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Obama Campaign Spokesman Abruptly Ends Radio Interview After Being Asked About Obama ‘Lying’ About Libya

Oct. 12, 2012 10:32am Madeleine Morgenstern

Obama campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt abruptly ended a heated radio interview Thursday after being pressed on President Barack Obama’s differing statements on the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya.

LaBolt insisted on Cleveland’s WTAM that the White House has been sharing all the facts as they’ve come in from the intelligence community. Asked whether the president should make a statement disavowing his past comments blaming the assault on an anti-Islam video, LaBolt pushed back.

“The president called it an act of terror within 24 hours, he again updated the American people on the incident in Benghazi in his interview on ABC News last night and he — ” LaBolt said.

“So which time was he lying, when he called it a terror attack or when he called it a video problem?” WTAM’s host interjected. “Because he said two different things.”

“Thank you for having me this morning, I’ve gotta move to my next interview,” LaBolt said, ending the conversation.

Listen to the full interview below; hangup occurs around the 11:05 mark.

(h/t Ace of Spades HQ)

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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:58am
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Ya know if you can’t lie no better than that. You might as well tell the truth….

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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:04am
  Rough weekend for both of us Monkey, wasn’t it?
  
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- SpankDaMonkey
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:13am
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  yes it was and not getting any better for my Tigers lol….
  
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- HKS
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:14am
  Obama and his henchman are startled that anyone is asking them questions. There gonna have to “file a grievance with the union”.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:46am
  Wait! He didn’t ask him what his favorite color was? What’s his favorite drink? What music does he like better? Does he put on one sock at a time or does Reggie do it for him?
  What’s with all these haaard questions, they must be raaacist!
  
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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:55am
  If I can’t lie & go un-challenged then I don’t want to play in your sand box
  
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- term limits for congress
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:03pm
  Infidels, please. The truth is the truth whether it contradicts reality, or not.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:19pm
  whaaaaaaaaaaaa, someone is not only questioning the veracity of the presidents statements but asking which statement is a LIE!?!?!?!?
  holy carp virginia there is a santa claus! Where were these FRICKIN QUESTIONS FOUR BLOODY YEARS AGO!?!?!?
  Me thinks the media smells the blood in the water and are now backpedaling for they know the backlash against the media will be of biblical proportions for their lack of HONESTY for FOUR LONG ARDUOUS YEARS!
  I say TO LITTLE TO LATE! If i had the power, i would PERMANENTLY CANCEL each and every one of their fcc licenses to broadcast within the united states of America! No more lies from abc, cbs, pbs, msnbc, nbc, fox, et al; I would FOREVER BAN ALL CURRENT reporters from ever being able to lie to us again by banning them permanently from being reporters! You called the tune, time to pay the piper! now dance bish!
  
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- damon_k
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 7:08pm
  These people are not use to being challenged, by anyone, especially the media. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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edcoil
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:57am
Two weeks after the event the President at the UN still was blaming a video – how is that not lying?

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- OneTermPresident
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:02am
  And he told them… “the future can’t belong to those who would slander”… HIS PROPHET.
  
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:57am
Hope and change, yes we can…..blah blah blah………..

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AJAYW
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:56am
Everyone knows that obama and his whole administration started out lying from day one after taking office and have not stopped lying yet.

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Patriot
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:56am
Liars! The whole bunch of them. A couple hundred years ago the French citizens knew what to do with ‘em.

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OneTermPresident
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:56am
Why do all the Obama campaign people… Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Stephanie Cutter and Matt Labolt talk over people in every interview they do…. Because when you’re trying to defend the worst record in history…. it’s all they have.

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- AmericanStrega
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:16am
  Just like Biden did to Ryan last night in the VP debate. Biden also, laughed, snorted, flashed his store-bought teeth, and flung his arms around like Robbie-The-Robot.
  
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- Parks
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:56am
  And he mad e a complete fool of himself. That is the Progressive way!!!!
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:00pm
  Because they like 99% of all liberals are mentally stuck at 8/9/10 where ever daddy, their uncle, their cousin, who ever first stuck it to them. It’s sad, but it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
  
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- FEMALL
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 12:41pm
  @OneTerm Interrupting, speaking loudly and speaking “over” people are aggressive traits–part of the entitlement framework: I’m OK and you are not; I am right and you are not;I am smart and you are not etc.
  
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Wango
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:54am
Good for him, sticking it to the press!

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- OneTermPresident
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:59am
  A half-wit gave you a piece of his mind, and you held on to it.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:01am
  I think I hear a Gnat.
  
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- michael48
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:02am
  next…
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:09am
  Oneterm! It’s a small piece, and all that Wang currently has!
  
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- StarkeRaving
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 1:11pm
  How did he “stick it to the press”? What it amounts to is he has no defense for the lies and decided to run away from the truth. It’s easier for them to blame others or tell lies than to own up and admit the truth that they are all incompetent including Obama and Clinton, who learned from Bill how to lie with a straight face..
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:22pm
  That’s right WHACKO…when your ineptitude has killed four American diplomats..run away from interviews. Idiot.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 3:36pm
  Hey I just realised WHACKO….you do the same thing when you’re asked to defend Obama’s abysmal fiscal and jobs record….you run away like your lefty buddy did. Is that what Media Matters teaches you to do little fella?
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 7:13pm
  AVENGECAKE . . . Better 4 than 4,000. Stay the course, Avengecake. Tell us, which loopholes is the Romney Ryan team going to close to make those tax cuts revenue neutral? Let me guess, none of my business.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:53am
They don’t call him La Bolt for nutt’n…..

