Cause he didnt let anyone die.

How on earth could you support the GOP after they caused a needless war in Iraq with a death toll in the TENS OF THOUSANDS?

Wow, John Harrison, you must be completely distraught over the cocaine for arms for hostages thing that Reagan did, or the war that Bush Junior did that caused the deaths of thousands of Americans, the war against the wrong folks is the one I mean. Those are real scandals, my friend, not some made up propaganda piece manufactured by Rupert Murdock and the GOP boys in Congress.

Seriously. Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured under President Bush, who statred a war on a totally false premise = LIE and you want to talk about 4 people? It's time we started looking at the bigger picture and not just the small mindedness of a few in this country!

Were where you when 4000 Americans killed in Iraq and $40B went down the drain?

At anytime, anywhere there are loopholes in our security and tragic things happen.

To make this political, make this a make or break election issue was and is simply pathetic partisan game playing.

a comparable example is the death of 250+ marines in Lebanon, in 1982. No one ever said Reagan was unqualified to be re-elected even though in hindsight it was obviously a poor decision to have that many marines there without a clearly defined mission.

In terms of cover-ups, no one has shown there was one on Benghazi but there was one for sure during Iran-Contra - just check with Oliver North, whose job it was

Hey Smokey,

My take is that for the extremist white it is not a crime when a white man is responsible for the death of 250 marines in Lebanon in 1982 or cover up in the Iran-Contra, but it is a serious offense to the extreme white when 4 Americans died in Bengahzi, under the administration of a black president. What does that tell you?

Congress voted down more funding for security. The family of one of the fallen requested that their deaths not be made a political talking point. Some people in the state department accepted responsibility for lack of security after Secretary of State Clinton and President Obama demanded a full investigation. Ambassado Stevens did a great job and was liked by the Libyan people. He knew what he was doing and why he was there. Honor him, and them, instead of making them martyrs to your political paranoia. And, yeah, above posters: Iraq, Iran/Contra, Lebanon, and invasion of Grenada.

To be clear, the President didn't "allow" this to happen. It happened. The Middle East changes minute by minute. Yes, we know now that there could have been tighter security, but when you need the authorization of a republican-run Congress to write a billion dollar check for that kind of protection, you make do with what you are or are not given. And good for now defunct VP hopeful Congressman Paul Ryan for voting against larger fund for that exact protecting... well before this incident was even an idea (if ever it was).

Sorry buddy- all those allegations about the Embassy thing are just that = allegations. And even if he did all the terrible things that you say he has, then the answer to your question is this: Americans voted for President Obama because of the candidates available the manority judged him to be the person who represented their values most and who could therefore be trusted to lead the nation through what are probably many troubled waters ahead.

To John Harrison: Obviously Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Fox News, and other similar sources have helped you form your opinion about our President so my advice to you: if you want answers to your question please ask the sources I just named.

I guess it depends on whether your beliefs include seeing reality or creating your own. We KNOW FOR A FACT from being part of the Republican system that since the 1960's their approach has always included more smoke, mirrors and games to spin opinion than substance. The USA has a real problem and now is not the time for Republicans to spin reality. These problems require real solutions not just imagined ones. As for Libya - the world is a dangerous place and the sooner Americans accept that the safer we will be.

An utterly manufactured controversy and a shining example of why Republicans can't be trusted to govern, discern or exercise common sense.

Odd when Bush was in office we were told that the President wasn't responsible for anything.

Just how do you come off with the, "HE allowed" crap? Do you really believe the President personally oversaw security at every embassy? Did YOU blame Bush and or Cheney for starting a war on false premise, or for every atrocity or screw up in Iraq and Afghanistan? Did you hold Regan responsible for ILLEGALLY selling arms to Iran?

Pull your head out of the right wing propaganda hole, it's causing brain rot!

The GOP has selective hearing, sight, and thinking!

We funded embassies in those days.

There were no Americans killed in those attacks. But they were attacks nonetheless that could've been prevented. How many Americans being killed would validate it for you? Huh?

Hi Paul,

The extreme conservatives intentionally select the short-term memory because that is the only way they can hide their ugly hatred for a black president, but very visible to any intelligent and open-minded person in America, except of course David Gregory who is always asking the president some silly and stupid question about why the extreme left can't compromise with him, which he himslef knows the answer.

Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) was the GOP house member who admitted the house GOP members cut the funding.. Look I up yourself.. He is quoted and on video elsewhere on the internet.

Small or no government, but police in every school, the government in every doctor/pregnant patient relationship, wall at all borders with lots more guards.

There is truth to that - if progressives stay fact-based and don't get too reactionary. We don't want Cons to start looking like martyrs. Their educated, sophisticated young uns are more likely to be progressive, at least on social issues. Many are driving wedges between them and their children - the president did very well in red states. We have to stick to the facts, work together, and take the higher ground.

Yes, I appreciate President Obama more and more every day Johnny Smart. Don't you let that tyrant take away your hard-won healthcare system. It's the best there is, bar none (and I run a family practice here in the States -- I KNOW what a mess this thing is. It's not a healthcare system, it's an insurance system).