THE MOMENT Of THE DEBATE: "He did call it an act of terror."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

Remember the talk about Romney telling Obama to "man up"
on Libya. And that issue ends up being the most stunning Obama
moment in the whole debate. PLUS. Candy fact-checks him right in
front of the world. Can't get no sweeter...

[fishwax]

1. disastrous for the serial liar

[Neon2012]

2. That was so perfect.

[malaise]

3. Rachel replayed it and then

played the Rose Garden clip

[madville]

4. Then she confirmed what Romney was saying was correct as well

Her correction and then affirmation of what he was saying both got reactions from the crowd

[JDPriestly]

6. Romney was wrong, wrong, wrong.

The text of the Rose garden speech on the day after the attack is posted here on DU.

In addition,

September 12 -- President Barack Obama: (The family was still being notified and given time to grieve.)

"The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. ... No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation."

September 13 -- A senior U.S. official tells CNN that the Benghazi violence was a "clearly planned attack":

"It was not an innocent mob," the official said. "The video or 9/11 made a handy excuse and could be fortuitous from their perspective, but this was a clearly planned military-type attack."

September 12 -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:

"We are working to determine the precise motivations and methods of those who carried out this assault. Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior, along with the protest that took place at our embassy in Cairo yesterday, as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. America's commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear -- there is no justification for this, none."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/world/libya-attack-statements/index.html

Based on my knowledge of history (I'm an amateur but not bad at it), the administration was being very careful not to let the perpetrators in Libya know what was known about the matter. In addition, it appears that the numbers of personnel we had in Libya that had to be safely evacuated or protected was surprisingly large according to the Libyan government. That means we had national security reasons for not telling the public everything about the attack right away.

Republicans are demonstrating ignorance and ineptitude about intelligence activities and American affairs overseas with their outrage at Obama's handling of this.

[morningfog]

5. And that shit fit from mitt was AFTER the President whipped his ass

on playing politics with American lives. The dumbass doesn't learn.