Critics of Obama way off base on this one
Yes — the not-so-bright, would-be terrorist from Nigeria got though international and domestic security mechanisms supposed to have stopped him long before the jerk lit his underwear afire before landing in Detroit. And yes — the incident happened during the administration of President Barack Obama. But the sniping at the president by Republicans, including former Vice President Cheney, and by conservative radio and TV commentators, borders on — if not passing into — asinine.
The criticism has included such childishness as blasting Obama for waiting a few days before making a national speech on the incident. For heaven’s sake, the president was briefed on the incident from the moment it occured; he made statements almost immediately indicating his concern and that he was being regularly briefed; he took time to gather the facts and meet with his national security team; and then he appeared publicly to give a rational, measured, but hard-hitting response. And for this, a former vice president criticizes him.
Partisanship truly has pervasively infected our political system when a reasonable, measured, factual, timely and substantive response by a president to a single security incident — the roots of which clearly indicate long-simmering problems that predated his tenure in office — is publicly blasted as irresponsible. In point of fact, those levelling such counterproductive attacks are the ones engaging in irresponsible behavior.
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John McComas
January 7th, 2010
1:09 pm
We don’t live in that era anymore Mr. Barr. I can remember as well as anyone during the last president’s term when the Democrats were the sniping asinine ones and the Republicans were the self-righteous “let’s be reasonable” ones. Like it or not, we live in a newer (arguably less manageable) era and it is for this reason that our president MUST to be accountable to us…for everything. It seems to me that your desire to return to “bipartisan” politics is actually a desire to return to the era when knowledge was closely guarded by the elite and the populace was largely uninformed of the things that very correctly make us partisan today. I for one LIKE that our country is so motivated and activated in the political realm. A more educated polity will (one day please GOD!) lead us to elect a president that isn’t a philandering jerk/uneducated bimbo/elitist technocratic proto-tyrant (i.e. Clinton/Bush/Obama) like our last few presidents have so clearly been.
michael
January 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
Barr got tagged by Dems and the media years ago for his role in the Clinton Impeachment.He has been trying to ingratiate himself to the press and to the public. What is worrying about Obama’s war is that he insists on the pre 9-11 mentality that alows terrorism to be treated as a criminal offense rather than an act of war.
conserve56
January 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
I used to think Bob Barr was a reliable conservative with principles, but since he left Congress he has become somewhat of a libertarian nut job. The libertarians go off the reservation (aka Ron Paul) when it comes to foreign issues. They naively think we can lock the borders and live like we are on an isolated island. That is not the reality of the world we live in.
DailyDanet
January 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
I disagree. While it may be true that some of the criticism may be unfair for another president, but President Obama has made his bed on this issue. He has made it clear that his administration does not think we are at war with jihadists; that privacy should trump security and that the Bush administration’s reactions were always over the top.
The only differences between the Knicker Bomber and 9/11 are (i) scale; (2) method and (3) competence. It was 1 terrorist sent to kill 300, not 19 sent to kill 3,000. He used a bomb instead of a box cutter. And, thanks to a faulty igniter and the quick work of a Dutchmen, he failed. Failure is not a defense to an act of war.
Obama had a chance to prove he was serious about terrorism be responding quickly and decisively. Instead, the President waited days, and then tried to claim the bomber was an “isolated extremist.” He then went on to charge the bomber in court, rather than hold him as an enemy combatant, as allowed under the law of war.
If any of the criticism would be unfair for another President, Obama has proven he deserves it.
neoCarlinist
January 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
Bob, good points, but please stay on message and off the low road with the “jerk” and “assinine” stuff. you’re a sharp dude, not need to dilute your stuff with talk-radio jargon (leave that crap to us). as far as the right-wing nut jobs, had Obama got wind of the plot, intercepted the flight en route, boared ala Steven Segal in “Executive Decision” (actually, Segal didn’t make it aboard – but that’s not my point – and a shout out to Chris Broe – Segal was “commando” before commando was cool) – thwarted the attack, intergoated the suspect, identified other terrorists, and killed them with laser-guided Predator strikes; the right would be blathering about how Obama kept Congress out of the loop, or operated in an unconstitutional manner. Politics was never civil or logical, but the current discourse is about as a couple pre-schoolers taunting each other with; “I know you are, but what am I?”.
