Obama on 60 minutes yesterday
“There’s a broader lesson to be learned here, and I — you know, Governor Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. And as president, one of the things I’ve learned is you can’t do that. That, you know, it’s important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts. And that you’ve thought through the ramifications before you make ‘em.”
Obama, July 2009 press conference
“Now, I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly ...”
Regarding Romney's statement. Facts are not necessary to make the observation that the statement coming out of the Embassy in Egypt were lilly livered, weasel words of appeasement.
Period.