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Obama, Romney Trade Jabs Over Anti-American, Islamist Furor in the Middle East

Sep. 13, 2012 6:46am Billy Hallowell

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Even in the midst of tragedy, partisan politics rages. Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading tough words over the handling of foreign attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in the Middle East, injecting foreign policy into a presidential campaign that has focused on a sour economy.

Romney accused the Obama administration of showing weakness in the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three American members of his staff. Romney blasted the initial statement from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo as disgraceful and “akin to apology,” adding later, “It’s never too early for the United States government to condemn attacks on Americans and to defend our values.”

Obama, Romney Trade Jabs Over Islamist Violence in Egypt, Libya

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (AP)

However, the embassy statement came before the protesters had breached the embassy’s walls and was not an apology but an affirmation of the American policy of religious tolerance and respect. A statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton minutes before Romney’s was released condemned the attack in Libya and said there was no justification for such violent acts.

Obama made a somber statement in the Rose Garden condemning the attacks and announcing plans to deploy additional Marines at diplomatic posts overseas. In an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” later in the day, Obama said the episode showed Romney’s penchant for having “a tendency to shoot first and aim later.”

“It appears that Gov. Romney didn’t have his facts right,” Obama said. That night, during a rally in Las Vegas, the president said he had a message for the rest of the world: “No act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world, and no act of violence will shake the resolve of the United States of America.”

The four diplomats were killed Tuesday as protesters overran and burned the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. In a separate incident, the American Embassy in Cairo was breached by protesters, and the nation’s flag was ripped down, although no deaths were reported. And on Thursday, protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, tearing down and burning the U.S. flag.

President Barack Obama & Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

U.S. officials are investigating whether the attack in Libya was a terrorist strike planned to mark the 11th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Initial reports were that both the Libya and Egypt events had been motivated by anger over an anti-Muslim film made in the United States.

Obama made separate calls Tuesday evening to the presidents of Libya and Egypt, urging them to work with the U.S. to ensure the safety of diplomatic personnel. Obama and Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf vowed to work together to identify the Benghazi attackers and “bring them to justice,” the White House said in a press release.

Obama told Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi “he rejects efforts to denigrate Islam, but underscored that there is never any justification for violence against innocents and acts that endanger American personnel and facilities,” the White House said.

The Obama and Romney exchange came with less than eight weeks remaining in the tight presidential race, a campaign that has remained close for months and is being fiercely waged in fewer than 10 battleground states.

Economic concerns could play a more prominent role Thursday, when Romney appears at a rally in the Virginia suburbs outside Washington, D.C., and Obama holds an event in Colorado’s Denver suburbs. Obama carried both states in 2008, but they remain up for grabs and heavily contested by both campaigns.

The Federal Reserve was expected to announce Thursday whether it plans to take new steps to jumpstart the U.S. economy. Many anticipate that the Fed will release a third round of bond purchases aimed at easing long-term interest rates and spurring borrowing and spending.

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The economy has been the top issue throughout the race, with recent surveys showing Romney with a narrow advantage over the president when it comes to plans for reducing the nation’s unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. On foreign policy, Obama has held an edge on which candidate is better suited to handle international affairs.

Romney, on Wednesday, defended his decision to issue his criticism Tuesday night, at a time it was not yet known that Stevens had been killed. Asked if he would have done so had he known about the deaths, he said, “I’m not going to take hypotheticals about what would have been known and so forth.”

Some Republicans with experience in national security matters questioned the GOP candidate’s handling of the events and top Republican leaders in Congress did not echo Romney’s remarks. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Obama “correctly tightened the security overseas.” Asked about Romney’s remarks, he declined to answer and walked toward his office in the Capitol.

Romney’s account didn’t mesh completely with events in Cairo.

The statement that he referred to as akin to apology was issued by the embassy in Cairo at midday Tuesday at a time the staff was aware of still-peaceful demonstrations in the area nearby. The mob breached the compound’s walls and tried to burn a U.S. flag about four or five hours later.

The embassy statement condemned “the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions,” and noted that religious freedom is a cornerstone of American democracy.

Romney added that the White House later “distanced itself” from the statement, saying it hadn’t been cleared by senior officials in Washington. “That reflects the mixed signals they’re sending to the world,” he said.

Obama said in the “60 Minutes” interview that the embassy was trying to “cool the situation down” and it was released “from folks on the ground who are potentially in danger.”

“My tendency is to cut folks a little bit of slack when they’re in that circumstance, rather than try to question their judgment from the comfort of a campaign office,” Obama said.

