President Obama Elaborates On Romney Criticism

[outsideworld]

“I think most Americans, Democrats or Republicans, understand that there are times when we set politics aside, and one of those is when we’ve got a direct threat to American personnel who are overseas,” President Obama said.
“And so I think that if you look at how most Republicans have reacted, most elected officials, they’ve reacted responsibly, waiting to find out the facts before they talk, making sure that our No. 1 priority is the safety and security of American personnel.”

“It appears that Gov. Romney didn’t have his facts right. The situation in Cairo was one in which an embassy that is being threatened by major protests releases a press release saying that the film that had disturbed so many Muslims around the world wasn’t representative of what Americans believe about Islam.”

“In an effort to cool the situation down, it didn’t come from me, it didn’t come form Secretary Clinton, it came from people on the ground who are potentially in danger. And 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

Cont http://keepthis100.com/president-obama-elaborates-on-romney-criticism/

[MichiganVote]

1. "...from the comfort of a campaign office." Love it.

[TrogL]

8. I read that and thought "OUCH!!!"

[HeeBGBz]

46. Smack that ass! n/t

[Egnever]

55. Our president is the king at telling someone to screw off nicely.

I cant count how many times he has made statements that on their face are very polite but have a delicious subtext of screw you duchebag.

Just love it!

[awoke_in_2003]

56. Big difference between...

Cheney's "go fuck yourself" and Obama's, that is for sure.

[Yavin4]

57. Like Michael Jordan Dropping Double Nickels on the Knicks at MSG

the smack down was laid upon Romney of Mass.

[A Simple Game]

60. President Obama can say what he wants to say, but I would bet

$10,000 that it isn't that comfortable in that campaign office lately.

[MichiganVote]

61. Actually, for this President, a campaign office is the least of his worries.

[A Simple Game]

67. That's true. But the President and I were both referring to Romney's campaign office. n/t

[tibbiit]

2. Excellent

This is what I want to hear and read!
I want this kind of response to lies.
tib

[sabrina 1]

3. As Al Sharpton pointed out, Romney did not even have the timeline right.

The statement from the Egyptian Embassy was made six hours, according to Sharpton, before the protesters began climbing the walls and removing the flag.

Romney assumed the statement was made AFTER the breach of the Embassy.

I hope the rest of the media points this out. He was claiming that the Embassy made the statement after being attacked to try to apologize to the attackers when in fact that is not what happened. And he blamed Obama for what he called apolgizing to attackers. There were no attackers when that statement about the movie was made.

I think he will seriously regret this.

[creeksneakers2]

14. What's more, and not being said

is there is no honest way to interpret the statement the embassy made as an apology. Romney even says we apologized for our values, when the statement did nothing of the kind. The statement only disassociated the U.S. government from the film. Romney flat out lied, time mistake or not. Nobody in the media seems to be talking about it.

[gkhouston]

16. True. I'd love to see a reporter ask him why he thinks religious bigotry is an American value. n/t

[Mojorabbit]

48. +1000 nt

[AlbertCat]

20. there is no honest way to interpret the statement the embassy made as an apology.

Really! I'd say, it's actually a statement of fact. The film ISN'T what most Americans think about Islam.

[sabrina 1]

33. True, the statement was necessary and similar statements were made by the Bush

administration, eg after the disrespect of the Koran in US held detention centers was revealed. Bush made statements to the effect that the US Government condemned the disrespect of anyone's religion.

I don't remember anyone on the Left criticizing him for those statements.

He made a complete fool of himself and I don't see too many Republicans supporting him either, except for the fringe elements of course.

[Cha]

34. I know! All romney sees is a chance to jump in and Shoot off

his DAMN PIE HOLE and Insult PBO and FACTS BE Damned.

[Egnever]

58. This I think is what is being lost in all of this

Yesterday while driving I was listening to our local windbag republican jihadist on the radio going on and on about our weak president and his penchant for apology. I finally got fed up and called in since he takes callers. The screener asked what I wanted to talk about and when i told them I wanted to ask if he would read the statement that was the supposed apology I immediately got hung up on. Not really surprised but...

[bhikkhu]

25. He actually flip-flopped on that in the midst of his speech

if you listen clearly, he criticized the statement released after the attacks, then points out that it was released twice - and criticizes that it was re-released after the attacks.

I think its apparent from what he said that he knew the statement was first released before the attacks, but it would weaken his narrative to say that so he just fumbled around it.

[defacto7]

30. There's no room to manipulate narrative these days.

He hasn't figured that out or can't. You are either right on it or your out.

[Cha]

36. Too bad for him he came off as WEAK as

a Wet Fooking Noodle.

[sabrina 1]

39. I haven't had the stomach to read his speech, but Sharpton went through the timeline

and seemed to think he had no idea what he was talking about. Which is probably true either way as I have a feeling someone else told him what to say, one of his political 'advisers', who should be fired if that was the case.

