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lawhawk1/07/2015 6:27:43 am PST

So, the right wing is predictably following script.

Terror attack occurs overseas (and overnight DC time (EST)).

President doesn’t immediately make statement (because information is sparse and WH needs to get information from its sources in France both via official public and via intel network channels).

RWNJ complains about lack of statement.

President makes statement denouncing terror attack.

RWNJ would normally criticize that the president didn’t mention this was a terror attack, but he’s included it here; rather RWNJ complains about lack of specificity about who carried out attack (ignoring that this is precisely the issue they complain about re: Benghazi - that the President identified groups responsible and what led up to the attack, which in hindsight turned out to be accurate, but at the time was not certain).

President will likely make additional statements later today.
RWNJ will complain that President is a Muslim interloper because he didn’t immediately state that Islamic terrorists were involved.

RWNJ will further complain that he didn’t specifically identify which terror group was involved.

The script is as predictable as it is tiresome and vexing to anyone who wants to cover presidential politics and foreign policy because the RWNJ aren’t interested in facts or logic or wait for accurate information to come in; it’s all about gotcha politics and soundbites that make FoxNews or the RWNJ twitter feed frenzy.