Paul Ryan: No, Obama Did Not Call Benghazi Massacre a Terrorist Attack in the Rose Garden
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 7:42 AM
GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan defended Mitt Romney’s debate attacks on Libya this morning, repeating charges that President Obama had waited two weeks to dub the violence at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi an act of terrorism.
Via HotAir:
Paul Ryan weighed in on the controversy today on ABC.
The Hill reported:
“It was a passing comment about acts of terror in general, it was not a claim that this was a result of a terrorist attack,” Ryan said on ABC’s “Good Morning America. “Nobody believed at that Rose Garden speech that the president was suggesting that particular attack was an act of terror.”
In an exchange that has fueled a debate over the administration’s response to the attacks, debate moderator Candy Crowley stepped in Tuesday night to correct Romney’s assertion that Obama did not use the phrase “act of terror” the day after the attack on the consulate in Benghazi last month that resulted in the death of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
In fact for days after the attack the Obama Administration would specifically not call the massacre in Benghazi an act of terrorism.
ADVERTISEMENT
`
donh commented:
This was a TERRORIST attack on 9/11/12…and Obama was an EMPTY CHAIR all day…HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG…..and he was late to his Rose Garden statement 11:00 the next day which continued the weak tone of the Cairo memo of 9/11/12 apologizing to muslims for a youtube video posted months ago with only a few thoudand views.
Opaobie commented:
Is there any doubt now about Obama’s debate strategy?
mg4us commented:
Way to go Ryan. .so right. .
Keep George Stuff-an-A$$-alot in his place. . .the water-boy for Obama. . .
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/10/once_biden_twice_barack.html
tommy mc donnell commented:
yes he did call it a terrorist attack and then he deliberately lied about it for two weeks calling it a spontaneous demonstration that got out of control.
Linda commented:
Two days after the Benghazi attack, President Obama said again that it was an act of terrorism.
“…on Sept. 13, at a campaign event in Colorado, Obama again used the phrase “act of terror” and this time tied it directly to the Benghazi attack.
“So what I want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice. I want people around the world to hear me: To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America,” he said. ”
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/16/obama_did_call_benghazi_attack_an_act_of_terror_in_colorado
Look-Out commented:
OT — Earlier tried to link to AmericanThinker (I think) article on how early BHO lost the debate. I remember that moment the author referred to and thought, “Oooh, he looks weak. Score one for MR.” It was when BHO made “one attempt too many” (as author put it) to interrupt Romney and Romney got him to head back to his chair. I’ll try to link again…if not, I’d love to rewatch that moment cuz I do remember it, too, and BHO looked small and defeated.
GotFreedom commented:
Please read/listen to the following and then pass it along. . .they all knew what was going on because they were listening to it happen “in real time”:
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE
CHARLENE LAMB
TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, DC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
From Page 5:
. . .”When the attack began, a Diplomatic Security agent working in the Tactical Operations Center immediately activated the Imminent Danger Notification System and made an emergency announcement over the PA. Based on our security protocols, he also alerted the annex U.S. quick reaction security team stationed nearby, the Libyan 17th February Brigade, Embassy Tripoli, and the Diplomatic Security Command Center in Washington. From that point on, I could follow what was happening in almost real-time”. . .
Please listen to Col David Hunt’s radio interview about how the Imminent Danger Notification System works and who would have been listening to the attack at Benghazi:
http://audio.wrko.com/a/64657882/col-hunt-on-the-newest-libyan-revelations.htm
GotFreedom commented:
Oops. . .sorry, forgot link to Charlene Lamb testimony:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/199157.pdf
TrickyDick commented:
Obama + lips moving = liar
LuckyDog commented:
Did anybody else notice that when Ryan began answering the question on Benghazi the background switched to the debate with a low audio of the debate. It was almost as if they were trying to drown out anything Ryan might say. You will notice that all the questions are asked without any background audio.
Look-Out commented:
#13 = absolutely! what a distraction. Never seen that before. At some points the voices were almost as loud as ryan’s. ABC is so in the tank. They had a running Ann Romney quote (during football game) that was an outright LIE. I called local ABC affiliate and told them to take it down or apologize to her and viewers. They did.
navyman commented:
watch for some drone attack in Libya sometime around the first of Nov.
JoyO commented:
I would like to know:
1. Why did Candy Crowley have a paper copy of the transcript of the President’s speech in the Rose Garden on her desk during the debate?
2. How did President Obama know that she had a copy of the transcript on her desk during the debate?
3. Does the answer of this question mean that Crowley shared the questions with the President prior to the debate?
`