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Republicans Meltdown Into Deranged Babble After Jay Carney Repeats Benghazi Facts
White House press secretary Jay Carney was trending on twitter Friday afternoon after a press conference in which he reminded reporters that Mitt Romney started the politicization of the Benghazi attacks. You see, conservatives are outraged that Carney repeated the Candy Crowley lie (also known as a fact in sane circles) that Obama referred to the Benghazi attacks as an act of terror.
Jay Carney said today, There is the discussion about, you know, the Republicans again, and this ongoing effort that began hours of the attacks when Mitt Romney put out a press release to try to take political advantage out of these deaths, or out of the attack in Benghazi, and, in a move that was maligned even by members of his own party. And from that day forward, there has been this effort to politicize it.
If you look at the issue here, the efforts to politicize it were always about, you know, were we trying to play down the fact that there was an act of terror and an attack on the embassy. And the problem has always been with that assertion it is completely hollow because the President himself in the Rose Garden said this was an act of terror and he talked about it within the context of September 11th, 2001.
This brought up the Romney debate wounds still simmering on the Right, who still to this day do not believe that President Obama used the words act of terror in his Rose Garden presser.
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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/jay-carney-benghazi.html
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)mbperrin
(7,672 posts)I mean it.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)You notice they never include Obama saying that. Keep that in mind when listening to ones like Graham calling for more witch hunts.
michigandem58
(1,044 posts)When they have such problems with it.
Paladin
(28,246 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)the Repubs are upset because he didn't use the word "terrorism" instead of "act of terror".
See how that makes all the difference in the world? No, me neither.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)CTyankee
(63,899 posts)This undercuts the argument that there was an intense effort on the part of the WH to underplay the "acts of terror." If there were such intense efforts then Obama certainly undid them with these words.
michigandem58
(1,044 posts)Nicely played.
Cha
(297,026 posts)for bringing it here, Tx
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)I've been meaning to tell you for quite some time: I love your sig line
Cha
(297,026 posts)I stole it from a group on facebook that was posted here after the election.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(297,026 posts)it hasn't changed. Why would it?
And, we better do the same in 2016 with another Dem.. we know already know what would happen if Kochs get their greedy hold on our Country.
LeftInTX
(25,201 posts)sheshe2
(83,708 posts)Call the CDC, we have a epidemic on our Hands!
And don't forget the hazmat suits! This thing could spread to every Repug in our nation!
Thanks, Tx~
freshwest
(53,661 posts)randr
(12,409 posts)The Republican's blame Americans.