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Laughing Obama Tells Jon Stewart Murder of 4 Americans In Benghazi "Not Optimal"
True Conservatives on Twiitter ^ | October 22, 2912

Posted on 10/22/2012 12:26:30 PM PDT by raptor22

Benghazi-gate: The president reveals a disturbing callousness toward our war dead on yet another talk show. When will he tell jihadists to stop clinging to their guns and religion and fearing people not like them?

During the second presidential debate President Obama told challenger Mitt Romney that he found suggestions that he and his administration were covering up the truth about the terrorist attack on Benghazi for political reasons "offensive." He said he was the one who had to greet the coffins when they came home.

Then they deserve more honor, respect and protection than they were given by their president in remarks made on yet another TV talk show. Appearing on "The Daily Show" Comedy Central, Obama told host Jon Stewart that the killing of our Libyan ambassador, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans was "not optimal."

Speaking of the administration's response to the assault, which, except for an oblique reference to "terrorist attacks" in the Rose Garden, with no specific reference to Benghazi, consisted of spending two weeks blaming a little-seen Internet movie trailer, Stewart said, "I would say and even you would admit it was not the optimal response — at least to the American people as far as all of us being on the same page."

Obama's appalling retort was to pick up on Stewart's choice of words to say, "Here is what I will say — if four Americans get killed, it is not optimal. And we are going to fix it." Not optimal? The time to "fix it," Mr. President, was during the period before the attack when your administration turned down requests for enhanced security from our Libyan diplomats because it didn't fit your political narrative of al-Qaida on the run, Osama bin Laden dead and GM alive,

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: benghazi; benghazigate; blunders; comedycentral; dailyshow; ibd; jonstewart; libya; miserablefailure; notoptimal; optimal; waronterror
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When will he tell jihadists to stop clinging to their guns and religion and fearing people not like them?

When? Describe the day? That would be known as 'a cold day in hell'....

21 posted on 10/23/2012 5:08:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (Obama on Benghazi - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE-aorbApBw&feature=plcp)
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