duxoup

Phoenix, AZ Arizona Republic

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The man is unable to deliver or lead.

 

Anonymous

Bourbonnais, IL

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I know I'm kind of dense, and am no great supporter of Obama, but can u remember what r former president said, when asked if he made any mistakes while in office ? I do ! He said NO ! Whatcha got to say about that?

 

DudeWeggie

St. Cloud, MN Times

[I'd say exactly the same thing if some talking head asked me such a stupid question. It's like "Hey, do you still beat your wife?" How do you answer without being defensive? The best defense is a good offense. -ED]

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When this first happened, I tried to tell everyone it is just something that will happen; no system is perfect.

But then the lefties started coming out, and tried to blame this on the GOP! How could they make such a ridiculous claim? Because a GOP senator blocked the nomination of Obama's Head of the TSA. The lefties started screaming the GOP was playing politics with security, blah blah blah.

What HuffingtonPost and DailyKos etc purposefully forgot to mention was that the GOP senator could block the nomination for only 3 days; that is was actually Obama NOT making a decision for 8 months that left the TSA without a boss for so long.

RespectObamalikeBush

Phoenix, AZ Arizona Republic

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Typical obama do nothing except read the teleprompter and tilt his head back. The nation is at risk from within and without and the majority of those in Washington can care less.

 

deserttrek

Palm Springs, CA Desert Sun

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if he says "let me make this clear" one more time, I will vomit.

 

mightyright

Great Falls, MT Tribune

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Guess we can now officially say the Obama apology tour was a failure. The terrorists aren't buying it and the war on terror continues, no matter what your politically correct term for it is this week.

 

webejammin

Wausau, WI Daily Herald

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The argument used by Obama to deflect criticism is a subtle one. What he is saying first, (and it is laudable) is that his administration made some mistakes and the need to be corrected. At least that puts to rest the phony defenses of the Obama administration record with respect to this incident.

However, the generalization of the responsibility means that nobody in particular screwed up - it was the "system". In particular Janet Napolitano apparently is being left off the hook  - "great job, Janet".

Bob8930

Phoenix, AZ Arizona Republic

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[Here are the lefty talking points on this subject. They are apparently easy to copy/paste from all of the major kommie websites judging by the similar responses received -- all of which were anonymous except for this one... -ED]

 

Eddo, you have a serious case of amnesia. If we want to talk about monumental systemic security disasters the Bush/Cheney regime has set the bar so high it will never be surpassed. 9/11 was their fault period. The intelligence was there and ignored. Then there was the anthrax attacks, the 2002 shoe bomber and the 2002 attack on the US embassy in Karachi which counts as an attack on US soil. 12 died as a result of this bombing. Then there was the attack on the Unitarian church in Knoxville, the Jewess Center attack in Washington and the murder of the of the Dr. Who performed abortions. He was shot while attending a church service. These last attacks were carried out by domestic right wing Jihadist and not Islamic terrorist but the American victims are just as dead as the 9/11 fatalities. If you want to consider American body count the Bush/Cheney's intelligence breakdowns led to American blood being spilled in vast quantities. The intelligence debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq has caused thousands of American deaths. Add the toll from 9/11 and their total is well over 8,000. The underwear bomber case was a very close thing. They came very close to IDing him before he got on the plane. Trying to use this example to prove a total security breakdown is just moronic. At least President Obama accepted final responsibility. Bush has never admitted mistakes were made in the deaths of 8,000+ Americans. He has never expressed remorse. Here are the #s. Note Bush/Cheney are well ahead of Clinton as well.

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donsadam
Tallahassee, FL Democrat

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Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee said it best:

'We have learned the hard way that trying terrorists in federal court comes at a high price, from losing out on potentially life-saving intelligence to compromising our sources and methods,' he said. 'We must treat these terrorists as what they are, not common criminals, but enemy combatants in a war.'

I suppose the term "war crime" no longer exists in this administration.

 

fuguestate

Montgomery, AL Advertiser

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Look you can pick apart any administration and find failures and short comings...  Let us not forget that the shoe bomber happened under Bush (and he waited 6 days to make a comment and did so while on vacation).  There were also attacks overseas as well.  There is no perfect system and the intelligence coming from the investigation is showing that we did have the info we needed but 'failed to connect the dots'.  Of course the President is going to take responsibility because ultimately he is. 

