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Pat Buchanan on Obama deputy campaign manager accusing Romney-Ryan of politicizing the attack on the US consulate in Libya
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You have a president.
Who ran for president four years ago promising hope and change.
Was now turn his campaign and to attack.
Blame and the -- You see.
If you don't have a good record to run on.
The new paint your opponent as someone to run from.
That was what President Obama -- in 2008.
What he's doing right now.
Well -- the Obama administration's response Olivia attack couldn't get.
Any worse.
You would be wrong.
A short time ago the Obama campaign just make things who really bad how what deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter blaming governor Romney for -- the tragedy.
Into politics.
You know in terms of the planet basin -- says you know we we are here -- -- debate and I hope we get to talk about the debates.
But the entire reason.
That's this is become the dean you know political topic it is -- because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan it's a big part of their stump speech.
And as reckless and irresponsible whether any -- -- The Romney campaign says the Obama campaign is wrong in a statement tonight to the campaign said.
The reason it is an issue is because for the first time since 1979.
An American ambassador was assassinated and -- Obama's foreign policy strategy of leading from behind is failing.
Person is rising to President Reagan Pat Buchanan joins us -- if that's not what Stephanie Cutter sent.
I think it's complete nonsense and I think she knows how to look this was -- worst terrorist attack we've had since 9/11.
Gangs of dozens of men with AK forty sevens and rocket propelled grenades and mortars.
I attacked and murdered and faster than attacked a safe house.
And some of our guys got away and they reported it.
The very next morning -- that night it may have been real time that this was a terrorist attack an ambassador is dead.
And then to have five days later -- UN ambassador come out and say 15 television stations this was sort of a spontaneous attack.
It came out of they they sort of a protest over some video made in California.
Now there she was misinformed.
-- deliberately misinformed us named Greta.
I -- -- director communications you don't get 015 television shows unless the administration has orchestrated that.
And they put you out there with the message.
-- -- tonight the vice president he should we did week we spoke up about the best intelligence we have at that time.
But in the intelligence community people the next yeah it came back and said it was a terrorist attack.
Think that the vice president's gonna make the news out of this because it's going to be followed up it's going to be followed up -- congressmen and journalists and not simply by Romney and Ryan.
I think it's.
Interest -- that the Obama campaign has been using the L word against -- that he's a liar.
And they and they have been -- in their heels on getting the facts out as one of the other things that she said tonight and and I don't think -- I I think that she's a Smart woman so I don't think this was accidental.
But she included that she said congressman Ryan and the Republican allies in congress have turned a national tragedy into -- political circus.
-- the circus was created because of all the misinformation coming out a White House.
Then she goes on the president has been focused on getting the facts which is exactly not what's been happening because the presence -- one has been resisting the facts even a week later going on Letterman and still pushing that YouTube video -- when everybody and his brother note that this would not YouTube video of the State Department self said that there was no protests going on outside and got Ben Ghazi.
Consulate and in fact they said there was normal it was com.
And so the people who are focused on getting the facts she says the president has been.
And when you look.
There was no protests.
There was no video ever involved in the beginning any protest.
Why didn't I mean why -- why did you wouldn't know who would kill the UN ambassador to go out and -- five days later.
It was a protest over a video that caused this whole spontaneous thing.
When that didn't happen one -- get to misinformation what falsehoods and who told her to go out and say these things.
And what and why why would she made.
Why would she do it.
I think Bob -- there's only one of mission -- -- First she volunteered to do it my guess is -- was asked to do and said okay I'll do it this is what I'll garden -- -- told her just say this when there is no intelligence.
True intelligence that that's what had.
-- -- -- committed Dennis says it didn't happen the State Department says -- didn't happen and yet the White House push is this out this this ridiculous you to start.
What was their motive.
Well we have asked me Joseph Biden -- and can -- that we were all of our people -- went out should these things.
Based on intelligence.
We were receding at the time -- -- -- the intelligence community under the notation at the top intelligence guys and MSC.
Clapper shop state and all the rest of them.
This is what they -- -- it wasn't our fault he could.
But pack a day than yesterday this testimony in the hearing one of the members of State Department.
And she said the night didn't happen it's that first turn that everything was calm at 8:30 PM outside the consulate the investor walked outside center divider Turkish -- diplomat.
Went back and everything was -- an explosion at 940 at the -- night and they had phone calls to the State Department in real time they're making phone calls a state to -- was well aware of what was going on than.
Had there been any protest distinct car would have heard about it earlier in the day and it's completely silent and it's so this is not mean they knew what.
Look there's one of -- explanations.
One is utter incompetence and getting the intelligence to the people or the second thing if you -- -- -- I don't I don't think he can't -- probably an investment there's -- there's nothing isn't there was never anything to.
Certain when I look at it if they did have the intelligent and they put out a false story they were deceiving and ally of the American people and misleading the American people.
The only reason I can understand that they would do that and this is why you would send somebody else in this is -- -- my -- -- you should under and -- because we've got our actual record on -- the best and we got going -- we got bin Laden.
This can't be a terrorist attack we don't want to have a successful terrorist attack on our watch with gangs of people shoot -- up we didn't provide the security.
This is what it came out of this is what we think it was.
Get past it get past November.
Let me at low fuel -- your theory is say yesterday there's testimony.
-- by one of the members is that the al-Qaeda is is alive and well in Libya and that it's growing.
And that is certainly something that does not fit into the narrative.
What has been said works great president said that -- -- -- Qaeda is alive and Mali tomorrow I didn't Libya it's wrong from Yemen Chabraja laden and Iraq it's alive and Syria.
The -- always places this is where Ryan was correct tonight.
You see an unraveling of the of the foreign policy the president United States.
Because the cancer that we did contained in Afghanistan.
Has metastasized.
-- it is all over them near east.
The Middle East and North Africa twelve inches -- when I -- farm policy debate what the president has to say about this -- thank you thank you.
Yeah.
