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Brace yourself: Daily Show quote from the President the next fauxrage
Last edited Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:44 PM - Edit history (1)
It's just now breaking. What's being quoted:
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-jon-stewart-libya-deaths-not-optimal-2012-10
Stewart asked about Libya and the administration’s apparently confused response. “We weren’t confused about the fact that four Americans were killed,” POTUS said. “We weren’t confused about that. No one is more interested in figuring this out than I am.”
POTUS said the administration’s task was to “get all the facts, figure out what went wrong and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.” He continued that with “every piece of information we got…the picture eventually gets fully filled in.”
After Stewart suggested that the presentation of information to the American people wasn’t “optimal,” POTUS went on: “Here’s what I’ll say: if four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. And we’re going to fix it.” He went onto say that if there is a “screw up” then “you fix it.”
POTUS said the administration’s task was to “get all the facts, figure out what went wrong and make sure that it doesn’t happen again.” He continued that with “every piece of information we got…the picture eventually gets fully filled in.”
After Stewart suggested that the presentation of information to the American people wasn’t “optimal,” POTUS went on: “Here’s what I’ll say: if four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal. And we’re going to fix it.” He went onto say that if there is a “screw up” then “you fix it.”
Of course, only the "if four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal" part is being quoted by the outraged.
ETA: People are asking what's outrageous about this remark. I don't find anything outrageous about it. That's why I called it the "next fauxrage." If I find people who are articulating anything more like a reason for their outrage other than WHARGARBLE, OBAMA SAID WHAT, OMG, I'll bring it back. But it was blowing up enough that Dave Weigel was stepping in front of it, saying it was baloney.
EATA: OK, now Halperin, the hack, has posted about it:
@MarkHalperin
Rs who think it absurd to spend days talking abt "binders" should ask themselves if they really want to spend days talking abt "optimal."
Rs who think it absurd to spend days talking abt "binders" should ask themselves if they really want to spend days talking abt "optimal."
Even though they've lost Mark Halperin, I think they're gonna use it. They can always get Mark Halperin back.
EYATA: Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/10/18/not-optimal-conservative-media-use-incomplete-r/190749
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Optimal= most favorable or desirable.
Not optimal is the opposite of that. Again...
God.. it makes me ill. It's OBVIOUS WTF the President was saying. 
But yeah.. thanks for sharing the latest right wing talking point with us.