Interesting though if what you say is true, it shows clearly his lack of interest in the tragedy itself and his determination to use it to score some political points.

I can only imagine the fear those people in t he Embassy must have felt that night and anyone with a shred of compassion would not even think of criticizing them for any decision they made. It was their lives on the line and in Egypt at least, it may have helped avert a worse outcome.

[outsideworld]

4. Pres knows how to throw shade

with class

[Cha]

37. +1!

[abumbyanyothername]

5. Despite having many criticisms about BO (from the left)

I admit that he is one of the coolest heads under pressure that I have ever seen anywhere.

And a real role model for all of us in that regard.

[reflection]

11. You said it, brother.

(Or sister, whichever applies.)

[Marie Marie]

13. +1000. Amen to that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. +1

[outsideworld]

27. Agreed

such composure he has

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Romney, if he had one gram of integrity, which he doesn't, would resign.

He would Walt Starr himself off the campaign.

[TrogL]

7. Wouldn't that trigger a Constitutional crisis?

There wouldn't be time for another Republican primary before the election.

[phleshdef]

47. Where in the constitution does it say there has to be a Republican running?

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Heh heh heh

for Walt Starr, even though I liked Walt Starr.

[Cha]

38. I remember Walt Starr..Good Times! notext

[spanone]

9. k&r...

[SidDithers]

12. Boom goes the dynamite...

2:29 for the money quote, but watch the whole thing if you've never seen it.

Perhaps the worst sportscast ever.

Sid

[garthranzz]

23. ROTFL!!

Literally!! Still! My wife wanted to know what happened. I wonder if I can find a way to show this to my college classes.

[Raster]

41. painful. very painful.

boom goes the dynamite.

[regnaD kciN]

15. I'm a bit surprised the President felt the need to "elaborate" yet again...

It makes me wonder if their internals are showing Robme's attack as having more traction with voters than we're all assuming?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. doubtful. typically, the MSM trends with the average person, and they are on RobMe's case

[JackBeck]

21. Internals are not driving their response. n/t

[AlbertCat]

22. Robme's attack as having more traction with voters

I think it's more of a "lets remind them often how bad their candidate.... whom they don't even like.... really is" kinda thing.

[NYC Liberal]

26. He didn't "elaborate". The quote is from the same interview as the first one.

They've just released more excerpts from it:

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney read more quotes from a transcript of Obama’s “CBS News” interview, which makes up one portion of a larger package in this Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes.”

[regnaD kciN]

44. That makes a lot more sense...

Rushing out a second statement shortly after the first would seem to make little sense unless they were worried about not getting the message out, IMHO.

[NYC Liberal]

45. For sure...luckily that's not the case!

[Drunken Irishman]

28. I think it was more just expanding on what he said...

[Cha]

40. I'm not surprised at all. This was a tragically horrilble ploy

of Willard's. That shit needs to be nipped in the bud.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. excellent. sound. sane. reasonable. thoughtful. That's my prez !! you rock nt

[bhikkhu]

24. Well said!

And who is to say that it didn't work, in Egypt, to calm and clarify the situation, so that there was no violence as in Libya?

[rustydog]

29. If RMoney actually had a pair of balls,Obama Just gave him a nut-shot

[Cha]

42. Too true.. notext

[defacto7]

31. The only adult in the room has spoken.

[chollybocker]

32. 9/11: "Campaign Truce!"

9/12:01 "Attack Obama!"

GOP fail, like clockwork.

[Cha]

43. Romney attack Pres Obama 9/11 with his usual package

of lies.

[Voice for Peace]

53. except they didn't even wait till 9/12:01 to release the statement

it was 10pmish something, on 9/11.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. Proves the "Romney is out of touch" theme.

[tk2kewl]

49. pitch perfect

[progressivebydesign]

50. There Ann, you want a "grown up in office." We HAVE one. n/t

[liberal N proud]

51. Always the cool response

Pleasure to have such a personality in the White House.

[patrice]

52. Those aren't the words of the Lefty Dictator we're supposed to believe he is. Patterson's judgement

in the situation is preserved, rather than 2nd-guessed, under-cut, or gainsaid.

[BeyondGeography]

54. The embassy employees in Cairo were trying not to die

and what they wrote was politic anyway. Anyone who criticizes them to score a political point is a total lowlife.

[Egnever]

59. I must be a hopeless apologist cause I don't see the apology.

Or anything wrong with the statement.

[Tigress DEM]

62. Well said, but that's what you get with a Harvard Suma Cum Laude in the house.

[99th_Monkey]

63. OUCH! That's gonna hurt Mitt's feelings. ~nt

[speedoo]

64. What feelings?

Lurch has no feelings. That has been proven again and again, most recently in this fiasco.

[99th_Monkey]

65. hmm. yes, you do have a point there.

I guess greed and vain-glory are not really "feelings" are they?

[frylock]

66. beat. down.