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Originally Posted by Solaris
Yes. Swishy. He didn't come out and say it was any particular terrorist organization or even that it was suspected to be islamists allied with certain terror groups. He said it was an 'act of terror'.
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Sorry, but there's really nothing unambiguous about this. He said "acts of terror". DONE. I'm not saying the administration handled things flawlessly. I'm saying that Mitt Romney was wrong about what he said, and was looking for the political killshot in the wrong area. It wasn't about what he said, it was about what he did. But Romney chose to focus on the "acts of terror" TERM instead of the fact that the administration took forever to separate, at least in the eyes of the populace, the protesters and the terrorists.
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Who here is saying Fox News isn't pro-Romney and anti-Obama? I think we can all agree that all the news agencies have picked the horse they're backing, and have done so for years. Remember, it's not "news" anymore, it's merely "media", that way they can defend the shameless bias we constantly see in all these various outlets.
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This might be the truth, but I don't think it should be accepted. I think that these organizations should be held accountable for their actions, just like I believe that the politicians running should be. Both candidates, and indeed, every news organization, distort the truth, and sometimes outright lie. My favorite line is Romney's claim that Obama doubled the deficit, when he's using figures in 2008 that don't include $700 billion in Bush administration spending. It's madness.
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but I think the real gaffe comes from Romney's "binder of women" line. Not because it didn't make sense, but because I'm really enjoying the memes from it.
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Sorry, but I actually find this stuff unhelpful to political discourse. No, Romney wasn't exactly eloquent at that particular moment, but we should be talking about what he was actually saying, not how poorly he said it. Mitt Romney is not a friend of women's rights. He describes "not wanting to hire an all-male cabinet" and searching for women to fill these positions.
As a female American, let me tell you, I don't want any more opportunities than a male American. I don't want to get a job because Mitt Romney "wants to hire women". I simply want to be fairly judged against my competitors without gender being a question, and, yeah, I'd like to have my pay be based on my merits and not on my sex characteristics. Furthermore, his later explanation on women needing to be home to cook for their children and be home with them when they got home from school is downright offensive.
In my opinion, there are two tragedies of the 2012 elections: That my choice of candidates from major parties has been downright awful, and that Jill Stein was arrested for attempting to enter the debate. She's a presidential candidate with her name on 85% of ballots. She could theoretically win enough electoral votes to win the presidency, and yet, she's not allowed to enter the debate.
Edit: Also, I'd just like to take this time to raise awareness for the first Online Presidential Debate tomorrow (Thursday) night at 7 PM EST, where Dr. Jill Stein (Green Party) will debate Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party).