He’s Ben La Bolt’n for a while now….

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Tigress1
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:51am
Funny how exactly one month to the day from the 9-11 attack in Libya, the chief of security who worked at the U.S. embassy in Yemen was shot to death. Coincidence?

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/11/yemeni-officials-say-yemeni-chief-security-at-us-embassy-in-sanaa-has-been-shot/

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afishfarted
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:51am
Show me a dem who is challenged on the issues who doesn’t interupt the conversation with insults and condesending deflections and I’ll sell you a bridge. THIS is why Biden acted the way he did last night–coached to continue the personna and lie lie lie.
If you know your history, Hitler’s propagand machine did say “if you tell the people a lie enough times, they will accept it as truth”. How many times do people need to be lied to before thet understand this simple observation>?

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Gonzo
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:51am
Lying liars and crap weasels. I hear panic in this guy’s voice and Biden’s whole demeanor looked like panic last night. They are astonished that the American people aren’t gaga over them any more.

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- huey6367
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:55am
  I think the laughing and mannerisms were classic defense mechanisms because Ryan was getting the better of him.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:56am
  GONZO – You’re just upset that “Paul Ryan will Crush the Old Man” turned into “Joe Biden Spanked the Little Boy.”
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:05am
  You saw a different debate than I did Wango. Of course I didn’t have beer goggles on either.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:10am
  …and BTW, I called him a drunken bufoon, not an old man. Get it straight.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:10am
  Bite Me has spanked hundreds of little boy’s, Sandusky style
  
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- honor007
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:12am
  how the world does Biden get a pass for LAUGHING about the situation in Benghazi???
  Gonzo, good job on making it onto “the blaze” 5:00 show :D
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:15am
  What do you mean Honor?
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:15am
  Wang should know Gonzo! Spanking little boy’s is part of his daily wish list!
  
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- honor007
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:28am
  One of your comments on a big bird thread got mentioned on the 5:00 show couple days ago!!
  
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- Wango
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:32am
  And one for good measure . . .heh heh heh . . . laughing at the laughable . . . Go get em, Joe. Maybe a few ore cheesecake pics of Ryan would help.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 11:35am
  Huh, I hadn’t watched in a few days. I guess I’ll have to go back through them.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 5:06pm
  Back to your homoerotic fantasies again WHACKO/HORSEDANCER/ad nauseum? You can’t seem to control yourself.
  
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- chucksue351
  Posted on October 13, 2012 at 4:03pm
  wango the only one crying from any spanking are the people who had to endure biden’s total disrespect for the people of this country
  
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piper60
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:50am
And they wonder why we don’t believe them. On ANY subject.

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john141714
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:48am
just like every liberal just talk over everyone and you win the debate……

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- huey6367
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:57am
  ya mean like DWS? I hadn’t noticed (sarcasm implied)
  
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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:48am
Kneel down and pray to God in Heaven that Mitt will have the spine and fortitude to hand BO his ass on this issue next Tuesday.

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- lisa2994
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 2:28pm
  I believe he will but he needs our prayers anyway. Fighting this kind of evil is tough!
  
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HKS
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:48am
If Obama is talking, he’s lying. But credit where it’s due, he and his henchman are great at it.

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Kulcuda70
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:47am
It is amazing still that with all the video, sound bites and information available to a host when a question is asked that the talking heads of this administration spin, talk around, avoid, deny…..oh hell let me just say it…..LIE outright.
A few more weeks and I so believe that the sun will be much brighter, the expectations of the American people so hopeful and the USA reclaim its honored position in the world and especially with us when the Romney/Ryan ticket sweeps to a well deserved vistory.

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13th Imam
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:47am
“I have to move to an interview where I won’t get Any probing questions, that don’t fit our line of Bull Crap.”

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huey6367
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:45am
The President refuses to call it an act of terror. He won’t use the word terror.

Biden said it last night. They reported what they were told by intelligence which is a pretty weak argument. Whose appointed those intelligent people Joe? Obie. And you now this stuff goes to the top then.

The press sees the writing on the wall and is starting to turn on the administration. Gotta love it and hate it at the same time. They support the winners and destroy the losers. Those types are called fair whether friends.

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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:53am
  The Obama Administrations new narrative is to throw the Intelligence Personnel under the bus. Big Mistake, our Intelligence Personnel have the info to take this Administration down. Nancy Piglosi found that out the hard way when she tried to go after them under the Bush Administration.
  
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OKNative
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:42am
Clearly the Obama administration (all of them) have difficulty admitting and telling the TRUTH! There is an old saying that “if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”. Ben LaBolt clearly understands that philosophy! He knew when he had been cornered!

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- Ben__Franklin
  Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:48am
  Labolt decided this was Obama’s lie to deal with and LaBOLTED for the door.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:41am
Craven, spineless, cowards to the core – they cannot face acounting for the truth.

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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:38am
Liars, Liars; Communists like obama and his Comrade Cronies love to lie!

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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:37am
Liars and cowards – all of them.

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Hickory
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:37am
OOPS! I better get outta here because they are on to us.

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phrogdriver
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:37am
It’s one thing to lie about the details of Romney’s tax plan, or something Obama said 4 years ago – but it’s tough to sell a lie that people heard with their own ears just a couple of weeks ago. Even a sycophantic press has begun to notice.

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biohazard23
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 10:35am
Chicken s#it.

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