Sunday, October 28, 2012

HAMMER TIME: Florida Gone for Obama

Moe Lane says, "Thanks for playing, Barry."

The writing was on the wall when Suffolk stopped polling there, but Mason-Dixon confirmed it today: it’s over in Florida and Romney will win.

An exclusive Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 poll of likely voters along the Interstate 4 corridor finds Romney leading Obama 51 percent to 45 percent, with 4 percent undecided.


“Romney has pretty much nailed down Florida,” said Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, which conducted the poll for the Times and its media partners. “Unless something dramatically changes — an October surprise, a major gaffe — Romney’s going to win Florida.”


Which both campaigns know very well. What I’m hearing privately – and it may also be public information right now – is that Obama for America has left the shell of its Florida operation up for appearances, but moved out its funding and national support out to other, more hopeful places

Twitchy is reporting that immense crowds formed a line a mile long to see Mitt Romney in Pensacola.

Some clever and intrepid group even created a U.S. flag using their T-shirts and careful pre-positioning (insert):


According to various Twitter reports, the crowd kept chanting, "Ten more days, ten more days!"

Methinks that Florida just told Mr. Obama, "See ya... wouldn't want to be ya!"

Which battleground state will be next to send the president a pink-slip?


Update: Ohio Newspaper Poll Has Race Tied at 49; Romney Erases 5-Point Obama Lead. Nate Silver hardest hit.

Larwyn's Linx: Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene

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Nation

Benghazi bungle requires act of urgent political hygiene: Steyn
Benghazi-Gate: Was General Ham fired after ordering rescue?: ProWis
Barack Obama: Soft on Rapists: RS

They Found Him Slumped Over His Machine Gun…: Babalu
Obama's Job Approval Drops 7 Points in 3 Days: CNS
How Team Romney Sees the Poll: York

Presidential Performance Review: Williamson
W.H.: Obama Didn't Nix Rescue Force For Benghazi: Ace
Don't Be Surprised if It's Pennsylvania: AT

Economy

This election is really about Obama's failed leadership, economy: IBD
Vandals key “OBAMA” on cars near home with Romney signs, but...: IHTM
Marines, police prep for mock zombie invasion: Fox

Romney Can Get the Job Done: RWN
Doctors Fear Government Trap: NoisyRm
'Frankenstorm' Could Have Severe Impact on Major Cities: CNBC

Scandal Central

OH Early Voting 'Dominance' for Obama: Bogus: Breitbart
Lt. Gen. Mcinerney on Benghazi: Whoever gave the “stand down” order is responsible for killing ambassador: Scoop
Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: Sources tell me Obama was in the room watching Benghazi attack: Scoop

Climate & Energy

Did Barack Obama Intentionally Mislead KUSA’s Kyle Clark About ‘Abound Solar’?: RS
Hurricane Sandy threat launches mass evacuations on East Coast: Times
Millions across East Coast brace for 'Superstorm' Sandy: Fox

Media

Blog 538 on Ohio: Volokh
Eli Lake Gets the Scoop: NRO
Pigs Are Flying: The Des Moines Register Endorses Mitt Romney: Caffeinated Thoughts

How Conservatives on Twitter Forced Obama to Face the Benghazi Debacle: Sooper
Trickle-Down Leadership: CDN
What do you think of Mitt Romney’s “kill list?”: Hot Air

@DanRiehl Update 27 October 2012: RSM
"I Pledge to Serve Barack Obama" (Urgent 2012 Election Update): Reason
Obama dips below 50 percent in new Pa. poll: Hill

The Democrats' Civil War Begins on November 7th: HillBuzz
Emotional Pat Caddell on the MSM ignoring Benghazi: “These people have no honor!”: Scoop
Madonna booed after touting Obama in La. Concert: AP

World

Palestinians fire 3 Grads, 2 Kassams at Israel: JPost
David Axelrod's Communist Ties Exposed: RSM
Saudi authorities disperse anti-Assad protest in Mecca: JPost

Sci-Tech

Microsoft Surface Review: The PC of the Future Needs More Apps: Techland
10 tell-tale signs that your website may need a redesign: NextWeb
Steve Ballmer’s Dilemma: Cringely

