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Benghazi: Barack Obama claims he called the attack an “act of terrorism” on September 12th–again

May 13, 2013

 When pressured by a reporter today Barack Obama stated that he acknowledged the Benghazi attack was an “act of terrorism” on September 12th.

“The day after it happened, I acknowledged it as an act of terrorism.”

  He was referring to his Rose Garden speech where he used the word ‘terror’ and the word ‘Benghazi’ in the same speech, however he was referring to terrorism in general and was not speaking about the Benghazi attack when he mentioned the word ‘terror.’ This was the same speech debate moderator Candy Crowley used against Mitt Romney in a presidential debate to prove Mitt Romney did not have his facts straight. Later that night, when nobody was paying attention, Candy Crowley admitted she was wrong but it did not matter at that point because the damage was done and she achieved her goal of defending the indefensible.

  But that didn’t stop Barack Obama from falling back on that misrepresentation of the truth today, but what the hell, let us give Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt–even though he does not deserve it–and give him the point that he did in fact call Benghazi a terrorist attack on September 12th.

   Barack Obama has already admitted that he is the one who sent Susan Rice out on the talk show tour five days after the attack to lie to the American people about the motivating factor behind the attack.

As I said before, she made an appearance at the request of the White House in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her

  “The intelligence that had been provided to her.” That is an interesting choice of words indeed. He did not say she had the proper intelligence when she made the tour, only that she was using the intelligence provided to her. And we now know the State Department edited the CIA talking points 12 times until all references of terrorism were removed and replaced with the You Tube video excuse. Why was Susan Rice sent out with the edited talking points if Barack Obama already admitted it was a terrorist attack? He is either lying about calling Benghazi a terrorist attack on September 12th, or he was purposely misleading the American people.

  And then there is the speech he made to the United Nations a full two weeks after the attack in which he once again laid the blame on the now infamous You Tube video instead of focusing on terrorism. If he already admitted it was terrorism why did he stand on the world stage and blame the video instead of the terrorists? The answer is obvious to me; he is lying about calling the Benghazi attack an act of terror and he is still trying to mislead the American people as the walls close in around him and his house of cards begins to crumble.

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  1. Ron Russell's avatar
    May 13, 2013 7:19 pm

    Obama was in a presidential election and at time would say anything, do anything to increase his chances of winning re-election. Seemed like his plan worked. But now as the facts begin to come out his forced to defend that which cannot be defended. I suspect that he is sticking to his story for other reasons. First he doesn’t want to see his foreign policy go down in flames. Second, something was done either before, during or after the attack that would seriously damage his presidency. Finally, he really is a closet Muslim and as he once said, if forced too, “he would stand with them”. I don’t know if there is a conspiracy here, although the cover-up that’s underway is beginning to look like that with so many players trying to hide the truth. To bad we don’t have White House tapes like in the Nixon days. But perhaps, a John Dean will step forward.

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    • Steve Dennis's avatar
      May 13, 2013 7:31 pm

      Obama did what he had to do to win reelection and now he is doing what he needs to do in order to hold on to his presidency and legitimacy.

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    • Cheryl's avatar
      Cheryl permalink
      May 14, 2013 10:30 am

      Surely someone will come forward to save this country! Even if it means that they would lose their career, or possibly their life! Now that would be true heroism!

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  2. bunkerville's avatar
    May 13, 2013 7:35 pm

    I caught the presser today. I am really starting to think he believes his lies. Recall how Nixon decompensated in the end? Narcissists can’t stand attacks.

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    • Steve Dennis's avatar
      May 13, 2013 7:47 pm

      I cannot decide whether Obama honestly believes his lies or if he is simply a student of Goebbels’s theory that if a lie is repeated enough it becomes the truth.

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  3. sonnyinaz's avatar
    sonnyinaz permalink
    May 13, 2013 7:38 pm

    The man is a smooth talker, and his followers are as much a lemming as I’ve ever seen in my days. It’s pretty obvious (to me anyways) his rose garden statement painted him into a corner, and now he’s having to tap dance as anyone that doesn’t perceive him as a god knows he’s does something wrong. It seems though as though the walls of his administration are beginning to crumble, in many places as Benghazi comes back to back bite him, the IRS already admittedly attacking tea parties/gop, and I’ve recently read where the parents of 3 of the navy seals who died in the copter murders now have earmarks of wrong doing and are pressing congress to investigate this as well. That’s a lot plastering to do, or smooth talking to come up with. Maybe his consistent ineptness is finally starting to shine brighter than his silver words…

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    • Steve Dennis's avatar
      May 13, 2013 7:48 pm

      It is beginning to look like he has told so many lies on so many issues that there is no way he can hold it together until the end of his term.

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      • Cheryl's avatar
        Cheryl permalink
        May 14, 2013 10:39 am

        Obama has many “professional liars” on payroll to cover for him; twist his words to manipulate and compensate for his ineptness

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  4. Conservatives on Fire's avatar
    May 13, 2013 9:05 pm

    Obama is such a severe narcissist that he has absolutely no shame. He didn’t have any trouble sleeping that fateful night. He really is a leader from behind.

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    • Steve Dennis's avatar
      May 13, 2013 9:08 pm

      No he didn’t, he had a fundraiser to go to the next day and he had no intention of letting this attack stop him. You have to have priorities I guess.

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  5. Petermc3's avatar
    Petermc3 permalink
    May 14, 2013 6:43 am

    The libs on Scarborough sound as though they are turning on the blundered in chief. The cynic in me never fathomed this possibility. I find myself agreeing with the MSLSD kool aid drinkers as they say that Carl Rove and the republicans should stay out of the way and not engage in overreaching which will result in building sympathy for Obama and his henchmen. As Obama squirms we should expect the witch Hillary to go home and bake cookies.

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  6. Petermc3's avatar
    Petermc3 permalink
    May 14, 2013 8:50 am

    MSLSD update: It took a while but they have come around.In couched language it now sounds as though Obama needs to take to task those responsible for IRS gate and AP gate. It’s not him, its his White House and those around him. It appears we won’t have to wait for McCain to tell us Obama is a good man who means well.

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    • Steve Dennis's avatar
      May 14, 2013 10:36 pm

      Maybe he is creating these so that he can swoop in and save the day, that is something I hadn’t thought about before.

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  7. Petermc3's avatar
    Petermc3 permalink
    May 14, 2013 9:09 am

    Bill Clinton: What the meaning of is is.
    Benghazi Hussein Obama: No there there.
    Gotta love these guys…

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