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Reader comment on item: Reflections on the Second Presidential Candidates' Debate
in response to reader comment: Sept 12: "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation"

Submitted by sara (United States), Oct 17, 2012 at 19:27

Carl,

I know that on the surface of it, for those who have not been following the events of the past weeks, it appears that Obama did utter the word 'terror' in that first speech.

The point is though, that other than the random mention at the end of the speech which was to announce the deaths of the Americans at the embassy (in which he talked about not offending Muslims and the horrible video), the administration as a unit, including Obama, refused to call it a terror attack for the next 2 weeks.

Obama refused to call it a terror attack on the View interview, in his UN speech, etc. etc. THAT is the point. All of his surrogates went out incl Amb Rice and denied it was a terror attack even while the LIBYAN govt was saying it was. Then the videos and intelligence info became public and the hearings began and we were able to see CLEARLY that it was a terror attack, had always been known to be a terror attack, that there never had been any mobs or anything the admin had kept repeating- that it was a spontaneous reaction to the video. I will find the UN speech and/or the View interview, or all interviews and statements from the period of Sept 12-18 and prove it to you.

Then, and only then, duing the hearings when the press had to report on it, did Obama and the WH cop to it and even had Hillary fall on his sword to take the heat off of him.

This is not made up, it is very clear. Look at the timelines. Either the American people cannot remember events of 3 weeks ago or the press has done a stupendous job keeping it down, or both.

That this would now be used to turn around on Romney and accuse him of lying just leaves me speechless.

Submitting....

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Obama's words in the Rose Garden the day after the Benghazi attacks on the consulate and CIA compound [95 words]Rory SquaricOct 23, 2012 02:06199984
1I hope you have since realized what the problem with this is [175 words]saraOct 25, 2012 18:32199984
Debates and voters [99 words]seanOct 19, 2012 19:12199929
Romney momentum [76 words]simonOct 18, 2012 21:13199916
Shallow [19 words]James GrayOct 18, 2012 02:49199903
Reflecting on Reflections [1212 words]Anatoly TsaliovichOct 18, 2012 02:19199902
2Exactly Wrong, Mr Pipes. NONE of this matters anymore! [171 words]stanley bOct 17, 2012 18:49199889
Romney won on substance [267 words]Kepha HorOct 17, 2012 21:02199889
What does 'indigo' feel like? [262 words]stanley bOct 18, 2012 20:13199889
I said I'm from Indigoland [46 words]Kepha HorOct 18, 2012 21:41199889
Indigo- Brush up on my colors... [196 words]stanley bOct 20, 2012 18:53199889
Peace, Bro. [25 words]Kepha HorOct 22, 2012 21:00199889
3It feels like the sky is falling ~ [320 words]saraOct 17, 2012 18:41199887
1REFLECTIONS ON SECOND PRESIDENTIAL M DEBATE [125 words]samOct 17, 2012 15:03199885
1what the future may hold [183 words]Jules PostenOct 17, 2012 14:03199883
2Obama - Teflon man - the left's man [93 words]Sailor46Oct 17, 2012 12:20199882
Overstating the case [47 words]MikeOct 17, 2012 08:07199876
1Accuracy [65 words]Susan H. SomervilleOct 17, 2012 03:33199873
2Sept 12: "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation" [91 words]CarlOct 17, 2012 02:02199872
1Not lying but twisting the truth [319 words]saraOct 17, 2012 19:27199872
2You're reading far more into my comment than you ought to. [574 words]CarlOct 17, 2012 20:08199872
2I just research the facts, as should you [719 words]saraOct 17, 2012 20:29199872
I'll look at the hearings again. [208 words]CarlOct 17, 2012 21:00199872
1Disgusting and vile [104 words]MarkOct 18, 2012 12:16199872
2Lying again. [87 words]batya daganOct 17, 2012 00:41199869
Fox News fact checkers say Obama mentions "act of terror" in his Rose Garden speech on Sep 12 [124 words]Mark JamesOct 17, 2012 00:37199868
1Missing the Point [96 words]Joe FalkOct 17, 2012 19:09199868

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