Posted on 10/18/2012 7:43:35 PM PDT by Justaham
Original title: 'If four Americans get killed, it's not OPTIMAL': Obama's extraordinary response to Comedy Central question about shifting story after Benghazi attack
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President Barack Obama, during an interview to be shown on Comedy Central, has responded to a question about his administration's confused communication after the Benghazi attack, by saying: 'If four Americans get killed, its not optimal.'
Obama was speaking to Jon Stewart of The Daily Show for a programme to be broadcast tonight.
Stewart, a liberal whose young audience is full of potential voters prized by the Obama campaign, asked the president about his handling of the aftermath of the Benghazi attack.
Ambassador Chris Stevens, diplomat Sean Smith and security men and former U.S. Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods were killed by terrorists on the 11th anniversary of 9/11 - an attack that the White House initially blamed on a spontaneous protest about an anti-Islam movie made in California.
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Nice cheerleader shoes.
Definition of OPTIMAL:
"most desirable or satisfactory"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optimal
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Obama called the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi not (most desirable or satisfactory) during the taping of The Daily Show,
jobless claims sky rocketed today.
Another monument to stupidity and cluelessness.
And yes, Mr. President, you DID built that.
Obama used the word first, in another context. Then Stewart used it in a question and Obama used it in his answer. I wonder if it will get the number of media repetitions as Romney’s reply including the number 47% did. I won’t hold my breath. I have already seen a summary which just left it out.
Pathetic, Pathetic that these guys can sit around have have a few laughs, have they no shame?
Has that picture been Photoshopped? If not what kind of drugs is he on?
And Obastard so completely lacks any empathy he can't even acknowledge the human toll.
He is mentally ill.
Binders, if used by a GOP Presidential Candidate = BAD.
Optimal, if used by a RAT President = Bright, intuitive, thoughtful, sincere, the perfect adjective.
Are they the same people who know how to Braille?
I just don't get it.
Great graphic. Hope you don’t mind if I use it.
I like it.
Starting to think OTrauma is going to be put away in the election.
We need to start thinking about the after-game, in the increasingly-likely probability the election goes our way:
1) Insisting on prosecutions for F&F. No ‘forgiveness’ or ‘amnesty’ or ‘Presidential professional courtesy’. Treason and acts of war can no longer be ignored.
2) Insisting on a true vetting of all future Presidential candidates.
3) Attacking to minimize the influence of the Pravda Press. Increasing the influence of the alternative press. One project I have in mind, a technical one, will assist in this arena.
4) Decreasing the power of Executive Orders.
I may be wayyyyy off the mark here, but Obama may be a gift. He may have just sealed the political doom of the Democrat party for the next 25 years.
He opened the silent majority’s eyes like no one else could and we’re mad as Hell. Now we have to deal with his ignorant following of moochers.
The Democrat party is THE national toilet right now, and it’s out of toilet paper....
I’m never impressed when Presidents go on these entertainment shows. Well...maybe once every few years would be ok but, Obama’s entire day is spent on crap shows like ET, the View, John Stewart, etc etc. Being ‘Hip and Cool’ with the younger crowd is one thing but, President Obama is well past that point and on his way to looking like a complete goof.
The atmosphere on these entertainment shows is so ‘unserious’, laid-back, and immature a gaffe like this is inevitable.
Good G-d Mr. President. 4 men on your watch were murdered and you’re bantying the topic around like a drunk frat boy hanging out with a college friend on beer night.
I beg you Mr. Obama. Get out of the Oval Office and go back to Chicago!!! It’s time for the adults to start working on the economy and protecting the country.
He’s a two-face. (Seinfeld episode)
Most of the time I see him he looks ugly but occasionally he actually looks ok. Not handsome, by any means or by my judgement, but sometimes he looks better than usual. It’s really weird.
That pic is even more devastating than his words. Steve Kroft was right,
this guy is punch-drunk (and a sociopath).
The only reason his Cabinet hasn’t invoked the 25th Amendment and removed him from office for being incapacitated, is that Jackass Joe would be no improvement.
If he had any chance of winning re-election, that chance just evaporated last night. The public murder and shaming of a US Ambassador is not something Americans want their President to be blasé about.
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