Bret Baier Clashes With Stephanie Cutter Over Claim Libya Only a ‘Political Topic’ Because of Romney: ‘Four People Are Dead’
Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter gives an interview during day one of the Democratic National Convention at Time Warner Cable Arena on September 4, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The DNC that will run through September 7, will nominate U.S. President Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate. (Credit: Getty Images)
Just hours after she claimed the only reason the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was a “political topic” was because of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan, Obama campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter appeared on Fox News to defend her remarks.
During “Special Report With Bret Baier” on Thursday, Cutter, for the second time that day, accused Romney of politicizing the Libya attack, doubling down on her comments.
“Who was the first person to respond to the Libya attacks? It was Mitt Romney. And Mitt Romney was criticized for that response because it was political – by national news organizations. He was asked to apologize by national news organizations–”
“Wait a second…wait a second,” Baier interrupted, explaining that the real issue is the Obama administration’s initial statements on the attack, many of which turned out to be completely false.
The host went on to play a video of President Barack Obama appearing on the “Late Show With David Letterman” on Sept. 18, a week after the attack. The president said terrorists used an anti-Muslim video as an excuse to attack the U.S. Consulate. He also strongly condemned the filmmaker, calling him “very offensive” and a “shadowy figure.” Baier also pointed out that U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice and other Obama administration officials repeatedly told the public that the Libya attack was the result of the video.
“What are you suggesting? Are you suggesting we’re playing politics with this?” Cutter asked defensively.
“I’m not suggesting anything. You said that the entire reason this has become a political topic — four people are dead,” Baier said.
(Fox News)
Cutter asserted that the current administration has treated the tragedy in Libya with the “utmost seriousness.”
“That’s why we’re being responsible and diligent about our investigation,” she added.
She lamented the fact that Romney and his running mate continue to insist that the Obama administration is involved in a cover-up in Libya. “You know how investigations go,” she said, defending the inconsistencies in the official White House story.
“Why was there such a jump to tie it to the video?” Baier pressed, trying to get a straight answer.
Baier went on to point out glaring inconsistencies in the Obama administration’s evolving Libya story, explaining that the State Department revealed this week that there weren’t even protests outside the U.S. Consulate before the attack as the White House initially claimed.
With much more ground to cover, Baier ran out of time and was forced to end the interview.
“Next time I’ll bring my notes,” Cutter concluded.
Watch the segment via Fox News/Mediaite here:
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paperpushermj
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:46pm“Who was the first person to respond to the Libya attacks? It was Mitt Romney. And Mitt Romney was criticized for that response because it was political by national news organizations.
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Pinch me but my memory places Romney comment not about Libya, but about a Communique from the American Embassy, directed to the Egyptian population disowning a certain movie trailer. But the obama spin meister says what ever she wants with the belief that it’s up to the reporter to catch the lie if they can.
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Ilikepeople
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:06pmHmm.
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anOpinion
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 1:50amThe entire Obama administration thinks the American people are idiots that can’t see through their obvious lies and spin. Its pathetic really.
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statutoryape
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:39amThe women on the left are definitely fighting over who can be the biggest bitch. I think Cutter is worse than Schultz (and that’s saying something!). What do ya think?
Who is the biggest bitch on the left?
(a) Stephanie Cutter
(b) Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(c) Melissa Harris Perry
(d) Chris Matthews
(e) [Write in your own answer]
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CABERNETQHS
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 7:44amIf the administration was being careful not to come to any conclusions regarding terrorism prior to the investigation, why did they conclude all over the place that it was the you tube video? Could it be the “never let a good crisis go to waste” in order to somehow gain control of the internet and eventually all media? I keep flashing back to “Fast and Furious” and the failed attempt to have an excuse to disarm us.
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HKS
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 8:03amThis Obama administration is the most childish bunch I have ever seen, you expect this stuff in kindergarten and their running our country, no wonder at all were falling off a cliff.
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jblaze
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 8:31amSTAT
Who is the biggest bitch on the left?
(a) Stephanie Cutter
(b) Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(c) Melissa Harris Perry
(d) Chris Matthews
(e) [George Soros)]
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charleyrocks
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 8:34amwhile I listened to her I gave my head a shake , then I had to give my head another shake at the stupidity of the democrats. aren’t they educated???? She really sounded stupid, she says it’s romney’s fault because he exposed the truth. dah dumb dumb dumb
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statutoryape
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 8:50amJBlaze, lol @George Soros. Soros stays in the shadows and pretty much out of the public view. I know what he has allegedly done throughout his life but I so rarely hear or see him speak that I can’t say for sure.
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DunnoYIGolf
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:39pmBlinds over their eyes….just listening to people like this make my vote that much easier. How can anyone follow people like this???
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:44pm“Next time I’ll bring my notes,” Cutter concluded…..well, that line is very common in Barry’s headquarters…Barry himself used it after his debate the last week….
