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266. Since no one has bothered to talk you down from the ledge, I will.

Go here to see just how many and how much military support the victims of Sandy are getting from the DoD.

http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2012/1012_sandy/

Here's a few headlines.

Quartermaster Soldiers New York-bound

Sailors, Marines Join USS Wasp for Sandy Relief

DOD Continues Support for Hurricane Sandy Response Efforts

FEMA Employs Air Guard Base for Storm Relief

West Coast Airmen Support Superstorm Sandy Relief Efforts

Coast Guard Responds to Superstorm Sandy Damage


There's plenty of coverage in the media of the aid pouring in and Obama's help in that area. Here's a quick and recent example.

In N.J., FEMA forming network of aid centers

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State and local officials will help determine where the FEMA centers are put, Fugate said.

By Thursday morning, more than 36,000 storm victims from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut had applied for federal disaster assistance, and more than $3.4 million in aid had been approved for some of them, President Obama's spokesman Jay Carney said.

Gov. Christie sent state police to help protect hard-hit Shore towns from looters. State Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa vowed looters would face stiff penalties.

"We want those hardest hit by Sandy to know that there is an increased police presence in these Shore communities and that we will be vigilant with respect to their homes and businesses while they are forced to remain inland for their safety," Chiesa said. "At this time, fortunately, we have not received reports of any extensive looting."

The Obama administration said Thursday it would provide about $16 million to hire 1,000 temporary workers in New Jersey to aid with storm cleanup. The money will go toward work on public structures as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid.

The administration also said it would give $10 million to New Jersey for emergency road repairs and reimburse 100 percent of the cost of emergency power and public transportation through Nov. 9 in the New Jersey counties covered under the expanding federal disaster declaration.

That's an increase from the standard 75 percent share the federal
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20121102_In_N_J___FEMA_forming_network_of_aid_centers.html

Then there's this:

WaPo-ABC tracking poll: High marks for President Obama on Hurricane Sandy response
Nearly eight in 10 likely voters say the president has done an “excellent” or “good” job dealing with what’s been labeled a “super storm.” Almost as many give positive reviews to the federal government’s response generally. Even two-thirds of those who support Republican Mitt Romney in next week’s presidential election say Obama is doing well in this area.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/10/31/wapo-abc-tracking-poll-high-marks-for-president-obama-on-hurricane-sandy-response/

Now for a real explanation as to why you're seeing what your seeing on cable infotainment programs. They were counting on Benghazi being something they could spin to create some flack for the president in this last stretch before the election. However, Sandy came and they were worried they'd lost all hope of creating a distraction which would resonate with voters. So, initially this was their planned way to link the two.

Daily Disclosure: Conservative outside ads spin Obama’s Sandy response

With President Barack Obama earning high marks on his response to Hurricane Sandy, conservative outside spending groups and Republicans are seeking to contrast it with charges that he dropped the ball in Benghazi.

Americans for Limited Government’s “Obama Campaign Has Its ‘Perfect Storm’” and Campaign for American Values PAC’s “Obama Has Left Americans Behind” follow the line of attack launched by Michael Brown, the director of FEMA under George W. Bush, who was widely criticized for botching the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

While the new ads do not go quite as far as Brown, who charged the president with acting too quickly on the response to Sandy, they do capitalize on his juxtaposition of the president’s response to Sandy and his response to the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Libya.

Obama was “openly working with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during hurricane recovery,” the ALG ad begins. Christie, a Republican with presidential aspirations, heaped praise on the president for his response, which was seen as a hit to GOP nominee Mitt Romney.

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/11/02/11683/daily-disclosure-conservative-outside-ads-spin-obama-s-sandy-response

However, facts were released which took all the wind out of that plans sails.

U.S. says CIA responded within 25 minutes to Benghazi attack
Intelligence officials dispute a report by Fox News that officers in Libya were ordered to 'stand down' after the diplomatic compound came under attack.

WASHINGTON — CIA security officers in a Benghazi post responded within 25 minutes to a call for help from a nearby State Department compound after it came under attack Sept. 11, officials said Thursday, seeking to refute a Fox News report asserting that CIA managers ordered them to stay put.

In releasing a detailed timeline of CIA actions that night, senior intelligence officials have put aside long-standing concerns about revealing the extent of the agency's presence in Benghazi in order to push back against what officials say are baseless allegations that aid was withheld.

"At every level in the chain of command, from the senior officers in Libya to the most senior officials in Washington, everyone was fully engaged in trying to provide whatever help they could," a senior intelligence official said in a statement. "There were no orders to anybody to stand down in providing support."


Fox News asserted in a story last week that CIA managers had ordered agency security officers to "stand down" and remain in their own facility, known as the Annex, when the attack on the diplomatic compound began about 9:40 p.m. and that there was an hour delay before officers disobeyed orders and went to help repel the attack that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and State Department officer Sean Smith.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-libya-cia-20121102,0,2438659.story

Now they're reduced to trying to attack Obama's response to hurricane Sandy and sensationalize that instead.

My suggestion to you, turn off all cable news until after the election. Maybe make a few calls for the campaign, or for a local race, even. That always gets my head cleared all of the political poop and makes me feel better.

Oh, and there's a reason this video resonated with people on both sides of the party divide. We're so sick of all this crap we could all just about break down and cry.

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Hang in there. It's almost over!