Critics of Obama way off base on this one

You hit the nail on the head Bob!

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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.

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Not to put too fine a point on it but I agree with arnold’s insight; Gingrich’s Speakership was the watershed that converted political heat into boiling, intolerant partisan warfare which has subsequently lead to the perpetual gridlock we have now. I fear the success of our democracy (as measured by the best interests of the common majority prevailing) is in danger.

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You may be right but it’s far, far less than what the Dems. did for eight years or would do if a Republican were still in office. Let’s have a little balance here.

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Looks like the partisanship is thriving on this blog too. If a “Yeah, but blah, blah, blah” bittercakes response about Dems is rolling out of your mouth, isn’t that exactly the partisan response to which Bob is referring?

Try acting like a grownup for a day. Bob is a politician, for God’s sake, if he can do it, you certainly can.

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How can they act like a grownup for a day when they’re so busy being queen for a day?

The Safe Skies Initiative, which has taken the place of the “War on Terror” for marketing reasons, can only work if we pass a mandatory “going commando” law for all airline passengers for every flight in the world.

Then we’d have safe skies, and it would finally take all the mystique out of being a member of the mile high club, effectively killing two birds with one stone.

Obama did take two days to respond. Bush only took 7 minutes to respond on 911. If I remember correctly, Bush was reading “Mein Pet Kampf” when the first reports of 911 came to him, and it’s understandable that he felt he had to finish that gripping page turner.

So, Cheney is….RIGHT!

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“But what we will do is, we’ll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process.” – Barack Obama

DOWN WITH DEMS IN 2K10!!

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We are in danger of becoming a parliamentary form of government. Three parties dividing the vote three ways means that someone could get elected with only a third of the vote. Hell, Dukakis could still get a third of the vote. So could Cheney. So could Hillary, Palin, and Ferraro.

Pelosi two.

Becareful which part of the constiution you amend you just might get what you asked for: Chaos.

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Thanks for the common sense, Bob.

One positive thing the knee-jerk naysayers have done is to make this leftist pinko appreciate leaders of any political persuasion who argue with reason as opposed to unthinking emotion.

I, for one, have pledged to seek out areas where I can compromise for the good of the country. And I’m done acknowledging both the tea-baggers and anyone on the other side who matches them for ugly.

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Bob Barr is just trying to get attention by being contrarian here. The real failure of the Obama adminstration is trying enemy combatants as though they are American citizens and not recognizing that we are at war with religious fanatics called terrorists.

Bob Barr is a losertarian nut job.

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Bob, may I point out an issue with claiming the president was briefed almost immediately as it is incorrect. It was reported that his staff waited three hours before advising him of the incident. A three hour delay is not instantaneous. No explanation has been proferred.

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Bob…needing a little attention? Trying to stir your way back into the news? This is neither new nor unexpected. We are cursed with both parties being corrupt to the core and we can expect the behavior to continue.

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Mark or anyone, can you list a few amendments that made it into the bill that were proposed by Republicans. I hear all the time that they have been shut out and would like to know what they proposed made it into the bills.

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Amen, Bob

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Isolated incident? We just had a jihadist shoot up 8 people on a military base! Look at it this way, Cheney is to Obama as Gore is to Bush.

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Are you people serious? Democrats bi-partisan? Am I the only who remembers how disgusting and nasty liberals and even the mainstream media were towards W? Now the same people put a mindless nitwit (aka Obama) on a pedestal. No it wasn’t Obama at the airport screwing up and letting this pieve of garbage through the gate. But he is the President and it happened on his watch. As a leader you are responsible for all that your subordinates do, and DO NOT do. That’s how it is….deal with it.

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Yes Louella, your post is totally lacking in ugliness. I think you have labeled about six different things with meaningless labels while adding nothing of substance.

Thank you for your lovely reasoning.

I am going to go back to tea-bagging now.

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Bob did manage to get two words correct here – asinine and Obama. I’ll leave it to the public school graduates to assemble them in the proper order on how this event was handled…

Bob – this article represents what is wrong in so much of today’s journalism – you slam other for being partisan while the tone and verbiage of your entire article is…partisan. Go figure…

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Louella – And which side are you on? (Tea-baggers?) Who came up with that phrase and if you’re on the Right why are you using it? Name one thing the Right says about the Left on Air that is equally as UGLY!!!

There are only two parties in this country according to Dennis Prager and I agree with him. The Evil Party and the Stupid party. And of which one do you think Bob Barr is a member?

And to Joel Edge they are now profiling. There are several countries on the list, but I bet you have not heard about it, because not many are talking about it. If this had been a Bush/Cheney list of countries, the Drive-By Media would be howling from the roof-tops.

And one more thing Compromise is what got us into this mess, if Republicans stuck to their conservative values and beliefs, we would be in the majority and the Obama’s presidency would be a blib on the radar.

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Bob: You used to be someone who stood for something. I can’t help but think you’d have a different opinion if your wife, children, or grand children were on that flight. Your misplaced angst is an insult to all those who were on that flight. You need a back-bone transplant!

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Are you serious? Criticism is no longer allowed against the Messiah Obama? it is our DUTY to call out the president no matter who it is. and regarding issues of National Security, nothing is off base.

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This blog is too funny. Obama is the king of flip-floppers, more so than Kerry ever was. From the war, to healthcare, to transparency…you name it. He has an identity crisis. Now, the left-winged media are crying foul because politicians/people in general are wanting a quicker response? This is so lame. Obama needs to man-up and be more open to the American people, come to our country’s defense quicker. Are we sure he wasn’t on the slopes with Leiter ignoring these terror threats??

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What’s the matter Barr???? The Right wouldn’t embrace you so now you are sucking up to the Left???? Maybe MSNBC will hire you? Is that what your reaching for? You want to be Scarboroughs (who’s be reduced to a Panty Wearing Sniffling Liberal) sidekick? Get a life moron.

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“For heaven’s sake, the president was briefed on the incident from the moment it occured”

No actually they didn’t wake him up at 3am and waited 3 hours before waking him to tell him about it.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/out_to_lunch_living_out_disaster_BwhJp705q5sfseCQITjKbK

Seeing as how you got this fact wrong, why should anyone believe the rest of your opinion?

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Mr. Barr, please do us a favor and pull your head out of your backside before writing. For the past eleven months the Federal government has been under the leadership of (mmmm, mmmm, mmmm) Barack Hussein Obama. This failure occured on HIS watch and he deserves every bit of criticism he gets. Or are you just going to try to put the dog-eared Race Card into play here?

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Thank you Mr Barr. We have to get over this partisan mindset.

National Security should NEVER be a partisan issue. Just like everyone got behind Bush after 9/11 – we need to stay behind Obama – because it’s STILL after 9/11. If you want to be a partisan – attack taxes or health care reform…..attack Obama as Party Head……not Obama as our Commander In Chief.

Get behind the President. Call him out for mistakes, but use common sense…..there was no mistake here. This was a wake up call, and points to weaknesses that we might not have an answer for. It’s not Obama’s fault just like the shoe bomber wasn’t Bush’s.

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I remember the Katrina attacks on W and they were unfounded in my view! W was accussed of, not only taking forever to react after the storm, but was also accussed of being a Racist and not caring about the black population of New Oleans to get them out of the city. Noone seems to remember though that it was Mayor Nagan’s responsibility to get them out and HE failed miserably! Typical left wing spin.

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The problem is TRUST. How can you trust an Administration that does not honor the Constitution, that has an enormous LUST for power and uses it, and could care less for the future of this country. Actions are speaking louder than any opponent’s words. That is a FACT! By the way, 2010 will bring to new areas of probable disaster to these United States: a Food Shortage and an unbelieveable increase in CRIME. Watch these two develop.

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WHAW!! CRY ME A RIVER!! CRY ME A FRICKIN RIVER!! You didn’t say that at any point for the previous president. Now that you nut-jobs are in charge you are incapable of leading – leading starts with taking responsibility for things that happen under your watch – you know – HOW BUSH TOOK IT! Shut up and take your medicine cry baby.

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Why should Obama have acted immmediately? He had his appointed National Security Czar/idiot,Janet Napolitano, gather no informaiton and go on one of the Obama networks and state that the system worked as it as it should have. I was shocked that the reporter did not question her as to how the islamic goon got on the plane with explosives if everyhting worked as it was supposed to. These are the types of liberal, socialist loons advising Pres BO.

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Mr Barr – you are the one that needs to get your facts straight. President Obama was not notified to at least 2 hours AFTER the plane was on the ground in Detroit (heck even the Huffington post is reporting that one). His first briefing with advisors was only 15 minutes and then we was off to a workout. He then waiting 3 days (the incident happened on the 25th (in the morning Hawaii time) and he didn’t address the public until 12/28 in the afternoon (Hawaii time).

He wanted the job of President and he said he fully understood what that entailed and he was ready for that 3am call……. well it appears he wasn’t. This was someone trying to attack us on Christmas day using means that had been used before (the attack on the Saudi Prince) and he was sitting right over the gas tank of the plane. Yes,the partisan needs to be stop on both sides but the President also needs to step up and run this country and provide for its safety. That is the job he wanted and we believed that he could do it. I have serious doubts about that.

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Why is Barr sending the Whaaaaaambulance to the White House on this one? This wasn’t a “security incident”, it was a terrorist attack with clear ties to Al Qaeda, and the only reason it failed because the terrorist was stopped by private citizens after a waterfall of failures by the government. We wait days for a response from Obama, and today we get a whole seperate press release telling us, “Get ready for this one guys, you’re gonna be shocked at how bad we blew it!” This earns an empassioned defense from Barr? Sorry, but this is why Barr and the Libertarian Party wasn’t and will never be ready for prime time.

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Barr and the Libertarian Party will never be ready for prime time.

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To be bi-partison is to be without principles is to be without morals.

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Sarah, In my mind (which could admittedly be uninformed and/or warped) the Republicans have had some good ideas (like allowing interstate competition among health insurance providers), However they have remained inflexible on both idiological issues like abortion language, and practical issues like the public option and expansion of Medicare without offering effective alternatives to bring down costs (as measured by the non-partisan CBO. The Republican strategy looks to me like one that is utterly political in nature and not one of concern for the American people who are suffering (me among them) at the hands of our healthcare system.

None of the Republican ideas were even allowed in the House and were pretty much disregarded in the Senate except for some input in only one committee until the dems decided it was time to quit discussion.

Since one of the single biggest cost of health care is defensive medicine caused by lopsided court case judgement and higher insurance rates on doctors forcing them to practice highly defensive medicine if they wanted to stay in business, it speaks volumes about the seriousness of the dems for cost control. It also speaks volumes by omitting the 200 billion that will be paid to doctors due to low reinbursement rates on mdicare so the CBO doesn’t score it just to fool the public about the cost. It also speaks volumes about the dems that they would use 500 billion in medicare cost savings that hae never before, nor will ever be seen after the bill is passed. With 30 million new patients and the reimbursement rate for doctors on medicare at roughly 50% according to the Mayo clinic, the shortage of doctors willing to take the elderly as patients will be even more staggering than it is now. The additional costs to the states for medicade will be enormous and that amount is not included in the CBO numbers. States like California, Michigan, and Texas will huge populations of the portion of the 30 million who’s premiums will be subsidized will go bankrupt, California and Michigan long before Texas due to the fiscal responsiblity of lower taxes and better corporate business environment differences in the 2 states. The CBO only gets to score what Pelosi and Reid let them score, they don’t have a free hand to give the American public an honest answer.