 

Inlike

Columbia, SC

[One of the problem with this administration is that if bloggers don't pick them apart, nobody will.  In case you forgot, the mainstream media made sure to inflate the negatives about everything that happened in the eight years prior to Obama. -ED]

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I disagree with this assessment.  Obama is responding to faults discovered in homeland security much like the Bush Administration did after 911 that resulted in the system we have now.  What has been discovered is that the system still needs further refinement. That's all.
 

Obama deserves credit for a quick assessment of the situation and the immediate implementation of new procedures to tighten up security.  Obama also deserves credit for other national security protections. He is quietly following the Bush Administration's Iraq exit strategy and has implemented the much-maligned "surge" strategy in Afghanistan that turned things around in Iraq.  Obama has also more than tripled the number of attacks on the Al-Quieda and Taliban terrorists inside Pakistan than the number that were conducted by the previous administration.

Look closely and Obama is logically carrying on the war on terror much like the Bush Administration did.  But you won't read that in print or hear it on CNN, though.

When it gets right down to it, Obama is not nearly as weak on foreign policy as he is portrayed by his critics.

 

azleader

Salem, OR Statesman-Journal

[No. He's weaker!  Furthermore, he only pursues the elements of the War on Terror that were never played up by the Bush administration. Regarding drones, specifically, what would the left or CNN have said if Bush had used them in Pakistan or Yemen? Get real. -ED]

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And so Bush takes responsibility for:
9/11/2001 (count as one attack or four; either way is justifiable)
Anthrax mailings in 2001
That kid who flew the plane into the building in Florida (a bit of a stretch, I know, but if the kid had been an Arab, would the media have discussed his mental problems?)
The grenade outside the British Embassy in NYC
The above-mentioned suicide bomber in Oklahoma (again, he had "mental problems," but what if...)
The shoe bomber...

How many more????

Ahhh, but we forget all that and loudly and ignorantly claim that Bush had a perfect record. (Forget that little 9/11 thing.) But please, explain to all of us what SPECIFIC actions were taken after the election that allow you to lay everything at the feet of the current administration. ??? we're waiting... and if you can't answer, then isn't it the already existing policies and systems that need to be criticized?? Noooooo .... we can't criticize BUSH!!! he was sent by GOD! Nooooo....

Let's see if you're man enough to allow this post... Ha

 

DeDeDumb

Wilmington, DE News Journal

[Bluff called!  The anthrax scare came mere days after 9/11 and the shoe bomber incident occurred on December 22, 2001. The DHS would not even be "in business" until November 25, 2002, empowered by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.  If you have boarded a plane since 12/22/2001 you have probably been asked to remove your shoes. The elimination of the shoe bomb threat is the precise reason why the al Qaida-backed crotchbomber stuck the explosives in his underpants. A less PC pre-international flight inspection policy might have allowed for some simple profiling and a crotch-sniffing dog. -ED]

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Lotsa blame and finger pointing to go around. BHO is now POTUS! What is he doing to fix all these problems? As far as I can tell from watching CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, C-SPAN and yes, FOX - not a damn thing. He cowtows, does zipper checks and lies out both sides of his mouth! He misplaces priorities to establish a name for himself in history and can't seem to manage his way out of a paper bag. If he really had it together and lived up to his promises about an open administration, we might be on a modest way to recovery. It is time to correct this mistake and get problem solvers instead of problem starters in office.

 

2AxMax

Great Falls, MT Tribune

[Great comment.  May I add that our current "foreign policy" revolves around apologies, the begging for loans and a scam that green technology will save the world from just about everything. -ED]

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Are you sure you're not Hannity/O'Reilly in disguise?  You sure sound like them.  I don't mean that as a compliment.
 

Rick

Poughkeepsie, NY

[I must be more fair and balanced than most of my lefty readers believe.  You have implied that I am both liberal and conservative by the two examples you cite, so in that respect I guess I am half insulted.  But I'll get over it. -ED]

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My vote is less safe since Obama took office, running around the world as the apologetic tourist, trying to make nice with our enemies, bowing to Muslims, etc. and so forth.

Bush did make me feel safer, even if it wasn't as safe as some the more politically correct, in defense of their muslim in chief, think I should've felt. But Bush isn't the issue now, except for the fact that Obama and gang have been methodically dismantling the intelligence apparatus put in place by Bush, et al.

Obama couldn't buy a clue on terrorism if he had all the gold in the world and the clues were a dime a dozen. Our muslim in chief appears to be inviting some kind of terrorist attack, mainly I believe as an excuse for another "crisis" he and his gang of thugs will not waste.

 

novelator

Great Falls, MT Tribune

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