NoMoreBS
January 7th, 2010
1:10 pm
The buck always seems to stop at someone else with this guy. He calls the Nigerian an “alleged bomber.” He says it appears that this is an isolated terrorist – implying that he had no accomplices who helped him. Now we know better. This “alleged bomber” (innocent until proven guilty) is treated like any other criminal with a lawyer and Miranda Rights. Now the White House security chief says that they want to remain flexible and perhaps they can negotiate a plea deal with the “alleged bomber.” You know, cut his sentence in exchange for information about his associates. Why wasn’t this guy harshly interrogated as soon as he was taken in? This brain dead president doesn’t even know the difference between a war and a crime. So if we had spotted this Nigerian at his Yemen training camp it would have been perfectly alright to kill him with a Predator drone, but if we wait until he lights a dud in his shorts on a plane full of American citizens, well we’ll just give him a lawyer and try him like any other criminal. Incredible.
And Bob Barr is back in the public eye. Well aren’t we all impressed. Trust me Bob, you’re Barrking up the wrong tree on this one and you look just plain silly trying to defend THIS administration.
IowaTom
January 7th, 2010
1:11 pm
Barr is an idiot – nowhere in the article does he state why any “critic” is off bases on this. He’s out of gas and maybe trying to court some Dems now ala Arianna? Just asking.
Sally
January 7th, 2010
1:11 pm
Bob, Cheney’s words were more than sniping at the underwear bomber. He was absolutely correct to chastise Obama and his crew for broader reasons.
Here’s what he said, then you write us all what you disagree with in what Cheney said.
“As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He seems to think if he has a low-key response to an attempt to blow up an airliner and kill hundreds of people, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if he gives terrorists the rights of Americans, lets them lawyer up and reads them their Miranda rights, we won’t be at war. He seems to think if we bring the mastermind of Sept. 11 to New York, give him a lawyer and trial in civilian court, we won’t be at war,” the former vice president said in a statement to Politico that was posted early this morning.
“He seems to think if he closes Guantanamo and releases the hard-core Al Qaeda-trained terrorists still there, we won’t be at war,” Cheney continued. “He seems to think if he gets rid of the words, ‘war on terror,’ we won’t be at war. But we are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe. Why doesn’t he want to admit we’re at war? It doesn’t fit with the view of the world he brought with him to the Oval Office. It doesn’t fit with what seems to be the goal of his presidency — social transformation — the restructuring of American society. President Obama’s first object and his highest responsibility must be to defend us against an enemy that knows we are at war.”
You sound like a media hound, hoping to get an interview from this Cheney criticism. See you on the tv tonight, Bob.
Mike W.
January 7th, 2010
1:12 pm
What has happened to you Bob Barr? The first thing Obama did was throw this right into the lap of George W. Bush; and you can’t understand why Cheney and everyone else is putting it back in his?
Joe Drager
January 7th, 2010
1:12 pm
Just what we need with all the crap Democrats are doing to this country; let’s defend the idiot in the White House.
Joe
January 7th, 2010
1:12 pm
I guess its ok for people on the left and dems to blame bush for everything but when the shoe is on the other foot you all whine!
Dems created the housing collapse. Obama sued citi mortgage on grounds of racial discrimination and won. Clinton threatened banks into lowering lending standards so minorities making 12K a year could go buy a 250K house. Clinton was in charge during the first world trade center attack and guess what he did? Nothing. CLinton was in charge when the Desert Storm I UN sanctions were being blown off by Hussein for EIGHT YRS. Clinton was in charge when the USS Cole was bombed in Yemen and did NOTHING. Clinton downsized the military nearly 30% over his 8 years in office and cut national defense spending in HALF. Had the left, Clinton done their job, there would not have been WMD issues in Iraq and most likely the terrorist bombers wouldnt have been in the USA going to pilot school.
Bush tried to investigate the housing issue 20+ times starting in 2002 because Greespan advised him that if the numbers were right, there would be major problems with Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. Guess what, the DEMS told him to piss off for 5 yrs and Barney Frank’s lawyer used the race card to deter the republicans. Race card, something the left is great at.
Tell me who is the source of the problem! Dems are naive and ignorant!
WeThePeople
January 7th, 2010
1:13 pm
Bob, just go back to your hole. If you can’t see that the buck has to stop with the Commander in Chief then you are blind as a mole.