Big Pharma is also taking us to the cleaners. It seems very odd that dems think transfering wealth to big health insurance carriers is some sort of reform. Dems like this plan because it creates a huge voting bloc reliant on government and paid for by republicans, independents, an a small percentage of the democrat base.

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Bob,
What changed your tune? As a staunch conservative I think its about time Republicans or RINOs get back to Reagan economics and readopting the view most American’s feel our role should be in the world, as Reagan did. We have no time left for pasty faced politicians who are in over their heads to make incredibly dumb decisions which in the end will endanger all Americans.

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I know….People are acting like he continued to sit down reading with children for SEVEN MINUTES! I’m going to go back to your past blogs to read what you said defending Bush on that. I bet you really let the left have it. I can’t wait.

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Thanks for introducing some common sense and civility into the debate. We need both parties to provide intelligent and constructive criticism of one another. There is no other way to counter the pet theories, sacred cows, and delusions that each party keeps repeating to themselves. Climate change and energy policy needs a more careful analysis before we hang ourselves with false assumptions and misguided priorities. Capitalism needs effective regulation to prevent excessive concentrations of wealth and power, to resist development of a permanent underclass, and further the development of a healthy and prosperous middle class. Otherwise, the system will destroy itself with monopoly, imperialism, and class warfare. A stable and balance political system is essential for continued progress. Meanwhile, health care can not be allowed to exceed its present share of GDP; nor is it going to be politically feasible to keep pushing folks out of the system. Republicans had a great chance to deal with that issue but choose to avoid it so we are where we are now. What is the conservative plan to breaking the political power of the health care and Wall Street money/power combines?

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Are you supposed to be someone intelligent, because your writing style suggests that you are, and yet your statements are neither arguments nor intelligent, simply insulting and denigrating. Schoolchildren can call names better than you can – perhaps I should suggest that to your editor – they probably work for less as well.

If you had military experience or foreign policy experience, you would never make the mistake of separating Foot Hood and Detroit, but instead would see the connection of those and other events from a strategic view. From there, you would easily conclude that the responses by the administration to the strategy that the two episodes exemplify are amateurish, uncoordinated, and impotent.

True, the Bush administration also created the “security theater” of TSA and DHS. While they might be partially forgiven for responding to pressure from the American public to “do something” in the wake of the 9-11 attacks, this administration cannot be forgiven because (a) the programs have been in place for years – long enough to evaluate their effectiveness and results, and (b) continued attacks have defeated arguments in favor of ignoring or denying that true enemies both exist and are competent. The diaper bomber was not unsuccessful; in fact, he was eighty percent successful. The only reason we are not mourning the passengers of that flight is user error, nothing more saved them from certain death.

Ultimately, neither administration’s responses are adequate to keep the American people safe. Unless and until the United States stops playing a defensive game, the Muslim terrorists will continue to find and to exploit our weaknesses. Moreover, unless and until sycophants and apologists for the Obama administration allow the military and intelligence communities to hunt down and destroy the terrorist leadership, attacks will continue and lives will be lost.

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You just reminded me of why I didn’t vote for you, Obama or McCain this last election. Thanks for the reminder Bobby.

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I think bob barr has been working at the aclu too long maybe he should sit down and read some quotes of mr. baldwin!!!!! he might actually realize he’s become a “useful idiot”

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arnold; The REPUBLICANS have been overly nasty??? You must be joking, insane, or just not paying attention. I’m not a Republican myself but come on. You say this with a straight face while the pit bulls Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Schumer, Emanuel, et al, make incendiary remarks CONSTANTLY about the Republicans. Get real.

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I obviously made a mistake supporting Bob Barr when he ran against Linder for the US House. I will make sure it doesn’t happen again, should Barr have any future ambitions.

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Is this the same idiot, Bob Barr, that helped Obama win with his stupid third party run for president?

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So that’s the opinion of a mainstream Libertarian nowadays. Vow! That’s pretty harsh on government.

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Still blaming Bush for Katrina? Why did I never hear a word of criticism for the democrat mayor of New Orleans and the democrat governor of Louisiana? The mayor left for Texas and nothing was ever seen of the governor. Go to hell, Bush bashers.

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The midterm elections are coming, America…Don’t act stupidly!

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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and tr…ansmitted them to us with care and diligence. ~ Samuel Adams

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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors: they purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. ~ Samuel Adams

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Where the hell am I? Thanks Drudge, I’m reading an article called the Barr Code? How is this guy relevant to anything?

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This is satire, right? Seriously. It’s OK to slam Bush for anything and everything but when a plane load of Americans comes this close to being blown up over Detroit, we should just shut up so his highness can pass the buck? Is that it? Seriously?

I don’t think so.

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Well if you’re not blowing the Republican you’re blowing the Democrat. So much for the 3rd party. More like Republican lite now a days.

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I don’t agree that Obama was notified immediately of the incident aboard flight 253. It’s well documented that Obama’s aides allowed him to sleep for at least an additional three hours before he was awakened and briefed. This is plausible considering that Hawaii is five hours behind Detroit. If someone wants to take Bush to task for his 7 minute delay, then let’s have at it, at least he was awake and notified.

Not to reference Hitler, but his staff was also reluctant to awaken him and allowed him to sleep until 10am when the allies first landed at Normandy. History remembers Hitler sleeping in as a very favorable circumstance for the allies at the time.

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Way to raze the BARR, bob. Mayybee you should taik some spelling lesons.

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Enter your comments here
I was an independent… now an R’. I am looking for some kind of leadership. I am near 50 and I have never seen an administration or a president continue to blame a past administration like this one. I think Bush could have really publicly plowed into Clinton about the loss of intel’ prior to 911, but he just moved on ….so Obama MOVE ON! And stop thinking the government creates jobs!

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Give me a slight break Bob. You know the saying about the “buck stops here”. It is becoming quite clear that the magnitude of incompetence that has allowed this incident to occur reflects a systemic problem and one that is quite significantly influenced by the attitude and approach of the chief toward muslim fanaticism – an attitude and approach grounded in pure fantasy.

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Bob, For our President to wait 10 days to go to Washington, and 11 days to have the first face-to-face meetings with Intelligence Officials, may not lead to the next terrorist attack, but it does send a message, true or not, that terrorism is not high on the agenda. And that is the wrong message to send in a post-9/11 world. Plain and simple. End of story. Obama should have been in Washington on Dec 26, if anything, to show a dedication to fighting terrorism and keeping America safe, whether it exists or not. Period.

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Puleeasse… Bush got crap for everything he did from the asinine socialists. 0bammy has done nothing good for this country in his entire life, just look at Chicago to see the future of this country. Failure after failure is 0bammy’s legacy regardless of his puppetmasters attempts to pump him up.
Give him a break??? Give us a break, the only transparency this admin has is the obvious and total low class corruption and the massive inexperience. My dog would be a better affirmative action president than this one.

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Dear Bob, your criticism, and that of your party. of Bush, the war on terror (whereever it is fought), and the refusal to recognize Islamic Radical war that extends beyond borders and governments is the bed you made. Those of us who have recognized the facts since 9/11 reach beyond parties and believe what the democrats and Obama said for the last five years which is why we don’t believe you now when he and the party say you take it seriously. I hope and pray that it will not come to another 9/11 for you, the democrats, and Obama for you to realize that this is war with all of the immorality and injustice that comes with war.

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Hank Richards, you’re lame. Way to slam someone and then include a shameless plug for your own web site. I won’t bother to waste my time there.

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Bob, the size of those nuts you must be dragging around, to say something like that after all of the outrageous stuff that was said about W. The truth is that Obama and his administration ARE making this country less safe through their demure posturing when it comes to international relations. What the Dickster said, needed saying for all of millions of head-in-the-sand Americans who might hear it and learn. And I heard that goofy Randi Rhodes saying how Cheney was making us more vulnerable by announcing that Obama is weak. Child please. The terrorists know this better than our own citizenry!

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You forget, he blamed it on Bush once again before Cheney even piped up. That is what is wrong with your analysis.

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Mr. Barr what about his campaign promise to hold the health care debate on C-Span ?
Is that a LIE or was he misquoted? Remember we heard everyday that Bush LIED!

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His Policies Failed, he does deserve Criticism, He met with his advisor’s 10 days later, his Homeland Secratary when on the news saying things worked as they should of. So Please!!!

His state Department failed.

The only thing that saved the plane was GOD!!

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Obama-the-Great has proven abilities in schmoozing his own party and a few others but, about Terrorism, he has been WRONG WRONG WRONG. GWB was a poor communicator but he was marvelously RIGHT about Terrorism. Obama-the-Great has wiseguy Biden. Bush had professional, Cheney. Obama has ding-a-ling Napolitano. Bush had professional Chertoff. — So Obama is dashing and articulate and WRONG. Bush was bumbling and clumsy and RIGHT. Bumbling and clumsy look better when you’re RIGHT!

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That’s all you got, Bob? I’ll give the President a pass on his response, no problem. SO I guess we’re cool, right? But what about his policies, closing Guatanamo, harrassing the CIA, Janet Napolitano his clueless appointee… what about those things, Bob?

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So in response to Haggis OKeafe where Dumbama was not awoken for 3 hours after the incident supports that he cannot handle a 3:00 am phone call or let alone a 3:00 pm phone call.

http://www.cafepress.com/solrac

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Please allow me to offer two observations. First, is anybody surprised that an old leftist from the MSM is defending obama? Leftist MSM folks defend democrats, that’s what they do, regardless of the situtaion. Second, Chaney’s main point was that obama still wouldn’t admit that we were at war with the terrorist. He still wants to pretend that this is simply a criminal situation, not a war. Consequently, he will treat the criminal with kid gloves. Chaney is right as any serious grownup knows..

Islam is obviously at war with the civilized world. Until we accept this and go to war with them, we have no hope of protecting ourselves.

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So the people that question Obama on this is off base, well at least they can find the base. Obama can’t find the park much less the base unless someone tell him what to look for and what to say after he gets there!

Wake up America!!

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Bob, is this the type of crap you have to write in order to keep your job at the AJC? You and the rest of the “useful idiots” there, Bookman, Tucker et al,, are so far out of touch, that most Georgians just laugh at you. Sorry, Bob, but you are just a washed up political hack. And, not a very good one at that! Now please go back in your hole.

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What is wrong with everyone? Obama is no commander in chief. He has no military background, experience, or training. He has absollutely no respect for our Constitution, history, culture or value system. The Constitution specifically states that the duty of the President of the United States is national security. Obama wants no part of it. He’d rather go abroad and apologize to everyone for actions the US never committed…there is no reason for apology. There is also no reason for Obama to be stripping every American of their rights or acting above the law, dissing the Constitution. His #1 priority as US President is to protect us, and this he cannot and won’t do. He should be impeached for his malfeasance. This goes beyond high crimes and misdemeanors. As c-i-c, he has failed miserably. Two attacks in one year with no recourse. Obama is a joke! Bob Barr’s not much better!

