Posted on 02/03/2014 11:15:07 AM PST by Kaslin
When Fox News host Bill O’Reilly interviewed President Obama before the Super Bowl, we knew sparks might fly. And the segment on Benghazi is provoking a lot of indignation. First, the relevant bit of the conversation as transcribed by Fox News:
OBAMA: -- we don't know yet who's doing it. Understand, by definition, Bill, when somebody is attacking our compound...
O'REILLY: Yes?
OBAMA: -- that's an act of terror, which is how I characterized it the day after it happened. So the -- so the question ends up being who, in fact, was attacking us?
O'REILLY: But it's more than that...
OBAMA: And that...
O'REILLY: -- though...
OBAMA: -- well, we...
O'REILLY: -- because of Susan Rice.
OBAMA: No, it...
O'REILLY: It's more than that because if Susan Rice goes out and tells the world that it was a spontaneous demonstration...
A shouting match then ensued and the president basically concluded that because of people like Bill O’Reilly -- and networks like Fox News -- Americans continue to be totally misinformed about what he actually said that day. But the key bit here is important: the president (again) explicitly declared that on 9/12/2012 -- the day after the U.S. consulate was overrun by terrorists and four Americans were killed -- he publicly and for the record stated that the assault on the U.S. compound was a “terrorist attack.” The fact checkers disagree. They gave the claim "Four Pinocchios."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, responding to this assertion on Monday, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) took issue with the president’s timeline of events, telling a local radio station he was perpetuating an “outrageous lie” (via The Hill):
“It’s just an outrageous lie. It’s kind of hard to call it anything else. It’s kind of like ObamaCare and the things he said in the beginning and now he’s denying it,” Inhofe said during a radio interview on 1170 KFAQ’s The Pat Campbell Show, which based in Tulsa, Okla.
The 2012 attack on an American compound in Benghazi was staged on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.
“I will say this till my dying day, I know people don’t realize it now, that’s going to go down in history as the greatest cover-up. And I’m talking about the Pentagon Papers, Iran-Contra, Watergate and the rest of them,” Inhofe said.
The president obviously had reason not to declare the raid an act of terrorism. He was running for re-election, and it directly contradicted a central theme of his campaign -- namely, that al-Qaida was on the run. Plus, in doing so, this would have only raised more questions about his leadership qualities and where he was that night. (We still don’t know). To this day, many questions remain unanswered.
And one wonders when, if ever, they will be.
My vote for biggest cover up would Obama’s cover up of all of his personal records.
The Marxist even LOOKED like a liar during that interview.
Senator Inhofe is correct.
Send the BUM to Benghazi via Fuddy Airlines.
Where were you, Mr. President on the night of the Benghazi attack? Who first floated the absurd excuse that the attack was caused by the little video? Who laid out the P.R. plan that was based on a made-up premise?
Bill Clinton did the same
Hundreds of people know what 30 CIA guys were doing in Benghazi, and they’ve kept that secret so far.
What was it they were doing, shipping anti-aircraft missiles to Al Qaeda in Syria?
Where’s the real American who will say that in public?
Benghazi
Birth certificate
Hillary’s penis
Ft. Marcy Park
Roswell
Did WJC cover up his bc, his college transcripts, his passport records too? I know he tried to cover up his draft records.
Was 0bama boinking Reggie Love? Or is Barry the bottom?
This is going to be tough one to call compared to the media effort to Obama's history private.
I like how he kept shifting blame to Fox news. That’s all he does is blame blame blame. Either it’s Bushs fault or Fox news.
Obummer was snorting a few lines of coke when it went down.
And by not prosecuting ANYONE, you are enabling it. Idiot.
Seems Billy C had everything about himself locked up tight. Obama is the same way. I think GWB has his info on display for all to see. Dems hide everything, can’t trust them.
BOR did not pussyfoot with the Marxist during that interview. Good job BOR! No wonder his show is top rated for 12 years plus.
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