January 07, 2010

"The Buck Stops With Me"
— Ace

A lot of people are impressed by this:

“I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. For ultimately, the buck stops with me. … When the system fails, it is my responsibility.”

I'm not, and was talking about it with cobloggers (similarly unimpressed) and figured why talk about it in email.

He dodged responsibility for a week. He minimized it and claimed it was just an independent actor, unconnected to anything bigger, even when it was pretty firmly established it was Al Qaeda.

I don't think he made this statement because he believes it, or because he wanted to. I think he made this statement because polling and focus-groups told him that if he didn't make it, he was risking an even bigger loss in his poll numbers than anything he'd seen before.

So it's a case -- I am 99% confident -- of "doing the right thing when there are no other options left."

Posted by: Ace at 02:11 PM | Comments (198)
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1 Shocking it was NOT

Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 02:13 PM (QrA9E)

2

"doing the right thing when there are no other options of the Left."

Fixed it for you, Ace.

Posted by: William at January 07, 2010 02:13 PM (77TeU)

3 yeah, pretty much. this needed to come out earlier than 2010

Posted by: dandy lion at January 07, 2010 02:13 PM (dDpam)

4 Just words.  Means nothing.  Move along...

Posted by: Dang at January 07, 2010 02:14 PM (UA4gE)

5 I did not see that he reversed his directive not to profile muslims.

Posted by: Steve In Tulsa at January 07, 2010 02:14 PM (lv+sJ)

6 That chick in the body scanner photo on Drudge right now is HAWT!  I kid, I don't know if she's hot, but her body is!

Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2010 02:16 PM (cvmTR)

7 OK, so quit, you stupid inexperienced lying Marxist incompetent bastard.

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 02:17 PM (ClHR9)

8 If he would have said this Dec. 26, I would have a more respect, FFS, it's January 7. Maybe he works on the Julian calender. Oh, by the way, Merry Ukrainian Christmas morons.

Posted by: qwerty1 at January 07, 2010 02:17 PM (Ur7ST)

9 he should fire himself.

Posted by: s'moron at January 07, 2010 02:17 PM (p1s9n)

10 He must have been the last guy in the world to realize the buck stops with him.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at January 07, 2010 02:17 PM (rurh0)

11

Obama is claiming the buck stops with him?  Hallelujah, he's finally coming around!

I mean, it's not as if he'd just recite a bunch of words, just because they're put in front of him.  He must be truly sincere this time!

/s

Posted by: jana at January 07, 2010 02:18 PM (vSRlG)

12

He could throw himself under the bus while he is driving it.

The Lightworker!

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 02:19 PM (ClHR9)

13 Too bad the buck doesn't stop with him with regards to his promise to be open on health care does it?

This man doesn't really believe in anything.

Posted by: Bill at January 07, 2010 02:19 PM (kEBiX)

14 I don't think most people believe Obama anymore for good reason.  There will always be the hopeychangey crowd that continues to worship at the altar of Obama, but most Americans know he speaks with forked tongue.

Posted by: gordo at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (OaZkP)

15 Anyone buying this shiite?  This crap sounds good on the campaign trail but I need to see results before I believe anything out of this guy's mouth.

Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (cvmTR)

16 No Barry, that's not how I said it.

I said, "The buck stops with all of the people some of the time"

Posted by: Sheriff Joe Biden at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (gJL6J)

17 You 52% out there ought to be ashamed of what you've brought on this country.

Posted by: LGoPs at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (v/rEn)

18 That chick in the body scanner photo on Drudge right now is HAWT!  I kid, I don't know if she's hot, but her body is!

Janet seems to like her.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (DIYmd)

19 Awesome, AWESOME pic of Nalpolitano set against the naked hot chick.  You know Briuno would be on that like stink on shit if she could.

Go Drudge!

Posted by: s'moron at January 07, 2010 02:20 PM (p1s9n)

20

This is the "shock" we were told to expect?  Sheesh - what a total nothingburger.

Posted by: DocJ at January 07, 2010 02:21 PM (AWzOz)

21 I about spit when I heard Pres'Ent Toonces say this.

Posted by: Unclefacts, Summoner of Meteors, and Buckets of Scorn for this Administration at January 07, 2010 02:21 PM (erIg9)

22

I am so {scatological based expletive deleted} banned.

 

Posted by: {scatological based expletive deleted} at January 07, 2010 02:21 PM (ClHR9)

23 The internal polls must be a blood bath.

Posted by: jukin at January 07, 2010 02:21 PM (vkkNZ)

24

That chick in the body scanner photo on Drudge right now is HAWT!  I kid, I don't know if she's hot, but her body is!

Look at old Janet eyeballing her with that "look".

Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 02:22 PM (QrA9E)

25

Yes Obama's ACTS never impress LIBTARDS, but his words do.

Posted by: gus at January 07, 2010 02:22 PM (MaqIC)

26 Good catch CDR M

(oh, and it should be "Bruno" as from teh TOTUS website)

Posted by: s'moron at January 07, 2010 02:23 PM (p1s9n)

27 The problem is, the next attack will also involve some of us.

Posted by: 48%er at January 07, 2010 02:24 PM (QOE7k)

28 Whats a cob logger? I don't know..but it sounds gay. I'm a seal.

Posted by: Jesse Ventura at January 07, 2010 02:24 PM (1OBwr)

29 I love how you can see nipples with teh scanners (ha-ha-ha-hawt!).

Like I'm going to send my toddler children through that monstrosity so some pervert can look at them naked.  Fuck that. 

