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BEN STEIN'S DIARY: Something Went Wrong Tonight
American Spectator ^ | 10.17.2012 | Ben Stein

Posted on 10/17/2012 11:55:19 AM PDT by imardmd1

But when he was asked a question about Pres. Obama's response to the murders by an al Qaeda affiliate in Benghazi, Mr. Romney completely got flustered by an outright lie by Mr. Obama.

Mr. Obama falsely said that he had called the murders in Benghazi a terrorist act the day after September 11. Gov Romney was seemingly bewildered about what to say. Mr. Obama further told the outrageous untruth that in a democracy, the President should not be criticized over a defense/foreign policy disaster.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debate; libya; romney; terrorist
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To: Political Junkie Too
...when Crowley stopped Romney in mid-thought. ... Twice before, Crowley had stopped Romney in mid-thought saying that "he'd get his chance later." "Later" never came.

I don't think that matters. 0bungles made an unforced error and Romney made him reiterate it so there would be no mistaking 0bungles' intentions adding a forced error on top of the first one. All Candy the Hut accomplished was to put her reputation on the quicksand of 0blahblah's lie. Romney got what he wanted.

61 posted on 10/17/2012 2:16:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Graewoulf

That’s great - my favorite part... Thanks for sharing Graewoulf.

And now the CLAM workers,
And all Axelrod’s men
Will spin Democrat glue
Over Obama’s thin skin.


62 posted on 10/17/2012 2:21:03 PM PDT by GOPJ (Candy picks ALL questions to ask from the hundreds submitted - Citizens are stage props.)
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To: TigersEye; Ohioan

Yes, fair use, anyone use for any purpose. Wish I had some video skills and I’d do it myself!


63 posted on 10/17/2012 2:37:14 PM PDT by zencycler
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To: imardmd1

I don’t think he was befuddled. The “look” Romney gave Obama when he asked Obama the question the second time was exactly the same look any good father would give to a lying teenager when the father knows the teen is lying, and is giving him a chance to ‘fess up. And when Obama replied, “Proceed,” he sounded like a haughty teenager who’s learned what he thinks he is a high-class-sounding putdown and has decided to try to show up Dad. Never in American history has any President looked smaller and more peurile, worse than Jimmy Carter with the killer rabbit, worse than Richard Nixon with “Well I’m not a crook.” Obama’s chickens comin’ home to roost...


64 posted on 10/17/2012 2:55:39 PM PDT by chajin
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To: imardmd1

Mama Cass helped add to the confusion by opening her piehole to spew lies.


65 posted on 10/17/2012 3:48:29 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
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To: ridesthemiles

“Obama: ‘Don’t you dare challenge anything I do or say’!!!”

Yeah; for some reason he can’t face the fact that this isn’t a dictatorship — yet.


66 posted on 10/17/2012 4:12:40 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: TigersEye; what's up; LucyT; maggief; onyx
Romney used a technique taught in counseling to help a person in denial/habitual liar to get in touch with reality.
First you repeat the statement they made (made by the liar), even asking them to repeat themselves.
Second you make nonthreatening statements: “You may be right” “That's an interesting idea!” etc. and you repeat the statement again.
Third you offer to help validate their ill perceived idea (It would expose the fact that it's not accurate)
Many times when you do step three they'll completely loose it...If prone to violence they may be dangerous.

The only thing Candy did was enable him, keep him from dealing with reality; thereby, keeping him from loosing it completely.....Maybe she saw something we didn't and/or is in the habit of defusing abusing situatios.

67 posted on 10/17/2012 4:13:08 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
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To: zencycler
Well,...what you did was an excellent effort...and much appreciated.
68 posted on 10/17/2012 5:08:21 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: imardmd1

Romney did NOT want to go after a :female” I use that term VERY LOOSELY...SHE:S A PIG!!! Anyway....he’ll NOT LET BOb Scheiffer egt by with that CRAP!!! LOOKOUT BOB....YOU WILLBE MADE A FOOL OF, not tht it would take a lot!!!


69 posted on 10/17/2012 5:09:39 PM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

Yeah, I agree. The fact that Candy Crowley butted right in to defend Obama on something Romney and the rest of us knew was wrong really threw Romney off game.

Romney was starting to do a great job of setting Obama up as a liar. Then the fat ref Candy smashed a chair over his head from behind. I would have been confused at that moment as well.


70 posted on 10/17/2012 5:12:46 PM PDT by SteveAustin
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To: griswold3

One positive thing for all of us to keep in mind from last night.

Instead of Obama talking about Bin Laden being dead, Barry is going to be forced to keep talking about the fact our Libyan Ambassador is dead instead.

So while some conservative bed wetters are upset that tactically Romney didn’t have a quick reply last night, strategically this will work for Romney. it will be all Libya for the next week. The issue isn’t going away.


71 posted on 10/17/2012 5:18:08 PM PDT by SteveAustin
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To: hoosiermama

That’s good. That is so true.


72 posted on 10/17/2012 5:30:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
In the meantime, the issue percolates <<

I think so too!....With foreign affairs as the topic....Romney can bring it up again and again and back the lil weasel in the corner until he gets the true response...

73 posted on 10/17/2012 5:41:08 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: chajin; JediJones; Political Junkie Too; GOPJ; Vision; milford421; Graewoulf; woweeitsme; ...
I don’t think he was befuddled.

It's clear that most felt this way also. Thanks, y'all, for your keen observations that improved my understanding of what went on. I was not able to see/hear the debate. I got some idea from other articles, but not as good as you have recorded. I appreciate it.

74 posted on 10/18/2012 12:25:28 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Let the redeemed of The LORD say so, whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy. (Ps. 107:2))
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To: TigersEye

Well done.... thanks for sharing.


75 posted on 10/18/2012 3:54:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (Candy picks ALL questions to ask from the hundreds submitted - Citizens are stage props.)
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To: TigersEye

Bump To Check Out #33, for wider promotion.


76 posted on 10/18/2012 7:55:24 AM PDT by Ohioan
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