnack at October 11, 2012 12:45 PM (GmACv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 11, 2012 12:46 PM (X3lox)
So, how's this question:
"Congressman Ryan, why do you continue your deplorable politicization of the events in Benghazi?"
Posted by: Martha Raddatz, ace debate mod at October 11, 2012 12:52 PM (B5y+v)
the only difference between cutter and schultz is it only takes about half the alcohol to make cutter doable
Posted by: kj at October 11, 2012 12:52 PM (9g/ZD)
Posted by: MTF at October 11, 2012 12:55 PM (B5y+v)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 11, 2012 12:56 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Stephanie Cutter's Mom at October 11, 2012 12:56 PM (P2Ufm)
That's an excellent question Martha Raddatz. Mostly because it points out that you're siding with my opponent with the viewpoint that asking questions is more dangerous to America and Americans than actually getting them killed by completely ignoring pleas from the Ambassador and from the military for more security. And please don't bring up the complete canard of the Obama Budget that would have covered this. That budget received exactly zero Democratic votes, and the budget this is in place is appearently enough for the Vienna Embassy to be installing electrical chargers and buying Volts for.
Posted by: Al at October 11, 2012 12:57 PM (MzQOZ)
so sad that the college students past and now are fed this garbage-of the "utopian socialist society"-explains their weak ass nature to do nothing and just feed off of the govt&parents ( free education, free insurance--and now i heard most are on the dole already--shameless lot)
Posted by: nygal at October 11, 2012 12:58 PM (SCEP2)
Posted by: nygal at October 11, 2012 12:59 PM (SCEP2)
Posted by: simpleton at October 11, 2012 12:59 PM (za3QZ)
File this under: Another Obama Outrage That Will Make No Difference At All to the Media.
And thus to the election.
Posted by: Nomennovum at October 11, 2012 01:05 PM (gAUJb)
I politicized his ass into intensive care.
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 11, 2012 01:05 PM (+I8Mq)
I plan on answering any Benghazi questions with those words.
Posted by: Crazy Joe Biden at October 11, 2012 04:53 PM (B5y+v) "
"Benghazi questions"? What Benghazi questions? I doubt Libya will even be mentioned at the debate.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at October 11, 2012 01:06 PM (KL49F)
So...let's get this straight. It is the election of a pitiful incumbent who may or may not be a greenish socialist leprechaun with a twitchy mole and gummy grin vs the dignified former governor of MA. In this election, special rules exist, for if you discuss the incumbent's pathetic record, or current events, it is "politicizing" issues in a political race.
Who the heck do they think Dear Leader is? Kim Jung Il? What happened to Hillary's mantra about "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." Oh! I forgot, that is only for Democrats when a Republican is the incumbent!
This would be laughable if lives were not at stake in both the military and at home. They have shown how weak we are...might as well have put "Go ahead and attack us, we are weak" on a banner flying from the roof of the WH.To have such weak leaders, stupid leaders, clueless leaders, and socialist narcissists in power in DC is truly scary.
I hope they keep pushing this narrative, as the press has slowly woken up to the monster they helped create.
Please pray for Paul Ryan. Pray daily for this election. Please pray for our country.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 11, 2012 01:25 PM (baL2B)
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People we murdered? Only an issue because of the damn relatives.
Posted by: Truman North at October 11, 2012 11:29 AM (I2LwF)