BHO is responsible for our safety and security. He asked for the job, he got the job and now its time for him to do the job. The business of the USA is NOT just about getting insurance reform. BHO needs to man-up and let the world know that we are not going to tolerate terrorism and if it comes to us we will deal with it swiftly and with a vengance.
Sign me — so glad I moved away from Georgia so I don’t have to hear your assinine comments every day.
Richard
January 7th, 2010
1:13 pm
To those of you blaming the partisanship on Newt Gingrich – where were you in the eighties when Bork was getting pounded by Kennedy, Biden, Metzenbaum and Leahy?
AdamLS1
January 7th, 2010
1:14 pm
“What did he know, and when did he know it?!!”
retrocon
January 7th, 2010
1:14 pm
Wow, so much rhetoric here…
Mr. Barr, i don’t critisize the president for taking a little time, i critisize him for redirecting Homeland Security, through Napolitano, to focus on “disaster response” instead of the fight against terrorism. See the recent inspector general report in this area.
Arnold and others, Gingrich opened the congress to bi-partanship more under his leadership than any other recent speaker. While his rhetoric was conservative, he changed rules to give the minority (dems), more voice and provide more open debate. Pelosi has single handedly changed those rules back to the very partisan close-door, minority-voice limiting rules that existed at the end of the 40 year democratic leadership prior to Newt.
Get your facts straight. It’s all available for your perusal on the internet, if you just go somewhere for news other than the MSM, Kos, or HuffPo.
PBC
January 7th, 2010
1:16 pm
Someone sounds whiney….straighten up or off to bed with no dinner for you.
Peter
January 7th, 2010
1:16 pm
The captain of a ship has the responsibility for the safety for that ship no matter what. The same standard should also be applied to the current occupant of the White House. To my recollection that standard was applied to the previous President by his political opponents.
Terry
January 7th, 2010
1:17 pm
“…he took time to gather the facts and meet with his national security team; and then he appeared publicly to give a rational, measured, but hard-hitting response. And for this, a former vice president criticizes him.”
Bob…Just exactly what “hard-hitting” response are you referring to? And VP Cheney was critical of Obama in an overall sense that he characterized as Obama “pretending we’re not at war.” VP Cheney was not being specific to this latest incident.
The bottom-line Bob, is that we can’t go five minutes without seeing or hearing Barrack Obama commenting on everything under the sun. Yet, a near-miss terror incident occurs and we can’t seem to find him anywhere. Don’t kid yourself Bob, Obama’s had no “measured” or “rational” response to anything and two weeks after the incident his approach to a war that he doesn’t believe exists, hasn’t changed a bit. That’s the real reason Cheney and “Conservative Commentators” are remarking as they are.
BobLeBlah
January 7th, 2010
1:18 pm
You’re right Bob. The criticism should be focused on his BS campaign that led him to the oval office through his lies.
Lee Klimek
January 7th, 2010
1:18 pm
Bob, your article is asinine. “Partisanship truly has pervasively infected our political system…”? Where ya been, Bob. The criticisms of the Obama administration regarding the Detroit panty bomber are legitimate. The president has yet to “grab the bull by the horns,” nor has Big Sis (Janet Incompentento). And, your article adds absolutely nothing to the serious issues before us concerning homeland security and the anemic actions of our executive branch. What are you really trying to say here, Bob? Try speaking clearly and concisely — forget the cryptic gnat scratching, okay?
Jerry
January 7th, 2010
1:18 pm
In case you haven’t noticed it, Barrack Hussein Obama is very deliberate and measured in his responses to various crisis. It takes a considerable amount of time to conduct the polls, find out which way the libs are leaning, draft a statement for the teleprompter and then to give the speech. So lay off already.
PS Hey, has anyone seen Al Gore and the climatefearmongers? I would really like to hear what they have to say about global warming today!
RJG
January 7th, 2010
1:19 pm
How is Borat you moron?
Craig S
January 7th, 2010
1:19 pm
Looks like old Bobby is going soft on us. The President used the terms “suspect” and “alleged” in his “hard-hitting response”. Clearly he and his knit-wit Administration still don’t understand that terrorism cannot be handled as a legal matter, but as an act of war!
No, Cheney and others – DON’T back off on the criticism of this anti-American Marxist…until he and his ilk are drummed out of office.
Sorry to offend you enlightened Obama sycophants out there…I know YOUR side NEVER uses offensive rhetoric.
