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-Election 2012
Cutter: Benghazi Is Only an Issue 'Because of Romney and Ryan'
2012-10-12
Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said Thursday that the "entire reason" the terrorist attack at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans has "become the political topic it is" is because Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan talk about the attack.
STEPHANIE CUTTER: In terms of the politicization of this -- you know, we are here at a debate, and I hope we get to talk about the debate -- but the entire reason this has become the political topic it is, is because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. It's a big part of their stump speech. And it's reckless and irresponsible what they're doing.

BROOKE BALDWIN: But, Stephanie, this is national security. As we witnessed this revolution last year, we covered it--

CUTTER: It is absolutely national security--

BALDWIN: --it is absolutely pertinent. People in the American public absolutely have a right to get answers.
Posted by:Fred

#10  And we would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling kids, and their dog.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-10-12 15:02  

#9  The Administration keeps citing that the Romney people want to politicize this, but them coming out initially and for days that it was a spontaneous attack, was the bight politicization ever. Even Ted Mack is embarrassed.
Posted by: Jack Salami   2012-10-12 14:23  

#8  It's not wymin. It's not just Cutter, Smoot, and Wasserman Schultz. It's the lunacy of the left. They have created a far more dangerous world in their goofiness. They don't like guns and don't think anyone should have them. However, criminals and lowlifes have a way of getting them. I don't want criminals and the government to be the only ones to have guns. Consider Nazi Germany and the confiscation of personal firearms. That opens the door to would-be tyrants. It is naive to think that negotiation, appeasement, and sanctions work with evil people such as AQ or the Iranian mullahs. The left dangerously assumes the values of the Iranian mullahs or AQ are the same as ours. We have seen the results of such naive and feckless actions in the past prior to and during WWII.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-12 14:16  

#7  Don't wish to sound misogynistic, but what in God's name is WRONG with young wymin like Cutter, Smoot, Wasserman Schultz, and some of the others ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-12 13:07  

#6  Now we know: Obama's response to a 9-11 terrorist attack.
Posted by: regular joe   2012-10-12 12:05  

#5  And this is a "bad thing". Right, sweety?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-10-12 11:50  

#4  The Bengahzi attack, the murder of Americans, the reasons for the attack were suspect from the beginning. The bloggers were on this. I'm glad Romney and Ryan brought this up immediately and projected it onto the national scene early and got through the MSM screen. Many would not know otherwise. Security was bungled by this administration in Benghazi and the cover-up should never occurred. The narrative they were selling was that AQ was on the run, their leaders killed and their networks destroyed. They could not have a 911--part deau on their watch before election. They were covering up a widespread failure in their mideast policy of appeasement of the muslims.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-12 10:35  

#3  I see a place for Stephanie on that staff at that embassy.
Posted by: Raider   2012-10-12 10:27  

#2  Infantile

..which then brings a new perspective of why things happen the way they do from inside the Donk camp.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-12 09:39  

#1  Cutter is almost right. Benghazi Is only an issue 'Because of Romney and Ryan.' They and the internet were the only ones to bring the debacle up for the public to see. The O admin was trying to spin and bury it, as it shows the administration's total incompetence and lack of basic understand of the nature of our enemies who are also the enemies of civilization.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-10-12 01:52  

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