The White House blog sets new standards in self-awareness: “The Same Old Washington Blame Game”.
Related: White House takes four days to respond to terror attack, but responds to Cheney criticism in matter of hours?
The White House blog sets new standards in self-awareness: “The Same Old Washington Blame Game”.
Related: White House takes four days to respond to terror attack, but responds to Cheney criticism in matter of hours?
Here is an idea for action, “Forget about the votes and in”terror”gate muslims!”.
It’s not that difficult. Make it their problem, not ours.
I would say it’s time to “crack the whip”, but someone would take that out of context.
Yech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing. You’d think that someone in the Obama administration would realize that fobbing off responsibility by blaming the previous administration just makes them look unaccountable and inept.
Sadly, all administrations do it.
This is a single war being waged on many fronts by interconnected terrorist groups to force Sharia Law & Muslim supremacy World wide. When will Politicians, Pundits plus a large portion of the public get it. This is a movement like the Bolsheviks or Nazis. Only spread like leaven in the dough of each National polity. This yeast will puff up Sharia with Islam, at the expense of real freedoms or Religious freedom.
It will be the bread of slavery.
Its being done as we speak.
We accommodate they intimidate. We submit they send remits. Fight back you become a Racist they the offended. We offer hospitality they give in return contempt laced with great mockery to the
Kaffir.
Why are we allowing people who want to destroy us in this Nation again?
JMO
One has to wonder who Dan Pfeiffer is accustomed to preaching to, and if he really expects any informed intelligent person to take him seriously.
Likewise, one has to wonder how Dan’s boss measures his usefulness.
I miss the guy they blame. I miss William F. Buckley too; but they don’t have him to kick around anymore, and his son voted for Barak. I feel like I’m gonna puke.
I lived in Ireland for a few months and got back a month before 9/11. Since I was living just east of Drogheda, I wasn’t far from the Northern Ireland border and I was always hearing about the police picking up IRA members in the area (a couple of times just 2 blocks away).
The general feeling of the Irish in my area was get the IRA out, and I mean general as in I never once heard anyone say they condoned the IRA’s tactics.
I would be more sympathetic to the average muslim person here in Canada if they would voice their opposition to the radicals actions, but they aren’t speaking loud enough or at all. Until they take a stand, I will take a stand of opposition to all of them.
There was a term the Russian communists used to represent double-speak. I think Mr. Pfeiffer is an A+ Graduate Student in this practice.
The fact that he asserts that Barack Obama understands that America is at war is beyond laughable. If that were true then Janet Incompetano wouldn’t have said that there was no connection between the Detroit bound airliner and anything else. Also, if it were true then this newest terrorist would be charged in a military court, not a civil one like Eric Holder has planned.
How embarrassing to have that kind of writing on an official government agency. It’s so juvenile.
I remember Hitchens saying that Al quaeda in Iraq was in Iraq before the invasion, and I trust him and whatever source he had over this whitehouse guy. Napolitano said some of the 9/11 terrorists came through Canada, which was a lie. Now she tried to say that the security procedures worked on Christmas day, which even people nowhere near the situation can see is not true.
The article linked a while ago from SDA by Peggy Noonan about it being “Obama’s rubble” was a good one. We never heard Bush blaming his predecessor for 9/11, and that was less than a year into his first term. The current administration will be trying to pass blame for how long?
Well, of course it’s all GWB’s fault.
Everyone knows it’s all been sunshine & lollipops since the anointed one started kowtowing to every kleptocrat, autocrat, theocrat & islamocrat on the planet. Just because there’s still a concerted effort to destroy the US doesn’t mean the jihadists haven’t bought into the hopenchange mantra – obviously they are still taking their frustrations out on George W Bush.
It was like reading Pravda – you get your news by understanding the opposite of what this site states or denies.
Knacker@10:07… I agree totally with the Muslim comment…… I think B.O. is a smooth speaker, who is actually scared to death of the position he is in .”Frozen in the headlights” comes to mind. Terrible news about our loss of 4 plus that reporter today in Kandihar.
Dan Pfeiffer writes, “. . . we [are] at war with something that is tangible: al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies. And we will prosecute that war as long as the American people are endangered.”
How about FIGHTING that war?
Do as I say and not as I do.
Is it just me or all leftist policies and arguments so full of contradiction that after reading or hearing them articulated you walk away feeling temporarily mentally deficient for the experience?
Only in the mind of a liberal does anything this Administration says or does make any sense at all.
Well, the linked-to blog thing was only written as a response to Cheney’s criticism of Obama and Cheney’s attempt to make political hay out of the attempted terrorist attack.