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How about the president calling this “underwear” bomber an “isolated extremist” when days later the Yemeni foreign minister asks for help/aid from the U.S. in combating “hundreds of more extremists” just like the underwear bomber?!? Or how about the administration’s “the system worked” comments?!? Or Gen. Jones (the head of the NSA, for God’s sake) stating the new bomber report will “shock Americans”?!? Or the fact that the U.S. government/intelligence agencies knew this jerk was going to get on a U.S.-bound plane…and still allowed it?!?
You calling my concerns and complaints partisan is right up there with calling me a racist because I didn’t vote for B.O. If Colin Powell had run, I’d vote for him in a heartbeat…so put that in your hand-out loving crack pipe and smoke it!

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Bob,

The extraordinary thing about your enthusiasm to defend the president on this matter is the fact that you were there, in congress, when the feeding frenzy started over W’s reaction the 9/11. You know well that civil discourse is worthless when you are dealing with stateist idealogues. How long have we had to endure the effectiveness of “Tax breaks for the rich” whenever some non socialist plan was put into effect……. or even suggested, to stimulate the economy. Remember how we were trying to starve our grandparents? No Bob, the critics of the president do not have it wrong; they have simply stepped onto the field with a new strategy. Civil discourse be damned. The hypocricy and ineptness of this administration must be boldy pointed out at all turns.

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Bob, you seem to forget that this administration has taken every opportunity to blame their failures on the previous administration. Cheney did not choose to speak out until after this empty suit continually blamed Bush/Cheney over the first 9 months in office. I didn’t hear Cheney blaming Clinton/Gore everytime something went wrong. If he gets defensive after hearing himself being blamed for everything that this administration has failed to accomplish, and seeks to set the record straight, I think he’s earned that right.

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Ok… these postings, for the most part, have got to be the most ignorant, self-indulgent pieces of crap I have ever read. If any of you think that the Dems or the Reps are here to help you then you are sorely mistaken. They are all out for themselves and the lobbyists who fill their pockets will all those shiny coins that allow for their extravagant and, a lot of the the times, degenerate lifestyles. Now, you want to really fix this country? How about we line up everybody in office in front of a jury of OUR peers, so that our TRUE representatives can decide if the politician in question deserves his/her position. Some will retain, but the vast majority would be put out to pasture, which is what needs to happen because the people in charge have lost all sight of what it means to be an average citizen.

FIN

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Just what we need with all the crap Democrats are doing to this country; let’s defend the idiot in the White House.

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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.

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“What did he know, and when did he know it?!!”

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Someone sounds whiney….straighten up or off to bed with no dinner for you.

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“…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.

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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?

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How is Borat you moron?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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…

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I long thought Barr was a dope and this confirms it!

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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?”

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Bob ‘WHO” ??????????????????????

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Your quote “the roots of which clearly indicate long-simmering problems that predated his tenure in office” is what is asinine. Do you have some super secret media insight that allows you the details of this incident? How could you with any sense of responsibility make such a statement? What don’t we just be truthful…you are a member of the partisan media trying to disparage partisan politics…just crap from a different animal…but still crap.

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Mr. Barr,

Did you forget that the Libs like yourself scolded Bush for continuing to sit at the school with the kids and not bolt from the classroom? So Obama was advised of the situation and then hit the golf course and his security chief hit the ski slopes.

Do you see a difference here or are you such a left wacko that you dont see anything but the aura of Obama’s figure?

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Bob,
Please keep the coodling to a minimum. Yes, he is the POTUS. However, I for one am embarrassed to hell by his naivte. Newt screwed us in the NY23rd, and , your ministrations are not helpful. Thank you and Happy New Year.

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Interesting article except for the fact Obama is trying to convince us that the “government” is capable to implement and manage large programs (medical reform) and that his is the one person that can lead the effort. Fortunately, everyone knows the government is incompetent and with larger programs, this means that can screw things up even more.

Lastly, is this a double standard? The Dems jumped on every little mistake the Bush Administration did. Is this author suggesting we continue to lower our standards and accept more bad government?

Sincerely

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Brady for president!!!!!!!!

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What’s asinine is a president who pretends this isn’t a terrorist attack. He’s treating this like the guy robbed a bank. 350 human beings were seconds away from being killed.. it was only the courage of a few and possibly divine intervention being the only thing that kept the world’s headlines from being “America Attacked Again.” Tens of thousands of anti-Americans, anti-Christians, etc would have been dancing in the streets on international television. The U.S. military should have immediately transported this terrorist to “gitmo.” And… nobody talks about gitmo’s release of a few terrorist enabling this attack in the first place. Headlines should be. “President Enforces Gitmo, realizes that military should be in charge of military tribunals.” Terrorist will no long be fried to go live in luxury on the worlds finest resorts or return to plan more attacks against Americans. The president is wrong in assuming that gitmo is a recruiting tool for terrorist. Most of America’s lifestyles are recruiting tools for terrorists! Beer, Women who make their own choices, R rated movies, X rated movies, Las Vegas, Indian Casinos, and I could go on for an hour. All are offensive to Muslims that want to conquer the world and force its law upon it. You want to talk about asinine? How about you trying to get your name in the news when you know full well that this president just doesn’t get it. It’s the safety of all Americans worldwide stupid.

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Barack Obama came into office promising to improve America’s standing in the world in contrast to what he claimed was his predecessor administration’s blunders all over the world. Once sworn in to office, he undertook a series of global apology tours where he traveled to foreign countries proclaiming that America’s sins were manifestly deep and irreconcilable to our democratic way of life. He kowtowed to a long list of world leaders begging their cooperation for a range of initiatives of little consequence to their own national interests. He performed a number of cringe-inducing, obsequious bows to foreign potentates and other heads of state. He promised to close the detainee facility at Guantanamo that housed some of the most dangerous terrorists in the world and offered to give them access to the US court system where they would enjoy freedoms never before extended to enemy combatants. He dithered for months on end over what, given his numerous campaign promises, should have been a fairly easy decision to expand the terror-fighting presence of American forces in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, on the domestic front, his hand-picked Secretary of Homeland Security issued a report warning that brave American soldiers returning from tours of combat in the world’s most dangerous operating theatres constituted grave threats to national security as they were likely to turn to domestic terrorism. She instituted a program of abolishing the use of the word terrorism to describe Islamic terror, preferring instead the antiseptic formulation of “man-caused disasters” and other inanities. She forbid government employees from using the word “terrorism” proclaiming that she wanted to move away from the politics of fear. In the wake of the Christmas day attempted bombing in which a known terror suspect was allowed to board an international flight destined to the US after paying cash for his ticket and without carrying luggage or even presenting a passport, her comment was that “the system worked.”

As all this was going on, the US Attorney General announced that the most notorious terrorist in US custody, the man who planned the atrocities of September 11th, would be granted a public trial in New York City, an act of almost incomprehensible derangement and a decision that will surely boomerang. Not only will the trial descend into a public forum for jihadist rant, but given that the defendant was waterboarded dozens of times by CIA debriefers, the possibility exists that he could be acquitted of the crimes that he proudly admits he committed.

The administration has formulated a principle that, if it apologizes enough and displays enough weakness in dangerous theatres abroad, the terrorists will just go away. And it has broadcast its view that terrorism itself caused by poverty and economic disadvantage. Given that the Christmas day terror suspect hailed from a rich Nigerian family and was living in a $4 million flat in London and yet still undertook his suicide mission, both of these conceits have been proven wrong.

All of this, and much more, has demonstrated that America is not serious about maintaining a strong anti-terror posture in the world. These and host of other actions were undertaken in an effort to improve America’s standing in the world. Instead, the Obama administration has only exhibited weakness, and it is a guarantee that the terrorists are paying close attention. Barack Obama is, unwittingly or not, validating Osama bin Laden’s “stronger horse” theory. And the net result is obviously a boost in jihadist recruitment as America seems to be deliberately proclaiming “Give Weakness a Chance.”

So, irrespective of whether criticism of Barack Obama over the failed bombing of the Northwest flight is warranted, he has earned rebuke and Dick Cheney and other are right in pointing it out. Rightly or wrongly, Barack Obama is responsible for all that he has wrought. Given his proclivities, it will not soon improve.

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Ok first off people, radical anything is dangerous not just radical islam. Rush Limbaugh (not sure on spelling) is a radical republican, Michael Moore is a radical democrat. I am so sick and tired of people including muslim or Islam when talking about terrorists; yes there are muslim terrorists, but guess what idiots. there are christian terrorists too. The IRA anyone? Get educated or just go die, please.

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We have had 9 years now of lies and negativism about Bush. It’s pay back to your ‘as transparent as asphalt’ president.

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Must be I’m getting old. I seem to remember some pretty awful things that Democrats used to say about Goldwater. Then again, I thought they said some particularly mean and partisan stuff about Reagan. Then I read some of the comments here and see that all this mean stuff started with Newt Gingrich. I guess I mis-remembered this stuff. Also, seems to me the Clintons did a little bit of this stuff – calling folks things like racist – but it is only me.

Barr is right, partially in his criticism – but only partially. Obama did describe and isolated extremist long after the rest of us knew we had a connected Muslim terrorist. Furthermore, he should remember to put his criticism in context – that this is an ongoing sin commited by members of both political parties.

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Jack Parkman
January 7th, 2010
7:34 am

What’s with all the spelling errors? Consservative? Assinine? Long-simemring? Copy editor must’ve had a bad day.

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Don’t forget “occured.”

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Our politics are partisan and will continue to be, and it does not take a smart person to figure it out. Our problem is that government no longer listens to what the citizens want, but we are told what the government wants us to do. Pravda has much better articles than our MSM, because they tell it like they see us. We are a roll over society now, and have been for the last fifty years. Government has spent our wad.

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Another vacuous offering by yet another knee-pad fawner. How sad and how pathetic our nation has become.

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Katrina was a national disaster and an epic failure both prior too and especially after the event.

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Bob is right…

How dare you stupid unwashed morons dare to think that any one that works for the Government should be held accountable! Bob was also mad when people were complaining that the average salary for a Federal Employee was $70,000.00!

Shut you you stupid morons and allow your betters do their job! You are lucky to have such a smart and beautiful President! And you people that constantly compare what we did to Bush it’s time for you to Moveon.org! Besides everyone knows Republicans deserve to be attacked and criticized because Democrats are ALWAYS right because they do stuff for Special Interest groups and Unions! They take money from people that don’t need it and give it to Single moms and people that actually deserve it!

The Underwear Bomber situation is far more complex and difficult than 9/11 or even Katrina so it is wrong to criticize Obama when he is dealing with a hard problem!

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The first major bill pushed through by Bush was authored by TED KENNEDY with No Child Left Behind. Other Dems were given input under a GOP majority including Senator Sarbanes on Sarbanes Oxley and McCain – Feingold. We no longer have the cooperation of the majority party

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Didn’t you eat cheese made of breast milk?