He added that as president, “it’s important for you to make sure that the statements you make are backed up by the facts, and that you’ve thought through the ramifications before you make them.”

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Creativethinker
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:28am
Romney/Ryan 2012

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jrcess
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:46am
President Romney will fundamentally change America – he will take the garbage out.

Vote for Romney/Ryan and return intelligence to government. I agree 100%, get rid of the Muslim that has no experience

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- Deuteronomy22
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:40am
  I can imagine the day after the election when Obama wins. Romney will be to blame and all of this cheerleading will turn to contempt for nominating this lying fraud of a man. Romney has been on both sides of every single issue over the past ten years. How can anyone trust this guy? This is what happens when the establishment candidate trumps the genuine article.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:22pm
  “Even in the midst of tragedy, partisan politics rages. Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading tough words over the handling of foreign attacks on U.S.” Billy this is BS and you know it. Romney was the individual who made a completely false accusation on Tuesday night in the attempt to score political points. The PRESIDENT answered a question regarding Romney idiotic response and complete naivete regarding the middle east and foreign policy in general. But I bet Romney can give you good advice regarding which foreign banks to hide you money in and which ones won’t provide information to the US in terms of taxes owed.
  
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classicalgas
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:33am
President Romney will fundamentally change America – he will take the garbage out.

Vote for Romney/Ryan and return intelligence to government.

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lylejk
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:10am
Sorry, I said this earlier at another thread, but Romney did the right thing and the feckless n Chief had to hide behind his skirt (that would be Hillary for the clueless) to say the right thing then he followed up with a near robotic prose of undetermined urgency that we will get those that did this. Sad; really sad. :)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20109:8&version=KJV

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jen28
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:05am
Romney’s comment on the issue was right on the money. If it wasnt the media would not have pounced like that. The media knows the American people will agree with Romney so they had to attack him.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:07am
We have no President. This thing that calls itself President has never and still never has presided over anything except radical Alinsky schemes.

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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:39am
  @ Gan….. who’s running the country at this time?? it’s not Obama he’s campaigning. it’s not Biden he’s campaigning. so like usual i guess it’s some Un-elected Czar. Obama is too busy partying with the clebs for re-election. our embassador is killed along with others and Obama makes a half ass statement and go’s campaigning. never mind the act of war.
  
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- AndYetItMoves
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:41am
  We have no electorate, just a bunch of imbeciles who think that posts like this pass for political discourse.
  
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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:46am
  G. Sore-ass has been running the Country since 2008. His lobbyist wrote everything from obamacare to the finance laws. These are his czars that oversee and report to him. They certainly don;t report to the American people. We have heard nothing from them. They are clandestine agents. Just take Van Jones for 1 example. THAT is what they are, working covertly within our Government.
  
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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:50am
  You mean pointing out the truth has no place in discourse? “POLITICAL DISCOURSE” What a tool you are. That does not exist in the realm of Alinsky loons of the left. Obama is lead alinsky and he hasn’t had a ‘conversation’ without his teleprompter for years. Pretty hard to ‘converse’ with a teleprompter.
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:00am
We made our bed.

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SamIamTwo
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:59am
It was the administration that had to pull back the first release. If that release was not reviewed and approved at a higher level then the clown should be fired…and not only that they came out and stated that it still stands…all of it has been wiped off the net.

Obama is the one that is a novice…

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cloudsofwar
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:56am
HEADLINE: Obama issues somber statement in Rose Garden. then Obama hits campaign trail. oh and BTW with the “somber statement” he reminded everyone what he did on 9-11 to commerate the event. oh and another point Obama wont use these deaths on his campaign trail, no really.

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The Gooch
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:54am
Notice how this (& any other matter which comes back to homicidal Islamic antics) continuously identifies that most Muslims (foreign & domestic) are:
1) Ruled by emotion.
2) Allowed to act on their emotions as they see fit.
3) And not to be held to the same standard as the rest of the world.

Won’t it be ironic if Obama’s election bid is foiled not by the economy, but by all the Islamic zealots who won’t shut up, settle down & let Big O get on with the business of saving the planet?

