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Candy Crowley Not in ‘Cahoots’ With Obama; He and Axelrod Used Her
NewsBusters.org ^ | October 20, 2012 | Brent Baker

Posted on 10/20/2012 1:07:11 PM PDT by Kaslin

The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto on Thursday offered a plausible explanation for why President Barack Obama, during Tuesday night’s debate, felt confident he could count on moderator Candy Crowley of CNN to back him up on how he had uttered the phrase “acts of terror” the day after the Benghazi attack.

On her CNN State of the Union show back on September 30, Crowley interviewed David Axelrod and during that segment she was as incredulous as Mitt Romney was at the debate that Obama had initially referred to “acts of terror” in any relationship to Benghazi.

In “Was Candy in Cahoots? Almost certainly not. Occam’s razor suggests Obama took advantage of her,” Taranto postulated in his October 18 “Best of the Web Today” column:

Here’s what almost certainly happened: After the interview, Axelrod, or someone else from the campaign, called Crowley’s attention to the White House transcript. She read the relevant portion and conceded that Axelrod was right: Obama had called the attack an act of terror. As we wrote yesterday, such an interpretation was reasonable, although it was a matter of opinion because the President’s statement was ambiguous. Obama was briefed on all this during his debate preparation.

If this surmise is correct, then Crowley knew about the “acts of terror” Easter egg hidden in Obama’s Sept. 12 speech, and Obama knew she knew. Romney did not know and was as incredulous as Crowley had been, because the administration had spent weeks peddling the claim that the video dunnit. Obama brought the matter up expecting incredulity from Romney and backup from Crowley. She therefore unwittingly played her role in Obama’s little ambush of his opponent. She was just clarifying the facts – or so Axelrod & Co. had led her to believe.

As noted in the MRC Media Reality Check by Rich Noyes, “Candy Crowley Aids Obama With 2-to-1 Liberal Agenda & Validation of Libya Falsehood,” Crowley on her CNN Sunday program State of the Union on September 30, “hit Obama advisor David Axelrod on exactly this point: ‘Why did it take them [the White House] until Friday [September 28], after a September 11 attack in Libya, to come to the conclusion that it was premeditated and that there was terrorists involved?’”

Axelrod retorted: “Well, first of all, Candy, as you know, the President called it an act of terror the day after it happened.”

“Crowley wasn’t buying what Axelrod was selling,” Taranto recounted in citing the Septenber exchange highlighted by Breitbart.com’s Tony Lee: “‘First, they said it was not planned, it was part of this tape. All that stuff....didn’t the administration shoot first? Didn’t they come out and say, listen, as far as we can tell, this wasn’t preplanned, this was just a part of’ – at which point Axelrod interrupted her.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012presdebates; candycrowley; cnn; collusion; jamestaranto; lies; transcriptgate
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To: FlingWingFlyer

John Candy in drag (apologies to Mr. Candy)


41 posted on 10/20/2012 2:27:01 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Kaslin
The Real Reason for the Ambassador's Murder and the Obama/DNC Coverup

al Qaeda, Boko Harem, pirates from Somalia, AQIM, al Shabaab, AQAP,
and Ansar al Sharia were (conveniently) provided
15,000 MANPADS by Obama and the DNC
For plausible deniability, Operation 'Wind Zero',
using Sean Smith and the two retired SEALS,
executed by the company and State Department
tracked this "loss"
(planned transfer to al Qaeda
from Obama's American Caliphate) and
produced a 'kill list’ for drone strikes.

This was apparently not approved by Al Qaeda in Libya's ringleader,
Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu,
who was employed by Hillary Clinton and
Obama-the-Undocumented, and
was released from Gitmo to Qaddafi in 2007.
The SECOND 911 Atrocity was Hussein Obama's October Surprise
which got a little out of hand.


42 posted on 10/20/2012 2:42:35 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Vi veri veniversum vivus vici)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yeah, they were married, making her Candy Candy.

On October 31 she becomes Halloween Candy......


43 posted on 10/20/2012 2:46:14 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (What Clint Said !!!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Doesn’t Barry refer to himself as being “I, Candy”?


44 posted on 10/20/2012 2:50:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Get the transcript Candy! - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Kaslin

So know she isn’t complicit, she is just stupid.


45 posted on 10/20/2012 2:52:35 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Kaslin

I hope she took the morning after pill.


46 posted on 10/20/2012 2:57:31 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Yes, he does.

To me he’s Oy Q’andy.