Cornucopia

Stewardess!!?!!: iOTW
It’s 3:00 AM, Barry’s Asleep? Hey, he’s got a fundraiser in Vegas in the morning!: MOTUS
Famed trainer Emanuel Steward dies: ESPN

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QOTD: "Why would Obama and Biden [decline to give the order to save Benghazi]? Because to launch a military operation against an al-Qaida affiliate on the anniversary of 9/11 would have exposed the hollowness of their boast through convention week and the days thereafter – that Osama was dead, and al-Qaida was finished. And so Ty Woods, Glen Doherty, Sean Smith and Chris Stevens were left to die, and a decision taken to blame an entirely irrelevant video and, as Secretary Clinton threatened, "have that person arrested." And, in the weeks that followed, the government of the United States lied to its own citizens as thoroughly and energetically as any totalitarian state, complete with the midnight knock-on-the-door from not-so-secret policemen sent to haul the designated fall guy into custody." --Mark Steyn

Bonus QOTD: "Under your management, violent crime is up 18 percent — the first such increase in 20 years. Your “Fast and Furious” project has caused serious damage to the balance sheet: one dead federal officer, more than a hundred dead civilians, a seriously cheesed-off next-door business partner, and zero cartel convictions — the lattermost being, if I understand your business strategy, the whole point of this mess. Your performance reports here have been remarkably obstructive, which is why you should have on our advice terminated Eric Holder." --Kevin D. Williamson

Saturday, October 27, 2012

LATEST STORM TRACK: Hurricane Sandy

This updated tracker was posted just five minutes ago on NOAA's website.


The District of Columbia, New York City, and Philadelphia all appear to be directly in the path of "Frankenstorm".


OUCH: First Des Moines Register Endorsement for GOP in 40 Years; Obama's Iowa Spokesman Hardest Hit

Dude.


HHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH *cough* HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHA *wheeze* HAHAHHAHHAHA *gurk* HAHH -- Owww. I think I wrenched my cleavus muscle.

#Beatdown2012.


NO INVESTIGATION NECESSARY: 10 Questions President Obama Can Answer Himself

I'm not much of a fan of the Weekly Standard or its editor Bill Kristol, but his Ten Questions for the White House is getting a lot of play -- and rightfully so:

...it should be possible to answer these simple questions as to what the president did that afternoon and evening, and when he did it, simply by consulting White House meeting and phone records, and asking the president for his recollections.

1.) To whom did the president give the first of his "three very clear directives"—that is, "make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to?"

2.) How did he transmit this directive to the military and other agencies?

3.) During the time when Americans were under attack, did the president convene a formal or informal meeting of his national security council? Did the president go to the situation room?

4.) During this time, with which members of the national security team did the president speak directly?

5.) Did Obama speak by phone or teleconference with the combatant commanders who would have sent assistance to the men under attack?

6.) Did he speak with CIA director David Petraeus?

7.) Was the president made aware of the repeated requests for assistance from the men under attack? When and by whom?

8.) Did he issue any directives in response to these requests?

9.) Did the president refuse to authorize an armed drone strike on the attackers?

10.) Did the president refuse to authorize a AC-130 or MC-130 to enter Libyan airspace during the attack?

THE WEEKLY STANDARD has asked the White House these questions, and awaits a response.

As an aside, wouldn't it be great if we had a functioning antique media?


SMELLS LIKE DESPERATION: Krugman, Reich resort to name-calling, denial when confronted with reality

As if binders, Big Bird, bayonets and dunce caps haven't sufficiently embarrassed Democrats, the half-pint nitwit named Robert Reich, a former Clinton crony and full-time Leftist crank adds to the classy repartee:



Here's another mature take, this one from the loathsome troll Paul Krugman.


Gee. That's convincing.

Meanwhile, back in the little land we like to call "reality", the anger of the American people is becoming palpable.