If Cheney had never used the incident to attack the President, the article, with its retaliatory ‘setting the record straight’ pointing-out of Cheney’s culpability in leaving America unprotected, would never have been written. So this site is off in its attempt to show that the Obama administration is gratuitously “blaming Bush” for anything. In their eyes they are merely setting the record straight and responding to Cheney’s charge.
What I take exception to is the Obama administration responding to Cheney in any way at all. The guy consistently polls as one of the most unpopular people in the country: to most people including Republicans he is regarded as a whacked-out extremist freak directly responsible for one of the sorriest and most disgraceful episodes in US history. The only appropriate response is to ignore him; or failing that, enmity, derision, possibly pity.
at war with al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies, instead of “terrorists”, like a change in phraseology will help;bloody fools
and also, “And at Oslo, in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize”,a prize so undeserved, it should be mentioned only when there is no way avoiding it.
Marquis,
And yet they rise to the Cheney bait every single time. He may be a reviled figure, but he is listened to, largely because he has been consistent…that doesnt make him right or even wrong. But if another terrorist attack happens that is deemed a “systemic gailure” then people will long for Cheney and his very dark thoughts.
The world may not be as nasty and brutish as Cheney sees it, but it definitely isnt a warm and friendly as the Obama people want to see it.
I believe they are going through an epiphany, that there are some intractable and unredeemable bad characters out there and that these characters have signicant pockets of support. It wasnt just GOP fear mongering, as the netroots wants to believe.
The politics of it are that there were no additional attacks on US soil after 9/11….thats the measure that Obama has to live with. It doesnt matter if it was dumb luck its what happened.
I don’t see how they can pass blame, when thus far they have only been passing gas.
That stench just don’t fly…
Ms Incompetano verbal gymnastics notwithstanding, the Dems have been on the job for about a year.
Blaming Bush or someone else ain’t gonna cut no mustard…
in short that dog don’t hunt!
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
“What I take exception to is the Obama administration responding to Cheney in any way at all. The guy consistently polls as one of the most unpopular people in the country: to most people including Republicans he is regarded as a whacked-out extremist freak directly responsible for one of the sorriest and most disgraceful episodes in US history.”
The most disgraceful episode is yet to come and I believe it won’t matter who’s in the White House.
There are so many leftist lies in that piece it should make the writer blush.
There was no end to the blame game from the left from September 11th to Bush’s last day in office and beyond. They didn’t merely criticize Bush, they systematically undermined the war effort. This emboldened our enemies to continue their hit and run strategy which killed thousands of American soldiers. With total political solidarity, both wars would have been won years ago and Iran would be terrified of invasion with massive armies on two of their borders. They can now rest easy knowing no invasion, bombing, or serious sanctions are forthcoming. Iranian resistance blood is on Obama’s hands too.
We did not declare war on a “tactic”. We declared war on the people and organizations who USE that tactic as their chief weapon. Those tactics were considered so egregious, they were banned under the Law of War. Liberals are more concerned about turning off an unlawful combatant’s air conditioning than thwarting terrorist attacks.
Al Qaeda most certainly had a presence in Iraq prior to the war. Zarqawi was killing Kurds for Saddam, getting around the No Fly Zone, for years. How exactly does a foreign army enter Iraq to kill Saddam’s enemies without his knowledge and consent? Why would Zarqawi BOTHER to “sneak” into Iraq to kill Kurds when there are lots of non-muslims out there to kill? According to liberals, Al Qaeda had a presence in every country in the world EXCEPT for Iraq. Interesting.
At no time did we EVER say the reason for the Iraq War was their involvement with 9/11 or Al Qaeda in particular, but rather their undeniable and continuous support for various terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hizbollah.
Liberals have ALWAYS treated this as a law enforcement problem, not a war. As far as I can tell, there is no difference in US engagement of terrorist groups inside of Pakistan now compared to Bush’s operations. What exactly is Obama concentrating on? He hasn’t sufficiently stepped up operations in OEF and is surrendering OIF AND removing pressure from Iran. Iran is laughing at him.
It’s wonderful to see this new spirit of multilateralism causing allies to flock to our side and put pressure on Iran and North Korea, isn’t it?
Obama and his propaganda ministry are no better than Saddam and Baghdad Bob.
Stephen
I am not sure whether the Obama administration rises to the Cheney bait “every single time” – though I remember seeing their press guy Gibbs address something Cheney said when he was asked about it. Of course, as I’ve said I’d be glad if they gave Cheney the response he deserves: silence.
For all of his bluster, Cheney was never tough on terrorists at all. Proof: his diversion of all resources, forces and treasure to the invasion of Iraq, a country which had nothing to do with the biggest terrorist attack on US soil. Perhaps it is his recognition of this which causes him to ‘talk tough’ as a smokescreen for his egregious failure.
