[VIDEO] Jon Stewart ridicules Obama administration for its uncoordinated response to the Libya attack

Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into the Obama administration Monday evening over its fumbling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya on Sept. 11 .

In a segment called “American Terror Story,” Stewart asked whether the Obama administration is even communicating with each other, because it certainly doesn’t seem like it. 

Stewart showed clips of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, President Barack Obama and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice giving competing answers to the question of what caused the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.

“I mean it wasn’t just a mob action, but it wasn’t an act of terrorism either? What does that leave? Was it Libyan St. Patrick’s day?  What is going on? A quinceanera that got out of hand?” Stewart jokingly asked.

Stewart eventually came to the conclusion that many journalists have already come to: “The attack on our embassy was planned and coordinated, a response to it . . . ehhh not so much.”

 

By /// October 2, 2012
Francesca Chambers About Francesca Chambers

Francesca is the Editor of Red Alert Politics - an online publication written by and for young conservatives. Red Alert Politics is a product of Clarity Media Group, the parent company of The Washington Examiner and The Weekly Standard. She is also a contributor to The Washington Examiner.

Francesca is a veteran of several political campaigns and political organizations. She has also worked in new media and communications at The Leadership Institute, at the Republican National Committee and on Capitol Hill. She has been featured as a speaker at Leadership Institute, Cato Institute, Americans for Prosperity's "Defending the American Dream Summit," the State Policy Network's annual conference and CPAC, in addition to appearing as a regular guest on the "Big Picture" with Thom Hartmann on Russia Today.

She has also appeared on ABC's "Nightline", PBS' 'NewsHour', PBS' "To the Contrary", MSNBC, CNN, on TheBlazeTV (aka Glenn Beck TV) and had radio segments on Take Action News with David Shuster, NPR and "The Michael Koolidge Show."

In 2012 she was named to the DC GOP's first ever "35 under 35" list.

Francesca graduated from the University of Kansas with BAs in Political Science and Journalism. At KU she was an editor of the University Daily Kansan and an active member of Student Senate.

Comments

  1. Marcos says:
    October 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Really???? Did you ever watched the show or you are going to make news out of the few times that The show has anything bad to talk about Obama! You could write an article about the inumerous times that Romney acted like someone that is everything but the new president!
    Ps: don’t mention fox news in your little resume, it takes credit out of your little piece of news

    Have a nice day little Francesca!

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    • Polos says:
      October 2, 2012 at 8:25 pm

      Marcos,

      Really???

      Interesting reply to a journalist reporting on a satirist mocking a politician on the D side of the aisle? No comment on the actual content of what Jon Stewart had to say but you can make time to say nasty things about the editor who linked to the story that Jon Stewart wrote.

      Why is she reporting on this? Because it is news! Its the proverbial man bites dog story. These shows have been mocking conservatives for forever and it appears that its the only argument you have, “well what about your guy?” You couldn’t say anything about the content of the video clip or acknowledge that this administration might have screwed up… Hey it happens to all of us a time or two. I am kind of shocked that you didn’t somehow play the race or “it’s Bush’s fault” cards too while you were at it.

      The only reason this got a spot on Jon’s funny and entertaining show is that this administration has become so much of a joke that even the news media and other people who couldn’t or wouldn’t say anything bad about Obama or any other Democrat for forever finally had to acknowledge the complete and total ineptitude on the part of this administration that the rest of us have been seeing and talking about for years.

      Oh and don’t denigrate someone else based on where they work or about their physical appearance, that makes you and your argument look small, petty and completely irrelevant. You saw the word “Fox” (there was no “Fox News” BTW) and like Pavlov’s dogs came unhinged and started calling her names and denigrating her career.

      You have a nice day too Marcos…

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