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Rumsfeld Lectures Obama About Truthfulness Over Benghazi

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on May 14, 2013 · Flag

If you haven’t died laughing over Dick Cheney’s lecture to the Obama administration about Benghazi and preventing terror attacks on Hannity last night, you may be at risk again tonight watching Donald Rumsfeld lecture Obama about the need to “gather the facts and then inform the American people.” This, from the guy who assured America that he knew where Saddam Hussein’s Weapons of Mass Destruction were and that the Iraq war probably wouldn’t last as long as six months. And then testified that he had “never painted a rosy picture” about Iraq.

On the subject of President Obama’s characterization of the Benghazi attacks, Rumsfeld told Sean Hannity, “I can’t imagine how a person could stand up there when everyone involved knew it was a terrorist attack, it was the anniversary of 9/11. …The idea that it was somehow related to a YouTube video and that that narrative kept being promoted, I suppose it’s because it fit their hopes and what they wanted to be the case.”

Well, if there’s one thing Rumsfeld should know about, it’s using a narrative to fit political hopes. But then he had the nerve to point the finger at the Obama administration for not being truthful enough: “It was a terrible tragedy and people lost their lives and the way it’s been handled since then has compounded the problem. …The first rule of something like that is to gather the facts and then inform the American people.”

Maybe Rumsfeld thought Obama should come out with the kind of “truth” like, “You go to Libya with the State Department you have, not the one you might want or wish to have at a later time.” Because, you know, that worked so well when Rumsfeld made similar remarks about the army when they complained about lack of proper armament for their vehicles in Iraq.

Not that Hannity gave even a smidgen of indication that there was anything controversial in Rumsfeld’s national security/terror-fighting cred. Hannity said, “Tell ‘em the truth! We deserve the truth, don’t we?”

Rumsfeld replied, “In our system we have to do that. …There’s no question that the narrative that was put out after the fact – days after the fact, weeks after the fact, was false.”

At the end of the discussion, Hannity said he’s going to have a one-hour special with Rumsfeld and a “studio audience.” On Hannity, “studio audience” means a hand-picked group of like-minded guests. By then, I fully expect Rumsfeld to have morphed into a Fox News, terror-fighting superhero. Especially if he continues to criticize President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Because on Fox, talking tough and using the word "terrorist" seems to be the main requirement.

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Kevin Koster commented 2013-05-16 13:14:54 -0400 · Flag
I totally missed Denny’s contribution. Shame.

He very quickly took about five uninformed shots and then ran away. I do wish he would have actually provided examples of what he was alleging. As it was, I could only see a reiteration of the usual Fox News talking points.

The primary discussion of the thread stands – it’s truly bizarre to see Donald Rumsfeld being held up as a standard of truth and integrity. His entire tenure in the George W. Bush presidency was marked by his contempt for the press and his arrogance when it came to telling anyone what was going on. Rush Limbaugh used to celebrate Rumsfeld’s obfuscations as some kind of victory. Which would indeed have been a victory over journalism and the principles behind it.

The reality these days is that it’s very difficult for various Bush Administration figures to travel abroad, due to the various war crimes charges that have been levied against them. This doesn’t get spoken about much, and Fox News pretends it doesn’t happen. But there’s a very real possibility that you could see one of these guys getting pulled into court if they slip up and walk into a subpoena overseas.
Dan Griffin commented 2013-05-15 20:21:50 -0400 · Flag
While I can agree with Denny that there are some times when “it’s Bush’s fault” comes out from some progressives almost automatically, the Prince of Darkness was Bush’s puppet master and Yosemite Sam was Bush’s defense secretary. Both perpetuated lies about the Iraq war. Cheney outed Valerie Plame and had Scooter Libby take the fall. Who are they to scold others about dishonesty when they themselves are two of the most dishonest people we’ve ever had in positions of power?
Peter Lynch commented 2013-05-15 19:53:50 -0400 · Flag
Aaah – that was a tasty troll
Lakeview Greg commented 2013-05-15 14:19:57 -0400 · Flag
Aww, two weenies of mass distraction.
doors17 commented 2013-05-15 14:17:12 -0400 · Flag
People, what is wrong with you? Don’t you know that the official talking point is that Bush is longer President, and therefore it is not necessary to bring up his past?