What’s REALLY stale on this forum (& in the media in general) is the knee-jerk BS that if you point out the one way street of expectations clamored for by Muslims, their apologists & enablers. YOU’RE the hater. Kiddies, most of us don’t hate because someone is a Muslim or political/ideological opposite. An overwhelming number of Americans just don’t care for bullies.
Me (like I HOPE most grownups), I’m not ruled by my emotions, so spare my the tiresome “Hater!” label. Like a lot of Americans (R or D) I’m not particularly religious. So spare the Christian fascist remarks.
Can we at some point call a violent, ignorant spade a violent, igorant spade? I don’t care if people wanna practice Islam. Do so in peace. I do care if ANY zealot (Muslim, Christian or secular) believes I gotta comply or else.
At some point, we have to recognize the Islamic world is like the great American junky: It does not want to be saved, only left alone (& allowed to do as it pleases).

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- AndYetItMoves
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:42am
  An extremely rare flash of rational perspective on these threads.
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:47am
To me, this event demonstrated how ‘old school’ he (and the Republican establishment) is. Looking presidential is not enough. The Romney TV ads in FL are weak. The Obama TV ads tell lies – effectively. I am afraid that Romney does not have what it takes to win against the communist machine.

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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:51am
  The media and administration are covering up the real reason for Ambassador Stevens death. http://www.maggiesnotebook.com
  
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lefty5005
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:36am
This is an example of Washington ineptness at it’s finest. A total misread of the events taking place in Libya especially. The lack or intelligence and the misreading of the situation as it “escalated” throughout the day cost 4 people their lives. For some reason politicians keep catering to the radical and violent concept known as Islam. First of all it is recognized as a religion of which it does not meet the definition of. If Methodist wanted Methodist running the country in a Methodist way with the whole country being of Methodist culture and the supreme leader being Methodist with everyone wearing Methodist attire and the schools and “laws” being Methodist in nature….would you consider Methodism a religion…of course not. If 50% of the Methodist were disenfranchised and not even allowed to dress appropriately for hot weather or even seen in public without an immediate relative beside them, would you like it…of course not. If at every turn a Methodist person was blowing up every Tom, Dick and Harry who offended them and ridiculed everyone else who wasn’t Methodist, would you like that…of course not. If a Methodist wanted a particular group exterminated violently because they hate them so vehemently would you like Methodist…of course not.

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Gonzo
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:36am
“Obama said the episode showed Romney’s penchant for having “a tendency to shoot first and aim later.”
Isn’t that exactly what Obama did by setting up a no fly zone in Libya and taking Gaddafi out?

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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:53am
  You are so right.
  He and his crack staff of leftists are sooooooo PC as to remove the term “Islamic Terrorist” from our vocabulary. Get REAL. Do they really live in an opposite world?
  Ok, I said it. The Obama police will come and get me, while the Emabassy in Cairo is being assulted.
  Time to send the Marine’s back to the “Shores of Tripoli”
  
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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:12am
  @ PA… the marines are going to the wrong location they need to go to Penn. Ave. in DC.
  
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- DOra Glasberg
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:32pm
  Romney has done a lot of damage to his campaign
  He’s is clearly not ready for prime time – and never will be.
  
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diverdan
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:11am
We have seen how carefully he gathers facts before speaking, starting with “the cops acted stupidly”. Both he and DWS must live in the same alternate universe.

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BelindaB
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:57am
Mr. Mitt Romney acted like a PRESIDENT of AMERICA SHOULD!!!!! Go ROMNEY!!!!!!!!
Support AMERICA, Support OUR TROOPS, VOTE for the AMERICAN, Vote MITT ROMNEY!!!!!

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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:31am
  Amen! Let’s all give obama an eviction notice this November!
  
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- OHOH54
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:44am
  This might actually be what B.O. wanted. Now he can declare things are so bad that the elections cannot take place at the present time. He is a deceitful person and I wouldn’t doubt if he wouldn’t try to pull this sort of thing
  
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- cloudsofwar
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:05am
  @ ohoh…. Obama doesn’t have the balls to try to stop the election. what he and his party are going to do IS CHEAT. thats why we have to turn out in record numbers to vote for ROMNEY even if you don’t like him all that much. Obama will take us all down the rabbit hole and we wont recover. if you believe in Obama vote for him if you believe in America vote for Romney. with Romney we have a chance with Obama we will lose everything. Obama will take everything from us, as he will say for the good of the country. many people will die but himself and his will live like the fat pigs they are.
  