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ireport uderide
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:59pmYour right. The day after he got his arss kicked, the coward-in-chief beat Romney in a dabate with a teleprompter in front of a huge partisan crowd. It was an awsome display of throwing rocks at your opponent from afar.
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:42pmShe knows that she’s in trouble with the American people. She became more defensive and her voice became more shrill as the interview progressed.
The administration’s response was political from the beginning. It is clear that they intended to advance the attack on free speech by linking these murders to the video. They have been caught in an obvious lie which continues to explode in their faces.
They are now in a very difficult position; they must either admit that they were deliberately dishonest earlier, or they must continue with an increasingly obvious lie.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:55pmShe is finished, politically at the least, and as you indicated she is quite aware of it. Obama will most likely try to serve up one or more sacrificial goats soon enough; all of it will be little more than a show to try and distract people away from the truth of Benghazi.
What I still have to wonder, is there even more the admin is desperate to cover up; or are we also seeing Obama entering into full madness and a emotional meltdown?
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:59pmForgot to add – in answer to your last lines, as the lie gets bigger and deeper, they grow ever more desperate. It is a form of a feedback loop, the President will not allow the truth to be told, and thus the story has to change moment by moment in a vain effort to find something that will work.
In the end it will self-destruct from the momentum alone, and due to their own efforts to cover up the truth, when it bursts forth, this administration will be damned in history worse than any other.
For the sake of the four dead and their families, may justice come swift and in full measure.
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 9:33pmI think, Snow, that they will increasingly flail around like a panic-stricken drowning person.
And I entirely agree with your last sentence.
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symphonic
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 1:08amLast minute, she STAMMERS, STUTTERS, voice is noticeably nervous and she tries to talk over her host. LOSE.
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Claus
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:47amNote that the President has sent out women to give the mast blatant lies on this “bump in the road” to his re-election, 1) to make his distracting falsehoods less distasteful, and 2) so that the Republican “War on Women” will be stuck arguing with and about 3 women that Pres.Obama has ordered to lie for him. Bill Clinton must be so proud to have lied for Pres. Obama at the Dem.Convention – imagine if Bill Clinton had not worked with the other party, his presidency could have also gone continuously down hill like this one. So: “No one could have fixed this economy?”, then that means that Hope was really Hopeless and Helpless. When Socialism takes over a terrible economy, with no conservatives trying to slow the down hill plunge, riots and famine are the Change that follows the Hopeless and Helpless. Where do you think this will end when God forbid, a re-elected Pres. Obama, with Harry Reid blocking any effort to repeal Executive Orders, and one or two more Rubber Stamp Supreme Court appointments, Pres. Obama takes over the pre-college education system (he has 95% of colleges), the Oil Companies (to kill that Golden Goose), “Big Agriculture” etc. Progressives want less humans on the planet, and they are getting less non-Muslims.
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freenj
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:39pmI watched the interview and wanted to throw the remote at the stinking lying b*tch!
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HappyHarriet
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:38pmWill someone please get Donald Trump on the line? There’s someone here who needs to be FIRED.
What diabolic gene did she inherit or have implanted?
She’s become the Monster Manchurian Mouthpiece.
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:38pmSHe is a Chave throwing rocks, all that matters is someone hearing broken glass, truth is irrelevant to psychopathaths .
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:38pmWell, we have to keep in mind that obama and his democrats think that Americans, murdered at the hands of muslim terrorists, are just “bumps in the road”.
If we are to survive as a nation, obama and his cabal must be removed from power.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:37pmObviously, and accidental clone of Debbie Wassaman-Schultz. Just in a contaminated test tube.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:41pmAN, I meant to type AN, an….
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:41pmYep, a tube that was kept some days under the bed of the dogs….
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yiska8
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:36pmI just caught this scowling Obama hag being interviewed by MadCow Maddow on PMSMBC. Pure,rampant lies. This woman had to be on meth, speaking a mile a minute with fear written all over her face. Blaming Romney and Ryan for bringing up a tortured ambassador and Navy Seals murdered in the streets of Libya by TERRORIST is apparently WRONG according to this horrible human being Stephanie Cutter. Basically all one has to do to find the truth in liberal conversation is apply the exact opposite and you’ll probably find some truth and common sense. This Obamanite witch is wacked out of her skull and the FEAR of Biden’s performance is freaking the Stephanie Cutters of the American Leftist party out of their minds. Let’s hope Joe Biden did well in detox for the last week and maybe we get an actual debate with two adults this time.
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tj1961
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:35pmWhat is even WORSE……… OBAMA WENT TO A FUND RAISER!!!!!!
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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:51pmCome on, what do you expect of a guy whose main concerns are the next line of coke and the next secret encounter with one of his boyfriends?
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legendtwo
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:35pmThese Democrats love to lie it seems. I believe they just keep repeating the lies because they know that a significant number of voters only seem to want to digest tiny snippets of information. And if the lies they are spewing happen to be the information they digest that day, well, mission accomplished.
Corrupt. Full of guile. What is evil is good and what is good is evil.
