withdraw her name as a potential candidate for secretary of state, because she had, according to the right wing, gone out and lied to the american people. never mind that she was reciting talking points that had been created by the cia without her input, as far as we can tell. well, when the right started beating its drum over benghazi and saying is it was a cover-up, the bedrock contention was this. the obama administration claimed the attack was in response to the anti-muslim video, but really, it was an attack by al qaeda. critics said the administration didn t want us to know that america was still under threat from al qaeda terrorists, because the president is soft on terrorism. and nothing would stop critics from saying that the president misled the american people, even this moment. you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you re saying reque insaying? please proceed, governor.
grew so large and self-perpetuating that unless you devoted yourself full-time to it, you could easily lose track of what the latest iteration of the scandal was. but keep in mind, the beginning of the whole thing went like this. the u.s. mission was attacked. the u.s. government initially said it was essentially a spontaneous protest inspired by an american-made anti-muslim video. that was basically the story u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, told when she appeared on five sunday news shows. and rice, ultimately had to withdraw her name as a potential candidate for secretary of state, because she had, according to the right wing, gone out and lied to the american people. never mind that she was reciting talking points that had been created by the cia without her input, as far as we can tell. well, when the right started beating its drum over benghazi and saying is it was a cover-up, the bedrock contention was this. the obama administration claimed the attack was in response to
appeared on five sunday news shows. and rice, ultimately had to withdraw her name as a potential candidate for secretary of state, because she had, according to the right wing, gone out and lied to the american people. never mind that she was reciting talking points that had been created by the cia without her input, as far as we can tell. well, when the right started beating its drum over benghazi and saying is it was a cover-up, the bedrock contention was this. the obama administration claimed the attack was in response to the anti-muslim video, but really, it was an attack by al qaeda. critics said the administration didn t want us to know that america was still under threat from al qaeda terrorists, because the president is soft on terrorism. and nothing would stop critics from saying that the president misled the american people, even this moment. you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what