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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Fri May 10, 2013, 05:50 PM May 2013

Republicans Meltdown Into Deranged Babble After Jay Carney Repeats Benghazi Facts


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

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Republicans Meltdown Into Deranged Babble After Jay Carney Repeats Benghazi Facts (Original Post) Tx4obama May 2013 OP
I celebrate their tears of rage. cliffordu May 2013 #1
ditto SummerSnow May 2013 #4
Yes, their tears are like sugar to me. mbperrin May 2013 #16
Soup of the Day! ThoughtCriminal May 2013 #17
Obama used the words “act of terror” from day 1. Life Long Dem May 2013 #2
It's strange they want English as the official language michigandem58 May 2013 #6
You hit that one out of the park, md58. Congrats. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #13
Yes, but HeiressofBickworth May 2013 #14
Yup right at 4:20....no acts of terror. Historic NY May 2013 #15
yes, it is pretty clear that he characterized it as such. CTyankee May 2013 #18
Tying it to Romney is brilliant michigandem58 May 2013 #3
This is Good! I was just reading it on politicusUSA.. thanks Cha May 2013 #5
You're welcome. And... Tx4obama May 2013 #7
I'm glad ya do, Tx.. Cha May 2013 #9
I've been wanting to steal it. I feel great everytime I see it! freshwest May 2013 #10
It's so true, fresh. I felt estactic when he was first re-elected and Cha May 2013 #11
++1,000,000!!!!! LeftInTX May 2013 #20
Call a Waaabulance! STAT! sheshe2 May 2013 #8
It will eventually make it text books as an offshoot of this hilarious condition: freshwest May 2013 #12
When America is attacked randr May 2013 #19
 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
2. Obama used the words “act of terror” from day 1.
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:11 PM
May 2013

You notice they never include Obama saying that. Keep that in mind when listening to ones like Graham calling for more witch hunts.

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
14. Yes, but
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:52 PM
May 2013

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.

CTyankee

(63,900 posts)
18. yes, it is pretty clear that he characterized it as such.
Sat May 11, 2013, 06:32 AM
May 2013

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.

Cha

(297,029 posts)
9. I'm glad ya do, Tx..
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:24 PM
May 2013

I stole it from a group on facebook that was posted here after the election.

Cha

(297,029 posts)
11. It's so true, fresh. I felt estactic when he was first re-elected and
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:37 PM
May 2013

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.

sheshe2

(83,710 posts)
8. Call a Waaabulance! STAT!
Fri May 10, 2013, 06:20 PM
May 2013

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!

As of Jay Carney’s presser, Benghazi dergangement sydrome is officially an epidmeic.


Thanks, Tx~
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