[AmericanInTokyo]

B*stards wanted him re-elected in the WORST way and did NOT want their pre-established "narrative" ("HEY EVERYBODY. ALL CLEAR. WE GOT BIN LADIN!") to be pissed on in any way, shape or matter.

And the RNC and Romney were not man enough to stand up to it.

[Mercat]

Romney did stand up to it and got hammered by the media.

[ScottinVA]

And the RNC and Romney were not man enough to stand up to it.

Well, in fairness here... the machinations pertaining to those talking points weren't fully known by the Repubs at that point, and Romney did attack the subject in the second debate... problem is, the "moderator" (yeah, right), Candy Crowley took Obama's side.

[crosslink]

The biggest story that supported the State Dept’s position was by David Ignatius as he said the CIA supplied the information in the talking points. I suggest we all write Mr Ignatius and ask him how it feels to have been used by this admin.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-10-19/opinions/35501083_1_cairo-benghazi-attack-safe-room

Talking points” prepared by the CIA on Sept. 15, the same day that Rice taped three television appearances, support her description of the Sept. 11 attack on

Davidignatius@wastpost.com