OMG! You can't say an Embassy's statement is the same as a White House Administrative statement

[diabeticman]

This right here SHOULD end Romney's campaign.

[tjdee]

1. He said it over and over, so.....

[diabeticman]

2. Doesn't the JERK realize that Egyptian Embassy was trying to temper emtions that could

have reacted the same way as Lybia?

[annabanana]

4. He SO *does. not. care.*

He's running with the moment, hoping no one will notice.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Especially since the embassy's statement was before they were attacked

That is confirmed, for instance, by the Wall Street Journal. He's condemning Obama for a statement put out by the embassy that tried to calm things down before they got bad.

[TwilightGardener]

5. They were trying to head off violence and save their own lives.

Appalling, the shit that comes of of Mitten's mouth.

[diabeticman]

6. Thank you for that important time line highlight.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. I'm trying to get up to speed...(edit)

(I want to understand so I can respond to the right-wingers who will seize upon Romney's completely inappropriate comments at the completely inappropriate press conference earlier.)

You're saying that the Cairo Embassy's statement (which, as far as I have seen, is aimed at condemning those who incite violence, especially that based on religion) was made before the events in Libya?

Sorry, I hate being so out of the loop but the plethora of posts and articles haven't help me gain clarity of the sequence of events.

Thanks.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Yes - Cairo was well before Benghazi

For instance, the first DU LBN item on Cairo: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014225708
and the first on Benghazi: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014225984 (which says "on the same day as a similar group of hardliners waving black banners attacked the US embassy in Cairo&quot .

And National Review were condemning the Cairo embassy statement before the Benghazi incident: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/316550/us-embassy-favors-religious-feelings-over-free-speech-attacked-anyway-nina-shea , and reported it as "it didn't work anyway - they stormed the compound".

The film had been in Egyptian news for a few days:

Last week it came to far wider attention after an Egyptian-American Copt, Morris Sadek, posted a blog post in Arabic and an English-language newsletter and claimed to have plans to screen the film. Clips were picked up and broadcast by news media in Egypt.

http://www.channel4.com/news/us-official-dies-in-libya-protest

so it's not surprising the embassy put out a statement hoping to calm things down. You can poitn out to the right wingers that's what diplomacy is.

[OneGrassRoot]

10. Thank you!!! :) n/t

[Shrike47]

8. Yes, the Cairo embassy statement preceded the Libyan attack.