Posted by: s'moron at January 07, 2010 02:25 PM (p1s9n)

30 He's a lying bastard. This means nothing. Nothing at all.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 02:25 PM (dQdrY)

31

I can't tell you how much I wish I could run my hands through Naplitano's hair.

Everywhere.

Posted by: gus at January 07, 2010 02:25 PM (MaqIC)

32 Too bad this doesn't apply to a deficit multiplied by 4, that is all Bush's fault.

Posted by: Mr. Pink at January 07, 2010 02:26 PM (V/EYZ)

33 So was he 10 days late with that statement, or 60 years?  Sweet Fannie Moses he can't even take responsibility without a glance at a teleprompter and a hackneyed quote.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 02:27 PM (CZI81)

34

Speaking of the hot chick on the screen these body scanners have been put on hold in the UK because they run afoul of the child porn laws in the UK.

I would assume that the same thing goes here.

Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 02:27 PM (QrA9E)

35

This is the "shock" we were told to expect?  Sheesh - what a total nothingburger.

Posted by: DocJ at January 07, 2010 06:21 PM (AWzOz)

Were you listening to Jay Severin earlier?  He said the same thing during the drive home. 

I'm a Howie girl myself, but listen to Jay during commercials.

Posted by: loppyd at January 07, 2010 02:27 PM (UJIeT)

36 I always wondered  if the buck does stop, where?  Now I know.

Posted by: Hammer at January 07, 2010 02:27 PM (GkYyh)

37 All Obama has ever done in his life is talk non sequitor jive. Every declarative is "Because of A we will B". The A often has absolutely nothing to do with B. "Because of the healthcare crisis which we've been telling you about even though most of you think I'm full of shit we will do HCR." Or "Because of the heart-touching magic of 1979's The Black Stallion we will do HCR."

B is the only important thing. A is just chosen because it's supposed to be causal to B.

But he says it anyway, because that's what people have made/allowed him to do his entire life. So that he can shake people down. Saying "The buck stops with me," doesn't mean anything because it's not meant to. It's a placeholder for what people expect to hear, it doesn't have any relationship to any buck stopping with him.

Posted by: tachyonshuggy at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (YRjsF)

38 Right on. I felt the exact same way when the WH press pool stood together and refused to interview the Pay Czar unless Fox was allowed. The righty side of bloggyland dished out a good amount of praise for the MSM.

But c'mon, this is/was self interest, and pretty naked as well. I don't know how much clearer a message could've been sent to the MSM w/ the Fox banning: This could be you. There but for the good graces of Obama and your knob-gobbling coverage...

Posted by: Contributor X at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (IhX2x)

39 Janet Napolitano reminds me of a young Helen Thomas.

Posted by: qwerty1 at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (Ur7ST)

40 I fear the scanner - its tough being really well hung - I want to make sure only female scanners are on the job.

Posted by: gordo at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (OaZkP)

41

He dodged responsibility for a week.

Yeah.  That was his fallback position.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (gvR0H)

42 Another reason for the MAJOR SHOCKING SPEECH today was he really needed to get a new headline for the news hour other than:

Obama approves taxing healthcare plans   or

Obama lies about healthcare negotiations being on CSPAN or

Social Security deficits worse in a generation.


Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 02:28 PM (DIYmd)

43

Talk is cheap, Barry.  Your initial bloodless, late for tee-time reaction is who you really are. 

Posted by: loppyd at January 07, 2010 02:29 PM (UJIeT)

44
This is Obama reacting to the polls.  Not the Fruit of the Boom Bomber.

Posted by: Dang at January 07, 2010 02:29 PM (UA4gE)

45 Janet Napolitano reminds me of a young Helen Thomas.

Posted by: qwerty1 at January 07, 2010 06:28 PM (Ur7ST)

Is she also a Pali sympathizer?

Posted by: loppyd at January 07, 2010 02:30 PM (UJIeT)

46 Let's not jump to conclusions. The buck acted stupidly.

Posted by: Barry O'Bowma at January 07, 2010 02:30 PM (Pq3ay)

47

A late 2010 wish! a barrel full of Loch Lomond on the way..

Haddock.

Posted by: haddock at January 07, 2010 02:30 PM (56vAO)

48

Thing is..that buck won't be worth much by the time it gets to Barky..

...and it's borrowed from the Chinese anyhoo

 

 

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 07, 2010 02:31 PM (AnTyA)

49
It doesn't mean what you think it means when a Chicago pol says "The buck stops with me".

Posted by: Flying Monkey at January 07, 2010 02:31 PM (Oxen1)

50 Can it detect gerbils?

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 07, 2010 02:32 PM (ClHR9)

51

Just got this in my inbox from NYT:

Obama Unveils Security Steps in Wake of Aborted Plot

Aborted?  Try failed, rump swabs.

When I click on the story the headline reads "Obama: ‘We Are at War’

Oh, he's so tough.  Look at him!

