Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:07 AM
kpete (38,877 posts)
Right hits Crowley for correcting Romney on Obama's 'acts of terror'
Source: The Hill
Right hits Crowley for correcting Romney on Obama's 'acts of terror' remark By Alicia M. Cohn - 10/16/12 09:58 PM ET Debate moderator Candy Crowley courted controversy on Tuesday late in the second presidential debate after she corrected Mitt Romney's assertion that the president did not call the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya "an act of terror" until 14 days after the incident. The phrase "Go Candy" began trending nationwide on Twitter, as did the hashtag #getthetranscript -- President Obama's response when denying Romney's claim. The Republican had seized on Obama's statement during the debate that, on the day following the Sept. 11 attack, he had described the assault on the consulate as an act of terror. Obama insisted he had indeed made the statement, and Crowley sided with the president. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/262407-candy-crowley-mostly-avoids-criticism-of-past-moderators-on-twitter-
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| Author | Time | Post | |
| kpete | Oct 2012 | OP | |
| still_one | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
| Volaris | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
| still_one | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
| JDPriestly | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
| leftyohiolib | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
| SCVDem | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
| ProfessionalLeftist | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
| Wednesdays | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
| Liberalynn | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
| closeupready | Oct 2012 | #22 | |
| liberal N proud | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
| leftynyc | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
| llmart | Oct 2012 | #35 | |
| NYtoBush-Drop Dead | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
| bemildred | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
| wordpix | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
| toby jo | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
| AllyCat | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
| TwilightGardener | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
| CANDO | Oct 2012 | #31 | |
| Festivito | Oct 2012 | #18 | |
| SCVDem | Oct 2012 | #19 | |
| wordpix | Oct 2012 | #20 | |
| Festivito | Oct 2012 | #25 | |
| sevenseas | Oct 2012 | #38 | |
| adigal | Oct 2012 | #21 | |
| JNelson6563 | Oct 2012 | #23 | |
| ieoeja | Oct 2012 | #24 | |
| truthisfreedom | Oct 2012 | #28 | |
| jsr | Oct 2012 | #26 | |
| LiberalLovinLug | Oct 2012 | #37 | |
| harun | Oct 2012 | #27 | |
| truthisfreedom | Oct 2012 | #29 | |
| Sunlei | Oct 2012 | #30 | |
| Spitfire of ATJ | Oct 2012 | #32 | |
| Bandit | Oct 2012 | #33 | |
| Liberalagogo | Oct 2012 | #34 | |
| -Steph- | Oct 2012 | #36 | |
| JI7 | Oct 2012 | #39 | |
| sevenseas | Oct 2012 | #40 | |
| FiveGoodMen | Oct 2012 | #41 | |
| reflection | Oct 2012 | #42 | |
| truthisfreedom | Oct 2012 | #43 | |
| adigal | Oct 2012 | #44 | |
| John2 | Oct 2012 | #45 |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:07 AM
still_one (31,075 posts)
1. They love perpetuating lies, and they do not want anyone correcting those lies
Response to still_one (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:19 AM
Volaris (1,582 posts)
2. Yep. And when they do, the Right screams media bias.
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Facts only have a Liberal Bias when Conservatives insist on telling lies and passing off bullshit as truth.
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Response to Volaris (Reply #2)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:45 AM
still_one (31,075 posts)
8. That is the differences between Democrats and republicans
Response to still_one (Reply #1)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:34 AM
JDPriestly (37,727 posts)
7. WMDs in Iraq. Years later, Republicans still think that the US found WMDs in Iraq
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after the invasion. We didn't. The whole WMDs in Iraq was a lie. The United Nations inspection team in Iraq made that clear to the UN shortly before we invaded.