Obama’s Nobel speech reflected the fact that his administration understands quite well that they are in a grave war – something which seems to have never have permeated the skulls of Bush and Co. I find your assertion that Obama must ‘measure’ up to the standards that Bush set to be quite bizarre.
The fact is that the worst terrorist attack in US history happened on Bush’s watch; before it he dismissed warnings that Al Queda was America’s biggest threat; after it he used the public’s panic to pursue an unconnected disastrous war. These are the facts, and that’s the way they will go down in history.
Nice try, Marquis.
Every time someone in this administration opens their mouth, it’s to blame the previous one for their current misfortune.
You know, Obama wanted the job. He needs to shut up and do it, or pass it on to someone who’s competent.
Kate
Have you a reference to back up your assertion that “every time” someone in the administration opens their mouth, it’s to blame the previous administration? Surely you’re engaging in a prickly sort of hyperbole.
As well, this post isn’t discussing “every time”, but the rather specific instance you linked to: which was a rebuttal of a predictably inflammatory attack by Cheney. It wasn’t a gratuitous throwing of blame as you assert; it was a perhaps misguided response to someone who was himself trying to throw blame.
Not sure what to make of your request for Obama to “shut up and do the job”. Is he not invading countries completely unconnected to the war on terror fast enough for you?
Obama is like Chamberlain. He knows he has a problem, but he doesn’t have what it takes to deal with it, so he’s stalling for time.
Marquis, a couple of things:
You don’t win points when you state that “the worst terrorist attack in US history happened on Bush’s watch”. Attacks have happened with both Republicans and Democrats in the big chair.
But you lose points in trying to argue that the Clinton/Obama responses were better that the Reagan/Bush/Bush responses.
Second, I frequently hear from the left that Iraq was never a threat and Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida never had anything to do with one another. In fact some claim that they hated one another and were enemies. If that was the case then why did al-Qaida conduct the Madrid train bombings, because of Spains involvement in Iraq? Shouldn’t they have been cheering the overthrow of their hated enemy?
Fools. ‘Watch Lists’ have to become ‘Hit Lists’, the CIA could do it and Mossad proved it works. A Washington with balls is required. Bring the fight to the enemy before they bring bombs to us.
marquis:
Um, would you mind naming the complete list of countries the Obama administration has invaded? I’ll wait.
And if you refer to the Dec. 29 “Reader Tips”, you’ll find a reference to a Dave Barry column that backs up Kate’s assertion that Bambam and his gang blame Bush for everything.
Revnant Dream at December 30, 2009 9:47 PM ; BINGO! You have put it all into a nutshell Revnant Dream.
I miss the kind, courtious, adult, presence of “W” every day; I missed ‘W’ and his wife, Laura, before they left the Whitehouse! I dreaded the tenure of the left wing adolecent and his pink pals long before they had installed themselves …why, oh why did America pick a wet behind the ears bellering left wing radical to do the job of a mature man? I just hope it does not take America as long as it took Canada to elect a new head of state who will make them as proud and confident as PM Stephen Harper has made Canadians. We had to put up with some very pock marked toads before we elected a Statesman; we went right over the top when we got our ducks lined up, IMO. All of you South of the border, I know the distress you have and I sympathize; as you folks did for us in the Long, Dark Liberano/Dipper Daze here in Canada.
(jema 54, just for the record: I, too, have a very high regard for our PM. But he’s not Canada’s Head of State. The Queen is and she’s represented by the Governor General. And don’t worry, even Michaelle Jean, our G-G doesn’t know who our Head of State is: she seemed to think she was—and she’s paid to know better!)
I altogether agree that Obama is a first class, man-made disaster. I always liked GWB and, like you, miss him—and the lovely Laura. (One notices that Laura and Laureen, both classy, attractive, smart women, were/are basically ignored by the MSM: they provide too much credibility to their reviled husbands.) Being mercilessly hounded by the MSM, like Harper, GWB kept his head below the ramparts as much as possible and kept his mouth shut unless he needed to say something important. (Notice that Obama’s constant nattering has really reduced the currency of what he has to say. What a maroon.) Harper and Bush have gravitas: Obama’s just a snivelling, 90 pound, cry baby.
Whether Obama is a total moron or a man with a mission out to destroy America (I’ll let others nut that out), the end result is the same: America is a duck lined up to be taken out by terrorism, economic meltdowns and/or international distrust. Obama can blame everything on the other guy all he wants but the electorate (even the ones that voted for him) aren’t stupid.
Obama is looking to convert the US to PAX USA. It is why he is doing everything he is doing.