Posted by: loppyd at January 07, 2010 02:32 PM (UJIeT)

52 Great speech.

Posted by: Your Betters at January 07, 2010 02:32 PM (muUqs)

53 After all the POTUS bald faced lies running on TV the past week can anyone believe one word the man says? I don't?

Posted by: Scrapiron at January 07, 2010 02:32 PM (1kwr2)

54 Thousand thunders and barnacles!

Posted by: haddock at January 07, 2010 02:32 PM (56vAO)

55

yeah i was wondering too, what was so shocking about this...  unless you watch msnbo or took obama at his word that this was a lone wolf. 

i hate to pose the question but do these guys have any clue.  i thought that was the reason for the Homeland security, dont all agencies kinda answer to them and feed them the info so they can connect the dots.  is this the dems 9/11?  are they now paying attention...i mean.. hooooollllyyyyyy shit

Posted by: sliderblaze at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (nlbTu)

56

I'm not impressed by the president's talk either, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Mainly because I have to.

Really: Either Barack Obama does his job or no one does his job for another three years. And if he does his job reluctantly and begrudgingly, that's better than not doing it at all (I think).

Posted by: FireHorse at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (Vl5GH)

57 "doing the right thing when there are no other options left."

At least ACTING as if to do the right thing when all else fails.
But no one trusts Obama, the transparent liar.
He never follows up on "good" promises.
Note his invisible C-SPAN health legislation public broadcast.

Posted by: maverick muse at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (+CLh/)

58
That's nice, Mr. Obama.
It's all talk.


Posted by: pre-paid sex monster at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (0fzsA)

59 All our bucks stop in DC these days.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (dQdrY)

60

He's like the boy who cried wolf too many times. Even if he does say something sincere no one will believe anything he says at this point. Frankly, I don't think he is capable of sincerity.

I am surprised no one is giving him a hard time about the old "Hillary at 3 AM" campaign ad. She would have been ON this thing!

 

Posted by: Texmom at January 07, 2010 02:33 PM (WzN8I)

61

Ditto x's 10.

If he finally wises up and actually shows that he's serious then I'll be impr....no I won't be impressed. I'll believe that he may have actually found some sense and has the ability to act competently.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 07, 2010 02:34 PM (zT8CC)

62 I'm surprised Obama didn't screw up and say the Remnimbi (RMB) (chinese currency) stops here.  Well done comrade, he does have discipline.

Posted by: gordo at January 07, 2010 02:34 PM (OaZkP)

63 The speech was a Beta+!

Posted by: Demosthenes at January 07, 2010 02:35 PM (ClHR9)

64 He said, "The buck stops with me."  What he left unsaid was "if I can spend it on bribes for Healthcare."

Posted by: GrimJack VB1.0 at January 07, 2010 02:36 PM (iTA1p)

65

More teh stupid

janet harman on Fox trying to justify uysing spy satelites to look at icebergs for AGW lies by saying we need to track them because drought causes terrorists to migrate and AGW causes droughts.

It is no wonder security is failed when the idiot commie party is in charge.

Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 02:36 PM (QrA9E)

66 "Me" is that other guy in the Oval Office who is not The Won---Obama hardly knows "Me".

Posted by: Chicken Choker & Corncob Smoker at January 07, 2010 02:36 PM (ktYjH)

67 This word "scatalogical"... it doesn't mean obscene.  It means poop-related.

Posted by: sherlock at January 07, 2010 02:36 PM (N7uu0)

68 meh.  so what.  tough talk. 

Posted by: joeindc44 at January 07, 2010 02:36 PM (QxSug)

69 The buck stops with Dave in Texas if we don't get a football thread.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 07, 2010 02:37 PM (muUqs)

70 So he's finally coming out and *taking full responsibility* after what, 12/13 days post event?  Yeah, that takes courage.....(not!)

Hey Barry - if you're taking responsibility for what went wrong with national security, you're going to have to take responsibility for what's going wrong with the economy, too.  Don't think the American people won't see it, we will, and we will assign blame accordingly.

And with the fall of the dollar's value, basically it should be "The 67 cents stop here".

Posted by: Intrepid at January 07, 2010 02:38 PM (92zkk)

71 Color me unimpressed.  And ban me if that sounds racist.  I don't believe a single word coming out of his lying lips.  He would never made this statement if he hadn't been absolutely bludgeoned by public opinion.  I know he doesn't believe it either.  Of course, now all will be forgiven by MoDo and the "educated class."  He's just pissed off he had to take the time to deal with any of this.  The war on terror does not exist in his narcissistic mind.

Posted by: runningrn at January 07, 2010 02:38 PM (CfmlF)

72 Uhbama should tax football more.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 02:38 PM (dQdrY)

73 Really: Either Barack Obama does his job or no one does his job for another three years.--FireHorse

LAME. Not true. Impeach Obama. Start the process now, organizing the loyal opposition. Don't vote to approve a new Marxist VP--hold out for a moderate, perhaps Lieberman as Biden's VP. Following the 2010 elections, GOP HOUSE MAJORITY elects a new House Speaker, removing Pelosi from power.

Posted by: maverick muse at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (+CLh/)

74

O/T:  Look at that pic of Napolitano on Drudge.  What is it with the Pez dispenser attitude of people in this administration? 