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Sounds nice Bob Barr, but your actions speak louder than words. He wouldn’t even appear with Ron Paul and Ralph Nader along with a few other presidential candidates at a press conference which was put together to support non-main stream candidates.

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Interesting information:

Barr attended “… the University of Southern California” and joined “… the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity in 1967 (where as of 2009 he holds the position of Grand Crysophylos on the fraternity’s Board of Directors).” He “… also joined the Young Democrats of America and rallied against the Vietnam War.” “His parents disapproved, and threatened to cut off financial support if he continued his ‘flaming liberal’ activities.” Original sources available at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barr

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Jake you are a MORON Name one Terrorist attack other than OK city on the us that was not done by a muslum? BOB you need to think about how the left treated Bush for the 7 min he spent in the class room after 911 happened. Obama = One Big Ass Mistake America!!!!!!!

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Memo to “Jake”. Have not read of any recent man-mad disasters provoked by the IRA or any of the Christian fundamentalists. I guess we should start looking for redheads and Bible toters at the airport gates. Loons you lefties are.

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Give me a BIG break Bob. We just witnessed 8 years of NON-STOP Bush bashing. Some of the bashing was justified but most of it was simply vitriol partisan hatred spewed by the liberal left and the complicit mainstream media. Were you critical of the Bush bashing? Somehow I doubt it. Conservatives are justified in expressing concern about Obama’s handling of the terrorist bomber but the criticism is NOT specific to this one incident. Combine Obama’s “World Apology Tour” with his handling of Guantanamo Bay, The Arkansas Terrorist killing, the Fort Hood Terrorist killing, and Obama’s unwillingness to use the term “Terrorists” or “War Crime” and it is CLEAR that Obama is being tested by Islamic extremeists. He set himself up for this. He already has 3 Terrorist strikes against him. Say what you want about Bush and Cheney but THEY KEPT AMERICA SAFE after 911. In fact…ask yourself this…if you were a Terrorist, would you rather mess with Bush and Cheney or Obama? Easy answer. Obama is clearly a typical dovish liberal and the terrorists know it. Unfortunately, my prediction is that they will hit us again soon to test the will of the annointed Obama. They know he’s weak and they want to prove it. WELCOME BACK CARTER!

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That would have to be in the but, Bob

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True statement Bob, now can you refer me to one of your archived articles that states the same idea during the Bush administration? No, didn’t think so.

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Bob, I don’t think Americans or Cheney are blaming Obama for the pantybomber but are instead blaming him for convulted and misguided aproach to fighting terrorism. Why do we give the terrorists who make there way to our shores the same rights as our own citizens but indiscriminately bomb their associates and families with predator drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those alleged terrorists are not getting miranda rights and public attorneys, they are being treated the way they should be. Americans also don’t like the soft language and “no rush” to judgment being used when these incidents happened, i.e. immediately the Nigerian was an “isolated extremist” with no links to terrorist networks … lie and with Fort Hood the media and government failed to mention the faith of the terrorist until witnesses began to come forward. The President needs to stop fighting for domestic issues which are secondary to his duties to protect this country’s domestic issues. And for those who say we shouldn’t turn national security into a partisan issue, well tell Obama to get Axelrod out of his national security meetings and for his advisors to stop his staff from digging up Bush’s shortcomings after a near attack so that the talking heads can say Bush was just as bad …

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NOTE TO Neal N. Lichmee

Timothy McVeigh? The IRA? Should I continue?

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Any anti-Obama response is because this kind of incident IS REALLY IMPORTANT. This is not just political snipping.

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Being from Hoonah Alaska, men like this Barr person remind me of the bait we use during the annual seal harvest. Laid out with the other dead fish, rotting and smelling badly to those with good senses, but desirable and inticing to the mindless masses waiting to have their skulls cracked by the swift blow of a properly weighted club. Well done Mr. Barr. I can smell you from here…

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sorry for the spelling and other mistakes

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So, no substance here. Basically, he says, those criticizing the President were bad. But, the criticism is fair. The system failed. Napolitano said the system worked, got ridiculed, then said it didn’t. The screw up is being downplayed. Ultimately, the head of any organization, business – or country – needs to be criticized when something serious does not work, if only to identify the problem and fix it. Lastly, the President has to communicate some confidence to Americans – in our national security, his administration, the economy, etc. This is the greatest failure so far of his administration.

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Nobama, did you realize your post makes you a FLAMER. Bet that makes you unhappy to hear

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Arnold, let me tell you the bitterness cannot be blamed on Gingrich. For years dems called Republicans and conservatives Nazi’s, mean-spirited, etc. Even Detroit Mayor Coleman Young referred to President Reagan as old pruneface. The problem is liberals cannot take the return fire of insults directed at them. I have to admit Bush deserved some criticism in handling things, but a lot of it was pretty bitter and personal as well. I figure what is good for one is good for another. I too would like to know what took so long for the President to respond to this attemtped bombing. My biggest problem is he called it isolated. How many times does it have to be before it is no longer isolated, we have had three attacks on us in thethis coutnry with the first being the guy who shot the recruiter this past summer, Fort Hood and now this. It looks like a pattern to me. But the President won’t rush to judgement, at least not here, not unless it’s a cop arresting a black college professor and then it’s okay. Liberals bashed the crap out of Bush on everything, do you honestly expect your guy not to have to take the same criticism? Get real.

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Bob, I am pleased you are retired and no longer a member of the Republican Party. The reason to take exception with Obama is his belief, and that of his fellow Democrats is that the federal bureaucracy will keep us safe and this episode proves that it won’t. That complacent liberalism is pervasive in the CIA, State Department and the Department of Homeland Security is more concerned with political correctness than defense of US citizens. Not only is this destructive political mindset pervade national security it defines the entire Democrat health care reform disaster. Dick Cheney is correct to criticize Obama and the Democrats because Mr. Cheney does not wish to see US citizens harmed or liberty of the United States destroyed. Best of luck Mr. Barr in the irrelevance of your retirement.

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More spelling errors – occurred leveling
I’m supposed to take Bob Barr seriously…..what a joke

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The system worked RIGHT! Lets remember who this administration considers to be a threat to this country. God Loving, American Loving conseratives. You can’t blame it on BUSH anymore. This administration is weak on national security, period. Obama was more concerned with his gold score than what happened on this aircraft. He turned his back on the American people when it took him 3 days to say ANYTHING. What was his response to the mass murders in Texas? Wake up America!

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I think the terrible showing of respect for George W Bush has left alot of republicans feeling angry. The Dems began the scum slinging during his tenure, including Barack Obama(who i think is a disrespectful, overconfident punk, good guy but not a president). But, I digress, I just find it amusing that when W was president It was Ok to bash him on everything he did, but you cant do that with our current young president. Just saying whats good for the goose is good for the gander. Maybe after Obama term we can come to an understanding. However, GOP took crap for 8 years about Bush, and now that Obama isnt the Messiah all the libs and dem thought he was the GOP will jump all over it. Did anyone really buy one word the guy ever said? Obama is a Liar, through and through…

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bob barr is completely untrustworthy overall. barr is just a failed party-switching politician who will pander to gain popularity, and is just another POS to have to deal with – successfully defending a communist U.S. hater like obama on security is like urinating on a forest fire to put it out. fail. has obama done anything right yet? oh, that’s right, obama HATES the United States. i guess bob barr does too.

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Out of curiosity, were you also upset when Clinton and Carter continually bashed Bush?

http://www.rightofanation.com

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The sad and distrubing fact is that BO, the president of our beloved country is grossly unqualified to lead. The only thing he has going for him is a democrate congress and not many support him. After the 2010 election, which will hopefully balance the congress he will continue to be in trouble. BO is destroying America and he needs to stop.

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There is NO WAY Obama will have a second term. Healthcare passage will cast a huge shadow on his chances.

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I wonder why Barr didn’t mention that Obama then got a lawyer for the enemy combatant terrorist who committed an act of war against this country, so the terrorist wouldn’t have to talk. and give us information on Al Kaeda that can save innocent lives.

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This thinking makes me glad Bob Barr is no longer in Congress. Attacking the democrats is a good thing. Party loyalty is a good thing. Attacking Obama for any reason is an exceptionally good thing. And, correct spelling and grammar would be a good thing. Alas, it is not to be found in Mr. Barr’s posting.

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Personally, I would like to know who decided to put this Islamic Terrorist Savage in the US Justice System.

He has already Lawyered up. He was a rookie terrorist for Christ’s Sakes who would have been a prime prospect for Gitmo Interrogators.

And, on that fact alone, I will blame HBO.

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In politics perceptions are everything. If the POTUS is perceived to be ineffective, he is. If POTUS is perceived to be lying, he is. If POTUS is perceived to be fundamentally changing the USA into a socialistic state, he is. If the speaker of the house is perceived to be an ineffective idiot, she is. Need verification, check the polls!

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The Republicans have attempted to be bi-partisan, but they aren’t going to vote for this sham of a healthcare bill…. why didn’t the demoncrats include any of the Republican healthcare bill in theirs, OR EVEN CONSIDER IT. the President comes out after one night calling the cops racist at Harvard without knowing any of the facts but he can’t come out the day after the THIRD attempted terror attack since his presidency. They have already succeeded in two terror attacks in the U.S since obama took office, Ft. Hood being the second and he still can’t call that a Terror Attack…. and you think we are being partisan Bob Barr? Get a clue!

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Personally I’d like to see all the republicans and democrats currently holding office go on the unemployed rolls. I’d like to see them all replaced with true Americans who care more for their country’s future than just for the next election and the next pay-off from a lobbyist group.
I’ve heard it said that America has the best Congress money can buy. I’ll drink to that statement. I doubt there is one member of congress who hasn’t sold at least one vote during his or her time in Washington.
During next year’s elections, remember RE-ELECT NOBODY and maybe we can start to get rid of the stink in Washington.

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Matt Lafleur @ 2:02 p.m.

You’re kidding me right?

Point #1 – Belief that the federal bureaucracy (i.e. the federal government) won’t keep us safe

What exactly do you propose? The federal government is simply the machinery that implements and executes policy. Profiling, dissecting everyone before they are boarded, whatever you propose to keep us safe are just policies. Who else is going to carry these out? Our Constitution vests responsibility for national security in the federal government. If you want to change it then start working on a constitutional amendment and good luck with that.

Point #2 – Complacent liberalism
This is just fluff talk without any substantiation. Disregard any and all readers until Matt provides evidence of this.

Point #3 – English grammar
You might want to check your dictionary and English grammar book again. The phrase “health care reform…” is a noun. You are attempting to modify it with the concept of the Democratic Party. A noun is modified by an adjective. The adjective is “Democratic”. The word “Democrat” is in fact a noun. Did you go to school in Georgia?

Point #3 – Dick Cheney does not want to see the liberty of the U.S. destroyed?

Please….he used the federal Constitution to wipe his behind. He has absolutely no interest in “u.s. liberty”. That liberty went out the door with the likes of warrantless wiretapping and other goodies.

