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Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi

The way the right has politicized this has made the family of the dead Navy Seal and the Ambassador sick to death...

I hear that Willard Romney's dads campaign manager has come out and said that Romney is not the choice for President, seems the only ones who want him still are the billionaires and the idiots.



Benghazi victim


At least one of the family members of the victims of the Sept. 11 attack on Benghazi wants the world to know that she is happy with the treatment she has got from the Obama administration since the tragedy.

Heather Smith is the widow of State Department Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, who died in the first wave of attacks as armed assailants stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Amb. Chris Stevens also died in the initial attack. Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Dougherty were killed later, when an annex building outside the compound was hit by mortars after U.S. personnel retreated there.

Heather Smith, who lives in The Hague, Netherlands, issued a statement Tuesday to The Cable.

"First, let me thank everyone for the outpouring of support and love my family has received in the wake of this tragedy. As the country mourns the death of four great patriots, my family is grieving for a husband and father lost. The amazing tributes to him have given the entire world a glimpse of the man we loved and we are thankful for every kind word," she said.

Romney and his supporters hate this country, that much is clear, they will do anything to talk it down, like this issue , attacking GM, failed companies, we are under attack by internal terrorists known as the tea party...
 
Peter Grimm said:
She's a scapegoat... but it's too little too late. This goes much deeper than Hillary Clinton.

Something's rotten in the state of Denmark.

Yes, there is. But don't kid yourself; Hillary's falling on her sword will be perceived by her party as an act of nobility. And it would be...if she hadn't waited so long.
I agree with Nota.
But to Peter Grimm.. she's certainly more than a "scapegoat", she Was immediately in charge.
She's the boss of Embassies and would have/apparently did turn down additional security.
The questions is what Obama knew exactly and should he be the one suggesting additional staffing.
In light of Arab Spring, maybe many embassies should have been or were actually were bolstered.
 
Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read "The buck stops here." Why doesn't this apply to Obama?

Apparently, 'The buck' has been 'redistributed'.

If our members can figure this out, what do we think Romney is gonna do with it? If I were Obama, I'd open the debate with taking responsibility for Benghazi; otherwise, Romney is gonna crush him with it any time he wants.
 
The way the right has politicized this has made the family of the dead Navy Seal and the Ambassador sick to death...

I hear that Willard Romney's dads campaign manager has come out and said that Romney is not the choice for President, seems the only ones who want him still are the billionaires and the idiots.



Benghazi victim




Romney and his supporters hate this country, that much is clear, they will do anything to talk it down, like this issue , attacking GM, failed companies, we are under attack by internal terrorists known as the tea party...

In their questioning and in the public testimony they invited, the lawmakers managed to disclose, without ever mentioning Langley directly, that there was a seven-member “rapid response force” in the compound the State Department was calling an annex. One of the State Department security officials was forced to acknowledge that “not necessarily all of the security people” at the Benghazi compounds “fell under my direct operational control.”

And whose control might they have fallen under? Well, presumably it’s the “other government agency” or “other government entity” the lawmakers and witnesses referred to; Issa informed the public that this agency was not the FBI.

“Other government agency,” or “OGA,” is a common euphemism in Washington for the CIA. This “other government agency,” the lawmakers’ questioning further revealed, was in possession of a video of the attack but wasn’t releasing it because it was undergoing “an investigative process.” .....snip~

Dana Milbank: Letting us in on a secret - The Washington Post


Seems the Washington Post points out just how hypocrisy exists within the lefts own party. ;)
 
The way the right has politicized this has made the family of the dead Navy Seal and the Ambassador sick to death...

I hear that Willard Romney's dads campaign manager has come out and said that Romney is not the choice for President, seems the only ones who want him still are the billionaires and the idiots.



Benghazi victim




Romney and his supporters hate this country, that much is clear, they will do anything to talk it down, like this issue , attacking GM, failed companies, we are under attack by internal terrorists known as the tea party...

Oh, pshaw, don't be silly.
 
"Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi"

Once again, Obama knew nothing about it. The 16 trillion dollar debt isn't his fault. Four consecutive trillion dollar deficits aren't his fault. The slowest recovery from a recession ever isn't his fault. Ongoing American deaths in Aphghanistan aren't his fault (oh but he did have time to send out a form letter to the families of those fallen soldiers). The rise of Iran and failure of sanctions is not his fault. There is nothing he could do about the ongoing genocide in Syria.

Now he is hiding behind the skirt of Hillary Clinton. And the first death of an American ambassador in 30 years is not his fault.

Here is the way a real President behaves when things don't go right. But, I guess you need a concience to own up to your own failures.