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (gvR0H)

75

 If he would have said this Dec. 26, I would have a more respect, FFS, it's January 7. Maybe he works on the Julian calender. Oh, by the way, Merry Ukrainian Christmas morons.

A Christmas epiphany on Epiphany? B+

(yeh, I know it was actually yesterday)

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (Be4xl)

76 Whitehouse debate:

O: Can we change this "the buck stops with me" to "all your bucks are belong to me"?

Advisors: Just read the teleprompter.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (DIYmd)

77 Buck yourself, Farry.

Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (4Tr6l)

78

@36

Nope - but I have to admit I've heard Jay say "nothingburger" about half a billion times in the past so it probably rubbed off on me a bit.

That said, it was.  No?

God, we are so totally freaking screwed.

Posted by: DocJ at January 07, 2010 02:39 PM (AWzOz)

79

Really: Either Barack Obama does his job or no one does his job for another three years. And if he does his job reluctantly and begrudgingly, that's better than not doing it at all (I think).

Posted by: FireHorse at January 07, 2010 06:33 PM (Vl5GH)

How does it feel to live without a fucking brain? Do you still get headaches?

Posted by: Demosthenes at January 07, 2010 02:40 PM (ClHR9)

80 Captain O-bvious to the rescue.

Posted by: arhooley at January 07, 2010 02:40 PM (GKXA7)

81 Okay, I'm glad he said it....whether he meant it or not....now we can all blame him.

Posted by: Deanna at January 07, 2010 02:41 PM (qxH/X)

82

Krauthammer

Speech was apawling.

Posted by: Vic at January 07, 2010 02:41 PM (QrA9E)

83 i think using the word buck is racist

Posted by: newrouter at January 07, 2010 02:42 PM (bEZJ+)

84 A war against America ? Who knew...I thought these were man made disasters. Amazing that BHO finally admitted that there are terrorists who are not right wing and Christian. Boy Incompitentano (HT Mark Steyn) was way ahead of the curve. So the great government bureaucracy put in place does not work. Ya think ? How could it work when we can't profile and/or offend anyone. Boy I feel much safer know that BHO has spoken.

Posted by: John at January 07, 2010 02:42 PM (6FYZ6)

85

Really: Either Barack Obama does his job or no one does his job for another three years. And if he does his job reluctantly and begrudgingly, that's better than not doing it at all (I think).

 

I politely disagree.  His job as he sees it is to destroy America (an evil racist country with an evil racist past) and remake it into a socialist utopia complete with reparations and free swag for grievance mongerers.  I would rather he stick to golfing in Hawaii, flying aroung the world to accept awards, and hobnobbing with celebutards instead of trying to meet and greet and make deals with thug dictators, increasing our national debt and generally running our country into the ground.

Posted by: runningrn at January 07, 2010 02:43 PM (CfmlF)

86

"So it's a case -- I am 99% confident -- of "doing the right thing when there are no other options left."

Well said Ace.

The moron is incapable of saying something that isn't a lie, so he doesn't mean it in the least.

Posted by: proreason at January 07, 2010 02:43 PM (Rllt+)

87

My bet is that he nearly choked on that pill.  I also bet that dog he got - the Portugese Water Dog - I bet he punted that pooch across the oval office as soon as he finished the announcement.

Poor puppy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 07, 2010 02:43 PM (r1h5M)

88 I would wish to believe him, i am depressed that i disbelieve and dislike most of what i know of him. It would be better for all of us if He really decided to be a President for all Americans, defending honoring our freedoms and ideals.

Posted by: willow at January 07, 2010 02:43 PM (7FgWm)

89

I don't think the Truman shtick will work any better than the Linclone one.

Truman Dems are not commies. Mostly.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 02:43 PM (dQdrY)

90 So it's a case -- I am 99% confident -- of "doing the right thing when there are no other options left."

bingo!

Posted by: Joy to the whirled at January 07, 2010 02:44 PM (WVBjj)

91
Isn't Obama dazzling! 

Now , please Obama---- tax the fuck out of us behind the scenes away from the C-span and watch us howl for more.


Posted by: pre-paid sex monster at January 07, 2010 02:44 PM (0fzsA)

92 Oh yeah, we know what his word is worth.  The Healthcare bill will be the most transparent thing EVAH!!!!!!!!  I guess maybe not because people might really, really, really, really not like what we are doing...ignorant teabaggers who don' t know what's good for them.  I'm sure this statement comes with an expiration date like all his statements.  Or, my personal favorite, "It was taken out of context."  "Mr. Gibbs, didn't President Obama say the buck stops with him?"  "Fox, there you go asking the same question over and over again.  The president never said that, he was taken out of context."

Posted by: GrimJack VB1.0 at January 07, 2010 02:44 PM (iTA1p)

93 Now we know why he had to put off his statement.  Bill Clinton had to help him re-write his teleprompter.

If Clinton was good at anything, it was saying the right thing.

Posted by: someone out there at January 07, 2010 02:44 PM (RIuEb)

94

I think I can see the subtext:

For ultimately (after looking high and low for a Republican to blame), the buck stops with me (because I can't manage to dodge it any more). … When the system fails, it is my responsibility (though I am loathe to admit it and only do so because public opinion is turning against me and I have to do this to look mildly presidential).”

