Marc Caputo writes for the Miami Herald, and you can count on him to misrepresent and shade things so all news brings criticism of President Obama, one instance form his naked politics blog below along with my comment.
Mr. Caputo seems to come close to admitting the dissembling of the Romney campaign but than illogically compares that to statements from individuals in the administration which state tings differently at different times about the attack on the us consulate in Benghazi.
When events transpire quickly as in military attacks, oinions quickly given give an impression rather than a categorical statement of fact. To pretend otherwise flies in the face of basic logic.
To attack the president through criticism of his administration after the attack-especially by the Republican't representatives in the US House who voted to cut the State Department budget for embassy and consular security--amounts to the most disgusting and unethical partisan bevavior since the era of Senator joe McCarthy.
In times of war, some would call this treason.
This provides another example of the depths the republican't party will go to to win power, power for self aggrandizement and enriching the already wealthy.
[The Tea Party Congress, having, with Paul Ryan’s leadership, deeply cut funds for embassy security, held a hearing on Wednesday on the circumstances of the attack on Sept. 11, 2012, on the US consulate in Benghazi, in which it tried to point fingers at the State Department and the Obama administration.
That’s right, the Republicans cut funds for embassy security, and now are blaming the State Department for laxity.
Aljazeera English reports on the hearing:....
One of the Republican talking points is criticism of Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice and other Obama administration officials for saying that the events on Sept. 11 began with a demonstration outside the consulate against the hate film “The Innocence of the Muslims.”
But the fact is that the Libyan Arabic press initially reported that there was such a demonstration, and Libyan officials in Benghazi said so, as well, and I conveyed these assertions here....
But it is natural that there should have been a fog of war around the attack.... ] emphasis added
http://www.juancole.com/2012/10/the-shameful-politicization-of-the-benghazi-consulate-attack.html
[Gee, congressional Republican'ts dramatically cut the State Department embassy security budget and still blame Obama. About as predictable as seeing a headline on Herald newsletter and knowing it will have Marc Caputo byline. What next? Sun rises in East; Obama to blame for global warming.]
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/10/obama-returns-to-um-for-third-time-but-now-hes-on-defense.html
[Obama’s campaign also noted that, during the debate, Romney misrepresented his healthcare plan by saying it covers pre-existing conditions. It doesn’t.
But after Wednesday’s hearing, Republicans had enough evidence to accuse the president’s administration of concealing information about the Benghazi consulate attacks that killed an American ambassador and three foreign-service workers.]
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