See the April 2004 edition of Vanity Fair. I will never forget the article. I read the details of the report of the United Nations inspection team to the UN prior to our invasion numerous times. The lying by the Bush administration was brazen. And now the Republicans and Fox News are trying to foist another brazen lie on us. Did the Obama administration walk back from their first assertion that the attack on Benghazi was a terrorist attack? Maybe a bit. They insisted that they needed to investigate. And that is understandable because if you watch the video, there appears to have been both a demonstration and an armed attack from a truck at the consulate in Benghazi. Also, we had people in Libya who needed to be gotten out from the country in the days and hours following the attack. I can't believe that the media and Republicans have paid so little attention to the details of the reports in the days and weeks following that attack. It appears to be intentional ignorance. Just another Fox News ploy. |
Response to JDPriestly (Reply #7)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:53 AM
leftyohiolib (3,102 posts)
11. that's why the bush regime outted valerie plame cause joe wilson kept saying there are no
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wmd's here.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:26 AM
SCVDem (809 posts)
3. It's been said that a lie will travel around the world
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before the truth can get it's shoes on.
Not in Candy's world! |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:28 AM
ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)
4. The Right is allergic to FACTS, aren't they? n/t
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:31 AM
Wednesdays (9,241 posts)
5. Call the waaaaaaaambulance!
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Does anybody have a graphic for that? Or the one of the crying child Republican?
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:34 AM
Liberalynn (5,547 posts)
6. How dare that Woman interrupt and correct Mittens with of all things the Truth!
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Response to Liberalynn (Reply #6)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:09 AM
closeupready (19,438 posts)
22. The truth is scandalous! How dare she!
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:47 AM
liberal N proud (43,663 posts)
9. They hate it when the M$M doesn't allow them to continue the same propaganda message.
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So now they have to say it was a general comment. The right is so good at twisting the context of any statement while feigning outrage when anyone calls them on their message.
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Response to liberal N proud (Reply #9)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:04 AM
leftynyc (10,288 posts)
15. And they especially
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hate when corrected by somebody with a vagina.
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Response to leftynyc (Reply #15)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:32 PM
llmart (3,304 posts)
35. I think your comment.....
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is closer to the truth.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:50 AM
NYtoBush-Drop Dead (233 posts)
10. MOre better -
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REpugs are such whiners, but lets try this! Hook up the candidates to Lie Detectors, run the graph behind them. IF they lie, ZAP 'em with electricity! ALso useful for bullies when they wont, STFU!
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:57 AM
bemildred (67,484 posts)
12. "No good deed goes unpunished." nt
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:59 AM
wordpix (12,478 posts)
13. I love O's "get the transcript"---no doubt R's today are gathering to spin R$'s lie last night
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Last edited Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:04 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2) snip from transcript 9/12: “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation."---Pres. Obama the day after the Benzhazi attack at the WH
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:02 AM
toby jo (436 posts)
14. It's gettin pretty bad when even the moderator instinctively responds to your bs
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:13 AM
AllyCat (7,514 posts)
16. She has not shown proper womanly deferrence to the knight
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on the white horse. How dare she!
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:36 AM
TwilightGardener (39,679 posts)
17. He either said it, or he didn't. Oops, he clearly said it.
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Not that it matters one good goddamn, I have no idea why the GOP thinks this is some sort of winning issue for them.
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Response to TwilightGardener (Reply #17)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:11 PM
CANDO (1,356 posts)
31. Ignorant bastards
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SOB's at work this morning were talking about "context" his words were in! Like context ever matters to them, ie; "you didn't build that."
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:39 AM
Festivito (12,283 posts)
18. It's not about what it takes for Romney to believe something.
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It's about class warfare. The moderator class stepped on the moneyed class.
The moderator class must be put in its place. |
Response to Festivito (Reply #18)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:44 AM
SCVDem (809 posts)
19. Even better when
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the moderator is a woman.
Are Mormon women treated as full equals or are they more like some sects of Islam where women must walk behind and shut up? Romney treats women as chattel. |
Response to SCVDem (Reply #19)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:51 AM
wordpix (12,478 posts)
20. "Are Mormon women treated as full equals"? Obviously not, or a woman could have 5 husbands
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"Brother-Husbands" some of whom would cook, clean, take care of the kids, etc. while the others would go out and make $ for the tribe
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Response to SCVDem (Reply #19)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:30 AM
Festivito (12,283 posts)
25. Romney treats truth as chattel, and everyone beneath him as chattel.
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Yes, that includes all women and anyone who has to get information from public airwaves.
