NYT Editorial: Murder in Benhazi (Romney showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

snip

b]But not from Mitt Romney, who wants Americans to believe he can be president but showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character by using the murders of the Americans in Libya as an excuse not just to attack Mr. Obama, but to do so in a way that suggested either a dangerous ignorance of the facts or an equally dangerous willingness to twist them to his narrow partisan aims.

Mr. Romney could easily have held his fire during this crisis, if he could not summon the decency to support the United States government. Instead, he misrepresented the administration as “sympathizing” with the attackers. There was no truth in what he said. In fact, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the first official comment on the killings, a strong condemnation, before Mr. Romney released his statement. Even after having a night to reconsider his response, Mr. Romney merely doubled down on his false charges, as he is prone to do.


whole editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/opinion/murder-in-benghazi.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

[progressivebydesign]

1. Just read an editorial from the MOnterey Herald. You know your nominee is in deep shit...

... when regional papers fire off an editorial. It's a really really well written editorial, AND scathing. The Monterey Herald is not known as a literal paper, as the area is not particularly liberal, being a mix of extremel wealthy retirees and active Military.

http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_21530286/editorial-romney-needs-get-his-message-straight?source=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[young_at_heart]

3. My hope is that people will turn off reality television and read

I'm guessing that the majority of Americans don't know anything about the situation or if they do, don't really understand what happened. I hope I'm wrong!!

[moondust]

5. You are aware of the international schools there, no?

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Monterey Institute of International Studies

Defense Language Institute (which I attended myself years ago)

The Panetta Institute for Public Policy has an address in nearby Seaside. That's "Leon" Panetta as in former director of the CIA and current Secretary of Defense.

[Walk away]

2. I think we just got a glimpse of President Sheldon Adelson's foreign policy!

I can't bring myself to blame Willard. He's just a billionaire's puppet.

[Cha]

4. Thanks for the article, Laura..

"Mr. Stevens, 52, was Washington’s envoy to the rebels in Libya when they were overthrowing Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. He became ambassador and, undaunted by the dangers, worked to build partnerships among the country’s disparate groups and guide the fragile new democracy during a difficult transition. A fluent Arabic speaker, he had a deep understanding of Libya’s culture and people.

On Wednesday, the Obama administration said it appeared that an organized group armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades had exploited a protest over an anti-Muslim video to unleash the attack. Some news reports suggested Al Qaeda may have been responsible. American officials noted the contrast with Egypt, where unarmed protesters, decrying the same video, spontaneously stormed the Embassy perimeter and tore down a flag but did little other damage."

This is so sad..

And, Romney has Demonized himself.