CANDY BITES BACK: Romney Shot Down In Debate Fact Check (VIDEO)

[avaistheone1]

Presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley corrected a testy Mitt Romney after the Republican presidential candidate charged that President Obama failed to call the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi an "act of terror."

More than an hour into the debate, an undecided voter in the town hall forum asked the president about the recent attack in Libya that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three additional Americans.

When Romney responded to the question, Romney charged that it took Obama days to call the Benghazi attack an act of terror. This assertion was incorrect. Obama called the incident an "act of terror" during his remarks on September 12, just one day after the tragedy.

Obama interjected, telling the Republican presidential candidate to "get the transcript" of his remarks. When the governor doubled down on his charge, Crowley corrected him, saying the president "'did in fact' call the attack an act of terror.

"Can you say that a little louder?" Obama asked.



VIDEO

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/candy-crowley-fact-checks-mitt-romney-libya_n_1972313.html

[amborin]

1. one of the great moments in the debate

[yourout]

2. one of the great moments in the Presidential debate history....period.

This the next "you're no John Kennedy" or "There he goes again"

[Heather MC]

6. This was better than those, this was MItt being caught lying with 50 - 60 million people watching

This was Mitt being destroyed on a topic he thought he had the upper hand on, this was National Sucide and the President gave Mitt all the Rope he needed to swing!

But who knew it was Candy who was going to be the one to puch the chair out from under him
WOW!!!

[avaistheone1]

7. It will for sure. I think that changed the energy of the debate.

[Beartracks]

3. Dear reporters, it is NOT PARTISAN to correct a pol's lies with facts.

And I don't mean "some people say" or "but I always thought" or "you lie!" or other such "facts"... I mean facts.

Candy was right on.

It's called journalistic integrity, reporters. Look it up. (Or, check your old school books -- it might be a chapter you missed.)

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[avaistheone1]

4. You can be sure the republicans will be whining about that starting tonight.

[underthematrix]

5. I was on the floor laughing so hard when PBO asked Crowley "Candy can you say that a little louder"

Also PBO said at one point "I'm used to being interrupted" I wondered if he was referring to the "you lie" comment joe walsh shouted during one of his State of the Union addresses. I noticed after that mittnocchio was less rude. I thought it was interesting.

[blue_heron]

8. My favorite moment

Yay candy! Thank you for correcting the record instantaneously!

[iloveObama12]

9. OBAMA/CROWLEY 2012

kudos candy crawley