See, this is what you just don't get you tone-deaf motherfucker: This is a losing issue for the Republicans but they don't see it because they are blinded by their hate.
I remember when I first heard the news; the U.S. consulate attacked, the ambassador and three others killed. It was deeply upsetting. I completely expected Republicans to respond as Democrats had in 2001, and even if they didn't want to rally behind the president in the middle of the campaign season, at least talk about unity and our shared resolve.
But that's not what happened. The right immediately started criticizing the president. It was shocking, actually. I remember thinking 'wow, either the president really did something heinous here, or the republicans are trying to politicize a tragedy.'
So now that we have the benefit of 5 weeks of hindsight, what is the perception of the administration's performance? I think it is that they made some bad mistakes. They didn't beef up security at the consulate before the attack, and they were too quick to blame the video after. I think those are probably now widely held opionions.
But what about Romney, Fox news, and the right wing response? The spectacle of Romney holding a press conference the day after the attacks to criticize the administration was just stunning. The continued criticism of the administration lacks nuance and objectivity, and any sense of perspective. When Paul Ryan calls the attacks the unravelling of the Obama foreign policy it just reeks of political opportunism.
I think that's why Obama calling Romney's characterization of his behavior "offensive" was so powerful last night. It is offensive. It's embarssingly offensive. And when he stood in front of the moderator arguing about semantics and who said what on which date, he looked like a losing partisan, desperate for a zinger, desparate to make something stick, rather than offering a thoughtful critique of what happened and suggesting what he would have done differently.
So keep your offensive avatar, mocking Obama supporters as a bunch of toothless imbeciles. Your attitude is sadly shared by many on the right, and alienating to the majority of Americans that don't see BHO as some anti-christ with half the nation fooled.
Romney better adjust his attitude and approach fast. If he tries the same shit in the third debate, he'll get crushed, and brushed aside on the 6th.