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The 10 P.M. Phone Call
National Review ^ | May 18, 2013 | Andrew McCarthy

Posted on 05/18/2013 5:30:51 AM PDT by gusopol3

Even in the conservative press, it has become received wisdom that President Obama was AWOL on the night of September 11, after first being informed by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in the late afternoon, that the State Department facility in Benghazi was under attack. You hear it again and again: While Americans were under attack, the commander-in-chief checked out, leaving subordinates to deal with the crisis while he got his beauty sleep in preparation for a fundraising campaign trip to Vegas.

That is not true . . . and the truth, as we’ve come to expect with Obama, is almost surely worse. There is good reason to believe that while Americans were still fighting for their lives in Benghazi, while no military efforts were being made to rescue them, and while those desperately trying to rescue them were being told to stand down, the president was busy shaping the “blame the video” narrative to which his administration clung in the aftermath.

We have heard almost nothing about what Obama was doing that night. Back in February, though, CNS News did manage to pry one grudging disclosure out of White House mendacity mogul Jay Carney: “At about 10 p.m., the president called Secretary Clinton to get an update on the situation.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andymccarthy; benghazi; benghazitimeline; christopherstevens; clinton; hillarybenghazi; hillaryclinton; libya; obama; obamabenghazi
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To: DIRTYSECRET
We need a rich billionaire to offer a million each to any survivor who comes foreword.

That would be spun as suborning perjury. I would rather they be subpoenaed and, if they don't show, the House can issues warrants and send the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest them and compel their appearance.

Parenthetically, this is insane that we've arrived at the point in this country where these discussions are needed.

41 posted on 05/18/2013 8:00:59 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything. Bolshies' gonna bolsh.)
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To: Progov
That's been suggested on more than one occasion.

See the tale of Lt. John Ezra Dahlquist.

43 posted on 05/18/2013 8:15:32 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: gusopol3
While Americans were under attack, the commander-in-chief checked out, leaving subordinates to deal with the crisis while he got his beauty sleep in preparation for a fundraising campaign trip to Vegas.

That is the same thing that X-President Clinton did to Janet Reno. Plausible deniability.

44 posted on 05/18/2013 8:25:26 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (Cyprus - the beginning)
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To: DrDude

Little barry bastard boy’s spokesperson, Midway Carney announced during a presser at the WH that Obama and Hillahag spoke on a ten PM call.


45 posted on 05/18/2013 8:30:43 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: InterceptPoint

well someone at the WH level set Newsy to air a lie for them which came on TV before the smoke stopped rising at the compound!


46 posted on 05/18/2013 8:33:22 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle
I think we should ignore tracking polls at this time. Obama isn't going anywhere. What we should focus on is this type of government good for the U.S.? We should use this time to educate the uninformed that when government gets too big is can only fail. We can use examples like David Axelrod stating that Government too big for Obama.
47 posted on 05/18/2013 8:52:57 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: Progov
This is what I thought from the beginning. Why else would they give the stand down orders not once but twice? The White House would never think that anyone would put their lives on the line for someone else, if they were not ordered to do so, Glen A. Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods spoiled their game.

Why was Stevens in Benghazi with no real protection? He was in on the game too, but these two brave men spoiled Obama’s plan.

Think about it weeks of “Save Stevens” banner headlines then just before the election “Our Hero” brings him home with is great skills.

http://www.thebrennerbrief.com/2013/05/06/was-benghazi-a-set-up-to-release-the-blind-sheik/

48 posted on 05/18/2013 9:11:34 AM PDT by aknkate (long time lurker)
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To: aknkate

Personally, I beliee this theory is closer to the truth than anything found out thus far. If I were on that investigative committee, I would be pushing this constantly. Someone got close to the truth when “Hitlary” lost it and shouted<What difference does it make?” That alone to me is enough to push even harder to get her to completely break and to roll over on Odumbo. They were in on the plan from the get-go and it backfired.