Worst.  President.  Ever.

Posted by: Reactionary at January 07, 2010 02:45 PM (4nbyM)

95 88

My bet is that he nearly choked on that pill.  I also bet that dog he got - the Portugese Water Dog - I bet he punted that pooch across the oval office as soon as he finished the announcement.

Poor puppy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at January 07, 2010 06:43 PM (r1h5M)

The dog later pissed on his cigarettes.

Posted by: Demosthenes at January 07, 2010 02:45 PM (ClHR9)

96 The buck stops with Dave in Texas if we don't get a football thread.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 07, 2010 06:37 PM (muUqs)

--Don't forget the cheerleader pic.  Must have cheerleader pic.

Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2010 02:45 PM (gJL6J)

97 Oh no here we go again.  Sigh!  I can deal with the tingle but the warm wet stuff, ugh!

Posted by: Chris Matthews's Leg at January 07, 2010 02:45 PM (CfmlF)

98 The Hammer and Steve Hayes are just crushing Barky on Fox

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 07, 2010 02:46 PM (AnTyA)

99 It's only an emergency if it's a political emergency. It's only a political emergency if Axelrod & Plouffe's polling firms say it is an emergency. They send soldiers willing to die, we reply with politicians who have the convictions of their poll data. The Obama Plan for terrorism: "You're on your own." But hey, he'll take "full responsibility" if you die, assuming you don't violate a suspect's rights in the process of subduing him.

Posted by: Darren at January 07, 2010 02:46 PM (flpoT)

100 For ultimately, the buck stops with me. LOL. This imbecile just says anything that he thinks will get people off of his back while he goes back to work destroying our nation. That is really the only thought that goes into anything he says.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 07, 2010 02:46 PM (A46hP)

101

Yeah 81, the Morrisey piece pissed me off. He called it a "solid impression of action". Umm, not quite, Ed. Pulling a solid would have been making bold statements against jihadist on Christmas Day rather than worrying about mirandizing Fruit of the Booms.  

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 07, 2010 02:46 PM (zT8CC)

102

I wonder if Obama might be finally coming to terms with the fact that maybe, just maybe, his massive ego and magical unicorn powers didn't do anything to dissuade terrorists. All those magnificent speeches he gave where he was treated like a rock star didn't mean a single fucking thing. I wonder if he's starting to get that?

Posted by: ErikW at January 07, 2010 02:46 PM (p9zZN)

103

A war against America ? Who knew...I thought these were man made disasters. Amazing that BHO finally admitted that there are terrorists who are not right wing and Christian

Posted by: John at January 07, 2010 06:42 PM

Yep, now there are terrorists ans a war.  So if we are at war, why are we prosecuting KSM in civilian court?  Or did the "war" just start today?

Posted by: Deanna at January 07, 2010 02:47 PM (qxH/X)

104 The scanned chick seems hot, but why does it look like she has a prosthetic pee-pee?

Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (gJL6J)

105 I think the delay in giving this speech came about because Team Obama was still trying to find a way to pin this on George W. Bush.  When they finally realized that there wasn't a plausible way to pull that off, they had to rewrite the speech.  Then it took some time to convince Teh Bamster to deliver it. 

Posted by: runningrn at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (CfmlF)

106 Imagine the embarrassment of running through one of those scanners after coming in out of this cold?! I can just see a line full of men 'fluffing' before the sexy TSA beast gets a look at your goodies...

Posted by: Joy to the whirled at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (WVBjj)

107 After Waco Janet Reno gave a press conference where she said, in effect that she takes full responsibility for the fact that she was lied to by the people that worked for her.

This week Obama said, in effect,  that all the people that worked for him screwed up, and the system has been fucked up for eight years, but he takes responsibility for what he inherited from Bush.

Posted by: jcp at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (DHNp4)

108 i think we need to parse his statement the way he really meant it: "the buck stops with me" refers to his responsibility for setting the Federal budget, and consequently where your tax money goes. he wants you to stop spending money like it was yours "passing the buck" and give him every dollar you make "the buck stops with me" so he can spend it on more guaranteed to fail socialist bullshit. 

with this definition, he was telling the truth.  with any other interpretation he's slimy, two bit lying whore.   President Barney Fife can go fuck himself. my neighbors, the gun hating pacifists, do a better j*b of protecting me, because they at least call to let me know if they see something suspicious, so i can act on it.  this mendoucheous twatwaffle  and all his minions ignored information that would have prevented the event. 

if they are incompetent, they should all be fired forthwith, and the First Failure should resign or be impeached. if it was deliberate, they should be tried for treason, and, upon conviction, be hung by the neck until dead.  fuck them all.

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (d1FhN)

109 ya know...I'm kinda getting the feeling that this Barky guy ain't all he was cracked up to be

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 07, 2010 02:48 PM (AnTyA)

110 No Barak , it wasn't you fault, i know you must stand there and say it. But i know deep in my heart ..it was the evil Bush regime along with the evil cia  that set that attack up.

