Right hits Crowley for correcting Romney on Obama's 'acts of terror'

[kpete]

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-

[still_one]

1. They love perpetuating lies, and they do not want anyone correcting those lies

[Volaris]

2. Yep. And when they do, the Right screams media bias.

Facts only have a Liberal Bias when Conservatives insist on telling lies and passing off bullshit as truth.

[still_one]

8. That is the differences between Democrats and republicans

[JDPriestly]

7. WMDs in Iraq. Years later, Republicans still think that the US found WMDs in Iraq

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.

[leftyohiolib]

11. that's why the bush regime outted valerie plame cause joe wilson kept saying there are no

wmd's here.

[SCVDem]

3. It's been said that a lie will travel around the world

before the truth can get it's shoes on.

Not in Candy's world!

[ProfessionalLeftist]

4. The Right is allergic to FACTS, aren't they? n/t

[Wednesdays]

5. Call the waaaaaaaambulance!

Does anybody have a graphic for that? Or the one of the crying child Republican?

[Liberalynn]

6. How dare that Woman interrupt and correct Mittens with of all things the Truth!

[closeupready]

22. The truth is scandalous! How dare she!

[liberal N proud]

9. They hate it when the M$M doesn't allow them to continue the same propaganda message.

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.

[leftynyc]

15. And they especially

hate when corrected by somebody with a vagina.

[llmart]

35. I think your comment.....

is closer to the truth.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

10. MOre better -

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!

[bemildred]

12. "No good deed goes unpunished." nt

[wordpix]

13. I love O's "get the transcript"---no doubt R's today are gathering to spin R$'s lie last night

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

[toby jo]

14. It's gettin pretty bad when even the moderator instinctively responds to your bs

[AllyCat]

16. She has not shown proper womanly deferrence to the knight

on the white horse. How dare she!

[TwilightGardener]

17. He either said it, or he didn't. Oops, he clearly said it.

Not that it matters one good goddamn, I have no idea why the GOP thinks this is some sort of winning issue for them.

[CANDO]

31. Ignorant bastards

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."

[Festivito]

18. It's not about what it takes for Romney to believe something.

It's about class warfare. The moderator class stepped on the moneyed class.

The moderator class must be put in its place.

[SCVDem]

19. Even better when

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.

[wordpix]

20. "Are Mormon women treated as full equals"? Obviously not, or a woman could have 5 husbands

"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

[Festivito]

25. Romney treats truth as chattel, and everyone beneath him as chattel.

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.

[sevenseas]

38. And Cattle

[adigal]

21. Over on Freeperville,they are claiming Crowley admits she was wrong

No links, of course. They really live in Denial World.

[JNelson6563]

23. Drinks are on me!

Enjoy!

[ieoeja]

24. Sounded to me like she was trying to "save" Mitt from digging himself in any deeper. n/t

[truthisfreedom]

28. Two problems with that for mittens... she was right, and

She was a her.

[jsr]

26. .

[LiberalLovinLug]

37. good one!

[harun]

27. I feel sorry for the RW'rs on this one

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.

[truthisfreedom]

29. Crushed mittens.

I'll take a double, on ice, please.

[Sunlei]

30. The President day after the attack, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of..........

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

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. It's now considered to be a test of loyalty to the Republican Party to deny what you see.

[Bandit]

33. What is the matter with That woman, doesn't she "know her Place"?

[Liberalagogo]

34. DAMN OBAMA

and his use of his time machine!

[-Steph-]

36. Of course they are upset, there's nothing they hate more than being interrupted with the truth...

[JI7]

39. Wasn't it Romney who Did not want to leave the Subject and wanted a Check on it ?

Romney asked for it. if he had listened to the President when he said "please proceed" this wouldn't have been an issue.

[sevenseas]

40. I just have to insert this somewhere-

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.

[FiveGoodMen]

41. "You didn't lie for us! How DARE you not lie for us?!?!?"

Signed, those who've abused this country to the point that they no longer have any right to be here.

[reflection]

42. What I fear, from all this "working the refs"

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.

[truthisfreedom]

43. This completely drives them bonkers. They can parse

what Obama said any way they like but they can't get the words "acts of terror" out of his rose garden speech.

[adigal]

44. My wingnut cousin just put on Facebook that when Obama said act of terror

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.

[John2]

45. President Obama is a strong President.

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?