Obama Refuses to Say Whether Hillary Is to Blame for Benghazi
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 10:30 AM
Obama refused to say whether Hillary was to blame for Benghazi, or not.
U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) strolls on the grounds of the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, October 16, 2012, during a break in preparation for his second presidential debate against Mitt Romney. Anita Dunn and David Plouffe join him. (Reuters)
The Weekly Standard Blog reported:
At 10:35, a black Suburban rolled by slowly, with a handful of agents trailing behind on foot. The president came next, wearing a dark suit, strolling in the center of the road. Anita Dunn was on his left. David Plouffe on his right.
This pool, standing about 50 feet away, had this exchange:
Reporter: “How are you feeling about tonight?”
Obama, smiling: “I feel fabulous. Look at this beautiful day.”
Reporter: “Are you aware Michelle voted for you yesterday?”
Obama, turning to yell back: “Thank goodness!”
Reporter: “Is Hillary to blame for Benghazi?”
Obama: Silence. Kept walking.
Related… Via Glenn Reynolds – STORY UNRAVELING: AP sources: State Dept officials deny linking attack to anti-Islam video, raising questions. “The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used that explanation for more than a week after assailants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.”
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Joe College commented:
He doesn’t want to give away his carefully constructed response.
Carlos de Souza commented:
By keeping his mouth shut, he answered YES.
When it comes to praise, he will take it all.
When it comes to blame, its anyone but Hussein Obozo.
Another 96 days till 20th of January.
LibertyNow commented:
Hillary was there….she was on the D’s Watergate team that took down Nixon. I don’t know if she helped write the book, but she sure knows it backwards and forwards. Your move President Obama
Andrew X commented:
32 comments on your previous Hillary post, and I am surprised no one really got it.
Folks, the remember that the Clinton’s are maestros in this game. You don’t have to like them to get that. I don’t have to like the Yankees to acknowledge when they play great ball.
Hillary stuck the shiv into Obama, big time, and did so with plausible deniability. Oh, she sounds all “I’ll fall on my sword for the party (and, gritted teeth, the president)”, no one can ever say different, but that shiv went in, slicker ‘n Shia thru a goose.
The key words? “The buck stops with me”. EVERYONE knows which president said, “the buck stops here”, and what it means. It is an extremely powerful, meaningful, and historic political statement about the personal responsibility of a president.
And what has Hillary herself said about Obama? That “3:00am phone will just ring and ring”. What else has been said, with many a reason? That Obama is a blamer who will blame everyone from his predecessor to a tsunami to ATM’s for his failures to perform. And what does Hillary say? “Well, blame it on ME because *I* am the one willing to shoulder the
blameresponsibility….. you know, like a president would… (if we had one, cough cough).Let’s face it, folks, this was a riposte from a master who was challenged, be it from Bill or Hill. If this continues, I’m buyin’ Orville Redenbacher stock, big time.
Andrew X commented:
PS: it’s 11:50am EST. I bet Rush’ll get it, you watch (listen).
Warthog commented:
What a silly question. Everyone knows that Mitt Romney is to blame for Bengazi.
SeniorD commented:
Nah, Romney isn’t to blame for the Bengazi Obamacle – W is!
How any
AdministrationRegime place an openly homosexual man as Ambassador in a Muslim country (where homosexualtiy carries a death sentence) is beyond the pale. There’s still much to be learned from this Obamacle.Oliver commented:
GOP should be running ads right now with the “3am phone call” clip from the 2008 DNC primaries!
what baffles me is why Bill has agreed to go out on the stump for Obama again. O’s team must really have the goods on them … or promised them something HUGE in return.
also – how can Hillary say “State never blamed it on the video” and the media isn’t reminding her of those Pakistani ads, or her little speech when the coffins arrived at Andrews ??? What am I missing here?
Lenore LeFount commented:
I think that Obama will blame the terrorists and tell us to go shopping.
Katielee commented:
He said nothing and walked away.. I’d say that said it all….
MN Jim commented:
Oliver, I always wondered why Hillary stepped aside for obama when she was winning most of the primaries and seemed to be a shoe-in for president. I believe obama had something on Bill, and threatened to use it, along with promising Hillary a key position to step aside. Remember that Hillary was the original birther, and the 3 am phone ad was a classic. It is inconceivable how obama, as a 2-year freshman Senator with no previous experience, got to be president
66chevelle commented:
“Seems to me, you don’t want to talk about it,
Seems to me you just turn your lumpy head and walk away.”
(Apologies to the James Gang)
66chevelle commented:
Does Doucheolini EVER take his hands out of his pockets? What, is he afraid his arms will swish like a girl’s?
Tee Dub commented:
I so glad that the “professional” media asks the questions we all want to know like “How are you feeling?” and “Are you aware Michelle voted for you yesterday?” (Awwwww ^_^). Take their word for it, you can’t trust the amateur bloggers to do the serious work of “true” journalists. /sarc
ponderon commented:
I suspect a deal was made under the table that Hillary would take the blame, cause she had plan on leaving after this term is up, the Alinsky media want remind the folks of that fact, so it will seem to public that she was willing to step-down for good of country, look good in 2016 when she plans on running for president…
Bill commented:
Goody – Anita Dunn is back! Maybe Barry will channel Mao tonight.
sako204 commented:
at #19 Bill:
I thought for sure that Barry had tossed Anita Mao off the bridge many months ago. I guess Barry wants to be sure there’s a red tinge to his debate responses tonight. Amazing!
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