What’s news today?

The debate is the obvious choice.

I thought Pres. Obama did better, but I give the edge to Romney. He hammered the President on the economy and Benghazi. The President didn’t have a response really, and how could he when both were such obvious failures. The discussion on energy policy was much the same.

I thought the moderator did OK, until she lied trying to defend Obama on Benghazi. That kinda killed her credibility at that point.

From CommentaryMag

“Now that the Obama administration’s initial narrative that the Benghazi assault was a spontaneous response to an anti-Islam film has collapsed, the new spin from the White House is that President Obama has actually called it a terrorist attack all along.”

“Obama said during the speech that “No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation” — but at no point was it clear that he was using that term to describe the attack in Benghazi. He’d also spent the previous two paragraphs discussing the 9/11 attacks and the aftermath. “Acts of terror” could have just as easily been a reference to that. Or maybe it wasn’t a direct reference to anything, just a generic, reassuring line he’d added into a speech which did take place, after all, the day after the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.”

Read more here

The claims to the contrary by the moderator are revisionist history at best, or a lie.

Also Romney did a good job of pointing out Obama’s priorities after the attack.

From WFB

“Romney Blasts Obama for Attending Fundraiser After Benghazi

‘I think these actions taken by a president and leader have symbolic significance'”

Watch the video here

This video will leave you saying “Huh? What?”

Obama Claims Gas Prices Were $1.86 When He Took Office Because “The Economy Was On The Verge Of Collapse”…

The left leaning media is calling it an Obama win. But was it?

From RealClearPolitics

“A Frank Luntz focus group made up mostly of former Obama voters say they now support Mitt Romney.

“Forceful, compassionate, presidential,” one participant said.
“Confident and realistic,” said another.
“Presidential,” another told Luntz.
“Enthusiastic,” another reacted.
“Our next president,” one man said.
“Dynamo, winner,” said one more.”

Read more here and here

Your thoughts?

From CSPAN,

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What’s news today?

What do you think? October Surprise? A little obvious, doncha think?

From the Boston Herald

“The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.

But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group’s profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa.”

Read more here

Meanwhile, in Egypt, the so-called moderate MB is at it again.

Due to the sometimes graphic nature, I’ll not post the video. If you choose, you can watch it at the link.

From the GatewayPundit

“Muslim Brotherhood Militias Chanting “God Is Great” Beat Democracy Protesters in Tahrir Square.”

“Egyptian democracy protesters held a news conference blaming the Muslim Brotherhood for the clashes Saturday in Tahrir Square.
Over 150 people were injured during the mayhem.”

““For those who are surprised that the Brotherhood is acting like this, it’s because they want to consolidate their power,” Azzab claimed.”

Read more, and the video,  here

Also, more from Yahoo,

“Were he to make another film now, Nasrallah said, it would be “virulently anti-Muslim Brotherhood” as he believes their ultimate aim is to institute a totalitarian state in Egypt and that Egypt’s army is not willing to stop them.

“With the Muslim Brotherhood there is a real agenda of transforming the state, the state apparatus and the constitution, to allow them to keep power ad eternam … of course I am totally against it,” he said.

His views reflect widespread discontent among Egypt’s liberals, who are locked in battle with Islamists over the drafting of the Egypt’s new constitution, a necessity before a new parliament can be elected.””

Read more here

Meanwhile, here in the States, the MB exerts it’s influence with the Obama admin.

From the WashingtonTimes

“A highly rated armor officer who saw combat in Iraq, Col. Dooley  planned to instruct for several years at the Joint Forces Staff College within  the National Defense University, then seek command of a combat battalion — a  ticket to better postings and higher rank.

Today, Col. Dooley finds himself at a dead end while being targeted for criticism by American Islamic groups, at least  two of which are linked to the Muslim  Brotherhood, which advocates universal Islamic law.”

“Richard Thompson, president of the  nonprofit Thomas More Law Center,  is representing Col. Dooley in an appeal  against the negative report. He said the Pentagon is trying to appease the Muslim  Brotherhood.”

Read more here

Those who still think the MB isn’t influencing our present administration are being naive.

What’s news today?

This is pretty cool, crazy too, but cool.

From the AP,

“In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever – a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a balloon to a safe landing in the New Mexico desert.

Felix Baumgartner hit Mach 1.24, or 833.9 mph, according to preliminary data, and became the first man to reach supersonic speed without traveling in a jet or a spacecraft after hopping out of a capsule that had reached an altitude of 128,100 feet above the Earth.”

Read more here

Former Senator Arlen Specter has died.

From the AP here

And Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has some splainin’ to do, and not just about his absence from Congress. Do you suppose this is why he has been MIA? And why is he still running for re-election if he’s mentally and physically unfit, and not fulfilling his present duties as an elected official?

From the SunTimes,

“The snowballing troubles of Jesse Jackson Jr.  took a new turn Friday with the revelation that federal investigators have launched a probe into “suspicious activity” in the South Shore congessman’s finances.”

Read more here