When campaign spokesman Ben Labolt told Fox News there were no plans for President Obama to address the Benghazi debacle in public any time soon, he obviously wasn't "planning" on the subject coming up during the president's appearance at a Univision candidate forum in Miami this afternoon. (Mitt Romney attended yesterday). Credit to the program's hosts for asking some challenging questions on Libya and security; Buzzfeed writes that Obama "dodged" the heart of those inquiries. That's partially true, but he also served up a jaw-dropping statement, particularly...
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RedRum Wrote: Sep 21, 2012 4:13 PM
So true. And that is why he will shamelessly make this, and many other claims that have no truth to them. Obama making this declaration AFTER the needless slaughter of these good Americans is a joke. Clearly, the administration knew of the threats, knew they were terrorist targets, and failed to prevent it and then falsely claimed it was inspired by a movie. This nation's interests, diplomats, way-of-life, flag and pride were all attacked by heathens, and all on September 11th, yet our so-called "leader" only has excuses to validate the mobs and murderers. Beyond disgraceful.
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