Jack of Clifton
January 7th, 2010
1:20 pm
Who is Barr? Some old ex-congressional hack who didn’t get enough of his share and now begrudges others for their shares. The only good thing about a turncoat is that everyone hates them. Go away Barr.
Lee Klimek
January 7th, 2010
1:20 pm
Bob, your article is asinine. “Partisanship truly has pervasively infected our political system…”? Where ya been, Bob. The criticisms of the Obama administration regarding the Detroit panty bomber are legitimate. The president has yet to “grab the bull by the horns,” nor has Big Sis (Janet Incompetento). And, your article adds absolutely nothing to the serious issues before us concerning homeland security and the anemic actions of our executive branch. What are you really trying to say here, Bob? Try speaking clearly and concisely — forget the cryptic gnat scratching, okay?
J. Richter
January 7th, 2010
1:20 pm
Thank you Bob. You speak the truth. Its like a parallel universe – Bush releases 592 gitmoers and 2 attack us and Obama’s gets all the hack because he dared release 7 carefully and plans to release more. Bush took 6 days to speak on shoe bomb incident leaving 911 out of this and Obama took 3 and he hates the country. Bush tries shoe bomber in civil court under same circumstances and current attempt and Obama hates Americans because he wants to use our justice system to expose the extremists. The difference (more like opposite reality) seems to be in our hearts.
It’s amazing how reasonable folks get when they are free of party shackles (same as Lieberman). I hope this is carried on “balanced” foreign-born owned Fox channels manipulating hate in our hearts an dcountry.
Wayne
January 7th, 2010
1:20 pm
You make me laugh on a cold and snowy day Bob……..This is a joke, right?
Brady Vitrano
January 7th, 2010
1:21 pm
Do I hear an American Civil war brewing between Republicans and Democrats. That sure would make the terrorist happy. Keep it up you jerks. Republicans are idiots. Democrats are idiots. But the people that support them are the biggest idiots of them all.
You are an idiot!
Misled by the media. You take your neighbors word over facts. You are all emotional and non-logical. You get what you deserve you stupid sheep.
Dorian
January 7th, 2010
1:21 pm
Again comes the liberal spittle spewing response. Funny how many democrats call people Nazis, have demeaned Bush over and over, yet, when it comes to serious issue (our fricken lives) nooooooooo we can’t hold anyone accountable. Get a clue you politically correct freaks. This could have ended very badly and you all think it is nothing but roses – shame on you.
Bruce
January 7th, 2010
1:21 pm
The sniping over this incident is passing into asinine? Really??? Umm, no Mr. Barr, it’s not. What’s asinine is that since the volley of criticism of Mr. Obama regarding his naïve stance on terrorism began on 1/20/09, he hasn’t heard a single word of any of it – and that isn’t good for the American people.
You delineate the process Mr. Obama has followed in arriving at this present state of affairs offering that it is “measured,” but by this logic, President Bush should never have made his speech on the evening of September 11, 2001 as he did, but rather, he should have waited until all the facts were in and a more “measured” response detailed for the American people. Mr. Barr, President Bush was standing atop the rubble of the World Trade Center just two-and a half days after 9/11 – a point in the current crisis at which Mr. Obama was still preparing to utter his first words on the matter.
And to you the criticism is asinine?!?
While I do not disagree that the plot to blow up NWA 253 was crafted to exploit the cracks in our armor, your assertion that Mr. Obama’s inheritance of any such defects somehow inoculates him from responsibility for them is outrageous! To the contrary, I would assert not only that his accession to office was a tripwire for a complete review and repair of any discrepancies found, but also that granting him the luxury of apathy on the subject of our national security grants him cover for his own (continuing) malfeasance in office.
The President’s highest obligation in office is to wield the power of that office in the defense of the citizens who elected him. There can be no doubt that Mr. Obama lacks the basic compass that enables him to understand and to act on that obligation. Shame on you Mr. Barr for excusing such a significant defect!
Jack
January 7th, 2010
1:22 pm
And not ONE fact or even a VESTIGE of a fact to back up this opinion?