Posted by: kris mafmews at January 07, 2010 02:49 PM (7FgWm)

111 Can you imagine the fallout if the pantsload bomber actually succeeded? (thank you non-muslim god).

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 02:50 PM (DIYmd)

112 "My Fellow Americans..We are Fucked, in an Unprecedented Way"

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 02:50 PM (MA8g5)

113

1) The system worked
2) He was a lone nut, not related to anything
3) we should downplay our response, so I wonÂ’t respond
4) It was a fault of the previous administration sending Gitmo releases to Yemen (blame Bush).
5) the system failed, and we inherited it and will now work to fix it (blame Bush).
6) The buck stops hereÂ… eventually. Since you guys seem to not like my previous several answers to this question.

Â… Hey, arenÂ’t I super-cool for taking responsibility and all? People should love me, this is some impressive responsibility taking going on hereÂ…. MEEEEE!

Why is gekkobear over there rolling his eyes like he doesnÂ’t believe me? ArenÂ’t I saying all the right things on my 6th try at this question?

Posted by: Gekkobear at January 07, 2010 02:50 PM (KBg64)

114 113 Can you imagine the fallout if the pantsload bomber actually succeeded? (thank you non-muslim god).

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 06:50 PM (DIYmd)

In that case, it would have been wind-shear or faulty sensors that brought the plane down.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at January 07, 2010 02:51 PM (A46hP)

115 Great, so does this mean barack hussein going to resign?  Or is he just open to an appointment of an impeachment czar?

Posted by: Tricky Dicky at January 07, 2010 02:51 PM (SremQ)

116 janet harman on Fox trying to justify uysing spy satelites to look at icebergs for AGW lies by saying we need to track them because drought causes terrorists to migrate and AGW causes droughts.

At least I know that my kids will be safe as they live in a wigwam warmed by the soothing fire of yak dung.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 02:51 PM (CZI81)

117

I'm not impressed by the line either.  In fact, it's kind of offensive.  It should not be: “I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. For ultimately, the buck stops with me. Â… When the system fails, it is my responsibility.”

It should be: "...for ultimately lives are at stake.  When the system fails, people are at risk and could die."

Posted by: myrenovations at January 07, 2010 02:51 PM (5GRhZ)

118 Drudge has a great "full body scan" pic up.  I'm kind of enamored with the chick's rack.

I am so looking at porn before I go through that thing.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 02:52 PM (CZI81)

119

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 07, 2010 06:46 PM (zT8CC)

Morrissey's an idiot. In the middle of the election last year, he was filing posts about his fabulous trip to Branson.People snickered, and he started the banhammer.

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 02:53 PM (ClHR9)

120 "All those magnificent speeches he gave where he was treated like a rock star didn't mean a single fucking thing. I wonder if he's starting to get that?"

naw....... the First Failure isn't that smart, even before all the drugs he did as a kid.

i mean really: would anyone with even room temp IQ marry the Klingon?

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 07, 2010 02:54 PM (d1FhN)

121 The buck may stop with you, but you're regime has so devalued it, that that expression is more of a negative than positive.

Posted by: ParisParamus at January 07, 2010 02:54 PM (Hv1Cx)

122 Jitbag passes out blame to Bush every waking minute.  Frakkin' hypocrite.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 07, 2010 02:54 PM (zgZzy)

123 Just Words.

Posted by: Druid at January 07, 2010 02:54 PM (Gct7d)

124 He dodged the issue for a week precisely because he was waiting to see how it would poll.  He isn't firing anyone, or "asking for any resignations", because he doesn't think he or any of his people made any mistakes.

Posted by: antisocialist at January 07, 2010 02:55 PM (Rwudm)

125 Every freakin' speech teh One gives appears to be calculated for how any given portion of tape would look in a campaign ad.

He's the Continual Candidate.

Posted by: Intrepid at January 07, 2010 02:55 PM (92zkk)

126

Herr Morgenholz

Did you say by a fire?

someone  please call the domestic green police

Posted by: willow at January 07, 2010 02:55 PM (7FgWm)

127 118 janet harman on Fox trying to justify uysing spy satelites to look at icebergs for AGW lies by saying we need to track them because drought causes terrorists to migrate and AGW causes droughts.

At least I know that my kids will be safe as they live in a wigwam warmed by the soothing fire of yak dung.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 06:51 PM (CZI81)

But what about the poor terrorists who are getting stuck on the melting icebergs due to AGW?

Save the endangered terrorists!

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 02:56 PM (ClHR9)

128 I am so looking at porn before I go through that thing.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 06:52 PM (

I just rolled over and asked Mrs Morgenholz. She claims that ain't a weapon!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 02:56 PM (MA8g5)

129

In the middle of the election last year, he was filing posts about his fabulous trip to Branson.People snickered, and he started the banhammer.

Is that what it was?  I was wondering why things spun up.  Figured it was a commercial decision--to be more middle of the road, more appealing, less controversial.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 07, 2010 02:58 PM (gvR0H)

130 106 The scanned chick seems hot, but why does it look like she has a prosthetic pee-pee?

Posted by: logprof at January 07, 2010 06:48 PM (gJL6J)

Strap-on dick-bombs!

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 02:58 PM (ClHR9)

131 13 months in office = this is welded to BO.

To a significant degree, we all saw this coming: look at BO's sense of how things work. Does Treasury still have 10 or so slots still empty?