"Bush Accepts Blame For Iraq Claim - CBS News"

Bush Accepts Blame For Iraq Claim - CBS News


"Bush accepts some blame for Abu Ghraib - This Ain't Hell"

thisainthell.us/blog/?p=5969


"Bush takes blame for flaws in Katrina response - MSNBC"

www.msnbc.msn.com/.../bush-takes-blame-flaws-katrina-response/


"Bush accepts responsibility for 'mistakes' - USATODAY.com"

Bush accepts responsibility for 'mistakes' - USATODAY.com

"Jan 10, 2007 – President Bush on Wednesday acknowledged for the first time he erred by failing to order a military buildup in Iraq last year and said he was ..."


I suspect Obama has a sign on his desk stating, "The Buck Definitely Doesn't Stop Here."
 
I suspect Obama has a sign on his desk stating, "The Buck Definitely Doesn't Stop Here."

As someone above came up with, I like "The buck has been redistributed".
 
If I were Obama, I would try to diffuse this Debate-Bomb right now. Trying to do so in the debate, without a prior statement, will not be a party.
 
If I were Obama, I would try to diffuse this Debate-Bomb right now. Trying to do so in the debate, without a prior statement, will not be a party.

Well.....we are assured he would have a little more Bass in his voice and that he will Stare down Romney so as to appear aggressive. Won't that be enough to overcome insurmountable odds?

I take it he won't just resign walk away and go party with the Hollywood Elite.....huh?
 
Yes, the double entendre works well.

He could appeal to his base and bust out some sexist innuendo: "The buck stops at your secretary's desk?"


It's like Romney has a pick-6 in his pocket, to close with or change momentum when he needs.
 
:lamo

Always funny when a subordinate looks more Presidential than the actual President.
 
Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi


Easy thing to do being that Sec of State's generally do 4 years and quit which I think she said four years ago she would probably do.
 
The buck stops there? Like mideast and specifically Libya policy had nothing to do with it.

Romney forced Obama to accept the Buck last night. He made Biden into a liar. Apparently Obama knew about the security issues.
 
Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi


Easy thing to do being that Sec of State's generally do 4 years and quit which I think she said four years ago she would probably do.

Is she ready to tender her Resignation......because just jumpin up and telling the press she accepts Responsibility doesnt get it. All due to her wanting to cover for Obama and as usual with the Clinton 's most tagged, line. The Gotcha moment.....notice how it is okay for the Left like the Clinton's to cause those Gotcha moments. Yet then they worry so much when they are caught in it.

Their Tepid response means nothing and any real reporter would have never allowed them to get away using such a statement from the Beginning.

Talking about taking Responsibility means more than going back to doing your job and acting like nothing happens. Also sctrew the BS about investigating yourself. That shiznit is out. Lets see some papers Hillary. Then lets see you do the Right thing and walk away from politics Forever!
 
Is she ready to tender her Resignation......because just jumpin up and telling the press she accepts Responsibility doesnt get it. All due to her wanting to cover for Obama and as usual with the Clinton 's most tagged, line. The Gotcha moment.....notice how it is okay for the Left like the Clinton's to cause those Gotcha moments. Yet then they worry so much when they are caught in it.

Their Tepid response means nothing and any real reporter would have never allowed them to get away using such a statement from the Beginning.

Talking about taking Responsibility means more than going back to doing your job and acting like nothing happens. Also sctrew the BS about investigating yourself. That shiznit is out. Lets see some papers Hillary. Then lets see you do the Right thing and walk away from politics Forever!

No, she's just not going to be Sec State if Obama is re-elected. Very simple. Then she'll write another book and make $millions. It's a win-win for her.
 
No, she's just not going to be Sec State if Obama is re-elected. Very simple. Then she'll write another book and make $millions. It's a win-win for her.

Let her go write a book......anything that gets the Clintons and their drones out of Politics is a Good Thing. All of them!!!!! ;)
 
Yes...but there is evidence that with the first president it only happened one time...

Yes, it is a very rare girl who's father and father-in-law were both disbarred lawyers.
 
This sounds absolutely True.
However, it's timing on the eve of debate II, obviously takes some heat off Obama.

Clinton Accepts Blame for Benghazi - WSJ.com
Updated October 16, 2012, 10:25 a.m. ET
Monica Langley

It's good that she did, as she does bear responsibility for her organization. However, Obama bears responsibility for her...that's how Chain of Command works.
 
It's good that she did, as she does bear responsibility for her organization. However, Obama bears responsibility for her...that's how Chain of Command works.
Even though she had clearly taken the Blame due her (she was the General of that army), I noted Obama took absolute Responsibility in the debate ls night. 1000% "The Buck Stops here." "My people", etc.

Of course, details of who, what, when, remain to be laid out by investigation. If more security was requested and not given (which seems the case), that Was most likely Hillary. We'll see.
 
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Tripoli. Is that the new "official" response? They knew it was serious but focused in the wrong area? Even IF that were true, that doesn't explain 2 weeks of lies about an evil video tape. More importantly....what does it say to have a commander in Hirt that is so disconnected that he didn't even KNOW there were security concerns in advance and that heads aren't rolling because he allegedly didn't know?
 
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