Wasn't that on Reagan's watch?

[bizarrenormality]

I'm not a fan of Obama but blaming him for a terrorist attack thirty years ago (1983) is a bit too much.

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[Keith B]

Big woop. He said Lebanon instead of Libya. So what?

[cb1000rider]

Perry misspeaks a bit more than usual for a politician. I see no in calling him out on a simple mistake. He got the country wrong, but you know what event he's speaking of.
I'd call him out on the facts around what he is speaking about.... He indicated that the Obama administration didn't make a phone call to address the attack on the embassy. Based on the testimony that I've read, that's simply not true... They did it wrong in a bunch of other ways, but indicating that they wouldn't pick up the phone isn't reality.

[sjfcontrol]

I'm not a fan of Obama but blaming him for a terrorist attack thirty years ago (1983) is a bit too much.

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[baldeagle]

Perry misspeaks a bit more than usual for a politician. I see no in calling him out on a simple mistake. He got the country wrong, but you know what event he's speaking of.
I'd call him out on the facts around what he is speaking about.... He indicated that the Obama administration didn't make a phone call to address the attack on the embassy. Based on the testimony that I've read, that's simply not true... They did it wrong in a bunch of other ways, but indicating that they wouldn't pick up the phone isn't reality.

Really? Who did they call?

[baldeagle]

Perry misspeaks a bit more than usual for a politician. I see no in calling him out on a simple mistake. He got the country wrong, but you know what event he's speaking of.
I'd call him out on the facts around what he is speaking about.... He indicated that the Obama administration didn't make a phone call to address the attack on the embassy. Based on the testimony that I've read, that's simply not true... They did it wrong in a bunch of other ways, but indicating that they wouldn't pick up the phone isn't reality.

Really? Who did they call?

Is it safe to assume that because you haven't answered you don't have an answer?

[Lucky]

What's the big deal? I think by now most people know he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[Keith B]

What's the big deal? I think by now most people know he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

But he sure has been a good ally on gun issues.

[karder]

Personally I get tired of the media hammering politicians for every misspoken word. Perry speaks off the cuff, like a real person, so it is easy to comb through his comments and find bobbles in an attempt to make him look dumb. The media made a living doing this to Bush. There is a difference between misspeaking and lying. Our current President reads carefully written statements off teleprompters so he rarely misspeaks, but I don't trust a single word he says to be true.

[The Annoyed Man]

Personally I get tired of the media hammering politicians for every misspoken word. Perry speaks off the cuff, like a real person, so it is easy to comb through his comments and find bobbles in an attempt to make him look dumb. The media made a living doing this to Bush. There is a difference between misspeaking and lying. Our current President reads carefully written statements off teleprompters so he rarely misspeaks, but I don't trust a single word he says to be true.

The same media who will take a swipe at Perry for misstating the name of a country which incubates terrorists, when both the correct and incorrectly named countries do so, and will take a swipe at GW Bush for inventing terms like "strategery," is also the same media that won't give Obama a hard time for wanting to visit all 57 states, or mock ♂Clinton's attempt to redefine the meaning of "is," or Biden's urging us to fire random shotgun blasts out the window to deter burglars, or ♀Clinton's question, "WHAT does it MATTER?"

[hillfighter]

What's the big deal? I think by now most people know he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

It sounds like some people are saying, "He's a tool but he's our tool."

But he sure has been a good ally on gun issues.

He hasn't vetoed good gun bills but a true ally does more than not get in your way.

[paperchunker]

But he sure has been a good ally on gun issues.

He hasn't vetoed good gun bills but a true ally does more than not get in your way.

Actually someone who will "not get in my way" is what I am looking for in govt. officials.