Posted by: Arbalest at January 07, 2010 02:59 PM (oGeSg)

132 The krautHAMMER, as always, says it better than almost anyone:  Obama refuses to recognize the nature of the enemy.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at January 07, 2010 02:59 PM (DIYmd)

133

I'm sorry, did I actually just read The scanned chick seems hot

???

Only at this place

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 07, 2010 03:00 PM (zT8CC)

134

"solid impression of action" actually means nothing put perception.

 He could be right.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 03:00 PM (dQdrY)

135 "The buck stops with me...but the Chinese have our paper, so I ain't goin' anywhere" Except golfing.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:00 PM (MA8g5)

136

Strap-on dick-bombs!

Ace had a post along those lines back in March of '04.  March 1st, I think.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 07, 2010 03:01 PM (gvR0H)

137 Does Treasury still have 10 or so slots still empty?

Posted by: Arbalest at January 07, 2010 06:59 PM (oGeSg)

No, their slot machines are working overtime.

Posted by: TexasJew at January 07, 2010 03:01 PM (ClHR9)

138 I think welfare states, not AGW, is the main cause of migration.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 03:03 PM (dQdrY)

139 I think HopeyChangey should go first through the new scanner to show the way. That's leadership, right? 

Posted by: gordo at January 07, 2010 03:04 PM (OaZkP)

140
This idiot product of affirmative action has had people giving him passes his entire life.  Today is the day that this dickbag figured-out that he has reached the point where he can give himself whatever pass he needs.

Posted by: MikeO at January 07, 2010 03:04 PM (Ce+tv)

141

Strap-on dick-bombs!

March 1st, I think

Yeah, it was my b-day gift from ACE. . That ACE, always knows what ya want.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:04 PM (MA8g5)

142 The first time, when he spoke about a sentence about it, he said "suspect" and I went Woah.  Seconds later he used the word "Allegedly" and I saw a junior public defender (talking about a kid caught on tape stealing a 12 pack from 7-11)  somehow trying to do the worst rendition of the (alleged) leader of the free world, comforting Earth.
 I hope I never see such rookie sycophantation again.

Posted by: MoJoTee at January 07, 2010 03:05 PM (mKpVf)

143

When people use such a stupid cliche, they do so after spending days attempting to find ways to pass that buck they are so eager to claim.

To borrow another trite cliche, thirteen days late and oooh, trillions of dollars short if you ask me.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at January 07, 2010 03:06 PM (zT8CC)

144 MoJoTee.......Chief fuckin' Wiggins would sound better.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:08 PM (MA8g5)

145 141 Hell no, Gordo!!!
Damn, there are just some things nobody should be subjected to!!!

Posted by: antisocialist at January 07, 2010 03:08 PM (Rwudm)

146 Is barry our Prez, or the BallBombers lawyer? Hey, I'm being serious here!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:09 PM (MA8g5)

147 Like nekkid images of Teh Won, for example.

Posted by: antisocialist at January 07, 2010 03:09 PM (Rwudm)

148 147 - your right - never mind

Posted by: gordo at January 07, 2010 03:10 PM (OaZkP)

149 Does this mean we have to compare Obama to Truman now?  Does this guy do anything original?

Posted by: CDR M at January 07, 2010 03:11 PM (cvmTR)

150 Don't scanners just mean instead of one big dick bomber, they'll use four small dick bombers who pool up in flight?

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 03:13 PM (dQdrY)

151 Calling American veterans potential terrorists was original.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 03:15 PM (dQdrY)

152

I just rolled over and asked Mrs Morgenholz. She claims that ain't a weapon!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 06:56 PM (MA8g5)

Mrs. Hutch said nothing intelligible that I could gather.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:16 PM (CZI81)

153 OUCH!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:17 PM (MA8g5)

154 135

I'm sorry, did I actually just read The scanned chick seems hot

???

Only at this place

Love is where you find it!

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 07, 2010 03:17 PM (IyQtr)

155 Don't scanners just mean instead of one big dick bomber, they'll use four small dick bombers who pool up in flight?

No. They're not running for re-election.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:18 PM (CZI81)

156 Herr Morgenholz...you get to man the body scanner when Helen Thomas goes thru!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:18 PM (MA8g5)

157 OUCH!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 07:17 PM (MA8g5)

Hee.  FREE FIRE ZONE!!!!!!

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:18 PM (CZI81)

158 Herr Morgenholz...you get to man the body scanner when Helen Thomas goes thru!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 07:18 PM (MA8g5)

Prunes keep me regular.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:19 PM (CZI81)

159 That was my tweeted impression, too. He had to take this tack now or it was a figurative landslide vote of no confidence now and a literal one later.

Posted by: SarahW at January 07, 2010 03:20 PM (CSrvi)

160

I hope Helen has an impacted bowel the day she goes thru!

Eye Bleach That!!!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:21 PM (MA8g5)

161

I'm sorry, did I actually just read The scanned chick seems hot

???

Only at this place

Love is where you find it!

That chick is stacked, in a "scary 'I used to be a carpenter'" way.  I'd hit it.


Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:21 PM (CZI81)

162

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two former Blackwater employees have been charged with the murder of two Afghans in Kabul last year and could face the death penalty, the Justice Department said Thursday.

