# How will the weird administration spin on Libya affect the election?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-weird-administration-spin-on-libya-affect-the-election/635067 "2012-09-18T13:54:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-weird-administration-spin-on-libya-affect-the-election/635067/1 "2012-09-18T13:54:07Z")

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Why are they so adamant about standing by this absurd theory that a movie got Ambassador Stevens killed, and that a coordinated attack with mortars and RPGs was “spontaneous”? It seems to me like a sure way to piss away his credibility on national security issues. If it was an al Qaeda attack, does that make him look worse than claiming that a movie did all this?

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