The right is outraged that Romney was right. Obama didn't say the attack was an act of terror.

[True Earthling]

64. Romney was responding to Obama's claim that he called it an "act of terror" the day after

the attacks. Obama's claim was in defense of the question from Candy Crowley about the whole Benghazi mess and the blame Hillary was taking. For Obama to say that he called it "an act of terror" in the general sense... that would be meaningless as a defense. Nobody is arguing that whether it was spontaneous or planned that it does or doesn't fit the general definition of terrorism. The real issue how Obama interpreted the act as to it's specific cause in his Rose Garden speech. It's clear to me that Obama interpreted it as a spontaneous riot and not pre-meditated. From the Sept 12 Rose Garden speech he didn't say "terrorists who attacked our people" he said "killers who attacked our people" and he called it "senseless violence". Then he makes a very general statement about "No acts of terror"...

Obama did NOT call it an act of terrorism in the Rose Garden in the sense that it was premeditated but that is what he claims he meant when he said "I told the American people and the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror". That is the only viable defense from the question by Crowley. Again... saying that he called it a "terrorist act" in general is not a defense that takes Hillary off the hook.

Rose Garden speech...

"We will work with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people."

"We reject those who denigrate the religious beliefs of others. There is no justification for this type of senseless violence"

"No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation"

From the debate...

"The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror and I also said that we were going to track down those who committed this crime."