by Dr. Alan Bates, MD
Candy Crowley, Communist News Network’s chief political correspondent and a
known supporter of Marxist Obama and his rogue regime, went from role of debate
moderator to ‘accessory to coverup’ when Governor Romney confronted Obama about
his administration’s campaign-driven coverup of the facts surrounding the murder
of four Americans at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Ms. Crowley
misrepresented the transcript of Obama’s comments made in the White House Rose
Garden the day of the attack, during which he implicated a virtually unknown
video about the Islam prophet Mohammed as the cause of the attack (which he
called a protest) rather than Al-Qaeda terrorism. This ‘video myth’ was
perpetuated by the Obama Administration for at least two weeks despite their
having been informed by intelligence officials in Libya within 24 hrs that
the attack was pre-planned and carried out by Al-Qaeda. Complicit liars in the
Administration included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Ambassador Susan
Rice, Obama’s press secretary Jay Carney, and even ‘Bully’ Joe Biden who
believed that blaming a video would provide cover for Obama’s main campaign
theme that killing Bin Laden was America’s victory over Al-Qaeda and that
Al-Qaeda was not responsible for the Benghazi tragedy. But the truth caught up
with the Administration as intelligence officials not only debunked the myth
but even revealed that the Obama Administration had turned down numerous
requests for enhanced security from Ambassador Stevens and others as late as the
day of the attack—even reduced protection in order to make a positive impression
on the Libyans---on the heels of other Al-Qaeda attacks on the Red Cross and
British embassy. Obama showed more concern about getting on with his campaign
fund-raising trip to Vegas than the deaths of four Americans and the truth
behind the attack, behavior not seen in any president during my lifetime!
This entire incident is yet another example of intentionally misleading
Americans for the purpose of protecting Obama’s Islamic friends (The Muslim
Brotherhood) AND getting himself reelected, just as occurred with the Fort Hood
terrorist massacre of 13 American servicepeople (called a ‘workplace incident’
by the Administration) and the shooting down of an American Chinook helicopter
by Afghan insurgents in August of 2011. Obama and Clinton offer our servicemen
and women as sacrificial lambs to the Jihadists! This administration does not
know what ‘peace through strength’ means.
This was not the only lie told
by Obama during the second debate. Demonstrating his narcissistic personality
disorder by constantly challenging Ms. Crowley for the last word anytime
Governor Romney cited FACTS which hurt Obama’s credibility, Obama lied about his
own motives and accomplishments (or lack thereof) while misrepresenting or
distorting Romney’s record of achievements and plans for moving America forward.
Perhaps Obama’s only accomplishment during the debate was that he smirked and
laughed with contempt fewer times than ‘Bully’ Biden did during his ‘debate’
with Paul Ryan. Here are a short list of other lies and distortions by Obama
noted during the second presidential debate:
1. Energy security and
prices: Obama denied the fact that oil drilling permits on public lands had
decreased some 62 percent during his first three years in office when compared
to the Bush Administration (fewest granted by any recent Administration), due to
the regulatory roadblocks put in place by his Dept of Energy. He tried to
blame any denied permits on “lose it or use it” by oil companies. Facts show
that Obama blocked approval of oil drilling permits for the Gulf of Mexico and
Alaska and most recently blocked development of the Canadian XL pipeline in
order to please his tree-hugger environmentalist supporters, thereby costing the
nation thousands of new jobs and a long overdue move towards American energy
security (this so aptly illustrates Obama’s narcissism over what is best for
America). Obama emphasized ‘green energy’ but failed to mention the
multimillions of ‘middle class’ taxpayer dollars wasted on failed green
companies such as Solyndra. He naively blamed current high gas prices on the
low prices which accompanied the recession when he took office. Obama lied when
he said he supports coal plants; Romney pointed out that Obama’s EPA has caused
many coal plants to shut down, costing jobs and leaving many in the coal-mining
business praying for a Romney victory.
