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Updated Oct 18, 2012 - 10:54 pm

President Obama's Libya comments to Jon Stewart fair game

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By Bruce St. James
Originally published: Oct 18, 2012 - 10:45 pm

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President Barack Obama talks with Jon Stewart during a taping of his appearance on "The Daily Show with John Stewart", Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Don't hate the player, hate the game.

If it's fair to misinterpret and malign Mitt Romney for his "binders full of women" remark or (Big Bird) comments, then the president saying "If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal" is equally fair game.

I don't think the president actually means how it sounded but since when has that mattered to either side.

Deal with it.

Sophie Bock, a supporter of President Barack Obama, watches a televised debate between Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Obama, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney kisses his wife Ann following the second presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

President Barack Obama hugs First lady Michelle Obama after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the end of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Michael Reynolds)

Students stand near a display on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempsted, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, site of the Presidential debate. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Thea Cole, third from left, comments to Ines Hellendall, second from right, as they watch the Presidential debate in the community room of their independent living apartment complex, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Boulder City, Nev. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

An audience member reads from a printed question during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Mariella Roque, 21, of Miami, left, and Jorge Palamino, 24, of Miami, right, supporters of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, cheer as they watch a televised debate between Romney and President Barack Obama, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

President Barack Obama, right, and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, center, participate in the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, heads back to his seat after speaking during the second presidential debate with President Barack Obama at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Hofstra University senior Rick Theroux, 21, right, holds up a sign amongst fellow students as they stand in the background of a live television news show ahead of the presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hofstra University junior Corinne Mestemacher poses with life size cut out cardboards of President Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on campus ahead of the presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. President Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Planned Parenthood supporters demonstrate outside of Hofstra University the site of the presidential debate, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Hempstead, N.Y. President Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks to reporters in the media filing room ahead of the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Hempstead, N.Y. President Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

First lady Michelle Obama applauds before the start of the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. Seated right of Mrs. Obama is Seth Bodnar from Western Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Pool-Michael Reynolds)

Moderator Candy Crowley passes members of the audience as she arrives at the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ann Romney, center, wife of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, speaks to members of the audience before the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Win McNamee)

Moderator Candy Crowley, center, applauds as President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Michael Reynolds)

Moderator Candy Crowley, center, applauds as President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pool-Michael Reynolds)

President Barack Obama, accompanied by debate prep adviser Anita Dunn, right, and senior White House adviser David Plouffe, leave the Kingsmill Resort, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Williamsburg, Va., for New York and the presidential debate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is greeted as he steps off his campaign plane in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, as he arrived for his debate against President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Stand-ins for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama, right, run through a rehearsal with moderator Candy Crowley, back to camera, ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hofstra Public Safety officer Ronald Nardo stands guard off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama is seen, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Workers sets up chairs off the set of Tuesday's presidential debate between Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A worker looks out from a cut-out in the set as stand-ins for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and President Barack Obama, left, run through a rehearsal ahead of Tuesday's presidential debate, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Billy Koske, left, and Jose Reyes look at signs hanging in the media filing center before Tuesday's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A worker walks past a sign in the media filing center before Tuesday's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Billy Koske, left, and Jose Reyes hang a sign in the media filing center in preparation for Tuesday's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A member of the media moves equipment outside the media filing center in preparation for Tuesday's presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Richard Marshall cleans a glass scrim for use on a set in the media filing center in preparation for the Presidential debate at Hofstra University, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Hempsted, New York. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A worker prepares a set in the media filing center in preparation for the Presidential debate at Hofstra University, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Hempsted, New York. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Williams Martinez, left, and Kirt Gallatin, right, lift a two-story high sign in preparation for the Presidential debate at Hofstra University, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012, in Hempsted, New York. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will hold their second debate Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Bruce St. James, Host, Bruce St. James Show

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Solitaire wrote...

Time To Go

October 18, 2012 10:47 pm

Good-bye Obama

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Jim Sanson wrote...

Stupid is

October 18, 2012 10:59 pm

Stupid does. You cannot fix stupid, but we can this fall...

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2cents wrote...

Totally Agree

October 19, 2012 6:12 am

Obamas NOT OPTIMAL comment was obviously taken out of context, and it is stooping to an oft-used Dem tactic to run with that intentional misinterpretation. I really hope we dont further slide into that gutter.

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Semi-Conservative Glen wrote...

Nobody could endure this spotlight.

October 19, 2012 8:38 am

In an age where everybody has a video recorder in their pocket... Romney's "binders full of women" comment is being seen as misogynistic, which is full of irony because according to the news I listened to yesterday, these "binders" may have come from womens' groups advocating these women for positions in a Romney administration. And clearly, President Obama was not being flippant, he was trying to frame his response to the question Stuart had posed. We all need to read "George Washington's 'Rules of Civility'".

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