By Roger L. Simon
I wonât hear what Iâd like to hear at the presidential foreign policy debate Monday.
What Iâd like to hear is Barack Obama resigning over Benghazi, the most extreme public mishandling of an attack on American personnel ever, certainly in my lifetime. If I (or most people) had been president and something like that happened on my (our) watch â and then I had lied about it myself while urging others to cover up â I would be so ashamed of myself I wouldnât be able to come out in public.
But thatâs not what happened. In fact, the reverse occurred. The president acted as if it was Mitt Romneyâs fault for ever bringing the subject up. And he had a willing co-conspirator in the morally stunted Candy Crowley.
Obamaâs outrage during the second debate even at being questioned on his response to the terrorist killings is one of the ugliest displays of narcissism I have ever witnessed from a politician and certainly the ugliest if you consider the ramifications of his behavior.
That the mainstream media ignored this reaction is a testament to their enduring pathology. Or perhaps to a secret longing for the divine right of kings.
But it doesnât matter. If Barack Obama does not resign on Monday, his reputation will be destroyed forever, even if he wins a second term, because Benghazi will not go away.
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I wonât hear what Iâd like to hear at the presidential foreign policy debate Monday.
What Iâd like to hear is Barack Obama resigning over Benghazi, the most extreme public mishandling of an attack on American personnel ever, certainly in my lifetime. If I (or most people) had been president and something like that happened on my (our) watch â and then I had lied about it myself while urging others to cover up â I would be so ashamed of myself I wouldnât be able to come out in public.
But thatâs not what happened. In fact, the reverse occurred. The president acted as if it was Mitt Romneyâs fault for ever bringing the subject up. And he had a willing co-conspirator in the morally stunted Candy Crowley.
Obamaâs outrage during the second debate even at being questioned on his response to the terrorist killings is one of the ugliest displays of narcissism I have ever witnessed from a politician and certainly the ugliest if you consider the ramifications of his behavior.
That the mainstream media ignored this reaction is a testament to their enduring pathology. Or perhaps to a secret longing for the divine right of kings.
But it doesnât matter. If Barack Obama does not resign on Monday, his reputation will be destroyed forever, even if he wins a second term, because Benghazi will not go away.
http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/