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Tx4obama

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Sat May 11, 2013, 05:43 PM May 2013

Tongue Tied Republicans Redefine ‘Act of Terror’ and Prove Obama Right On Benghazi [View all]


Tongue Tied Republicans Redefine ‘Act of Terror’ and Prove Obama Right On Benghazi

Here’s a huge, glaring logic problem for Republicans. Currently, they are arguing that Obama saying “Act of terror” in the Rose Garden on September 12 was not a real reference to terror. At the same time, they are arguing that the phrase — from the Benghazi email John Boehner never read until it was too late — “Islamic extremists” can be read and interpreted as “Islamic terrorists”.

Oh, really?

Republicans got themselves into this mess by screaming that President Obama did not use the right word at the right time with the right ending, and thus he should be impeached or at the very least, not reelected. The fact that he said “act of terror” isn’t good enough, because you see, words matter. He had to say “the terrorists!” or else.

But now John Boehner has made a fool of himself by publicly charging that an email said “Islamic terrorists” and that the administration changed the talking points to “Islamic extremists”. In fact, the email actually reads “Islamic extremists” (a fact Boehner would have had a better shot of knowing had he actually attended the briefing during which the emails were shared).

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/gop-act-terror-refer-terrorism-extremist-means-terrorist.html


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