Very rough transcript of Romney's statement just now
I Skyped the gist of the presser to my co-workers. The quoted portions are accurate.
P.S. Romney looked terrible, stammered a lot...and did this only to get out ahead of Obama's statement. He had four flags behind him, trying to be presidential...but the real president is about to speak, and Romney setting up the comparison could prove to be lethal...and never mind the fact that Romney is going all-political while they're still hosing blood off the sidewalk. Ugh.
Transcript as best as I could manage.
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William Pitt: We're sad we're sad, freedom...and doubling down on saying the administration "sympathized" with the attackers.
William Pitt: "Mixed signals they're sending to the world."
William Pitt: "American leadership is necessary to ensure that events in the region do not spin out of control."
William Pitt: He's taking questions. Brace yourselves.
William Pitt: First question is about that. He's stammering.
William Pitt: "It's a terrible course to apologize for our values."
William Pitt: "An apology for America's values is never the right course."
William Pitt: All the questions are about his statement
William Pitt: "It's their administration. Their administration spoke."
William Pitt: "The embassy is their administration."
William Pitt: "The statement that came from the administration is akin to an apology."
William Pitt: Lots of stammering in that last one. Lots of stammering in general.
William Pitt: Question: did you jump the gun on the statement?
William Pitt: "I'm not going to take hypotheticals on what might have happened," in response to question of would you have made that statement if you knew the ambassador was dead.
William Pitt: HA. "President Obama has shown a lack of clarity on foreign policy."
William Pitt: The questions are all about the timing of his statement. The press isn't buying it. MSNBC just cut away.
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