Yesterday's seven-day Gallup tracker showed Romney increasing his lead overnight by two points -- 47-50% to 46-51%. The last time Romney was below fifty in this poll was almost two weeks ago, on October 14. Since the move to likely voters, Obama has yet to reach 50% in Gallup and hasn't even been able to reach 48% since October 1.

...Today's three-day Rasmussen tracker shows Romney leading 50-46%. That's a one-point increase over yesterday's 50-47%. Romney also increased his lead by two points in the Rasmussen tracking poll of the eleven combined swing states. Today the former Massachusetts governor sits at 51%, while the former community organizer languished at 45%. Those six-points represent Romney's best lead yet. Quite incredibly, Obama led this poll by three points ten days ago. That's a nine-point swing towards Romney.

Oh, "Doctors" Reich and Krugman, I'm sure the unraveling Benghazi scandal will dramatically improve turnout for Democrats.

Write it down: 2010 is going to look like a warm-up compared to what's going to happen on November 6th. That's why I've been using the hashtag #Beatdown2012, and I encourage you to use it too.

By Wednesday morning, Messrs. Krugman and Reich will have badly soiled their Depends.


IMPLOSION: Obama fumbles local reporter's Benghazi question; CIA director throws President under bus

When confronted with a local reporter's pointed questions regarding Benghazi, President Obama fumbled his response and inadvertently provided a few clues into the timing and the cover-up.

KYLE CLARK: Were they denied requests for help during the attack?


PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, we are finding out exactly what happened. I can tell you, as I've said over the last couple of months since this happened, the minute I found out what was happening, I gave three very clear directives. Number one, make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to. Number two, we're going to investigate exactly what happened so that it doesn't happen again. Number three, find out who did this so we can bring them to justice. And I guarantee you that everyone in the state department, our military, the CIA, you name it, had number one priority making sure that people were safe. These were our folks and we're going to find out exactly what happened, but what we're also going to do it make sure that we are identifying those who carried out these terrible attacks.

Last night, attorney Mark Levin deconstructed Obama's response as follows:

• ...the minute I found out what was happening, I gave three very clear directives...

Note that this is stated in the present tense. The president found out about the attack while it was happening.

• ...make sure that we are securing our personnel and doing whatever we need to...

Well, sir, what orders did you give? Were they disobeyed? Did you receive requests for help? Notice that the president carefully avoided the reporter's actual question (lesson for vintage media: this is what your predecessors actually used to do) about whether calls for help were refused.

• ...Number two, we're going to investigate exactly what happened so that it doesn't happen again...

So during the attack, you clearly ordered an "investigation"? Does that make sense to anyone?

• ...Number three, find out who did this so we can bring them to justice...

So while the attack was occurring, you want to find out who was attacking and arrest them? Again, does this make any sense at all?

Late last night, CIA Director Petraeus absolved the agency of blame:

Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate.”

Put simply, Petraeus has handed the hot potato to President Obama.

Now let's examine the president's schedule on 9/11/12:


According to the official White House record, Obama, Biden and SECDEF Panetta were meeting approximately one hour after the Benghazi attack began.

Time for some answers, Mr. President, and we don't have to wait for the results of an "investigation" to hear your responses:

1. When did you first receive word of the Benghazi attacks?

2. Did you receive requests for help from those on-scene and, if so, when?

3. What orders did you issue, if any, after receiving word of the attacks and when did you issue them?

4. Within two hours of the attack, your own schedule indicates you were meeting with the Vice President and the Secretary of Defense. Did you discuss Benghazi and, if so, what information did you receive and what orders did you issue in that meeting?

5. There have been no White House press briefings for more than a week. Why?


Levin believes that the president received word immediately of the attacks and, whether through fear of the political ramifications or simple indecision (akin to voting "present"), watched as Americans were slaughtered as they begged for help.

And then he headed to Vegas for a fundraiser.

There are, of course, other theories worth exploring.


RESET: Russia conducts first large-scale exercises of strategic nuclear forces since Cold War

Hey, beatnik: need more proof that the only way to deter tyrants and preserve peace is through strength?

Large-scale exercises of the Strategic Nuclear Forces under the command of President Vladimir Putin have completed in Russia, the president’s press-secretary Dmitri Peskov reports.