Point #4 – Dick Cheney does not wish to see U.S. citizens harmed
Your statement implies somehow that Obama wants to see American citizens harmed? You really believe that? If so you need professional help. You are delusional and should not be allowed to operate a vehicle.

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Hmmm….where was Mr. Barr when the far left radicals were trashing everything the Bush administration was doing? I totally agree with Cheney ripping Obama for his response to the terror. Let’s see, was he a terrorist? JUust an individual not linked to a group? Not a muslim? No, Cheney and the others were correct. Mr. Barr must be getting low on work at his law firm.

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Mr Barr, your memory is very selective. You and every other democrat blasted Bush for waiting 20-30 minutes before responding to 9-11 while he was in a class room with children. So you my friend have set the BARR for criticism on response time.
Additionally, he has a pattern of waiting to make decisions and appears weak. He took forever to send troops to Afghan presented a less then tuff on terror image. His administration did not use the word terrorist after the incident, they don’t considering these terrorists war criminals and by doing that we gave up all the information we could have gotten from this guy by mirandising him. All this adds up to a President whom still thinks that being nice to radicals will make them like us and there for not hurt us.

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With all due respect, congressman, the problem is not that the incident occurred, but rather the response. On the day that obama called him an isolated extremist, al Q took credit for the attack. it is a sad day in America when al Q has more credibility than the president. Then you have Napolitano all over the sunday shows saying multiple times that the system worked. And then there is the fact that they read him his rights right away and gave him the rights of a criminal defendant. This is outrageous. So no, Mr. Barr it is not unreasonable to criticise the President for these transgressions. Sure, an attack can happen under any president’s watch. what matters is how they respond, and obama gets something less than a B+ for his response.

Oh and one more thing, it was reported that Obama wasnt informed until 3 hours after the plane was on the ground so, no, he was not briefed the moment it happened.

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I don’t see how any level headed person can accuse the Republicans of being the sole source or even the instigator in the incivility we see on the political stage. Democrats, especially Pelosi and Reid, are the most evil, vile, name calling group on the planet. They are the ones who love to throw around words such as Nazi, racist, and hate. If you ask me, Democrats are the textbook example of projection. If you want to know what is in their hearts, simply look at what they accuse others of.

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I seem to recall the left going off the deep end because President Bush, when notified of the 9/11 attack, continued reading to those kids (and thereby not startling them) before he responded. So it’s ok to bash him for that but not bash President Obama for not cancelling his vacation for this? I give him credit, he interuppted his golf game when the child of a friend got hurt. A leader would not have waited to get all the fact before addressing a nervous public. They needed reassurance and did not get it for 3 days. He could have easily addressed the public and stated that all the facts were not known yet but promised to get to the bottom of this. He did not. Sometime being a leader means being a calming presence and letter others know you don’t have the answers yet and to broadcast to those listening that you will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable. Not wait 3 days until you can figure out how to put a political spin on it and point fingers.

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In my years, I have seen many people like this Bob Barr person. They lack the genitalia to stay true to their convictions. We should always remember, whether you are a Republican, a Democrat, or even a tree hugging hippie loser like most of the State of Oregon… if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything… That’s what happened to middle America during the last election, thereby giving this neophyte, street thug politician, the powerful job in the history of mankind…

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Do you remember all the vitriol spewed at Pres. Bush? Moveon and DailyKos were never criticized or muzzled by the Democratic party. As an independent, I see it as child like behavior. To stop this acrimony, both parties have to step up and take the high road. The majority party should take the lead if they want to earn respect from voters. I don’t see this happening with the current majority leaders of the House and Senate based on their past and current remarks.

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Wow! THIS is something to berate conservatives or others that do not agree with how obummer and the dimocrats use/view military and intelligence. Bob, YOU have gone a long way from when I admired you a LOT!

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My my my…how quickly we forget. The left jumped into Bush’s case with both feet…and for less than this. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

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I don’t know who you are, Bob. I’ve never heard of you before, so we start out even. Whenever ANY president handcuffs our nation’s security efforts as much as Obama has done, any and all criticisms are justified. And when a secuity lapse occurs, the guy in power has responsibility. That should rightfully compound the ciriticism, because, you see, Bob, Obama has lowered our defenses, lapses have started to occur, and he rightfully should take lots of blame. Obama has been in office almost a year, now. Most CEOs of huge corporations are expected to make major progress in a few months. So “time in office” cannot remain an excuse. Obama has made major progress all right – in areas most Americans disagree with. But the problem is Obama has dwelt on all the wrong priorities. National security should be FIRST, not last. Bob, I would bet you are 1 in 1000 who believe it is unfair of us to shower Obama with tons of criticism and expect accountability. It is amazing and unfortunate that there are that many of you who believe this way. Accountability and national security are wonderful things, Bob. And Obamas actions, which mean more than his rhetoric, are telling a dismal tale.

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Gee Bob. I didn’t know that you were a RINO. Guess that’s why you are not in office now. Political correctness and lax attitudes is what caused this. If we don’t get tough on the rugheads soon, they are going to bring one down…you can count on it.

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The problem with most every comment on this post is the same. People, NEITHER party cares about the real interests of the American people. Sure, there are a handful on each side that are genuine, but you can probably combine them and still count them all on both hands. Until you stop blindly supporting whatever your party says and REALLY focus on what they do, we will continue to be the idiots that keep them in office. Your neighbor could lie to your face today and you would have no issue with failing to trust them in the future. But, your President or Congressman can lie to you repeatedly, you KNOW it, and you will continue to make excuses for them because you are just as partisan as they are. WAKE UP.

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Sure, let’s let the Libs play Chicago style politics while we’re “professional”, “courteous”, “diplomatic”, “tactful”, etc. etc. ad nauseum.

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To Jake: Jake, nobody is saying that muslim=terrorist, what people say is that all hijackers, market, school, nightclub bombers, train bombers, etc. are muslim terrorists. Until our stupid security systems wise up and begin profiling individual’s behaviors like they do in Israel, this will happen again and again and everyone’s liberities will be further erroded. We do not have unlimited funds or time to have 100% checks, so we must use our brains to give extra screening to where it is required. The people hijacking planes are muslims, those should get extra screening, not 5 year old kids, not 90 year old grandmas, not Sweedish bikini models. Being PC already cost a lot of soldiers their lives at Ft. Hood. The next time a city might be smoldering from a WMD. PC is killing this country…fast.

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Sorry Mr Barr, but boo-hoo! That’s life. In the last year, the Pres has worked very hard in speeches and in personal appearances throughout the world to try to be nice and “kiss a–” to the people and to the countries that have no interest in whether or not we have “partisanship” (which doesn’t exist) and/or our US culture. Some of these countries know we are at war. Strange to relate, our Pres does not. Now, hopefully, someday, the Pres will start acting like one and do what needs to be done to protect our citizens.
But – no worries – if he fails, you can blame any/all failures on what “predated his tenure” (aka Bush). It is guaranteed the Pres and his cabinet will do that!
Really, Mr Barr…wake up.

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Took time to gather the facts? Like “he acted alone”? Barr is a joke.

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If in the final analysis Obama’s attention and focus was so keen and on point, why is he still, still, using “allegedly” and “suspect” and why on God’s green earth would he let this guy lawyer up?
The immediate reaction would be forgivable if the contemplated course didn’t justify our mistrust of his ultimate approach.

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Barack Obama’s response wan not reasonable, measured, factual, timely or substantive. You’re the the one off base Mr. Barr. Since taking office attacks against Americans are on the rise and I like most American’s understand that his demonstrated weakness on the matter and capitulation are primary factors. This isn’t August 2001 and nobody can claim ignorance about the threats we face so when they successfully carry out a major attack we will hold Barack Obama and Eric Holder responsible for not doing at that was possible to prevent it.

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Gee, is this what it takes for the MSM to love you again, knifing your party in the back? You’re disgusting. You make me sick. Obama is a filthy beast as his appointment of sex fiend and freak Kevin Jennings, would show, if you took your head out of his butt long enough to examine your surroundings. Obama is trying to destroy this economy on purpose as is stated in the “Cloward Piven” strategy which is like a bible to a liberal nutbag. You cannot cut 500b from Medicare and cover 47 mil more people while somehow “reducing” costs. He is a LIAR and anyone who follows him is either a liar as well or as Rick from Casablanca would say, “uniformed”.
Obama is liberal scum who thinks that five year olds need to know what SODOMITES like Barney Frank do to his male prostitutes. And he thinks that his daughters would be “Punished” with a baby should they fail to kill it. He is a liberal pantywaist who is AFRAID of the terrorists and will close GITMO in the ludicrously vain hope of APPEASING them. He has eliminated the words “WAR ON TERROR” and changed it to “Overseas Contingency Operation” he has eliminated the words “Islamic Terrorist” and replaced it with “Man Caused Disaster”. You should KICK YOUR OWN ASS for your mewling pathetic cry for attention. To support such a man leaves your own character suspect. But then again, we’ve always had a few questions about you , haven’t we?

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Put the scotch glass down, Bob. You’ve had enough.

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I could go with the column if cetain basic facts were not ignored: 1) Obama initially said that this was an isolated incident, essentially not connected to a larger network. That was apparently “way off.” 2) The Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, initially said the system worked in dealing with this terrorist threat. Sounds like that was “way off” as well as she had to walk that comment back, substantially, the next day.

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Fine, you’re right; in fact how about we round up all the muslims and put them into, lets say camps; then we could guarantee no more terrorist attacks. Then after that we can round up anybody who is intimately aquatinted with a muslim (friend, spouse, in-law) and put them into camps. Ooh and after that we can round up anybody who knows a muslim and put them into camps. Would you feel safe on a plane then????

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Hey genius! You fixed a few of your misspelled words but still have 2 incorrectly spelled words in this article. Why should anyone buy into your crap if you can’t even spell? That is a lot of misspelled words for 3 paragraphs! I would suggest taking some college refresher courses or at least see if your local high school has room in its English literature class for you.

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This administration is so lost in the sauce, and so determined to avoid being in any way shape or from like the Bush administration that they refuse to undestand that President Bush was right about the need for stringent security measures and even in the face of idiotic BS from the worthless ACLU and the nut cases at code pink or MSNBC, Bush kept this country safe. We are now experiencing the danger of a left wing too soft on security president. . . Wake up America. . .

Ps. Watch Glen Beck tonight he has great information pertaining to this.

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Bush was in office on 9/11. As much as the chorus here loves to deflect the criticism to Clinton or the Democratic Congress or the liberal media, the greatest attack on Americans on American soil took place under the lackadaisical and unfocused regime of George W. Bush.

A fact is a fact is a fact.

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it’s great to hear about obama taking time to gather his facts and measured response during the biggest travel weekend of the year people were waiting at airports to go home from the holidays, undoubtly s@*%ing there pants. a word of encouragement from the big guy would not have hurt. if it was President Bush the d’s would still be talking about it and demanding an investigation and calling for the removal of Vice Presidnt Cheney. clearly amatuer hour in the white house.