Good, now that we cleared that up what do say we all reminisce about our love and memories of the Gipper?
Denny commented 2013-05-15 13:36:49 -0400 · Flag
Ok you guys win, i’ll let you live in your messiah’s bubble.
Denny commented 2013-05-15 12:54:37 -0400 · Flag
just like i thought, never the issue at hand.
Denny commented 2013-05-15 12:01:15 -0400 · Flag
Obama failure= bring up Bush
Denny commented 2013-05-15 11:59:55 -0400 · Flag
It looks as if Fox(fixed)(faux) News is not the only news team you guys have to worry about, the leftys are going in on “ya” boy just as hard. But let me guess, its because they’re bigots right?
doors17 commented 2013-05-15 11:57:07 -0400 · Flag
I don’t know for sure if there’s such a thing as demons, but after having Cheney and Rummy on consecutive nights Sean may want to consider bringing in a Priest to bless the studio and spray it with holy water, pronto.
truman commented 2013-05-15 11:56:15 -0400 · Flag
Does Rummy still have wet dreams about WMDs in Iraq?
Dan Griffin commented 2013-05-15 11:49:45 -0400 · Flag
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. Al Franken was right. Conservatives are becoming a parody of themselves.
Denny commented 2013-05-15 11:49:00 -0400 · Flag
you’re right, Obama aka(Teflon Don) never lied.
Anne-claire Souza commented 2013-05-15 11:39:33 -0400 · Flag
Now this is rich,the biggest liar lecturing President Obama about lying.Who let him out of the nursinghome.
Sandman2 commented 2013-05-15 11:06:46 -0400 · Flag
Denny commented 28 mins ago · Flag

But its ALWAYS BUSH’S FAULT

I disagree with you on that. He’s mostly to blame for the policies that allow his predessor to subvert the rights of American’s, but, it’s not “ALWAYS” his fault.
Denny commented 2013-05-15 10:35:11 -0400 · Flag
But its ALWAYS BUSH’S FAULT
Denny commented 2013-05-15 10:33:53 -0400 · Flag
Obama: “The Buck stops with Me!” …
“Unless, of course, we’re, ahhh, talking about Benghazi, or the IRS, or the AP phone tapping, or Obamacare implementation, or red lines in Syria, or Gitmo still being open, or drone assassinations of US citizen, or committing US forces to War in Libya without Congressional approval”
“In those cases, the buck stops at a lower level official”
John Martin commented 2013-05-15 10:25:27 -0400 · Flag
Dick and Rummy and Jr could set whole world straight about TRUTH at their war crimes trials in the Hague. Still waiting…
Sandman2 commented 2013-05-15 10:08:40 -0400 · Flag
If only Condi Rice would come forward and accuse the Obama Administration of misinforming the public about North Korea’s nuclear threat. Saying, you can’t just willy nilly scare the public by talking about a potential mushroom cloud on American streets.
That would give them the hat trick of hypocrisy!
truman commented 2013-05-15 09:11:42 -0400 · Flag
Every time Rummy opens his ignorant mouth, it’s more obvious that what he knows is miniscule compared to what he doesn’t know.
Ray Michaels commented 2013-05-15 07:07:41 -0400 · Flag
I will only add that a friend told me that when Rumsfeld walked out of Pentagon for the last time there were cheers! They thought he was a mess and screwed up things big time!
Richard Santalone commented 2013-05-15 07:02:57 -0400 · Flag
From Joseph West’s comment:

“Yeah. Donald Rumsfeld. The man who, during the Reagan Administration, was photographed gladly shaking the hand of Saddam Hussein—even though he and the rest of the Reagan cabal knew exactly what kind of man Saddam was.”

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Peter Lynch commented 2013-05-15 03:09:43 -0400 · Flag
As Stephen Colbert points out – they confuse truth with truthiness.
Joseph West commented 2013-05-15 02:57:00 -0400 · Flag
Yeah. Donald Rumsfeld. The man who, during the Reagan Administration, was photographed gladly shaking the hand of Saddam Hussein—even though he and the rest of the Reagan cabal knew exactly what kind of man Saddam was. Then, less than 20 years later, he was the cheerleader to take out Saddam. (You also forgot to remind people that it was largely Rumsfeld who sold the war “on the cheap,” causing Americans to have to send desert-appropriate clothing to the soldiers after hearing reports about the uniforms that basically melted in the Iraqi desert heat. Another part of Rumsfeld’s failure to befriend Truth.)

Sure. This is a man who has any moral standing to give a lecture about “truthfulness” on any crisis.
Antoinette commented 2013-05-15 02:24:28 -0400 · Flag
The former Bush Administration leftovers know a lot about scandals-they wrote the book on it.

Rummy is peddling books to line his pocket. He is the last person to lecture Benghazi, given his role in Iraq.

High End Hannochio, given his colorful past, should look in the mirror. He has done things in his past that as a so-called christian would never, ever be forgiven.

This evil Oyster Bay water snake has a very dark side. Everything about him will become public knowledge. He is money hungry, self-centered fraud with a strange fetish.
mj - the same one commented 2013-05-15 00:30:31 -0400 · Flag
Damn — first, ’lil dick Cheney, now Donald “known knowns” Rumsfeld.

Who’s Hannity gonna host tomorrow? Uncle KKKarl Rove to talk about truthfulness?

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