He says that these were the first nuclear force exercises on such a large scale in Russia’s modern history.

On Friday, a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region.

Also on Friday, The Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Pacific Fleet launched a ballistic missile from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Chizha testing ground in the north of European Russia and Tupolev-95 and Tupolev-160 strategic bombers launched four missiles to the Pemboi testing site in the Urals Region.

Pemboi has also become the site where the Russian troops for the first time successfully hit a cruise missile with the Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems of the latest generation (the NATO name SA-22 Greyhound).

Voice of Russia, RIA, Interfax

Gee, that Hillary Clinton is doing a swell job, ain't she?

Consider this reason seventy bajillion proving that Democrats remain The Party of Weakness and Appeasement.

And weakness invites war, which is the course this administration has set for America.

Mitt Romney was completely, utterly correct when he named Russia a primary geopolitical foe. It is arming Iran and once again threatening its neighbors. None of its strategies, perforce, are intended to do anything but harm the interests of the United States.

Hat tip: Canada Free Press.

This is actually someone's house in Manassas, Virginia

There is no truth to the rumor that this is Papa B's house.


Via Dr. Melissa Clouthier.


MUST WATCH: An Urgent Message for America

Though he's a New Zealander, author Trevor Loudon is one of America's national treasures. No one is a more tireless and accomplished researcher of the global Marxist movement -- and its covert ties to the Democrat Party -- than Loudon. His KeyWiki.org project is an invaluable online resource for exploring these links.

Loudon is currently on a speaking tour of the U.S., concentrating heavily in battleground states. If you are anywhere within driving distance, it's something you will not want to miss.


If you do nothing else today, watch this video. Don't worry, I'll wait here.

Larwyn's Linx: Ten Times Bigger than Watergate: Proof the President Lied About Benghazi?

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Nation

Bigger than Watergate: Proof the President Lied About Benghazi?: BlackFive
Benghazi: Risk Aversion Results In A Complete Operational Failure: Howling
Damage Control: White House Briefing Room Goes Dark: Dossier

Latest Sign Obama Heading for Defeat: Times
October surprise: Obama’s killing Democratic House prospects.: Moe Lane
Wisconsin: Romney 49, Obama 49: Hot Air

Obama Refuses Answer When Asked if Help Denied During Attack: Sooper
Obama Seeking Alternative Path to 270 Without... Ohio: Reaganite
Father of Slain SEAL, New Report Raise Questions About Benghazi: Tapper

Watch Your Kids Around Obama Says NY PR Firm Owner: RWN
Part I: Obama optimism: why it is unfounded: Krumm
Don’t Count Mourdock Out!: Morris

Economy

It's the Obonomy, Stupid!: Spengler
Average GDP Growth Less than Half of What Obama Predicted: WS
Rite-Hite owner warns employees of risks of voting Obama: JSOnline

Scandal Central

Klein: Docs Show Obama Overruled Clinton, Denied Benghazi Security: RCP
SLEAZE: Claire McCaskill's Husband Cut Tax Credit Deals Made in Senate Dining Room: MagNote
Ex-SEAL’s Father: Hillary Blamed the Movie: Commentary

Climate & Energy

Sandy and New Jersey: Hurricane Watch: EBL
Airline Crisis Survival Guide: Musings
Approaching megastorm threatens East Coast: AP

Media

Election in twelve days! The economy is awful! (And CNN is ripping Obama!): RS
Team O’s Jewish woes: Pos
David Letterman Audience Wants Obama To Release College And Passport Records: Western

Swingometer: Gallup Party ID figures predict solid Romney win: RS
Biden Aide’s Tell-All Pretty Much What You’d Expect: NRO
Man Who Raises Massive Amounts Of Campaign Cash Whines About Others With Campaign Cash: Cove

Late Friday Free-For-All: Nice Deb
Romney flips voters, editorial boards with economic message: Hot Air
Instead of Exposing Libya Bombshell, ABC Hypes 'Mystery Monkey' and Yawning Dogs: NB

World

Obama still lying; He Knew Within Minutes: AT
Welcome to the Age of Hell: Entrenching Murder as the American Way: Floyd
Detroit Jews Smarten Up: Matzav

Sci-Tech

Some Guy Bought the Data of 1.1 Million Facebook Users for Just 5 Bucks: Gizmodo
Car hits 220 MPH on new Texas highway: Fox
High Hopes for Windows 8? Nope, Microsoft Is About to Bomb! Says Jackson: Yahoo!