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- MadAsHeII
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:19am
  @Belindab, Good luck with that, Your precious Fox News has Obama up by 5 points! http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2012/09/12/fox-news-poll-obama-tops-romney-in-post-convention-poll-most-say-country-still/
  Romney should never have gone along with the blatant power grab at the convention with Boehner ignoring the peoples voice. This is going to continue to hurt him to November. It hurt his vote with me and many other grassroots Tea Party voters. With as many as us that have decided to vote for Romney along with the Ron Paul supporters, he will likely lose. We are all voting Gary Johnson. Both the Democrats and the Republicans showed their true colors at the conventions, ignoring the people and doing what they wanted against the voices. If this does not wake people up to the fact that neither Party cares about us, then I don’t know what will. Time to send a clear message and vote Libertarian, the true Conservative Party.
  
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BelindaB
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:54am
NO APOLOGY from the AMERICAN PEOPLE, EVER!!!!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:09am
  Did you read the article?
  “However, the embassy statement came before the protesters had breached the embassy’s walls and was not an apology but an affirmation of the American policy of religious tolerance and respect.”
  
  TheBlaze is trying to tell you guys that there was no apology but you all persist
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:47am
  Because we’ve read the thing Soy.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:16am
  The embassy statement condemned “the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions,” and noted that religious freedom is a cornerstone of American democracy.
  
  Soy…
  It also appears to assert (and I agree) that way too many Muslims are zealots ruled by emotion. And so we must protect the all-mighty feelings of the modern noble savage (which I don’t agree with). Screw your feelings; screw my feelings. So apparently having an opinion on Islam (other than a positive one) one is “misguided”. Oh, and this honoring of the all-mighty feeling also applies to all other religions. So you can’t really have a stance against, oh, Christianity for example. Or you’ll be condemned. To what? Eh, bit vague on that detail.
  So, yeah, it’s actually worse than an apology. It’s a call to limit free speech based on religious emotion. Gee, a simple “We’re sorry” may not have been LESS draconian and duplicitious in nature.
  Free speech? Well, that’s just too dangerous and unwelcome. Oops.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:21am
  The Gooch MEANT to say:
  Gee, a simple “We’re sorry” may have been LESS draconian and duplicitious in nature.
  
  Damn The Blaze and its lack of a proper edit function! Now my feelings are hurt. Time to go kick over the neighbor’s garbarge can and whiz in his garden.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:30am
  i dont care about their feelings either. But it is a LIE for Romney to call the embassy statement an apology. I thought Mormons dont lie?
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:52am
  Yes. Not an apology. A condemnation of free speech and clarion call to elevate the all-important feeling above all other concerns. Far more explicit and damning than a simple knee-jerk apology.
  
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BelindaB
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:49am
Greg…..America totally agrees !!!

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BelindaB
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:47am
Agreed…The Liberal Media IS A DISGRACE!!!!!! A TOTAL bunch of LIARS, and FOOLS. I say, BOYCOTT ALL LIBERAL MEDIA. And, THROW obama OUT of office for CRIMES AGAINST AMERICA, AND The AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!!!!!
YOU, obama, might APOLOGIZE for YOURSELF….BUT you CANNOT and DO NOT SPEAK for AMERICA! America DOES NOT EVER APOLOGIZE FOR EXERCISING OUR God -Given RIGHTS of FREE SPEECH!!!! Get your MUSLIM ASS OUT OF AMERICA’S WhiteHouse NOW!!!

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- Niruba
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:22am
  I agree with you. I am afraid that Obama will allow this to escalate until he can stop the elections due to the war he is allowing to happen.
  
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BelindaB
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:39am
President Mitt Romney is doing what a President SHOULD be doing. obama is OUT in November, but I say Yank obama OUT of office NOW!!! Boycott ALL LIBERAL MEDIIA!!!!! obama never WAS nor will he EVER be qualified to LEAD a STRONG AMERICA….obama is not an AMERICAN…we no longer need to see his records, WE KNOW.!!!! barak mounir ubayd is ARAB MUSLIM. And he is a TRAITOR, and MURDERER of AMERICANS.
THANK YOU MR. ROMNEY, for Standing Up For AMERICA, during this obama- created tradgedy!!!!!

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OHOH54
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:22am
The way the liberal media is handling this is a disgrace. They are sticking their heads in the sand just to support a president that has no idea how to run this country. We have the weakest president in history who cares more about getting re-elected than the welfare of our citizens in these radical muslim countries. We need to stand strong against them not to apologize. Romney was right B.O. was wrong. IT MAKES ME SICK!!!!!!

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:36am
  This was a big political mistake by Romney. Get your head out of the republican sand – it is not good versus evil.
  