2. National debt: as expected, Obama blamed Bush and the Republican
Congress for the nation’s economic woes when it is clear the Democrats
engineered the policies which culminated in the housing crisis---inflicting the
greatest damage on the middle class in national history. Romney pointed out
that Obama had two years with a Democrat majority in both Houses of Congress and
kept not one of his campaign promises, whether dealing with immigration or
entitlement reform or cutting the national debt even though Obama appointed and
then ignored all recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson Commission, instead
continuing to spend our nation into massive debt with no solution (during the
debate) except to ‘make the rich pay their fair share of taxes’ (they already
pay MORE than their fair share and even confiscating their wealth would run
Fedzilla for only 9 days!). Obama STILL does not understand basic economics
which even his Democrat predecessor John F. Kennedy and Republican Ronald Reagan
understood---that lowering taxes across the board and on corporations generates
jobs and creates a broader tax base and MORE tax revenue than increasing taxes
on anyone including ‘the rich’ (as Reagan would say: “there he goes
again”).
3. Immigration: Obama had promised immigration policy reform
during his term but instead broke numerous existing laws with executive orders
permitting illegals to stay in America, while suing states for trying to protect
their citizens by enforcing existing laws. Romney emphasized enforcement of
current laws which encourage legal immigration, protection of our borders, and
working to find bipartisan solutions for related issues.
4. Second
Amendment rights: Obama lied by stating he supports the Second Amendment. He
and his DOIJ have a clear longterm record of opposing the Second Amendment and
always trying to find ways to nullify that freedom, the most blatant being the
Fast and Furious scandal, the purpose of which Romney properly pointed out was
the subject of a coverup by the Administration for ‘unknown’ reasons (tongue in
cheek). An undereducated questioner asked Obama if he would reinstate the
‘assault weapons’ ban, as if to blame select guns for crimes and not the people
who commit illegal acts with firearms. Obama said he wanted to reinstitute that
ban despite the facts that assault weapons are (a) not automatic as many
believe, (b) the guns labeled as such are less powerful than many other rifles
used for hunting, and (c) AK and AR rifles are false symbols for the Left to
take away all guns from American citizens when these type guns are almost never
used in gun crimes. Obama’s record on the Second Amendment is the subject of my
September 30 commentary entitled ‘Disarming America’.
5. Womens
issues: Obama lied about his record towards women who have suffered during his
administration with higher joblessness and more poverty. The Left insults the
intelligence of women by trying to claim that taxpayer-funded contraception and
abortion are their primary concerns, when women have far greater
concerns---jobs, the Left’s corruption of their children in our public
schools, as well as infringement on religious freedom. Romney was able to
convincingly counter Obama’s false claim that he does not care about
women.
Romney had several opportunities to expose more of Obama’s
lies but instead concentrated his efforts on drawing a stark contrast between
his public and private record of business expertise, charity and ability to work
in a bipartisan manner AND Obama’s lack thereof. Noticeably, Romney failed to
touch on why Obama, Holder and the Democrats are opposed to fair elections
through Voter ID and purging voter roles of felons, the dead and illegals.
In conclusion, you have a choice between Barry Soetoro---alias Barack
Hussein Obama---an amateur, dishonest, egocentric Marxist with deep racist
views, who disrespects American exceptionalism, our Constitutional freedoms
with limited government, our rule of law and our military (through imposing
political correctness, disarming them at certain times and the White House
giving away intelligence to our enemies), elected on an empty platform promise
for undefined ‘hope and change’ by naive uneducated voters, the Left, and those
who felt the need to elect the first black president (shallow ‘skin-deep’
thinking), AND former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, an experienced,
honest, charitable, business-savvy, pro-Constitutional, non-racist candidate
with a known constructive bipartisan track record, who respects American
exceptionalism and the military strength to defend our freedoms. Romney is the
only rational choice Americans have for economic recovery, cost-effective
energy independence, fair trade, lifting the oppressive lead boot from the necks
of small businesses which provide the bulk of employment, and repealing/changing
the destructive and bankrupting Obamacare. America is at the proverbial fork in
the road---and the choice is preservation of the American dream for our children
or the Left’s transformation of the once strongest and most prosperous country
on Earth to the throes of Marxism or worse. Let us pray!
Copyright 10/21/2012 by
Gulf1