Cornucopia

Say a Prayer for Dan Riehl: Instapundit
Dan Riehl Update: RSM
If your first time was with Obama in 2008, you can look at Romney as the penicillin you now desperately need: IMAO

Still Thinking About Voting for Obama?: NoisyRm
Lena Dunham: Your First Time: GWP
Ouch: Instapundit

Image: Evil Blogger Lady
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QOTD: "... it is a rare thing these days to encounter a Democrat who is both honest and intelligent.

It has become a party of fools misled by clever liars, and the factual deficiencies of The Plan won't dissuade any Democrat who still believes in the rainbows-and-unicorns fantasy of Obama the Lightworker.

We've come to expect such delusions among the intelligentsia. What is astonishing is that any ordinary man could still be such a fool." --Robert Stacy McCain

Friday, October 26, 2012

OH, OKAY: President says election 'has nothing to do' with Libya deaths

Well, in that case, it's settled!

President Obama again on Friday defended his administration's handling of the attack that killed four Americans in Libya, and said he's not holding back information ahead of Election Day.

"The election has nothing to do with four brave Americans getting killed and us wanting to find out exactly what happened," Obama said in an interview with KUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver.


...Pressed twice during the KUSA interview, Obama wouldn't address a Friday report suggesting that the Americans in Benghazi asked for more assistance as the Sept. 11 attack was taking place, and instead stressed that his administration is engaged in a thorough investigation.

I think we can surmise why the president wouldn't answer the question. Several reliable sources told me (since confirmed here) that the President would have been alerted within minutes of the attack commencing in Benghazi. Therefore, his refusal to answer the question speaks volumes.

As an aside: is it just me, or does the president look like he's been doing some choom? Or is it that he just saw some of the internal polls from the battleground states?


HISTORIC: Obama Economic "Recovery" Just as Bad As It Feels

Please sit down. I know this news will come as a shock.

In a previously off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register, President Obama argued that the economic recovery he's overseen isn't as bad as his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney, claims... "In many ways, because of the actions we took early on, we're actually ahead of pace in the typical recovery out of a recession like this," Obama said...


...But the data are clear that Obama's economic recovery — which started in June 2009, five months after he was sworn in — has been worse than any recovery since the Great Depression.

Overall economic growth has been slower in this recovery than in any of the previous post-World War II recoveries, according to the Minneapolis Fed, using data from Bureau of Economic Analysis...

Fancy that: Obama... eh... misspoke again.


SPOT THE TREND: Nate Silver Edition

Jay Cost asks, "What inferences would you draw from this picture?"


I draw three, myself:

• According to Nate Silver, the odds of Obama winning every state just rose to 96.345%
• According to Taegan Goddard, the President is on a huge roll
• And according to Paul Krugman, QE3 is already a tremendous success


ALL CLASS: Desperate Obama Campaign Portrays "Bulls***ter" Romney in a Dunce Camp

Glad they're focusing on the big issues:


I'm so confused. Having called his opponent a "bulls***ter", portrayed him in a dunce cap, accused him of committing a felony, and saying he'd killed a man's wife -- is President Obama running for President, or to be the dictator of a third-world country?

This is just sick.


Hat tip: Drudge.

CINC goes AWOL: SEALs in Benghazi begged for help, AC-130 was on-scene, Obama refused--flew to Vegas instead

Benghazi-gate is spinning out of control and the Obama administration is dying right before our eyes, thanks especially to leaks that are coming fast and furious (no pun intended; oh, and here's a helpful hint for future Democrat Presidents in the mold of Carter and Obama: throw the intel community under the bus at your own peril).

Jennifer Griffin of Fox News has exclusively reported that "CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack."

Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11...

...Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a small team who were at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When they heard the shots fired, they radioed to inform their higher-ups to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."

...[At midnight,] they called again for military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours -- enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators...

Unbelievably, The Tatler is also reporting that an AC-130U Gunship was on-scene in Benghazi -- and the president refused to unleash it. Obama refused to make an effort to save Ambassador Stevens and the operators who were trying to protect him.

If you don’t get torches-and-pitchforks irate about this, you are not an American:

The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours — enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators.

There were two AC-130Us deployed to Libya in March as part of Operation Unified Protector... The AC-130U is a very effective third-generation fire-support aircraft, capable of continuous and extremely accurate fire onto multiple targets. It has been used numerous times in Iraq and Afghanistan to save pinned-down allied forces, and has even been credited with the surrender of the Taliban city of Kunduz...

It was purpose-built for a select number of specific mission types, including point-defense against enemy attack. It was literally built for the kind of mission it could have engaged in over Benghazi, if the administration had let it fire. As the excerpt above clearly shows, we had assets on the ground “painting” the targets with the laser.

In recounting this sordid abdication of leadership (or worse), Glenn Beck stated this afternoon that, "Today, officially, is the day that I no longer recognize my country."

And Karin McQuillan asks, "Did Obama watch while they fought for their lives?"


Update: Obama refuses to answer when asked directly if security was denied during the Benghazi attack. Meanwhile, the White House Briefing Room has been dark for 16 days and Jay Carney's face was spotted on a milk carton.

BENGHAZI-GATE: Did two heroic SEALs ruin Obama's October Surprise? [UPDATED!]

Please see critical updates below

It's a conspiracy theory, to be sure, but "Kozy" asserts the Benghazi attack was an "October Surprise" gone awry thanks to two SEALs who weren't even supposed to be in Benghazi.

The scenario is both simple and plausible:

In June, Egyptian President Morsi pledged to secure the release of 'The Blind Sheikh', the extremist cleric responsible for the first World Trade Center attack.

Eager to accommodate Morsi and strengthen the U.S. relationship with Egypt, Obama's henchmen formulate a two-step cover story. The first step is a video that no one has seen, which was released in July.

Next, strip security from the Libyan Ambassador, despite pleas from a variety of quarters for more security, not less. In essence, remove any barriers to using the Ambassador as a hostage.

Back-channel communications between the White House and the Imam's legal representatives confirm that a swap can be achieved with a high-level hostage exchange. The Imam's cronies are informed that Ambassador Stevens has no security in Benghazi. So the Imam can be secured through a trade after capturing Stevens who doesn't even have a single bodyguard.

Had all gone according to plan, Stevens would be released just before the election; Obama would take credit for that and a newly strengthened relationship with Egypt and Morsi.

But what wasn't planned: two ex-SEALs named Doherty and Woods. They only happened to be in Benghazi because they were on a separate intel mission to locate surface-to-air missiles.

So the terrorists launch their attack believing that there is no security whatsoever. And they are surprised to find that two SEALs are not only fighting back, but killing them left and right. The resulting firefight transforms the terrorists' assault from a simple kidnapping into a murderous onslaught that cost all four Americans their lives.

Sure, it's a crazy, right-wing conspiracy theory. But add in the following observations:

Repeated denials for more security in Benghazi, despite requests from multiple quarters. No credible explanation has been offered for the removal of security by the White House or the State Department.

Leading up to 9/11 -- of all dates -- there was no special security posture ordered in diplomatic installations around the Middle East.

After the attack, a series of conflicting and morphing stories were offered by, among others, Ambassador Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Jay Carney, David Axelrod, Joe Biden, etc.

Not only did the president go to sleep after getting word of the attack, but it appears he also refused security briefings in the aftermath of the attack, instead simply departing for a fundraiser in Las Vegas.

The theory being: the President didn't need to stay awake after hearing of the attack. He didn't need any briefings. He knew exactly what had happened.

