take you, here s where he has taken you and here s where we are going to talk take you, but he got too far into the policy weeds and wasn t big enough. let s into do a little fact checking. the biggest issue what the vice-president had to say about libya. let s take a clip from the debate. the intelligence community told us that, as they learned more faces about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment. that s why there is also an investigation headed by tom pickerring, a leading diplomat from the reagan years, who is doing an investigation, as to whether or not there are any lapses, what the lapses were so they will never happen again itch they wanted more security there. well, we weren t told they wanted more security there. we did not know they wanted more security. now, there are two issues there. the first one is that he claims that it was the intelligence community that told them that it was a spontaneous protest. now, there are two sides to this story. the st
timing. he is a very nice man. if you talk to him and you say you needed his shirt, he would take his shirt off. that s the way he is. but his public discourse has been marked by a couple of things. he has in nervous mannerism, which is a smile. he flash its all the time, even sometimes when it s inappropriate. i think it s a nervous tick. tonight it was out there for all to see, time and time again, it was pleasure that and derisive, sneering, as you suggested. he said a couple of things. he said at one point, asked about the need for more security in benghazi. we were not told more security was nided. i don t think that s true. the other thing he said, the $716 billion that goes in the books as a medicare cut was applied to medicare. that s not true either. i don t know whether the fact checkers will get after him about that i think, that s where it gets in the weeds. it s easy for your mind to sort of get lost as you are listening to them in the weeds and the numbers of medicare
timing. he is a very nice man. if you talk to him and you say you needed his shirt, he would take his shirt off. that s the way he is. but his public discourse has been marked by a couple of things. he has in nervous mannerism, which is a smile. he flash its all the time, even sometimes when it s inappropriate. i think it s a nervous tick. tonight it was out there for all to see, time and time again, it was pleasure that and derisive, sneering, as you suggested. he said a couple of things. he said at one point, asked about the need for more security in benghazi. we were not told more security was nided. i don t think that s true. the other thing he said, the $716 billion that goes in the books as a medicare cut was applied to medicare. that s not true either. i don t know whether the fact checkers will get after him about that i think, that s where it gets in the weeds. it s easy for your mind to sort of get lost as you are listening to them in the weeds and the numbers of medicare
on entitlements and afghanistan, i thought biden scored. i would also say one thing about ryan, i was told going in that ryan was going to make this a big debate about big issues and it was only in the last 10 or 15 minutes that he made this talk about a big choice. here s where obama s going to take you, here s where he has taken you already. but on a lot of the issues, he got too far into the policy weeds and wasn t big enough. let s do a little fact checking. the biggest issue seemed to be what the vice-president had to say about libbia. let s take a clip from the debate. the intelligence community told us that, as they learned more facts about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment. that s why there is also an investigation headed by tom pickerring, a leading diplomat from the reagan years, who is doing an investigation to whether or not there were any lapse it s. martha: they wantedded more security there.
on entitlements and afghanistan, i thought biden scored. i would also say one thing about ryan, i was told going in that ryan was going to make this a big debate about big issues and it was only in the last 10 or 15 minutes that he made this talk about a big choice. here s where obama s going to take you, here s where he has taken you already. but on a lot of the issues, he got too far into the policy weeds and wasn t big enough. let s do a little fact checking. the biggest issue seemed to be what the vice-president had to say about libbia. let s take a clip from the debate. the intelligence community told us that, as they learned more facts about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment. that s why there is also an investigation headed by tom pickerring, a leading diplomat from the reagan years, who is doing an investigation to whether or not there were any lapse it s. martha: they wantedded more security there.