To: puborectalis who wrote (679816 ) 10/19/2012 12:59:23 PM From: longnshort 1 Recommendation Respond to of 1573434 'My son is not very optimal - he is very dead': Mother of diplomat killed in Benghazi attack slams Obama's comment on raid President told Jon Stewart, 'If four Americans get killed, it's not optimal' Remarks sparked massive backlash from conservatives on social media Mother of slain diplomat Sean Smith says Obama was 'disrespectful' By Toby Harnden In Washington and Daniel Bates PUBLISHED: 10:49 EST, 19 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:22 EST, 19 October 2012 Comments (0) Share [iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=146202712090395&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D11%23cb%3Df20657154051fc%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%252Ff23164c763584a2%26domain%3Dwww.dailymail.co.uk%26relation%3Dparent.parent&colorscheme=light&extended_social_context=false&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2220241%2FBarack-Obama-Benghazi-attack-Mother-diplomat-criticises-Presidents-optimal-comment.html&layout=button_count&locale=en_GB&node_type=link&sdk=joey&send=false&show_faces=false&width=90" class="fb_ltr" title="Like this content on Facebook." style="border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; height: 20px; width: 75px;" name="f2e881a7fd1a03c" id="fc987115100f1c" scrolling="no"][/iframe] The mother of an American diplomat killed during a terrorist raid on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi has hit out at Barack Obama for describing the attack as 'not optimal', saying: 'My son is not very optimal - he is also very dead.' During an interview shown on Comedy Central, Obama responded to a question about his administration's confused communication after the assault by saying: 'If four Americans get killed, it’s not optimal.' Speaking exclusively to MailOnline today, Pat Smith, whose son Sean died in the raid, said: 'It was a disrespectful thing to say and I don't think it's right. 'How can you say somebody being killed is not very optimal? I don't think the President has the right idea of the English language.'Scroll down for video Not optimal: President Barack Obama, pictured left, discussed the killing of four men in Benghazi while speaking to Jon Stewart, right, on The Daily Show