I really do not understand how anyone could vote for a Democrat, knowing that if said Democrat is elected, it only adds to the power of this lying, corrupt group of anti-American, Socialists.
I really wonder where these people come from. They seem alien to me. It’s weird.
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Donatello
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:33pmI enjoy watching Bret Baier on his show. But what I wish is that he and other journalist would do is slow “them” down just a bit and NOT let “them” take over the interview. Ask “them” the most important question FIRST, very pointed and precise which would give “them” NO wiggle room and have the ENTIRE segment to answer that ONE question if necessary. If a number of journalists were directed to use this format, ALL can be “stitched” together to find out exactly what happened in a timeline..
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:45pmOn the other hand, Donatello, the more they are allowed to speak the deeper the hole that they are digging for themselves gets.
I agree with your frustration, though.
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bannedfromCNN
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:32pmThis was a disgusting display of dishonesty by Ms. Cuntler.
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Lord_Frostwind
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 11:12pmSorry buddy, but that’s a step too far. She might be a lying twit, but try to keep it civil.
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Mess23
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:30pmAn American Ambassador went missing for 6 hours and ultimately was assassinated, sodomized and dragged around town. What was Obozo’s response? He went to bed. Then when he found out what really happened the next morning, he went to Las Vegas to campaign. Tell me again lady, how seriously did he take this? How does it feel wearing Jay Carney’s shoes?
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:39pmWhat happens in Vegas stays in Vegas…uh, huh…Obama had an agenda and obviously the Ambassador was not a priority.
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HollyRye
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:30pmI always wonder if these people really believe the garbage that comes out of their mouths. This woman is deranged.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:40pmWhen it comes to Cutter I have to refer to that with an old proclivity that I heard in the Army. Its amazing what will spew from that sh/thole under her nose.
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intercepter
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:29pmshe is an empty head ,
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Jenasus
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:25pmObama used the excuse of the video to incite further violence in the Middle East.
Obama and his administration are a threat to the National Security of America as Obama demonstrated with his inexcusable handling of the terrorist attack on Libya where four Americans and our Ambassador were tortured, sodomized and murdered.
Impeach Obama NOW!!! Before he destroys the rest of America.
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:25pmStephanie Cutter has spent more time in men’s public restrooms than most guys have. Someone well-placed in the campaign told me.
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Hill60
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:24pmI suppose the president could have responded first – but then somebody would have had to drag him out of bed.
Our president went to bed while the consulate was under siege and four Americans died.
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woodyee
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:23pmWhen you’re caught lying – filibuster. Debbie Wasserman Schultz does the same thing.
Notice how disappointed Bret sounds at the end, having to deal with folks who treat the deaths of Americans at the hands of foreign terrorists, with such callous abandon?
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:32pmI thought that he looked more angry than disappointed.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:46pmNext time let Megyn Kelly, or Laura Ingraham. But, would love to see her in a debate with Michelle Malkin!
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:53pm@ RJ
Lol. Your’re right about a Cutter Vs Mlkin interview. That would be so entertaining that one could make a fortune selling the video.
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PaBowHunter
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:22pmThe bottom line is that the Democrat party, especially this administration is completely corrupt. Lying is second nature.
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karencole
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:36pmShe’s going to quit….I have no doubt.
She cannot defend the president going on Letterman, The View, partying with Beyonce, having fund raising concerts in Hollywood with her BS lines repeated over and over ad nauseam”the president is working diligently to get to the facts in this case”
HOW STUPID DOES SHE THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE??!
I guess that remains to be seen on November 6th
Romney/Ryan 2012 For the love of God! Please!
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:49pm@ Karen
I think that you’re right. She will either quit or be thrown under the bus.
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CatB
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:19pmThere is something definently wrong with these people .. they really don’t seem to care that people are dead .. just that they retain their power .. and this “woman” is a lizardly little parasite .. what is up with these lizard lip liars ?
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Fubared
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:58pmThey are myriad with this regime. People and even some of the msm are seeing it-callous, shallow, power hungry liars.
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Ben__Franklin
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:16pm“Next time I’ll bring my notes,” Cutter concluded.
What she means is next time she will check with the Whitehouse for updated Talking Points since no one is buying the BS they sent her out to the media with earlier in the day.
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damon_k
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:25pmEven when they are caught redhanded lying, they still continue to engage in their dispicible behavior. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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nzkiwi
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:34pmAs there were some seven hours between the first interview and this one, I imagine that the Obama administration knows about her original position and supports it.
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dmerwin
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:15pm“What are you suggesting? Are you suggesting we’re playing politics with this?” Cutter asked defensively.
Ah…yeah.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:15pmWho was the first person to respond to the Libya attacks? It was Mitt Romney.
Yeah it doesn’t speak to well of your boss to have the man who’s going to take his job speak first about the murder of our ambassador and three other men. You’re an idiot Cutter and you need to speak daily on Barry’s behalf,you’re doing wonders for him and his anti American crew.
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