Update 10/17/12: An alert commenter reminds of this bit of evidence, translated from Arabic by Walid Shoebat:

Video from Libya: ‘Don’t Shoot us! We were sent by Mursi’


Fast forward to the 1:15 mark in this video (if you don’t understand Arabic). Watch as the raw footage of a firefight in Benghazi is taking place. The news report loops the relevant portion of an exchange between gunmen, in which one can be heard, saying, ‘Don’t Shoot us! We were sent by Mursi’!

But, no. This is just some kind of crazy, whacked-out conspiracy theory. There's got to be a much better explanation for the Obama administration's removal of all of Ambassador Stevens' security, despite multiple pleas for more security. We just don't know what it is yet.

Update 10/26/12: Jennifer Griffin of Fox News reports that the SEAL operators were ordered to "Stand down" during the attack!

EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say


Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later was denied by officials in the CIA chain of command -- who also told the CIA operators twice to "stand down" rather than help the ambassador's team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11...

...Former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty were part of a small team who were at the CIA annex about a mile from the U.S. Consulate where Ambassador Chris Stevens and his team came under attack. When they heard the shots fired, they radioed to inform their higher-ups to tell them what they were hearing and requested permission to go to the consulate and help out. They were told to "stand down," according to sources familiar with the exchange. An hour later, they called again to headquarters and were again told to "stand down."

...[At midnight,] they called again for military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Specter gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The fighting at the CIA annex went on for more than four hours -- enough time for any planes based in Sigonella Air base, just 480 miles away, to arrive. Fox News has also learned that two separate Tier One Special operations forces were told to wait, among them Delta Force operators...

Read the whole thing. The Benghazi story gets more bizarre -- and more troubling -- by the day.


Hat tips: Wanda and MOTUS.

Larwyn's Linx: Benghazi-Gate Boils Over: Evidence that Obama himself denied security

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Nation

Evidence that Obama himself denied Benghazi security: Bookworm
Benghazi will do to Obama what Al Qaeda did to Amb. Stevens: Delingpole
Obama in Ohio: Magic gone, the president grinds it out: Exam

The Plan, the Man, and the Believers: RSM
King of Bulls*** Calls Romney ‘Bulls***er’: LoneCon
Part II: Obama Campaign Stays Silent On Foreign Donors Scandal: Tatler

What the Debates Taught Us: Hanson
Romney Surges: Fell
Obama: Half-Black But All Democrat: Coulter

Economy

Obama Doesn’t Have a Jobs Plan: Harsanyi
The Confident Ignorance of Barack Obama : Sowell
Obama's Pathetic Picture Book: Lowry

Obama Economic Recovery Is As Bad As It Appears: IBD
It Could Come Down to Wisconsin: Breitbart
8,803,335: Another New Record for Disability (1K/day Under Obama): CNS

Scandal Central

Minnesota Supports Vote Fraud: Project Veritas
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. McCaskill's Husband's Businesses Benefitted From $20 Million in Stimulus Funds: NLPC
Speak at a Conservative Conference with Phyllis Schlafly – Get Detained By the Police: GWP

Florida Republican Party leader receives hoax letter; FBI investigates: ClickOrlando
Voter Machine in Las Vegas Auto-Checking Obama: Cowboy
WI: Assaulted openly gay GOP campaign volunteer talking to FBI, sources say: Watchdog

Media

Polls Continue to Show Trend Toward Romney — Nate Silver Notwithstanding: RSM
The Slow, Painful Coming Death Of The Independent, Liberal Blogosphere: RWN
AP poll: Romney leads Obama 47-45, tied among female voters: Hill

New York Times Relegates Libya Email Bombshell to Page A5 Under Dull Headline: MRC
Awesome pic: Des Moines Register dings Obama with dramatic front page contrast: Twitchy
President Classy: Obama tells Rolling Stone that Romney is a ‘bullshitter’: Twitchy

Glenn Beck’s Explosive Interview With Charles Woods, Father of Slain Seal: Nice Deb
Old Obama: Pay attention to the polls! New Obama: Don’t pay attention to the polls!: Twitchy
Detroit paper thanks Obama for auto bailout, endorses Romney: Hill

