Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins disagreed on Wednesday with assessments by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, who both said that the Obama administration sympathized with the attackers on U.S. facilities in the Middle East.

"I don't think the president sympathizes with those who perpetrated these attacks against Americans," said Perkins during an appearance at the National Press Club.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/tony-perkins-obama-libya-attack_n_1877996.html

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? Looks like Rmoney's starting to loose his grip on the evangelicals...

Source: TPM

They won’t share a stage, but Paul Ryan and Rep. Todd Akin will share the same spotlight at the Values Voter Summit this week.

The summit is sponsored by Akin’s most prominent remaining supporter, the Family Research Council. And with the annual confab only days away, FRC President Tony Perkins said his group is not about to keep its star candidate away from its signature event.

Ryan speaks Friday on the Values Voter main stage. Akin won’t get the same honor, Perkins told an audience at the National Press Club Wednesday, but he will make more than one appearance.

“Unfortunately we have a waiting list of those who want to speak,” Perkins said. “We’ve had to turn away members of Congress. But he will be there participating in one of our events and speaking at, I believe, our political action committee reception Friday afternoon.”


Read more: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/todd-akin-values-voter-summit.php

Source: MSNBC

MSNBC host Chuck Todd slammed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who attacked President Obama shortly after the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three members of his staff.

Several hours before a protest that left Stevens dead, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo released a statement condemning the film “Innocence of Muslims' that attacked the Prophet Muhammad.

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On Tuesday morning, MSNBC host Chuck Todd said “The only way to get attention is to say something a little outrageous. And I have to say, I am stunned they put out this release when they did, before we knew all the facts, before daybreak, before we know for sure whether there are going to be protests that spread around the world.”

“It seemed to be an irresponsible thing to do. And it’s one that I’m fascinated to see this morning that the Romney campaign, no mention. Suddenly they put out a debt statement. I have a feeling they wish they had that moment back, they wish they had that statement back."

"I understand where they feel like they are, they are chasing news cycles right now and they feel as if they have to be involved in every news cycle and every event if the president is involved in order to look on equal footing. But that was a bad mistake they made last night.”


Read more: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/video-msnbcs-chuck-todd-calls-mitt-romney-irresponsible-attacking-pres

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just saw this post with pic of Mittens smiling while walking away from the podium... notice, he is the only one in the room who is smiling...

https://twitter.com/CharlesDharapak/status/245893711257563136/photo/1

Source: MSNBC Live

said he thinks embassy statement apologized for our values

then he said he agreed with the statement

blamed embassy statement on President Obama

link to follow

Read more: tbd

Source: Examiner

Mitt Romney today again denounced the embassy attacks in Cairo and Libya today, calling the apology sent out by the Cairo embassy a 'disgrace.'

"That reflects the mixed signals that they are sending to the world." Romney said, calling the apology a "terrible course" of action while the American embassy in Cairo was breached.

Romney noted that although President Obama tried to distance himself from the statement, his administration was responsible.

"The President takes responsibility not just for the words that come from his mouth, but the words that come from his ambassadors, from his administration, from his embassies, from his State Department. They clearly sent mixed messages to the world, and the statement that came from the administration and the embassy is his administration."

The statement in question was issued by the U.S. embassy in Cairo in repsonse to the attack:

"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," the embassy said in a statement published online.






Read more: http://washingtonexaminer.com/romney-obama-responsible-for-apology-after-cairo-attack/article/2507742

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link to press conference video: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/mitt-romney-discusses-libya-attack-17218040

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans who were killed in an attack on a U.S. consulate last night had been "committed to helping the Libyan people reach for a better future."

Ambassador Chris Stevens was a career diplomat who was confirmed as ambassador to Libya by the Senate earlier this year. He had already served two tours in Libya, and had run the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Moammar Gadhafi.

Clinton said Stevens had a "passion for service, for diplomacy and for the Libyan people." She says he was dedicated to "advancing closer ties with the people of the Middle East and North Africa."

The secretary of state says Stevens "risked his own life to lend the Libyan people a helping hand to build the foundation for a new, free nation."


Read more: http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/world_news/clinton-pays-tribute-to-slain-ambassador-nd12-jgr_4537982

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@CondoleezzaRice

Because of your support for Mitt Romney,You must make a statement now condemning Romney's reckless response and statements about this crisis

Source: CNN

Afghanistan says it bans YouTube so 'offensive video about Prophet Muhammad' can't be viewed - @Reuters

Read more: http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGOXWjgoM/2012/09/12/afghanistan-says-it-bans-youtube-so-offensive-video-about-prophet-muh

From the Telegraph:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100180665/us-ambassadors-murder-mitt-romney-looks-as-if-hes-seized-on-a-human-tragedy-for-his-own-ends/

Given that events in Libyan are still unfolding, and details remain sketchy, it seems almost tasteless to try to view them through the prism of the 2012 US presidential election. But that doesn’t seem to have bothered Mitt Romney, who as early as yesterday evening was out waving the bloodied shroud, and issuing a statement claiming he was "outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi”.

At this ludicrously early juncture it’s impossible to judge how Romney’s remarks will be received, and what if any short-term impact these attacks may have on the race for the White House. Damian Thompson has rightly identified that Barack Obama will have questions to answer regarding diplomatic security, though he equally correctly criticises the Republican challenger for “jumping in with indecent haste”. Con Coughlin describes it as a “wake up call” for the President, which it undoubtedly is.

But one thing I’m certain of: if Mitt Romney tries to pick this up as an issue and run with it, he’ll regret it.

For now I suspect he may get away with his transparently self-serving reaction, and the emphasis will be very much on Barack Obama to explain how this appalling murder was allowed to happen, and how he plans to respond. But the impression of Mitt Romney seizing onto a human tragedy for his own ends will linger, and finally begin to seep into the consciousness of the electorate. One of Romney’s key negatives is the perception of him as aloof and calculating, and with one hasty press release he has reaffirmed that. And if people do begin to forget, come next month’s debates Barack Obama will be sure to remind them.

Mitt Romney also has a broader strategic problem. Barack Obama and the Democrats now own national security. The death of Bin Laden, withdrawal from Iraq and draw-down from Afghanistan represent trump cards. Two polls released yesterday showed Obama with an 11 point lead over Romney on terrorism related issues, and a 12 point lead on broader international affairs.

Nor will Romney have been helped by Vladimir Putin’s statement today that Romney’s foreign policy pronouncements justify Russia’s hawkish stance on missile defence. If the GOP hopeful wants to spend the next couple of weeks focusing on Libya he will, to coin a phrase, be making the President’s day.

And there is a third problem. Horrified though American’s will be by events in Libya, they happened in Libya. Yesterday marked the eleventh anniversary of the death of over 3,000 of their countrymen in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. These attacks will shock America, but they won’t shake her. And they certainly won’t define how people vote in November.

Mitt Romney will have to look elsewhere for his “gamechanger”. And if he is fortunate enough to find it, I sincerely hope he reacts with more dignity and self-restraint than he showed last night

Romney is an idiot he needs to now stfu before others are hurt... I posted a few items on this in LBN as it was happening and I had a bad feeling about this one.