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Obama calls Benghazi controversy a 'sideshow'
foxnews.com ^ | 5/13/13

Posted on 05/13/2013 9:34:01 AM PDT by Sleeping Freeper

Edited on 05/13/2013 9:34:50 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

President Obama delivered a defiant defense Monday of his administration's response to the Benghazi terror attack, calling the revived controversy over the matter a "sideshow."

The president addressed the issue during a press conference alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is visiting Washington. Obama denied any suggestion that there was a cover-up, questioning recent reports that showed a State Department official trying to water down the administration's initial story-line on what happened the night of Sept. 11.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; libya; navyseals; threatmatrix
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To: Sleeping Freeper
"Sideshow Barry"

The new Simpson's villain!

21 posted on 05/13/2013 9:45:21 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: CodeToad

Blood on your hands, 4 Americans dead an it’s side show!
Too bad the Memorial was not to the Anointed one or one of his kids would it still be a side show!
This man is a fool! And Anti Amrerican! How many more need to die because the voter made a wrong choice!
Once you had Black you will never go back!


22 posted on 05/13/2013 9:45:24 AM PDT by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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To: Sleeping Freeper
Keep digging there Sparky!
23 posted on 05/13/2013 9:46:36 AM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: Baynative

Zing!


24 posted on 05/13/2013 9:47:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is indeed 0bama’s ‘Nixon quote moment’.. I was wondering, is the IRS targeting of conservative groups, and LEAKING THEIR PERSONAL TAX INFORMATION DURING THE ELECTION a “sideshow” too?


25 posted on 05/13/2013 9:47:37 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Wow.. First the four dead were “bumps in the road,” then “not optimal,” and now a “sideshow.”

There’d be mass outrage if Americans pulled their heads out of their asses and became aware and informed. Lucky for Obama low-information voters are rapidly growing in number.


26 posted on 05/13/2013 9:48:04 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
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To: ryan71

This “side show” may send him packing to Hawaii, GOD willing.

No! Get him the hell out of my country. Send the Brown Clown back to Kenya where he belongs.


27 posted on 05/13/2013 9:48:52 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: Sleeping Freeper

Impeach, ASAP.


28 posted on 05/13/2013 9:49:32 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

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29 posted on 05/13/2013 9:49:53 AM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: ClearCase_guy
from Drudge:


'NO THERE THERE'

30 posted on 05/13/2013 9:49:57 AM PDT by Baynative (Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.)
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To: CodeToad

Someone needs to pin his carneyval barker down on that statement at the next opportunity.


31 posted on 05/13/2013 9:50:26 AM PDT by John W (Viva Cristo Rey!)
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To: mardi59

He doesn’t know how to use tools, does he?


32 posted on 05/13/2013 9:51:13 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: DManA
What’s worse, calling the murders a side show or calling them a bump in the road.

Don't forget "not optimal"

33 posted on 05/13/2013 9:51:44 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Contrary to popular belief, Ben Gauzy is not some guy who was just voted off DWTS.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Would that we had a competent CSI team to analyze those hand prints and see who they belong to.

Whenever I see them I imagine a desperate soul holding on for dear life to that wall before being dragged away.

34 posted on 05/13/2013 9:51:52 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: Venturer
How Alynski?

Alinsky’s 12 Rules for Radicals Here is the complete list from Alinsky. * RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)

* RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)

* RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)

* RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)

* RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)

* RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

* RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

* RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

* RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

* RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

* RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)

* RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)

35 posted on 05/13/2013 9:52:26 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Irenic

No! LOL, but he still manages to dig a big hole for himself.


36 posted on 05/13/2013 9:53:15 AM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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To: mardi59

Pansy planting pansies.


37 posted on 05/13/2013 9:53:23 AM PDT by Made In The USA (I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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To: Doogle

Joanne Chesimard, a friend of Bill Ayers, is in Cuba, so it’s thought....Odungo’s buddies JayZ and not an Be ounce of brain get clearance to go to Cuba (Apr 14)....then the FBI (May 3rd)...puts Chesimard on the Most Wanted...did the love birds pass on any info to Chesimard with Odungo’s OK?


38 posted on 05/13/2013 9:53:24 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Sleeping Freeper

It does remind me of a circus sideshow. I’ve been to a few, especially the guy who moves the coin around under a walnut shell. WELL, who is doing the fast moving? Huh? It isn’t the PEOPLE it’s the Master of Deceit telling more lies, firmly believing that if you repeat something enough times, PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE YOU, especially if you are of a certain skin color, you tend to believe. If you don’t believe then by golly YOU ARE A RACIST.


39 posted on 05/13/2013 9:53:59 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Sleeping Freeper
He deserves to be impeached just for saying that.

So now you know....our brave people are just a sideshow.

Hey Obama....Go way out...Call it a circus.

Ft. Hood was a sideshow??

The panty bomber was a sideshow?

The Marathon bombings were a sideshow??

40 posted on 05/13/2013 9:54:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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