  This has already been fact checked and other republicans are not happy about this.
  http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-romney-misstates-facts-attacks-233322109–election.html
  http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-under-friendly-fire-response-libyan-embassy-attack-213729383–election.html
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:50am
  OHOH – you are completely right! The media is just trying to make Romney look bad. This is a matter of good vs. evil. The media is not trying to find the truth, they are trying to enforce their socialistic cause.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:06am
  As the president says “the buck stops with you” Soydork, continually pushes Gary J, while apologizing for the daily embarassment of the clown in the WH.The guards at our embassy’s are the responsibility of Barry, and Hillary, followers of Saul Alinsky, Cloward and Piven, Karl Marx and other commie’s. They are the people responsible for our embassies security. Mitt has NO responsibility for this, yet. Soybean is no Ron Paul or Gary Johnson supporter, If they were elected he/she/it would turn on them like the DEMOCRATS(MSM) always do.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:14am
  SOY, Think about this. In past presidential campaigns involving third party candidates the media has given them plenty of coverage. They gladly promoted Ross Perot to help elect, then re-elect Clinton. They even showed something of a minor rally behind Ralph Nader which could only hurt the Dems. But, when it comes to Johnson, there is hardly a peep from the press. When they don’t see him as having enough weight that they can toss around to beat up on Romney, that speaks volumes as to his standing in the public’s eye. In my opinion, Ron Paul may have carried slightly more weight. So, let’s face it, Johnson will accomplish diddly squat in this race, and I have to admit that my vote for Romney will be more of a vote just to oust 0bama. I already know in my heart that Romney should he become president will disappoint me more than once while in office. What I have read about Johnson, and from his very own site, I already know that I do not care for his views other than fiscal, just like RP. Go ahead and vote your personal conviction, but I intend to get that even bigger fool out of the White House. Then, we can look toward more healing for this nation.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:25am
  this article has nothing to do with gary johnson – what are you guys talking about!!
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:40am
  Squeal like a stuck pig.
  
  Soyfart is a Obama DEMOCRAT in Gary Johnson clothing
  
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- therealconservative
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:03am
  @soysauce
  
  ” it is not good versus evil.”
  
  Well theirs your problem, your totally clueless.
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:10am
  if these two political parties represent good versus evil, then perhaps you should question who is fighting for who
  
  http://www.theblaze.com/stories/warrentless-wiretapping-law-reauthorized-by-house-for-five-years/#comment-4089382
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:21am
Romney was trying to score cheap political points and if you are honest with yourself, you will agree. I dont know why Romney is doing this all of a sudden.

Even people like John Sununu, McCain, Condi, etc are not happy about this
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-under-friendly-fire-response-libyan-embassy-attack-213729383–election.html

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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:37am
  if you are honest with yourself…..you will realize that the “empty chair” should have been doing what Romney did and not out on the campaign trial raising money.
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:28am
  @Soymilk is terrible
  
  What newpaper do you work for?
  Collusion to confuse the American populace and infuse doubt.
  Put your GUY FOX mask back on your shameless face.
  WTP
  
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- OHOH54
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:36am
  Romney wasn’t trying to score cheap political points. He was just doing what a true American leader is suppose to do. Stand tall and proud and support and defend our way of life. These radicals need to be put down or else it will continue to spread just like it already has.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:02am
  Ain’t it a b!tch the Islamicists don’t give two lukewarm craps about the election for the POTUS?
  Someone should tell them to settle down and play nice ’til at least after November!
  Then again, that would be even more fruitless than herding cats.
  Big O can’t use this drama to his advantage, so thru your version of the Marquess of Queensberry rules, neither can Romney? I don’t believe you understand the game of politics very well.
  Full disclosure: I am NOT a Romney supporter.
  
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Stoic one
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:06am
“the police acted stupidly…”
“if i had a son he would look like travon…..”

Yea from the male that claims to be full of wisdom.

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- 502_eagle
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:13am
  Yeh , Obama seems to shoot first and aim later.
  
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bpodlesnik
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:02am
Here’s an idea, instead of sending more troops over there why don’t we just bring them all home!

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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:14am
  close up the embassies and no more money to the nations
  
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- BelindaB
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:51am
  Better yet…SEND obama over there!!!!!
  
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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:12am
  great idea! obama needs to make an appearance in Libya and egypt!
  
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Gregb
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 6:59am
Romney acted more like a president in one day than obama has in 3.5 years.
maybe obama needs to hold a beer summit with the muslim brotherhood.

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biohazard23
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 6:51am
Boy Wonder is in waaaaay over his head. He should have stuck with community organizing as this job is exceedingly above his pay grade and competence level.

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