President Obama’s campaign spokeswoman defended the administration against questions about whether the Benghazi attack was pre-planned as U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice has maintained, insisting that the U.S. has “decimated” al-Qaeda.
“Most people don’t bring rocket- propelled grenades and heavy weapons to a demonstration. That was an act of terror,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation. “And for anyone to disagree with that fundamental fact, I think, isn’t really knowing the facts.”
Jen Psaki told CNN this morning that “what can’t be lost here is this is a political campaign season.”
“Senator McCain is a strong supporter of Mitt Romney’s. Mitt Romney came out when we knew, when the world knew, that there had been American deaths, he came out and attacked, criticized the President for identifying with the attackers,” she said.
The campaign spokeswoman said she doesn’t have access to the intelligence and doesn’t know what McCain, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, might have access to either.
“Ambassador Rice was very clear yesterday about what the U.S. government has found to be the cause here. You know, I refer you to what she said. She has access to the intelligence that you and I don’t have and most of the American people don’t have,” Psaki said.
She said it was “absolutely outrageous” to suggest that the U.S. had seen its respect in the Middle East drop in this term.
“For the first time since Jimmy Carter we’ve had an American ambassador assassinated. The respect for America has gone down, there’s not a sense of American resolve and we can’t even protect sovereign American property,” said Richard Williamson, a former assistant secretary of State and foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney, last week.
“You know, the president is someone who said, ‘I’m going to go after Osama bin Laden.’ And he did. And he’s dead. He said, ‘I’m going to go after al Qaida.’ And he’s decimated them. He’s restored our place in the world,” Psaki said.
“This is a crisis we’re dealing with, the president is focused on every single day,” she said. “But when advisers are making statements like that I think it really brings into question whether Mitt Romney and his team are ready for prime-time and ready to face a crisis like inevitably he would if he were elected president.”
‘Jen Psaki told CNN this morning that “what can’t be lost here is this is a political campaign season.”
“Senator McCain is a strong supporter of Mitt Romney’s. Mitt Romney came out when we knew, when the world knew, that there had been American deaths, he came out and attacked, criticized the President for identifying with the attackers,” she said.”
So the Obama campaign is trying to use “Romney supporter” as a dismissive insult? If this gains traction, get used to seeing it used a lot as an ad hominem attack against anyone that dares disagree with the administration.
Utterly delusional regime.
People do not attack the embassies of countries they respect, or fear.
PS, More Furry Fridays, please.
“She said it was ‘absolutely outrageous’ to suggest that the U.S. had seen its respect in the Middle East drop in this term.”
Wow, Psaki’s right, how could we not have seen it? It’s our problem, we’re simply not properly interpreting Islamic signs of “respect,” which include:
- Murdering our ambassador and dragging his body through the streets
- Murdering 3 other Americans
- Destroying our flag and raising the black jihadi flag in its place
- Bombarding and burning our consulate, safe houses and embassies
- Burning and looting American schools and enterprises
- Drawing a crosshairs (are we still allowed to use that word?) on the back of every American in every Islamic country around the world
How utterly provincial of us to not recognize these actions for what they represent. Oh, wait. WE do.
Unfortunately, under Obama, respect for the US (like so many things) just ain’t what it used to be.
Obama is in sticky rice….sort of a brier rabbit effect. These Cultural Marxism are to pity for their lack of humour.
Hopefully, enough time has passed for McCain to reconsider his own feckless campaign against Obama. Maybe he can let loose with some of the bile he’s been quick to use on Republicans.
“I’m going to go after al Qaida”
Then why did we support them with our military in Libya and why are we giving them support in Syria?
Yes, this is a campaign season.
Yes, John McCain supports Mitt Romney.
Yes, Susan Rice lied her a$$ off on the Sunday shows.
Yes, Jen Psaki is a moron, and she’s in good company with Jay Carney.
This is not the Hope & Change that America voted for in ’08.
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
H. L. Mencken
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Now is the perfect time for Obama to go on his R.E.S.P.E.C.T. tour of the middle-east.
We funded and built them!
Reality Check: One on One with President Obama, Why Is The U.S. Supporting Al Qaeda In Syria?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrerl8EwqH0&feature=plcp
*Ambassador Rice was very clear yesterday about what the U.S. government has found to be the cause here.*’
Ambassador Rice, like her boss, is a lying sack of shit. It is amazing how stupid this administration thinks the American people are. Then I see a poll showing President Kardashian 3 points ahead and I realize, maybe the administration is only talking directly to their voter base, the vast majority of which are clueless, in denial morons. To somehow claim that these riots were not directed at the US, when 911 showed us the sheer level of hatred towards the US, is ludicrous.
“Mitt Romney came out when we knew, when the world knew, that there had been American deaths, he came out and attacked, criticized the President for identifying with the attackers.”
Ummm, what? I thought it was crystal clear that Romney’s statement a) was about Egypt, not Libya, and b) came BEFORE there was any news of deaths in Libya.
Who the heck is Jen Psaki, anyway, and why are we letting her rewrite history to suit her narrative?
The top article on HuffPo/AOL today is all about how Mitt Romney’s campaign is supposedly falling apart. Of course there’s absolutely no real evidence of this.
Anything to deflect from Obama’s absolute failure in every aspect of his presidency. And too many people will fall for the press puppet lines even as the media goes absolutely insane before their eyes.
“Decimate” comes from the Roman practice of killing one man in ten of legions that failed in combat and lost a battle. So by claiming that Al Qaida has been decimated this only means that 1/10th of the terrorists have been killed. Doesn’t seem like much of a claim to me…..
” He’s restored our place in the world,” Psaki said.”
Yeah, they’re obviously trembling in fear of us in Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and elsewhere.
“This is a crisis we’re dealing with, the president is focused on every single day,”
Or at least when he has a break between Vegas fundraisers.
Obama and his people need to be very careful here. As they said about Watergate, it wasn’t the theft that brought Nixon down, it was the lying about it. And, maybe he ran a bad campaign against Obama and the media in ’08 but Sen. John McCain is a national hero and he didn’t lose by that much. Don’t make the walk-back of this story too long boys and girls…you might get too tired to fundraise.
Jen Psaki told CNN this morning that “what can’t be lost here is this is a political campaign season.”
Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Come to think of it, that’s what “O” has really stood for all along, isn’t it?
The Libyan gov recently stated that they beleive the attack was premedited, and was launched by a group that was sympathetic to el quaids. They also said they warned the embassy in advance that trouble was coming, and extra security was needed, especially in Bengazzi, where gov forces only had limited capability, and their warning was ignored.
Its a pretty sad day when the gov of Libya is more sensible and beleivable that our own gov.