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-Election 2012
Obama: 'When four Americans get killed, it's not optimal'
2012-10-19
President B.O., during the taping of The Daily Show, discussed the Benghazi terrorist attack that claimed the lives of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.

"Here's what I'll say. When four Americans get killed, it's not optimal. We're going to fix it," Obama said per pool. "The government is a big operation and [at] any given time something screws up," he also said, saying that he believes "you find out what's broken and you fix it."

The president was responding to this question from Stewart. "Is part of the investigation helping the communication between these divisions? Not just what happened in Benghazi, but what happened within," the comedian asked according to the pooler. "Because I would say, even you would admit, it was not the optimal response, at least to the American people, as far as all of us being on the same page"
Posted by:Fred

#11  Four years of Obama, not optimal either.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-19 17:29  

#10  In Obama's flimsy defense, Obama was just responding in the wording Stewart used to ask the question. In condemning him, HE HEARD STEWART SAY IT AND THAT THE WORDING WAS FINE.

Jackass doesn't begin to describe Obama.
Posted by: Charles   2012-10-19 15:56  

#9  Watch the segment on the Obama supporters at the Ohio campus and you can see what his supporters are made of.

And these people vote for this vapid fuckwad.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-10-19 15:35  

#8  My son is not very optimal - he is very dead
Posted by: Beavis   2012-10-19 13:57  

#7  No reason it can't be both, EU. :-(
Posted by: Barbara   2012-10-19 13:34  

#6   Obama's core support does tend to embarrass themselves and insult the rest of the American electorate. We're getting what they want.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-10-19 12:01  

#5  OK. He's either lazy, reckless, irresponsible and incompetent or he's doing it on purpose.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-10-19 11:26  

#4  Can we please get rid of this horses ass, known as Obama ? "Here's what I'll say". Your statements are insane, and heartless. You are an emotional and intellectual cripple. You contiunue to embarrass yourself and insult the rest of America.
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Spaiter7789   2012-10-19 07:13  

#3  Maybe he simply doesn't know that optimal is not a synonym of good?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-10-19 02:05  

#2  BLUF: POTUS dithered and chose not to convene his security council, but rather go to Vegas.

What has recently come out is that the attack lasted over a period of hours, and was observed by the US State Department via Closed Circuit Televison Cameras (CCTV) mounted at the consulate. The length of the attack would have permitted State Department intellligence personnel to clearly identify tactics, personnel, and precisely what was taking place. This would have been relayed to the White House Situation Room via FLASH message or piped via LIVE feeds. The US Army White House Communications Detachment would be aware of what took place and have detailed logs.

The news reported last evening that the adminisitration allegedly refused to send in an extremis force rescue party to either attempt to save the consulte staffers or secure the facility. This decision would have been made by the POTUS. The reluctance to send anyone in, would appear to be supported by the delay in getting an FBI investigation team to Benghazi and the creation of this video fictional cause.



Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-19 01:47  

#1  What then is the optimal number of speed bumps Americans killed?

Is that number smaller than four, or greater?

The leadership of the terrorists senseless attackers would actually share Obama's opinion as they would have liked to kill more Americans.
Posted by: Whomoth Barnsmell7003   2012-10-19 01:25  

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