However, there seems to be a potential dishonest talking point for the Republicans as Petraeus



testified that the CIA's talking points written in response to the assault on the diplomat post in Benghazi that killed four Americans referred to it as a terrorist attack. But Petraeus told the lawmakers it was removed by other federal agencies who made changes to the CIA's draft.

Remember, that he is not pointing fingers at The White House but other intelligence gathering agencies. Any suggestion by the Republicans to the contrary must be met with serious pushback.

Via majcmb1 in comments, Rep Peter King is already starting to use this false talking point. Gen. Petraeus blamed OTHER federal agencies for the change of talking points NOT the White House. Be very clear.

At worst, this part of his testimony shows that there is a lot of bureaucracy in the intelligence gathering process, but we knew that already. If any Republican ever again says that Obama "lied" about Benghazi or tried to "cover it up", we can always respond with "General Petraeus disagrees with that assessment, and we always listen to our Generals". That will definitely shut them up. Or who knows, maybe they'll say Obama blackmailed Petraeus.

Good point in the comments: Obama's acceptance of Petraeus's resignation actually weakens the Blackmail conspiracy- Petraeus is now a private citizen siding with his former boss. He is a free man. I mean I can't believe I am thinking of serious rebuttals to that line of attack, but I think its important to hit back against any popular argument by conservatives and not ignore them.

Via Kossack D88, an interviewof Peter King buckling like a fool. Can anyone help me about imbedding the video? Thanks.

Great comment by Capsfan1978:

