... the president himself advanced the argument that "the video did it" in his speech to the United Nations. So, as Charles concluded, he is extremely vulnerable to a counterattack tonight from Governor Romney, who will have 90 minutes and much on-the-record evidence when he presents his case. That, however, raises the pressure on the governor not to screw it up a second time.
Tonight, therefore, is the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier contest of presidential politics.
In one important respect, however, Charles understated his argument. Though he observed that Obama had sent out other administration spokesmen to present the administration's false account, he argued the quite limited case that it was the president who was facing the music.
That may be true tonight and on Election Day. If, however, Romney persuades the world that the Obama administration has given a "misleading" account of the Benghazi murders to American television viewers, to the media, to the United Nations, and to the world at large, he will indict a great many people in addition to the president.
Simply list the people who have gone out in public to repeat the video argument - and related arguments such as the claim (maintained for eight days after the president used the phrase "acts of terror" in the Rose Garden) that it couldn't yet be said for certain that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist action
If this was indeed a deception, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, White House aide David Axelrod, and press spokesman Jay Carney are only six of the people who apparently cooperated in it - though Mr. Carney is probably safe, since no one believes that the press guy is told what really happened unless that also happens to be the cover story.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/331122/libyagate-john-o-sullivan
I wonder if even this would make folk think twice about "their" elected leadership.
Tonight, therefore, is the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier contest of presidential politics.
In one important respect, however, Charles understated his argument. Though he observed that Obama had sent out other administration spokesmen to present the administration's false account, he argued the quite limited case that it was the president who was facing the music.
That may be true tonight and on Election Day. If, however, Romney persuades the world that the Obama administration has given a "misleading" account of the Benghazi murders to American television viewers, to the media, to the United Nations, and to the world at large, he will indict a great many people in addition to the president.
Simply list the people who have gone out in public to repeat the video argument - and related arguments such as the claim (maintained for eight days after the president used the phrase "acts of terror" in the Rose Garden) that it couldn't yet be said for certain that the Benghazi attack was a terrorist action
If this was indeed a deception, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ambassador Susan Rice, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, White House aide David Axelrod, and press spokesman Jay Carney are only six of the people who apparently cooperated in it - though Mr. Carney is probably safe, since no one believes that the press guy is told what really happened unless that also happens to be the cover story.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/331122/libyagate-john-o-sullivan
I wonder if even this would make folk think twice about "their" elected leadership.
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