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What a seriously delusional frumpy and unhappy spreading of poison journalism masquerading as opinion. Why would your opinion count when all I see is knee jerk reactionism on your part. Sadly that is the tool of the left for the tools of the left.

Conservatives put up with the entire media and 8 years of “murder Bush movies and attacks and the left cant take the heat of one criticism ? What fecund and petulant behavior from one of the “enlightened” left. Which is why I abhor them for their asinine sanctimoniousness, Among other things their Jeremiah Johnson is broke and that’s all I have to say about that.

Have a nice life you poor misguided and bitter man…. and your pot and kettle are showing that you are the partisan one blinded and unable to see reason. Fair is fair, suck it up, man up and don’t be a damn whiner.

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The Muslims are accomplishing their mission of destroying the U.S. economy. Obama says he will side with the Muslims when the going gets tough. Instead of getting tough and solving the problem the Washington crowd is trying to tip toe around and not condemn the Muslims so they can continue to consolidate power for socialist conversion

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JD

January 7th, 2010
2:31 pm
Agreed. My problem is with this Administration’s actions after the incident. This guy should be in a military prison, and should have already been interrogated. He should not be in a federal prison, as they say, “all lawyered up”. On this, the republicans, and the talk show hosts, are correct.

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Do you pay attention at all – to any credible media? It doesn’t appear so. It’s been widely reported that he was singing like a canary right after he was taken into custody. There was no need for torture or harsh interrogations, but I guess that type of nonsense makes cowards feel like big men. He’ll be prosecuted and imprisoned just like the shoe bomber – in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this country as he should be.

Sheesh, I’ve never seen a bigger pack of uninformed bedwetters.

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So interesting that you fail to address how quickly Obama addressed the incident in Boston, but how something as critical as almost blowing up a plane requires several days to collect the facts. Pathetic – you truly have tunnel vision as do some other people who are blinded by the media.

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What a turd fondler.

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Anyone wo thinks our democracy is supposed t succeed…if it is a democracy, it will surely fail as all democracies end in Tyranny. If we were a constitutional republic, like the Constitution structures, then we can succeed.

We can’t fix our problems without getting rid of the idea that this is supposed to be a democracy. Our framers went to great lengths to make sure this was NOT a Democracy.

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I am shocked that former Rep. Barr would come out in defense of the president. I commend Mr. Barr for his rational and timely common sense statement. It took courage to come out like Bob Barr did. I wish more people would follow Rep. Barr’s example.

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Let’s see now… Instead of improving our ability to prevent known underwear from getting on a plane outside the U.S., we focus our effort on being able to see everyone’s underwear in the U.S.

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The simple fact is: that as long as we have the dribbling fools in charge in DC we will continually be attacked by the muslim community. When an elected official allows our enemies to come into our land and attempt to kill us without sense of serious repercussion, in their native areas, then our enemies will feel emboldened. When our dear leader and his DOJ hack comfort the enemy by allowing them due process and constitutional rights, as though they are an accused American citizen, then our lives are in danger. Are we politicizing our liberty when we talk of failed obama policy when he and his DOJ hack are in cohorts with law firms that are and have benefited from defending people who want you, your children, your parents, your grandparents and every other American citizen dead. Our leaders are aiding and abetting our enemies by giving them the equally rights you have, and you put up with it. These fools have lowered you to the level of barbarian and you call people who fight to protect liberty partisans. Is this what we stand for? It’s not what I stand for and political bickering it may be but don’t you people hail bickering and dissent as American. Or is it only American when you do it?

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With regards to the healthcare debate and bipartisan efforts (I don’t know how this became the topic, but here’s my two cents):

The Democrats are willing to compromise on HOW government eventually takes over the private medical sector, but not that government WILL eventually take over. And so, without debate as to the merits of a government run system vs. government regulating a private run system, there IS no compromise.

And if the Democrats would drop the necessity of a government run healthcare system, then there would be plenty of areas for debate left.

For instance:
* Why wouldn’t simply forcing the sharks (insurance companies) to have to swim in each other’s waters (operate across state lines), bring cost down.

* What have been the effects of CURRENT government intervention? Have such things as disallowing hospitals from asking for insurance before providing NON-life threatening care caused hospitals to have to shift the cost to patients WITH insurance, thus raising the cost of insurance as a whole?

* Why not have a middle-man system between the would-be plaintiff and the court system to reduce the cost incurred by frivolous law suits. Such a system couldn’t work because we couldn’t trust anyone to carry out such duties? But we trust the lawyers and judge don’t us?

With regards to the actual article:

The issue I have with Obama is not his response to this particular incident, but that fact that he is shifting the entire problem from a war between the civilized societies vs. terrorists to a police action between America vs. Muslims (just listen to his speeches; he speaks about tensions between Muslims, not terrorists).

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Jake: wow you are incredibly ignorant or just overly emotional, like a good liberal. You are the one that brought up camps (much like the great FDR when he rounded up Japanese in the US into camps.) What I said, is that you screen where the threats are, if you have extra time or money, expand out. Israel has a system of 4 guys at Tel Aviv airport that screen all passangers, and they have the safest air flight system in the world. They talk to people, find out what is going on, and profile likely threats (one way tickets, no baggage, etc). People with something to hide give away signals which you then can do a more intense screening. Here in the US we screen everyone equally thinking technology will save us because we do not want to be called racists by hand-wringers and limp wrists such as yourself Jake. People with your mindset will get a lot of people killed. I am just glad I do not reside in a big city that is the target of terrorist attacks such as NYC, Chicago, LA.

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9/11 The President was visiously attacked by democrats for being on air force one, President Bush was attacked relentlessly for hurricane Katrina even thought the democrat mayor of New Orleans and the democrat governor of Louisiana sat on their as ses instead of getting people out of the way of the storm.
It is painfully obvious that Bob Barr is a Bush hater, no, a Republican hater and a obama lacquey.

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If people would truly be intellectually honest with themselves and put political party aside, they would see that Obama and the Democrats are KILLING this country. Be HONEST with yourself and wake up!

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Yes it is true that government has it’s own inertia, and he is after all only president. The problem is the bureaucracy. The failures of Katrina, at the federal level were due to the inflexibility of government, not GWB, and the lapses here are not the fault of BHO. Having said that, the president IS showing nothing but weakness. I learned in the sandbox that bullies only respect strength. For that a pox on his house.

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Bob, I voted for you because I thought I did not have a better alternative. Now I fear I may have been wrong!

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Had Bush only concentrated his and our efforts on Afghanistan, and not made an unnecessary and unrelated diversion to Iraq, perhaps the head of the AQ serpent would have been severed and there would have been no 12/25 bomber.

Same argument that the deceivers use to deflect criticism of Bush for 9/11 onto Clinton.

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Bob went off the reservation about the same time he ate Borat’s wife’s breast milk cheese.

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“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.” This line shows how clearly slanted you are. Did you just come out of the coma you went in to in 1992? OMG . . .

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President Obama was not “briefed on the incident from the moment it occurred.” He learned about the terrorist attack three hours after it occurred and said nothing to the nation for three days. Even after three days of briefings, the President didn’t know the basic facts, referring to a terrorist trained by an Al Qaeda-affiliated group as an “isolated extremist.” Of course, this is the kind of negligent reporting I would expect from someone who refers to a terrorist attack as “the incident.”

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Seems like if you don’t agree with Left 100%, you have to just be quiet according to their logic. If you complain or speak negative of Obama or the left – you are considered to be “attacking” them. It speaks volumes to how the left works. Can you all remember how the left treated Bush for his last term? Remember he didn’t act quick enough on 911, or quick enough on Katrina. Remember how Hillary screamed that “dissent” was a good thing while bush was in office, but now Republicans disagree and it is a different tone! So stop calling the kettle black. Republicans want TORT reform!! Left doesn’t. You want your health insurance rates to go down. Pass that – and stop telling me more of my tax dollars gotta pay for other peoples health!

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Bob you ignorant slut………..

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Hey Bob, perhaps Obama was briefed on the situation but I am not sure if the head of the NCTC cared. He couldn’t give up his ski vacation to determine the reason, or reasons(s), how this nut-job slipped throught he cracks. As we learn more, it does appear Cheney had a point. Just ask yourself, which whack job in the White House do you trust with your security? I think we know that answer/

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Congressman Barr, I voted for you in 2008. You should have one.

I agree that Pres. Obama can’t be personally held responsible for the guy getting on the plane, and the three-day thing isn’t a big deal to me.

However, treating this guy like a common criminal rather than an enemy combatant is absurd. He committed an Act of War against the United States. He’s a saboteur against civilians. He should face a Military Tribunal, then be shot after he’s of no more interrogative value.

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What in the world is Barr smoking?!?! I’m thinking this man has spent far too much time in Washington to hold such an assanine assessment of the Obama Administration’s reaction to this terror threat.

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Mr. Barr – you are an idiot.

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Bull Bob Barr. You are wrong again. Dems never ended their sharp criticism of President Bush and heaped on lies and exaggerations. You have failed in Georgia and now are failing again.Hush!

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Bob Bob Bob…..You ain’t gettin’ freaky with Cynthia now is ya’. She might gettin’ in yo brain jus a littel.

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Obama promised us utopia. The earth would heal and the waters would cease to rise. Damn yeah we should hold his feet to the fire. The dems, libs, and leftys were unrelenting in their attacks on W. Right from W’s recital of “My Pet Goat,” clowns like Barr, Michael More, Hairy Reid, and Nancy Boy Puglosi have been attacking W and his policies. Now it is their turn. The chickens have come home to roost! By the way, I think that the good Rev. Wright got his wish. God indeed damnned America. He sent Obama, the chosen one.

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Seriously Bob? This president is the most incompetent man to ever sit in the oval office and I am quite fed up with anyone that tries to defend this amateur. This is about keeping me and my family safe and this president doesn’t have the first clue, you cannot defend this Bob, no way, no how.

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First off, I’m neither liberal nor ignorant and i would be appreciative if you kept opinions of my character out of your posts. The only reason I have said anything remotely negative against someone here was in response to their flames on me. Having said that, ok my last couple were a little emotional, but I have very strong convictions when it comes to respect and calling a muslim a terrorist without proof is disrespectful. Innocent until proven guilty right? Guess not if you’re muslim. In regards to your remark about how my mindset will get many people killed, well hundreds of thousands of people die everyday many of them senselessly murdered; do you care about them? Not saying you should, but don’t make yourself sound like a humanitarian if you are not.

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Bob, it is you who is off base, and like most others who follow the wagon carrying the purple coolaid, you just believe any criticism of this guy is “over the top”. Well, get this. We are going to keep bringing to the public attention, and in your case, inattention, everything that this inept chap does or does not do, just like you and your spewed for eight years of the past administration.

And get this, when and if we are hit again, regardless of blame which you and yours will attempt to reassign, the event will be on this administration, stud. Good folks will tell you to shut the hell up, but some of us will simply be amused by your sidewinding blah blah about everything but the truth.

You are probably not a bad guy, but your opinions suggest you are rotten to the core. A pity.

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Not a chance in Hell Obama will be in office 8 years. he is 4 and out worse than Jimmy Carter!

