This may turn out to be the significant part of the debate, partly thanks to Crowley's, um, gaffe. As they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Sunshine State Sarah "During tonight's presidential debate, Mitt Romney directly challenged Barack Obama on the issue of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya. With some assistance fromteammate moderator Candy Crowley, Obama once again avoided telling the American people the straight truth about the events that led to the deaths of four Americans and heightened concerns about the safety of our diplomats around the globe.
(I loved the intense look on Mitt Romney's eyes as he stared at the president while asking him about the White House response to the attack)
Sunshine State Sarah "During tonight's presidential debate, Mitt Romney directly challenged Barack Obama on the issue of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya. With some assistance from
(I loved the intense look on Mitt Romney's eyes as he stared at the president while asking him about the White House response to the attack)
"After the debate, Crowley was forced to eat crow and admit that Romney's comments on Libya were actually correct:"...
"Now, this list might look strange to mainstream media types. You know, because it contains actual facts. Read on below..."...
Jennifer Rubin; Obama still wrong on Libya; Crowley blows it "In what surely was one of the weirdest incidents in a presidential debate, CNN’s Candy Crowley egregiously sided with President Obama on his false remarks on Libya, was repeatedly and decisively fact-checked post-debate as wrong (somewhere between “mostly wrong” and “pants on fire” in my book) and then backed away from her own incorrect assertion. As was the case in the vice presidential debate, the biggest story may be the after-the-debate tumult over White House misrepresentations on Libya." (emphasis added)
Jennifer Rubin; Obama still wrong on Libya; Crowley blows it "In what surely was one of the weirdest incidents in a presidential debate, CNN’s Candy Crowley egregiously sided with President Obama on his false remarks on Libya, was repeatedly and decisively fact-checked post-debate as wrong (somewhere between “mostly wrong” and “pants on fire” in my book) and then backed away from her own incorrect assertion. As was the case in the vice presidential debate, the biggest story may be the after-the-debate tumult over White House misrepresentations on Libya." (emphasis added)
Fox News; CNN’s Crowley first plays umpire, then joins Team Obama "CNN’s Candy Crowley made her presence felt as a moderator in a major way on two points, but none larger than the issue of Libya.
WaPo; Crowley skews hard for Obama in disastrous presidential debate
Neal Boortz asks Crowley: WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? "I mean, really? You’re supposed to be moderating a debate, and suddenly you feel compelled to weigh in on the side of one of the combatants? And to top it all off, you get it WRONG?"
...."Obama did NOT say the attack on the consulate was a terrorist act. What he did say was that “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation.” Well, hopefully that’s right! But that was a statement of policy, not a description of what happened the night before in Benghazi. Obama clearly stopped short of calling THIS particular attack an act of terror. Sorry .. but that’s the way the English language works."
American Thinker; Crowley: Obama's Teleprompter Substitute "She grabbed the ball from Obama's hands and slam dunked it! And the audience applauded. Why in the world did they applaud? I thought they were undecided ergo objective. Why didn't they emit a collective gasp in horror at Crowley's totally unacceptable intervention in the debate? Had they too memorized the speech? And forgotten everything said by the president and his men and women since then?"
More detail on the Libya statement here Mr. Obama did indeed say, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for."
But here the article quotes extensively Obama's words that came subsequently showing he did call the act a response to that video.
Lucianne has many links for you to follow:
The Hill; Moderator Crowley helps Obama rebut Romney on Libya
UK Mail; Desperate and dirty! Obama goes for jugular in ugly clashes with Romney during fiery debate - but will it turn round his ailing campaign?
American Spectator; With a little help from the moderator, the president returns to his "energetic" pandering and deceptions.
"The terrorist attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and four others in Benghazi has become a sore point for Obama, but Crowley made sure she called Romney out before Obama could tag him."
WaPo; Crowley skews hard for Obama in disastrous presidential debate
Neal Boortz asks Crowley: WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? "I mean, really? You’re supposed to be moderating a debate, and suddenly you feel compelled to weigh in on the side of one of the combatants? And to top it all off, you get it WRONG?"
...."Obama did NOT say the attack on the consulate was a terrorist act. What he did say was that “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation.” Well, hopefully that’s right! But that was a statement of policy, not a description of what happened the night before in Benghazi. Obama clearly stopped short of calling THIS particular attack an act of terror. Sorry .. but that’s the way the English language works."
American Thinker; Crowley: Obama's Teleprompter Substitute "She grabbed the ball from Obama's hands and slam dunked it! And the audience applauded. Why in the world did they applaud? I thought they were undecided ergo objective. Why didn't they emit a collective gasp in horror at Crowley's totally unacceptable intervention in the debate? Had they too memorized the speech? And forgotten everything said by the president and his men and women since then?"
More detail on the Libya statement here Mr. Obama did indeed say, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for."
But here the article quotes extensively Obama's words that came subsequently showing he did call the act a response to that video.
Lucianne has many links for you to follow:
The Hill; Moderator Crowley helps Obama rebut Romney on Libya
UK Mail; Desperate and dirty! Obama goes for jugular in ugly clashes with Romney during fiery debate - but will it turn round his ailing campaign?
American Spectator; With a little help from the moderator, the president returns to his "energetic" pandering and deceptions.
"Can you say that a little louder, Candy?" Obama craved more credit from the moderator, Candy Crowley, for her correction to Mitt Romney that the president had in fact used the word "terror" a day after the killing of his ambassador in Libya. "He did, in fact, sir," Crowley said to Romney."
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