*yawn*
Jerryinva
January 7th, 2010
1:22 pm
you are kidding me right? The criticism over the days of delays between the incident and his national speech may have been valid had not the President given a bunch of shout outs prior to announcing another terrorist incident in texas. as far as this incident having roots in during another president’s tenure, you are really kidding me… bush gone for a year… so what he thought about it when bush was here.. but he actually got through the security and airports under Obama’s watch… this of course when the head of the homeland security said the system worked, when his administration cant call a terrorist a terrorist, or even treat them as enemy combatants..no this goes much deeper than republicans being asinine or sniping… people were asleep when this empty suit came in and fooled everyone for the election to the highest office… running against the anger at bush, and now even today blaming him for everything because he isnt the leader all of the knuckleheads who voted for him thought he was… the american people are now seeing this president and Liberalism in general for what it truely is… dangerous and I hope to God (I hope no one was offended, yes i do) this country can survive and come back from what he is doing…
Cody
January 7th, 2010
1:24 pm
Please stop referring to the United States as a Democracy, it is a Republic. If you would like to “fear for our Republic” please do so because it is gone…
The word “democracy” does not appear in the constitution or bill of rights.
A democracy is an knee jerk system of government that gives more weight to popular opinion than the rule of law.
Roger
January 7th, 2010
1:24 pm
I long thought Barr was a dope and this confirms it!
Colin Killian
January 7th, 2010
1:25 pm
Asinine? Really?
I’m not saying your criticism is totally off base, but asinine is too strong and unnecessary. Your name calling makes you appear even more “childish” than those you criticize.
I admired you once upon a time but your desire to be a suck up and appear as a moderate reduces your political viability to practically zero. Enjoy your retirement.
Bob the Republican
January 7th, 2010
1:25 pm
Bob thinks Obama learned his leason on speaking too soon from the Henry Gates saga. But then again Bob feels Obama should never have the word “Partisanship” mentioned in the same paragraph as Obama unless its the answer to “Whats not going to happen?”
erik
January 7th, 2010
1:25 pm
you blame partisanship on the Obomber attacks yet you clearly are partisan in your rant. Let’s all be honest here. obomber is a douche and arguably the worst PRez we have ever had. He has miscalculated the economy, the nations interest in healthcare, the determination of “terrorist” whomever they might b e. He has carried on Bush policies almost identically. He has lied about transparency. I do not understand how you can defend the man other than you have a lot vested in his success. Obomber must fail.
Natronmeansbizness
January 7th, 2010
1:25 pm
Bob…yeah, NONE of this occurred in a vacuum. The criticism comes from the fact this SAME Obamabunch decided to close Gitmo, offload terrorists to Yemen, give KSM a criminal trial in NY, and gave Holder the green light to attack CIA interrogators (just to name a few). Obama doesn’t GET IT…and it appears that you don’t either.
hwobs
January 7th, 2010
1:25 pm
arnold wrote:
January 7th, 2010
8:05 am
“The Republicans have been overly nasty since Newt Gingrich and the “Contract With America”. The partisanship has not helped this country in any positive manner. Now, neither political party is willing to compromise. The Democrats did attempt to be bi-partisan, but they received no encouragement from the Republicans.”
All I can do is snicker at this one. Have you got your head firmly planted up your crapper? The Democrats attempted to be bi-partisan? I’m 51 years old and a navy veteran as well and I’ve NEVER seen Democrats try to be bi-partisan. What sort of idiots do you think you’re trying to sell this garbage too: other Democrats? No one else would by this trash. I clearly remember the Democrats doing fillibuster after fillibuster after fillibuster just a few years ago and also clearly remember how quickly they turned around to backstab W after they ’supported’ him post-911 and even for the Iraq invasion. Democrats and Liberals are by far the greatest threat this nation has ever seen and comments as ill conceived as yours are proof they just want to keep perpetuating lies thinking someone will believe it eventually. I have news for you my not-friend: your crowd is alienating more people than you can imagine and I’m looking forward to this crashing down in whatever form/end it needs to take. I hope you’re class is willing to reap the ‘fruits of their labors’ because I think its going to smell like rotten tomatos when all is said and done.
Rozar Smacco
January 7th, 2010
1:26 pm
It’s an accretionary process, Mr. Barr. POTUS and his gang of WH thugs have created such a record so far that it’s hard to ignore any transgressions— even those that may be questionably assigned. It’s just another sign of his poor leadership.
Nothing he has done so far deserves a “break.”
John Doe
January 7th, 2010
1:27 pm
Hey Bob, please stay out of politics forever!
Richard
January 7th, 2010
1:27 pm
What is asinine is Barr’s reference to an islam jihad terrorist intent on killing hundreds as a jerk, A jerk !!