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1. Liberals and many (most?) independents still think that Bush’s tenure in office was an overt failure. We criticized him vehemently then, and nothing has transpired to diminish the criticism today.

2. Obama’s actions or the lack thereof are truly the source of criticism and objection by those inclined to believe he has erred egregiously in an arena where there is no margin for error. It’s a matter of opinion as to whether these criticisms are justified, but you’d have to be a fool to believe that Obama – OR Bush – are immune to criticism.

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Yet, the only thing he could explain was the timing to address the nation (which, I agree is pretty stupid); however, the rest is a big deal and this Bob dude is just as ignorant as the rest.

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Barr…go back to the ACLU.

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Amen, Bob Barr! Not that the far left blogoshpere is full of angels, but the far right has been bordering not just on the asinine, but on the treasonous IMO. Dick Cheney is damaging the country in an attempt to minimize his own failed policies, and the Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity crowd has zero credibility among thoughtful citizens. http://www.newsprism.com

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The left just hates anyone who is effective at communicating conservative ideas. Newt Gingrich didn’t invent bipartisanship in the federal government, dummies. Funny how the Left is so vile when it is the conservatives winning public opinion in the face of big money media moguls and Leftist spin doctors using their wealth to subvert the truth at any cost. Having said so, President Obama deserves the chance to do his job from an administrative point of view, and should be able to do so unless you find a constructive way to do it better. If anything, I laud Mr. Barr for trying to bring some decency to politics.

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Bob, I loved you in Borat. Here… Not so much.

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And you, sir, are using the response to the incident to make yourself stand out from the crowd for political reasons. You want everyone to say, Hey, did you see what Bob Barr said about the terrorist incident? This is much more reprehensible than what you claim to be outraged at.

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The left just hates anyone who is effective at communicating conservative ideas. Newt Gingrich didn’t invent bipartisanship in the federal government, dummies. Funny how the Left is so vile when it is the conservative winning public opinion in the face of big money media moguls and Leftist spin doctors using their wealth to subvert the truth at any cost. Having said so, President Obama deserves the chance to do his job from an administrative point of view, and should be able to do so unless you find a constructive way to do it better.

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Liberals have basically declared war on everything non-liberal and you want to decry some warranted criticism?
Liberal have shat upon everything the Founding Fathers stood for, and you want to cry about partisanship?

Us regular Americans see the idiot Liberals daily saying idiotic things such as “The system worked”. We see the FBI being told to marandize terrorists taken off of battle fields. We see the Government taking ownership of private corporations. And we see Congress-critters taking all the bribe money they can get.
The time is nigh.

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There is actually a libtard on here claiming that the republicans are standing in the way of cost control by not allowing abortion on demand. That is absurd on the face and disingenuous in principle. Obama owns this. His inattention to details as in, He has not gone line by line through any bill to cut out the pork, allowed this terrorist attack to occur. During his command and while he dithered away on date nites, trips to Copenhagen, Japan and waited 180 days to authorize what he had already indicated he agreed with we had the highest death rate in Afghanistan ever.

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Is it just me or does this whole blog seem masturbatory , since this all happened 2 weeks ago…

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Why were you silent when the Dems were attacking Bush for similar acts? You are giving us more proof that you are completely irrelevant. The current President’s lack of experience is reflected in his repeated blunders. The American public has caught on to this, which is reflected in all of the polls. The elites, or those that claim to be elite are too concerned with politics to call a spade a spade.

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Blogger Joel Edge is a tool to think a reference to “W” and his Katrina stupidity is any way comparable to the instance this article details. Unless of course, he’s referring to the fact that no president can or ever will be able to eliminate every attack, or attempted attack. If “w” team was really on the ball, it’s fair to say that 911 would have never happened. But do your really want to go there…nope!

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What are you high? The fact that Janet Napolitano was still DHS after saying the 9/11 bombers came thru Canada so then she could say the system worked perfectly and then Obama saying it was an isolated extremist is enough to justify any and all criticism.

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This was not a “would be” terrorist and he was bright enough to get on a flight and bright enough to push the plunger of the hypo. Only the fact that he didn’t have enough catalyst, and a passenger’s interference, prevented this plane from going down.
The fact is, and only an idiot can’t see….that this president does not value national security nor American lives as much as he values pushing his socialist agenda.
He is the one who appointed the heads of the departments who failed to communicate and his minions are the ones who should had a year to analyze our air security and didn’t.
His weakness on terror, his refusal to identify radical islam as our enemy, his release of gitmo prisoners to Yemen and bringing the rest to American shores, his obsession with giving enemy combatants and terrorists the same rights as Americans, and his apologies to muslim countries, all indicate how weak he is and his contempt for the citizens who elected him.

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It’s good to see only 3 of you disagree with me or the others just have the good manners to keep it to themselves either way good job guys.

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To Chris Broe… re “Becareful which part of the constiution you amend you just might get what you asked for: Chaos.”

Our Constitution does not provide for political parties at all, and thus there are no constitutional amendments needed to provide for 3rd parties (I hate the term “Third Party, in and of itself suggesting there are really only two)… in fact, I believe they already exist, but are simply kept out of debates and the public eye by a system that is controlled by “the big two”.

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Mr. Barr

Your comments are clear, thoughtful, balanced and if applied, will benefit America.

My question: Why weren’t you so thoughtful, balanced and interested in what was good for America when you were in office?

Are Republicans required to be so hyper-partison while actually in office?

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I do have to ask this question Bob. What programs, radio and television, have the highest ratings. Does Fox News have higher ratings than the liberal MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS. Does Limbaugh have higher ratings than Ed Schultz and Scare America Radio. Does Hannity/Beck/OReilly have higher ratings than Maddow/Olberman/Couric.

How about the New York Times, is their subscription up or down? The Times, up or down? With all these so called or should I say self proclaimed liberal “intellectuals” out there I would have to think the liberal media outlets would be leading in the ratings. But they are not because simply, people can not tune in to rantings and ravings from the far left of this country. People love a debate but hate name calling. Like for instance the left referring to the “Tea Party” protests as the derogattory term (or by their own pet name for themselves) “Tea Baggers”. Who knows maybe Keith Olberman, a graduate of Cornell Agricultural College, loves practicing the art of “Tea Bagging” because he certainly loves saying the word and knows its meaning intimately.

But I digress, my point is Bob, people tune into media for the information and a fair debate which means what it means, the New York Times is bird cage liner and the liberal news and radio media love living in the basement.

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Yeah, that’s just great. And while he’s taking his measured time, there could have been 20 others with their underwear rigged on planes at the same time. And their panty bombs could have worked. This guys and idiot.

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spoken like a true commie pinko fag

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Obama continues to undermine the ability of our defense and security professionals from doing their job. The constant ranting about being sensitive and avoiding profiling is causing government employees to look the other way instead of being supported for doing their jobs.

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The standard has been well established over the past 10 years. Bash your political opponents at each and every opportunity. Used to be primarily the Democrats on the attack, but both parties engage in this practice now. Doubt it will change anytime soon so get used to it.

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Obama deserves what he gets. It’s the track record Bob.

4 days wait on whacking 4 Somali pirates.

4 months wait on reinforcing our troops in Afghanistan.

3 day wait on this issue.

Calling Hasan an isolated incident and not to “jump to conclusions.”

That said, voted for ya Bob over McShamnesty.

http://noliberalspin.blogtownhall.com/
The Anti Liberal Zone

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Give me a break Bob! Obama and company have tried to blame everything and everything on BUSH! So by you thinking 9/11 was Clintons fault?

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Wait a minute! Just exactly what is wrong with being “partisan”? The democrats and drive-by media have managed to make us believe that if one is not “bi-partisan” then he/she has no place at the table or in the debate. How can you be a conservative or progressive for that matter and be “bi-partisan? It just doesn’t cut the muster. You are one or teh other….but not both. To try to be both means that you are nothing.

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didn’t 9/11 happen under the watchful eye of W, Cheney and other vigilant republicans ??

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So why did Odumbo say it was an isolated extremist?
He cant speak well at all without a teleprompter in front of him.
The whiny lefties attached Bush the next day on katrina.

Obama is where the buck stops Bob!

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Bob’s managed to completely miss the problem that most Conservatives have had with Obama. It has nothing to do with how long it took before he responded. It had to do with his administration telling us “The system works. I mean, the system failed. I mean, the system works which is why it failed.” Even Bush axed “Brownie” after Katrina, yet Napoleoncomplex still runs DHS.

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[...] Bob Barr, former Republican and former Libertarian Party candidate for president, defended Barack Obama from those using the recent attempted bombing attempt to attack him: [...]

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Bulldiddley! That he was composing his response to this act! He WAITED 3 WHOLE DAYS to even acknowledge anything happened at all! If anyone remembers, when the 911 attacks occurred, President Bush IMMEDIATELY stopped what he was doing, and addressed our nation. Personally, I believe that our so-called president was just too busy, in Hawaii, putting the final touches on his fabricated birth certificate to be bothered with such trivia, as the security of the United States.

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Partisanship is what got this country in trouble! If you don’t want partisanship, there are many countries that will accomodate you. This terrorist was practically broadcasting his evil intent and no one in the Oba’Mau administration seemed to care!

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“…a reasonable, measured, factual, timely and substantive response” UH, What President were YOU watching??? I don’t get how you guys just say things and because you say it, then that’s how it was. CLEARLY we were watching 2 different responses. Just like Barack “as I’ve said in the past” Obama, you forget that we are watching…there is a record of what has been said!

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We will never know if this would have happened if McCain were in office instead of the Pacifist-Apolgist-in-Chief. But Obama changed a lot about how we deal with terrorists – starting with using euphemisms to talk about the war on terrorism: “man made disasters.” A Superfund Cleanup Site is a man-made disaster. A building collapsing because someone made a mistake using the wrong materials for a support beam is a man-made disaster. Terrorism is a man-made atrocity. It is a crime against humanity. But the Putz-in-Chief wants to give these atrocity-makers full due-process. Won-der-ful. I feel so-o-o-o much safer knowing that the terrorists are being given the same rights as citizens and being tried by the same judges who let rapists out on $10,000 bail who then go to commit another rape while waiting for trial. Won-der-ful. And Napolitano saying that the system worked perfectly really makes me feel wonderful about this Administration too. And we’re not supposed to criticize this Putz – this buffoon who knows how to bully only those who have no power to take a whack at him? I say that the President should resign over this. If not now, then if we have another atrocity (even a near miss that catches the Administration flat-footed), then he should be impeached and thrown out of office. No, Mr. Barr. I will not cut this guy any slack. He has earned every bit of criticism and derision that can be mounted against him. Period.

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“reasonable, measured, factual, timely and substantive response” Huh?

Right now, the perpetrator gets a lawyer, the planners remain un-named and un-threatened, the Cabinet official is a laughing stock, and the system that failed has never been questioned or audited to prevent what happened.

Soon, the enemies of the US will grow emboldened and stronger due to this President’s lack of urgency, passion and interest in Islamic terrorism. The meanies you criticize see it coming and you just don’t. You’ll see.

