The mainstream media have been busy today criticizing Mitt Romney for his criticism of the Obama administration’s response to the attacks on our embassies in Egypt and Libya. First Read encapsulates the media narrative quite nicely:
Romney was referring to a statement that the U.S. embassy in Egypt issued condemning the “efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.” But that embassy statement, which the White House has distanced itself from, was in reference to an anti-Islam movie and anti-Islam pastor Terry Jones, and it came out BEFORE the embassy attacks began.
A couple points: One, the U.S. embassy in Egypt stood by the statement after the attack occurred. Two, and more importantly, Obama didn’t distance himself from the embassy statement–he essentially doubled down on it this morning. Obama said during his Rose Garden remarks:
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