49 posted on 05/18/2013 9:26:46 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for HONEST government)
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To: MestaMachine

Great work you’re doing. Exhaustive research. Please put me on the list. This was a black op from the start. How can the country be run if there is so much subterfuge occurring


50 posted on 05/18/2013 9:45:50 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Marathoner 244
Lazy, disengaged and incompetent, that’s our Annointed One. And Americans died because of it.

I do NOT get it. This has nothing to do with laziness or incompetence. It has to do with a president and administration ACTIVELY PROMOTING JIHAD! It's TREASON! This is not accidental, it's ON PURPOSE! Why don't you get it?? MYGOD!

51 posted on 05/18/2013 9:52:27 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: MestaMachine

Thank you my dear! I hope you are improving. May God protect you.


52 posted on 05/18/2013 9:53:06 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: gusopol3

BTTT!


53 posted on 05/18/2013 10:08:45 AM PDT by neverdem (Register pressure cookers! /s)
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To: Walmartian

I think this commercial was aired not to apologize to the muslims but to introduce the YouTube video to the muslim world in hopes of further violence to further justify the crappy video as the culprit. After all, no one had even heard of the video until then.


It was clear at the time that the above was the purpose of the ad paid for by US taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of thousands of $. After all, when Benghazi happened there were only something like 300 view of the stupid thing. 0moslem and Hitlery wanted more mozlems to see it and hopefully get riled up.


54 posted on 05/18/2013 11:08:02 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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And also to justify “The future does not belong to those who cricize (or did he say “blaspheme”) Islam.”

They want Sharia hatespeech laws.


55 posted on 05/18/2013 11:09:10 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: little jeremiah
I do NOT get it. This has nothing to do with laziness or incompetence. It has to do with a president and administration ACTIVELY PROMOTING JIHAD! It's TREASON! This is not accidental, it's ON PURPOSE! Why don't you get it??

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I'm with you on this. Obama is NOT incompetent at accomplishing HIS purposes... which is destroying this country via communism and jihad. Jimmy Carter was incompetent. I believe he truly wanted to be a good president, he just wasn't that bright and was infected with liberal do-goody ideas.

Obama, on the other hand, is cunningly evil, and works in tandem with multiple other people to accomplish his goals, without ever getting too near the dirty work. That he has been able to hit our country in so many different directions without (so far) getting implicated personally, says that he is NOT incompetent, is is quite skilled at destruction, which is exactly what he and his handlers want to happen.

It's not as if all these things are happening because he's trying to do the right thing and just bumbling along and making mistakes.

56 posted on 05/18/2013 2:19:12 PM PDT by boxlunch
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To: Progov

The faux kidnapping/exchange story came out soon after the Benghazi killings. It is the only scenario that makes ANY sense. Explains why the rescue teams were told to stand down. Obama thought he had it all arranged with Al Queda. Someone will step up and tell on Obama before this is over.

I wonder if Hillary was aware of the arrangement before the killings.


57 posted on 05/18/2013 2:54:02 PM PDT by abclily
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To: gusopol3

Ring!

“Hillary, what’s up?”

“Shut up you turd! Some a**hole ex-seals f***ed up the whole operation and tried to rescue our people!”

“That’s terrible! Is there any good news?”

“Yeah, the seals are dead and won’t be talking.”

“Whew! Thanks!”

“Just STFU and get ready for Vegas. I’ll have the cover story when you get back.”

“Yes Ma’am...”

Click.


58 posted on 05/18/2013 3:06:10 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Marathoner 244

As noted in the comments: when that 03:00 AM phone call came, neither one of them knew what to do.

Also, wasn’t there a 10:30 PM event when the public lying began?


59 posted on 05/19/2013 3:06:24 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: gusopol3

Much worse than Zero’s act of homicide and subsequent coverup were the reasons behind AQ’s attack on the Benghazi facility in the first place.


60 posted on 05/19/2013 5:21:39 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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