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Why are so many of you defending Bush? I think we can all agree he didn’t do a standup job. I mean don’t get me wrong Obama ain’t either, but c’mon we shouldn’t hail a horrible president just because his successor isn’t fit for the job either. Bush made just as many mistakes as Obama is going to make, in fact, I’m sure you could look back on the majority of the presidents, count out their failures and find the numbers to be chilling within the same range.

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Ok…..Let me get this…..Obama did everything right?….How come when Bush was reading the book to the children on 911, the left still harps on that to this day(Olbermann)…It is ok…. to play golf instead i guess. Oh the hiprocracy!

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I feel that I need to correct the errors in this editoral.
There have been 3 Terrorest incidents during the Obama Administration.
1. The US Army Recruiter Office in Little Rock, AK
2. THe Terrorest attack at Ft Hood, TX
3. The XMAS Day Panty Bomber
And guess what??? All three of these incidents have the same thing in common Al Qaeda WHat part of that don’t people understand! This is a major issue that deserved an immediate responce from the White House. The Obama Supporters keep pointing fingures at the Bush Administration in an attempt to redirect blame. How much longer do they think thay they can get away with that. President Obama is a big boy and should be able to defend himself without having to keep pointing at the Bush Administration. As long as he and his lackeys continue to do that, I think that the former VP is justified in speaking out about how the Obama Administration is performing. This isn’t about partisan politics, it IS about keeping America safe and it is very clear to me that Obama is floundering.

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Although I have to admit the humor on both sides is great I think the real problem is that our political system is broken beyond repair and there is no way to fix it with the current 2 party system. I see both sides as hopelessly out of touch with the people’s wants and needs. We don’t need any more of the corporate welfare that we have been practicing for years or the out of control social agenda. This country is going to collapse unless we get some leaders who are selfless and yet down to earth practical.

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Hey, politics is a rough and tumble business – not for the weak-kneed, mealy-mouthed.

Frankly, considering the abject fraud of this individual occupying the office of President, the Republicans should be demanding proof of eligibility, natural-born citizenship, that is, and when he cannot deliver this, should annul all legislation, executive orders and appointments executed by this fascist usurper.

Sorry, Bob. Nice try.

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Amen Dave

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It’s good to see that another flaming liberal (so called) journalist is spinning this back on the Bush administration. “It’s Bush’s fault” seems to have replaced “it’s a vast right-wing conspiracy” but the guy currently occupying the White House can’t seem to make a decision on anything without having his handlers first decide for him.

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Bob, I am sending you a crow bar in the mail so you can have someone use use it to take your head out of your ass.

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For someone criticising others as “childish”, Mr Barr sure went to the term “asinine” really quickly. How about saying “they’re wrong” or “they’re mistaken” or “it’s unfair” instead?

I certainly hope Mr Barr is not yet another politician trying to use “bipartisanship” as a lever to gain power for himself in the middle. My impression is that the Obama administration is more concerned with being PC than keeping things safe. No, they don’t want a disaster (that’s bad for getting reelected!) but they are willing to compromise safety for political correctness it seems. Why is ANYONE from this region getting on a US bound plane w/o an interview (ala the Israeli security system). Since when is travel to the US by foreign nationals a “right”?

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Bob Barr writes that the president “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”. Bob Barr DOES NOT mention the President invited all this criticism by ALSO asserting “this was an ISOLATED incident” (the attempted downing of the plane on Christmas day), as well as calling the perpetrator an “alleged bomber”, or something to that effect.

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After reading this I think to myself.. “Who said free speech was a good thing”.. Its a joke people but still, stay on point here!

I see Bob’s point in this and agree that there is no need for sharp criticism for things of this minor nature. I also applaud his lack of blatant liberal bias but.. my problem is that for Bush’s two terms the fair treatment Bob speaks of was not there but instead Bush faced the exact opposite and it was amplified.

My Point: It is ok to point out flaws even if its in your own party.. you do not have to demonize the other side when you know well how your party has engaged in or even excelled at the practise.

If you think the public’s perception of your party is more important than its actual character, you are going to be on the opposite side of the table from me.

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In the eyes of terrorists Obama is weak and you know it Bob. Who cares how fast Obama released a statement. The lapses in “security” are growing and that is what the American people are concerned about. The bomber got on a plane almost as easy as it is to get a seat at an Obama dinner…

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Watch MSLSD tonight and see if any one of those dolts says a thing about it. Don’t hold your breath.

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Why does it matter if he has been read his miranda rights? He doesn’t have any; he’s not an american citizen, so why are you guys all being pussies and stating he’s protected when he quite clearly is not.

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The President of the United States has one (1) and one responsibility only … foreign relations in respect to the defense of the US and general welfare and safety of the American people.

This was a personnel and systemic failure, after this President who has held that office 11 months. It is his responsibility, not the guy before, or before that or … he owns it and is responsible for it. Like Bart Simpson saying, “I didn’t do it” it is NOT taking responsibility for checking, testing, and tweaking the personnel and system from the start on 20 January 2009. It is why we run test ops on things “Looking for weaknesses” – one must assume that there are weaknesses, and test that system. If he fails in his ‘primary’ duty, what else will the govt fail us on? State failed (to top that they ‘just’ canceled this terrorists multiple entry visa in January), CIA, TSA, FBI, FAA, and … dare I say it HSS head JN. Are they serious? Make a few heads roll… put the Air Carriers in charge of individual person security, and feed the information into them …

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This from a man who was one of the most vicious Republican partisans of all time. I usually agree with a his positions but he got this one wrong. The attitude of “stepping down” from war footing that came from the white house filtered through the ranks. Investigations of those who would keep us safe by his Attorney General further promoted a CYA attitude.

2009 has had more terror attacks and attempts than any other year since 2001. Why would that be? Hmmmm. I wonder. Worse than Carter already.

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HEY BOB!! YOUR VILLAGE CALLED>>THEIR IDIOT HAS WALKED AWAY FROM SPECIAL ED WITHOUT HIS HELMET!! THEY WANT YOU TO COME BACK AND PUT IT ON FOOL!!!

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Oh, please….when will your whining cease, Bob. This has to be one of the most infantile opinions written by you.

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Striking how similar this story is to the “time wasted” whilst Bush got back to Washington on 911.
Are you kidding me?
How fast did the criticism come from the same writer(sec)?

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Bob…you are an idiot.

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Spoken like a “True” wishy washy..not sure which side of the fence I’m on “fence sitter” . Where are the Jerimiah’s of today?

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“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” ????? Give me a break Mr Barr. He took his time to give the best “polical response” to the situation. Keeping power always trumps national securtiy with this administration. I can not believe you are this naive!! Like Mr. Rogers used to say….”can you spell focus group?”

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I’d love it if someone set up a site that took every single criticism that was levied at Bush and simply changed the name to Obama. Ideally you could do it with an example of how Obama is acting o rhas acted exactly like the evil Bush. OOOOOHHH The OUTRAGE of the left if they had to swallow their own medicine? You can’t say Obama is stupid (yet he doesn’t speak well unscripted),, you can’t say he is slow to react, even when he is clearly so, and you can’t say he is a MARXIST pig with a power grabbing agenda because it hits too close to the truth. IF YOU ARE NOT OUTRAGED YOU AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION. Remember that bumper sticker? How true it is today. Hail to the liar in chief, he deserves all his critics remarks and more.

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Oh, I see. Bush must know, oversee and be aware of every little detail of what happens during his administration, but Obama gets a pass. I’ll try to remember that.

If we don’t keep our government’s feet to the fire and hold them accountable for everything that they can prevent, but fail to, there will be more “screw-ups” to come, my friend.

You’re making excuses for a failing administration.

By the way, in the same sentence you minimize the terrorist as “not-so-bright”, you made a spelling error.

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So, it’s ok with you that Obama calls out the Camden Police Dept within 24 hrs of that incident with them and his racial friend but we’re not to criticize him for not immediately addressing the terrorist actions upon that plane. Also, Bush is still being blamed for the economy, Bush gets the blame for 9-11, next he will be blamed for Global Warming. Bush wasn’t perfect however our problems with the economy drastically increased with the Democratic takeover of the Senate and House in 06. Obama’s rhetoric about Cap & Trade and HCR has continued to cripple our economy and you would have us sit quietly by and take it? Ain’t happening!

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Did Obama promise to bring both parties together in a bi-partisan way? Didn’t he promise to televise the Health Care debates? Sorry but Obama IS NOT a leader he is only adding to the polarization of this country and making it worse. It doesn’t matter what Obama does this point forward, he has lost too much respect for any conservative to trust him so they will tear him apart for any thing he does, not matter how large or small, they very same way the left did to GW. Bush. If Bush said black, the left would scream “White”. Now that Obama has done nothing to help bring the parties together other then blow smoke, he has created the monster that has been unleashed upon him. I do not feel sorry for him! For 8 years everything that happened in this country or the world (even when people stubbed their toes) it was GW Bush’s fault, now and it will continue to be Obama’s fault. He is not enough of a leader to turn that around. He’s a lying sack of dog poo!

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While I agree that Obama shouldn’t be criticized for taking time to evaluate and make a measured response, Napolitano and Gibbs went immediately to the airwaves to inform the American people that the system worked well. Are they not longer part of the administration?

Bob also seems to have forgotten that this incident came on the heels of Fort Hood. And quiet predictably, the administration went immediately to the “blame Bush” tactic to avoid criticism without even knowing what it was.

Nope. Nothing to criticize there.

I will admit that Obama’s statements and intolerance for the incompetence leading to the event, for the first time in his administration (that I recall), was the right one and a greater display than we ever had from Bush. Good for him.

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What the heck happened to Bob Barr? Has he gone deaf and blind? And stupid?

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Never trust a man with a moustache.

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Where were you when Bush was blamed for everything, even the weather was his fault!

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You reap what you sow. Your lefty groups had no problems attacking when the president was a republican, and when we do get again and we all know we will it will not be like last time you bunch off traders are going to get the blame you deserve. fool us once shame on us fool us twice H*LL NO

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Bob
As a former CIA officer, you should know better than this. The Justice Department attonneys, FBI agents, Homeland Security incompotents and John Brennan have failed on this case and the Ft. Hood murders,
The Prez was on vacation in his native Hawaill (?) and did not even fly the US flags at half staff except at CIA for the terrorist murder of alleged CIA officers at Chapman base in Afghanistan. A few heads will roll in the blame game but nothing to protect us till sanity returns to Washington olicymakers unleash CIA abd the Intelligence Commubnity from political correctness and flawed security.

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Arnold……..Take off your blinders and have a sip of some more koolaid

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It seems Mr. Barr’s entire reason for his column was to point out that the problem of security “predates” Mr. Obama. Mr. Barr is right on—the roots can be traced back to Mr. Clinton’s refusal to retaliate for the Cole bombing, etc.
These terrorists-I know the libs hate the word- know and respect one thing and only one thing, POWER.
Sanctions, dialogue, etc. are, to the terrorists, signs of weakness.
Weakness is also evident when a leader, in response to such an act, decides it is more important to play golf or go snorkeling than to address the American people

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