As long as the asinine Barr and members of the Obama administration think of these guys as jerks, it shows they are not taking the islam jihad terrorist serious.
holly hayes
January 7th, 2010
1:27 pm
It is time to scrape off your obama sticker. This man only does what Axelrod and Emmanuel tell him to do. Since they were not with the President over Christmas he was lost.
ICONIC FREEDOM
January 7th, 2010
1:27 pm
Opposition has set the criteria for how these things are “expected” to be handled. Barr, you and liberals miss the point: if you set the criteria, expect to be held to it. You and others want to isolate America as if “I have my freedom and don’t care about you gettin’ yours” along with ignoring the serious nature of national security.
You can keep calling this whatever you want but it won’t change the reality of observation: radical islam is at war with ANYONE who isn’t islam – that’s their goal (convert, subjugate or die). When you accept this reality then action can be taken to manage the insanity of other human beings making choices to kill others, Americans or otherwise, thinking they’re getting a promotion.
This is always the issue with some Libertarians and Independents, elevating and isolating. Don’t cry about the humanity of “enhanced interrogations” when you’d allow people to be killed by tyrants and dictators; you merely reveal your arrogance propagated by the safety of your location living in this world.
annoyed
January 7th, 2010
1:28 pm
Way too little and Way too late. POTUS has lost the confidence and respect of the American people. Nothing this idiot whines about will restore dignity to the presidency– unless he is removed from office for incompetency.
Rusty
January 7th, 2010
1:29 pm
Wow. How completely one-sided and mis-informed. How about the pattern of not paying much attention to terrorist acts, or minimizing their severity? How about coming out after Major Hasan shouted “Allahu Akbar” and killed THIRTEEN people and saying it was ‘isolated’, ‘don’t jump to conclusions’, and ‘we don’t want to lose our diversity’? How about your totally unqualified homeland security head saying it was ‘isolated’, and ‘the system worked’, as well as your press secretary. What this administration has shown is a total ineptness in dealing with real threats to our security. Refusing to call terrorism or terrorists by name, refusing to allow that maybe, just maybe, there’s a strain of islamic fundamentalism that is trying to kill us. Get a grip on yourself Bob, and realize that the criticism laid at the feet of this administration over the handling of the last 2 terrorist attacks on our country is unnervingly lacking.
ATL
January 7th, 2010
1:29 pm
The criticism is not that he waited to have a “measured” response, but that he sent out underlings who totally flubbed on the air by stating the system worked. When that blew up, he was pulled off the golf course to essentially deliver a press release. After that, he pulled a 180 and stated that the system did not work and called the initial statements out by his subordinates and himself as false. I am sorry- that is nothing more than an absolute foul up, coupled with pictures of him goofing around a golf course sends a bad image to the American people. Remember Bob, it wasn’t just Conservatives that railed on him for this, but also those on the left that saw his approach as unprofessional and incompetent. The truth is this: He should have handled the situation better.
Jake
January 7th, 2010
1:29 pm
Another point, any of you who think it is perfectly ok to give up personal freedoms to FEEL safe and protected need to wake up. Anyone else remember certain things from history class pertaining to Nazi Germany?
JamesG
January 7th, 2010
1:30 pm
What a joke. Bi-partisanship died when Ted Kennedy led the Dems in their attacks on Supreme Court Justice nominee Robert Bork accusing him of basically being a Nazi. That was the start of all of this terrible political bickering and acrimony. But President Obama deserves every bit of criticism for his and his representatives response to the crisis. Napolitano was a joke, and his knee jerk reaction calling the attacker a “lone wolf” was just plain dumb. The President seems to do that a lot, makes a reactionary statement that he has to go back and correct 2 or 3 times until he gets it right. When are people, particularly Democrats, going to start being honest even about their own President. In the last couple of years of the Bush Presidency I heard plenty of right and far right criticism, but the left’s only complain is that Obama is not radical enough for them. What a joke.
Al
January 7th, 2010
1:30 pm
I am a fan of Mr. Barr and I agree that selfish partanship has reached record highs in the last decade. However, the most asinine criticisim came when the other side ridiculed George Bush for not immediately going into a panic mode in fornt of the first grade class at the time of 911. I’m not a fan of George Bush, but I thought he acted properly under the circumstance he was in at that time. I do wish Dick Cheny would just ride off into the sunset.