Levin blasts Colin Powell: You’re a partisan hack, get out of my party!: Scoop
Democrats’ extremism on abortion: Hoosier
Gloria Allred’s Worst Nightmare — Transcript released but her client’s still gagged: LI

World

The President of the United States is telling callous, cold, and calculated lies: Beck
Mitt Romney Was Right: U.S. Needs A Bigger Navy: IBD
Biden, Again: Blaze

U.S. State Department Strengthening Hamas: Gatestone
U.N. Human Rights Council Calls for Boycott of U.S. Companies: Beacon
Great news: Iran has moved all the centrifuges it needs underground: Matzav

Sci-Tech

Flaw in TSA Boarding Passes Lets You Print New Tickets to Skip Screening: DailyTech
Why Coding Style Matters: Smashing
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fix serious email weakness: ComputerWorld

Cornucopia

Prayers for Dan Riehl: Jawa
Tide Commercial: Denny
Obama Speaks at Doolittle Park: iOTW

Image: Man jailed after he held his sister-in-law over a railing at a high-rise Sydney
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QOTD: "So's, I've been off grid for a decent part of the day, see? Help me out here...

Did the President of the United States REALLY call his opponent a "bulls---ter," and is his campaign REALLY comparing voting for him to losing your virginity?" --John Brodigan

Thursday, October 25, 2012

CLINTON LAWYER: Obama Rejected Hillary's Request for Additional Benghazi Security

Methinks the ongoing Clinton-Obama war just entered a new and more dangerous phase.

...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had ordered more security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi before it was attacked... but President Obama denied the request.

The news broke on Blaze TV's Wilkow Show by best-selling author Ed Klein, who said... legal counsel to Clinton had informed him of this information.

Klein also said that those same sources said that former President Bill Clinton has been "urging" his wife [Hillary] to release official State Department documents that prove she called for additional security at the compound in Libya, which would almost certainly result in President Obama losing the election.

Klein explained that everyone knew what was happening in Benghazi... Wilkow asked, "If everybody knew this including the White House, who would have given the order to go in and save the ambassador?"

Klein: "The President... he should have given the order to use the rapid reaction force…"

Wilkow: "Not Petraeus?"

Klein: "Well it has to come from the president."

Wilkow also asked Klein about Valerie Jarrett, who's the Senior Adviser to Obama and... her role in this cover-up.

Klein said, "We don’t know but we can only assume that every action that the president takes, and he said so, he is on the record saying “I don’t take any actions without passing it by Valerie Jarrett... so we have to assume that Valerie Jarrett who is also by the way, hooked into the Chicago campaign line... she has a direct line to David Axelrod, was a part of this whole cover-up in the White House."

This latest news comes on the heels [of news] that former CIA officer, Clare Lopez[, who] was a guest on the Glenn Beck TV on Monday evening... told Beck, "They let our ambassador and others die. In real time, watching it happen, and they didn't do anything about it."

My stomach was boiling as I read the Benghazi timeline -- during which Americans fought for six hours before succumbing -- while the White House Situation Room watched... and did nothing.


FAUXCAHONTAS FOR PREZIDIZZLE: The funniest news story you'll read this week, guaranteed

Chris Wysocki just burned his nostrils (hat tip: Papa B).

As part of my morning routine I check a few news sites for blog fodder: NJ.com, Fox, and Yahoo News being the usual suspects. And Bingo! Yahoo gets today's prize. It's a doozy, too. Top of their page, more important than Benghazi-gate (buried at the bottom), but below Donald Trump's latest idiocy:

Elizabeth Warren for president 2016?



Fauxcahontas!
For President! Because one lying crapweasel in the White House wasn't enough!

Bwahahahahaha!

Obama hasn't even lost yet. And Lie-awatha hasn't defeated Scott Brown, let alone served a day in the U.S. Senate. But hey, a girl who exploits affirmative action for fun and profit can dream, right?

Thanks fans of Elizabeth Fauxcahontas Crockagawea Lie-awatha Warren, you made me snort coffee out of my nose this morning!

Uhm, media schmucks: here's a news flash. Elizabeth Warren has about as much chance of serving as President as Kim Kardashian has of being named the next Pope.