The Lie:
MITT ROMNEY: "it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror."
The truth:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (day one - September 12, 2012) "No
acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for.
Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for
this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done."
The truth:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (day two - September 13, 2012) 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.
Remarks by the President in Golden CO The White House
The truth:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (day three - September 14, 2012) "
As for the ones we lost last night: I want to assure you, we will bring their killers to justice. And we want to send a message all around the world -- anybody who would do us harm: No
act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world, and no act of violence will shake the resolve of the United States of America."
Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event -- Las Vegas NV The White House
The truth:
SUSAN RICE: (day five - September 16, 2012) "I mean I think it's clear that
there were extremist elements that joined in and escalated the violence. Whether they were
al Qaeda affiliates, whether they were
Libyan-based extremists or
al Qaeda itself I think is one of the things we'll have to determine."
The truth:
JAY CARNEY speaking for the President to reporters (day nine - September 20, 2012) "It is, I think, self-evident that
what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack. Our embassy was attacked violently, and the result was four deaths of American officials."
We were led to believe by the right wing political media machine that Obama conspired to trick the voting public into believing four Anericans did not die in an act of terror in Benghazi when Obama went public saying it was an act of terror on day one, day two and day three himself.
Then Susan Rice said we were investigating whether the attackers were al Qaeda on day five.
But Jay Carney said it best on day nine:
"It is, I think, self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack
Damn! How profound! What happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack. A self-evident terrorist attack, but an allegedgely intelligent man like Mitt Romney demands the President tell him its an act of terror. But when the President speaks those three words
publically three distinct and three separate times, Romney did not try to listen.
There are many here who still believe despite so much contrary reality that Romney was right. And some of the Romney believers here call those who see the truth on Benghazi - idiots.
What a farcical world they live in.