As she repeatedly demonstrates, there really is no lie too low for Obama’s simpering Deputy Campaign Manager, Stephanie Cutter.
Ace calls what you just saw there, a “Kinsleyan Gaffe”:
A Kinsleyan Gaffe is a statement in which a politician reveals her real, but repulsive, beliefs.
Stephanie Cutter just committed a horrific one.
She views the abject failure of Obama to provide adequate security in Benghazi — due to his naive view that a disarmed consulate would deter armed aggression — as a purely “political” issue.
A “political” issue to be spun, reframed, recontextualized.
A “political” issue that just happens to have a bodycount.
This explains why the Obama Campaign lied about the attack for two weeks: Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, they view this as a “political” issue to be spun and won.
This explains why the Obama Campaign lies to the face of the mother of Sean Smith. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, Sean Smith’s death is just a “political” issue to be won in a newscycle.
This explains why Obama jetted off to a Vegas fundraiser on the day of Chris Stevens’, Sean Smiths’, and two SEALs’ murder. Because, as Stephanie Cutter just told you, this is just a “political issue” and for Obama to cancel political plans would suggest it might be more than that.
Read the whole thing – there’s more – plus John Sexton’s observation, Jay Carney trotted this “politicization” claim yesterday so this isn’t even a gaffe – it’s part of the same bogus narrative they had so much luck with initially with the help of their willing accomplices in the media.
Naomi Emory beautifully describes what the Obama camp is trying so desperately to resurrect:
On Sept. 12, the day after mobs ransacked American embassies, burned the flag and Obama in effigy, and killed one Marine, two Navy SEALs, and one ambassador, NBC’s Chuck Todd took to the air almost in shock and seemingly tearful, because Romney critiqued an official in Cairo who apologized for provoking the riots, citing a barely-seen YouTube video as the pretext for the violence. Voice shaking, he channeled the shock on the part of the White House (which later itself condemned the apology).
For days after, Romney’s “mistake” was the story. On Sunday, after a week in which Obama was burned in effigy on several continents and his Middle Eastern policy exposed as a failure, he lost his best (perhaps his sole) campaign issue, and questions were raised about criminal negligence. But Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post said that Mitt Romney had had “the worst week in Washington.” Obama’s failures had turned out to hurt Romney, most of the press corps agreed.
Stephanie Cutter, today: Come on guys! Romney and Ryan are totally politicizing this, right???
Sadly, the overwhelming stench of the regime’s cover-up has made it too difficult for even the most craven MSMers to play along.
SEE ALSO:
Jen Rubin: Cutter: Libya is only a campaign issue:
Andrea Saul, spokeswoman for the Romney campaign released a statement, which reads: “President Obama’s campaign today said that Libya is only an issue because of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. They’re wrong. The reason it is an issue is because, for the first time since 1979, an American ambassador was assassinated and President Obama’s foreign policy strategy of ‘leading from behind’ is failing. This administration has continually misled the American public about what happened in Benghazi and, rather than be truthful about the sequence of events, has instead skirted responsibility and dodged questions. The American people deserve straight answers about this tragic event and a president who can provide leadership, not excuses.”
UPDATE:
Cutter doubles down on Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier: BLOWOUT!… Obama Spokesperson Stephanie Cutter & Bret Baier Clash on FOX (Video)
Ace of Spades HQ: Stef Cutter Flees Interview; Makes Mistake of Not Fleeing Bret Baier
Ace of Spades HQ: Brutal: Obama Campaign Press Secretary Ben LaBolt Has Disastrous Radio Interview; Hangs Up
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