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Related: About this forumCANDY BITES BACK: Romney Shot Down In Debate Fact Check (VIDEO)
Presidential debate moderator Candy Crowley corrected a testy Mitt Romney after the Republican presidential candidate charged that President Obama failed to call the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi an "act of terror."
More than an hour into the debate, an undecided voter in the town hall forum asked the president about the recent attack in Libya that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three additional Americans.
When Romney responded to the question, Romney charged that it took Obama days to call the Benghazi attack an act of terror. This assertion was incorrect. Obama called the incident an "act of terror" during his remarks on September 12, just one day after the tragedy.
Obama interjected, telling the Republican presidential candidate to "get the transcript" of his remarks. When the governor doubled down on his charge, Crowley corrected him, saying the president "'did in fact' call the attack an act of terror.
"Can you say that a little louder?" Obama asked.
VIDEO
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/candy-crowley-fact-checks-mitt-romney-libya_n_1972313.html
amborin
(16,631 posts)yourout
(7,534 posts)This the next "you're no John Kennedy" or "There he goes again"
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)This was Mitt being destroyed on a topic he thought he had the upper hand on, this was National Sucide and the President gave Mitt all the Rope he needed to swing!
But who knew it was Candy who was going to be the one to puch the chair out from under him
WOW!!!
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)And I don't mean "some people say" or "but I always thought" or "you lie!" or other such "facts"... I mean facts.
Candy was right on.
It's called journalistic integrity, reporters. Look it up. (Or, check your old school books -- it might be a chapter you missed.)
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avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Also PBO said at one point "I'm used to being interrupted" I wondered if he was referring to the "you lie" comment joe walsh shouted during one of his State of the Union addresses. I noticed after that mittnocchio was less rude. I thought it was interesting.
blue_heron
(223 posts)Yay candy! Thank you for correcting the record instantaneously!
iloveObama12
(421 posts)kudos candy crawley