47 posted on 10/20/2012 3:02:35 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (What Clint Said !!!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty; Kaslin
"Not in cahoots? So why did she cut off the Fast and Furious discussion right on queue? [sic]"

There was obvious collusion.

I went back and edited the transcript to align with the exact video timing of Øbama's interruption ("dog whistle") and Crowley's intervention. Here is the termination of Romney's "Fast and Furious" remarks:


ROMNEY: I’d like to understand who it was that did this, what the idea was behind it, why it led to the violence, thousands of guns going to Mexi- OBAMA: Candy? can drug lords... CROWLEY: Governor, Governor, if I could, the question was about these assault weapons that once were once banned and are no longer banned.


Romney (following the rules) stops speaking and turns away in disgust, and Øbozo (inappropriately) grins like a possum -- because his obedient, overfed, trained attack spaniel has leaped to his rescue -- at his command.


It is blatantly obvious that (right before Romney could mention the DOJ and Holder's citation for Contempt of Congress) Øbama interrupted -- mid-sentence -- with a pre-arranged "dog whistle" to activate Crowley -- and she immediately interrupted with blather about what Romney was already discussing.

And the simultaneous video frame shows Øbama's pleased (and totally inappropriate) response...


48 posted on 10/20/2012 3:45:43 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: FredZarguna
"Candy cut Romney off on Fast and Furious, and that answer was pertinent to the question."

BINGO! (See # 48...)

49 posted on 10/20/2012 3:56:44 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: TXnMA
Fast and Furious is a completely appropriate topic for the upcoming foreign policy debate. The Mexican government is not happy with the lack of cooperation from the Obama administration (specifically Holder) regarding F&F and the death of their high school students with guns supplied by our Justice Dept.
50 posted on 10/20/2012 4:02:08 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (Muppet season now open - no bag limit)
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To: Tex-Con-Man
Absolutely! Øbozo's foreign policy is highlighted by two illegal acts of war:

1) Without Congressional approval, Øbozo committed an act of war to topple Khadaffi -- and that led to Al Qaeda resurgence, which led to Benghazi.

2) Sending weapons to enemies of Mexico was also an act of war -- called "Fast & Furious" -- an act of war aimed at destroying the 2nd Amendment.

For both (or either) of those treasonous acts, Øbozo should go to prison!

51 posted on 10/20/2012 4:33:35 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Kaslin

Does not answer both questions:

1. Why did Crawly have a transcript of the speech in question with her at the debate? (she was a moderator not a fact checker)

2. How did Obama know Crawly had a transcript of the speech in question with her at the debate?


52 posted on 10/20/2012 5:17:42 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama didn't fix it.)
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To: Mike Darancette
1. Why did Crawly have a transcript of the speech in question with her at the debate? (she was a moderator not a fact checker)

Because Axelrod explained what was in it and gave it to her (on air, 9/30). And told her to hang onto it, because it would come up in the debate. 2. How did Obama know Crawly had a transcript of the speech in question with her at the debate?

Because Axelrod told him what he'd done.

It was an out-and-out set-up. Crowley was used, all the way. And she didn't have the presence of mind to actually read the transcript, but took Axelrod's word as to what was in it.

Dumb broad.

53 posted on 10/20/2012 5:38:39 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: Mike Darancette

How do you know she had a copy of the transcript with her?


54 posted on 10/20/2012 5:48:15 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (Muppet season now open - no bag limit)
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To: Kaslin

She looked like a grade school Kid raising her hand”I have the answer””I have the answer”.She should be ashamed for embarassing all women in her profession.


55 posted on 10/20/2012 5:56:49 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Tex-Con-Man

That was my question also.


56 posted on 10/20/2012 6:03:28 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima
She should be ashamed for embarassing all women in her profession.

Like Rush said....if this shenanigans of debate "moderating" would have happened ten years ago, she would've been fired. The mainstream news media have sold their souls.

57 posted on 10/20/2012 6:04:11 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: Jane Long

The women in Broadcasting will look down on her from now on.She took a debate and made it about her.Look at me.


58 posted on 10/20/2012 6:09:12 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Tex-Con-Man
How do you know she had a copy of the transcript with her?

She had it in her hand when she told Romney that, 'Obama was right'. Watch the video.

59 posted on 10/20/2012 11:00:57 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama didn't fix it.)
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To: Mike Darancette

I watched it when it happened. Those were the same notes she used all night.


60 posted on 10/20/2012 11:59:50 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (Muppet season now open - no bag limit)
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