... move along now. ... nothing to see here. ... pay no attention to the man behind the curtain holding a newspaper. ... pay no attention to the left-wing biased newspaper. ... pay no attention to the not-paid-enough-to-lie-yet moderator. |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:07 AM
adigal (4,703 posts)
21. Over on Freeperville,they are claiming Crowley admits she was wrong
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No links, of course.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:16 AM
JNelson6563 (24,762 posts)
23. Drinks are on me!
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Enjoy!
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:28 AM
ieoeja (7,881 posts)
24. Sounded to me like she was trying to "save" Mitt from digging himself in any deeper. n/t
Response to ieoeja (Reply #24)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:48 AM
truthisfreedom (17,675 posts)
28. Two problems with that for mittens... she was right, and
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She was a her.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:47 AM
harun (9,741 posts)
27. I feel sorry for the RW'rs on this one
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It must be very hard for them to watch this debate with the two things they hate most being involved, that would be a woman and black man. Neither of which they feel has the right to a seat at the table.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:49 AM
truthisfreedom (17,675 posts)
29. Crushed mittens.
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I'll take a double, on ice, please.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:59 AM
Sunlei (2,215 posts)
30. The President day after the attack, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of..........
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Last edited Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:01 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) For Immediate Release September 12, 2012 Remarks by the President on the Deaths of U.S. Embassy Staff in Libya
Rose Garden 10:43 A.M. EDT ....."No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done."..... http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/12/remarks-president-deaths-us-embassy-staff-libya Romney and Republicans should read at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ instead of using their stupid political charity propaganda |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:14 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (7,355 posts)
32. It's now considered to be a test of loyalty to the Republican Party to deny what you see.
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:14 PM
Bandit (19,768 posts)
33. What is the matter with That woman, doesn't she "know her Place"?
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 12:32 PM
Liberalagogo (216 posts)
34. DAMN OBAMA
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and his use of his time machine!
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 03:00 PM
-Steph- (72 posts)
36. Of course they are upset, there's nothing they hate more than being interrupted with the truth...
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:31 PM
JI7 (40,064 posts)
39. Wasn't it Romney who Did not want to leave the Subject and wanted a Check on it ?
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Romney asked for it. if he had listened to the President when he said "please proceed" this wouldn't have been an issue.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:36 PM
sevenseas (109 posts)
40. I just have to insert this somewhere-
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The Far Reich has tried to make the Benghazi attack into a major crisis for this administration......
So what's my point?- just this- Remember 911? The Far Reich took 911 and made Bush into a HERO! Instead of a crisis for Bush they put him on a throne! Talk about double standards. Everything is win-win for them because of the way they spin it.... ...and everything is lose-lose for the Dems because the right wing media spins everything negatively that has anything to do with Democrats. The pundits think they are so clever...and laugh all the way to the bank because they do not care about America, only lining their pockets.... .... and what bothers me most are so many people are falling for it. |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:41 PM
FiveGoodMen (13,234 posts)
41. "You didn't lie for us! How DARE you not lie for us?!?!?"
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Signed, those who've abused this country to the point that they no longer have any right to be here.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 04:45 PM
reflection (4,844 posts)
42. What I fear, from all this "working the refs"
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that the RW is doing, is that the moderator will feel compelled to "fact-check" Obama at least once during the 3rd debate. Bob Schieffer better play it down the middle.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:30 PM
truthisfreedom (17,675 posts)
43. This completely drives them bonkers. They can parse
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what Obama said any way they like but they can't get the words "acts of terror" out of his rose garden speech.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 06:33 PM
adigal (4,703 posts)
44. My wingnut cousin just put on Facebook that when Obama said act of terror
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It was a general act, not in reference to the specific act. Splitting hairs, I laughed? I really try not to mock her, but I couldn't help it.
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Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 06:34 PM
John2 (1,714 posts)
45. President Obama is a strong President.
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This is the guy, that made the decision., to go into Pakistan and get Ben Ladin. Romney and the GOP has underestimated the President. They thought that they were just going to bully the President. The President looked pretty strong with that encounter on Libya. Romney just hung himself. It had to be humiliating for him. President Obama's closing had to be humiliating for him also. Romney's expression showed it all at the end of the Debate. Ann Romney didn't look too happy either. The President actually made Romney look smaller in stature. I don't know if he can take it?
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