Justin Cannon, 27, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Christopher Drotleff, 29, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, have been charged with second-degree murder following the shooting deaths of the two Afghan nationals.

They were also charged with attempted murder, after a third person was wounded in the Kabul incident on May 5, when Cannon and Drotleff were working as contractors for the Department of Defense in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 07, 2010 03:21 PM (dQdrY)

163

I hope Helen has an impacted bowel the day she goes thru!

Eye Bleach That!!!

She should try prunes.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:22 PM (CZI81)

164 She should try prunes...dude, she IS a prune.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 03:23 PM (MA8g5)

165 Interesting how the Daley Crime Family's favorite pet goat, Obama, keeps comparing himself to Truman, as of late. Was this the same Truman that had close ties to the Kansas City Outfit? The Kansas City Outfit, of course, was run by Chicago Outfit guys. The Chicago guys always got a cut of the K.City action and they got real bucks, not yuan.

Posted by: TonyRezko at January 07, 2010 03:25 PM (YQr7S)

166 She should try prunes...dude, she IS a prune.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 07, 2010 07:23 PM (MA8g5)

Then your thesis about her having an impacted bowl is poppycock, sir.  I award you no points, &c.....


Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:25 PM (CZI81)

167

So if we are at war, why are we prosecuting KSM in civilian court?

So that he may stand trial for vandalism, negligent homicide, conspiracy to commit arson, and criminal mischief.

(Why? What do you think he did that would warrant a different kind of court?)

Posted by: FireHorse at January 07, 2010 03:26 PM (Vl5GH)

168 I hope Axeldouche is working on some sort of focus group hyperdrive so that Bumbles can come up with a quick response when something worse actually happens.

Posted by: rockhead at January 07, 2010 03:27 PM (RykTt)

169 Man, those poll numbers must really suck.

BTW, anybody seen any polling numbers on Oobaka since before Christmas?

I haven't.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at January 07, 2010 03:28 PM (lYKj1)

170 So that he may stand trial for vandalism, negligent homicide, conspiracy to commit arson, and criminal mischief.

They're totally going to deal away the criminal mischief charge.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at January 07, 2010 03:28 PM (CZI81)

171 Now we can virtually strip search everybody!

... literally ...

Can we do it in color?


BTW, gun cotton won't register, nor will that PETN in the body cavity, or the blasting gel boob implants... just more security theatre for the masses.

Posted by: Druid at January 07, 2010 03:33 PM (Gct7d)

172 All politicians "come to Jesus" once they've had the stake of public opinion shoved up their asses.

This fucking num-nuts president is one for the record books.  Jimmah can rest easy now, he'll be replaced "as the worst".

Posted by: GarandFan at January 07, 2010 03:38 PM (ZQBnQ)

173 Yeah, he took the responsibility like janet reno took the responsibility for the Waco killing field.  And then she just walked off the stage and life went on.  F*** him and the Klingon he rode in on.

Posted by: emdfl at January 07, 2010 03:39 PM (M0Lz0)

174 Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me.
And I will give you all my life, I'm here if you should call to me.
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say.
It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away.

- Bee Gees "WORDS"

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at January 07, 2010 03:53 PM (k5nPY)

175 When Obama puts his foot down and even gives a deadline, it's carved in stone. Really..

Posted by: Mamoo Achmedijihad at January 07, 2010 03:53 PM (sYxEE)

176

68 This word "scatalogical"... it doesn't mean obscene.  It means poop-related.

-----------

So, when mom puts the little tyke on the toilet, she's imminentizing the scatology?

 

Posted by: Anachronda at January 07, 2010 03:54 PM (1OYcp)

177 The buck stops with me. You'll watch it stop there on C-SPAN

Posted by: Harry S Obama at January 07, 2010 03:55 PM (sYxEE)

178 Was it mere co-incidence that Incompitano pre-empted Beck with her speech?

Posted by: Artruen at January 07, 2010 03:57 PM (L+dBi)

179

Get over the slogans from past Presidents who had a fucking clue.

Posted by: kansas at January 07, 2010 03:59 PM (i0WE5)

180 I am less interested in passing out blame


Arjen "Aryan" Rudd: Mr. Getz got away. A missed opportunity and he gets away. He slips right through our fingers, and into the hands of the police.

[catches Pieter staring at the floor around him]

Arjen "Aryan" Rudd: What are you doing?

Pieter Vorstedt: I was just checking to see if I was standing on plastic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 07, 2010 04:05 PM (NoFab)

181 There you go again, disagreeing with us.

Posted by: The Educated Class at January 07, 2010 04:16 PM (lQRmV)

182

Obama didn't tell intelligence officials to dramatically change what they're doing. Instead, he told them to do it better, and faster. He left it to them to figure out how.

Clearly aware of the potential political fallout, Obama struck a tough tone toward the anti-terror fight, taking the rare step — for him — of calling it a "war."

The White House is anxious to resolve and move beyond the issue, which threatens to damage the president politically and distract further from his agenda.

This is what it's all about. Not going after terrorists but limiting any political damage by making a few vague statements that the media will spin as Barry getting tough. I'm sure that al Qaeda is shaking in its boots over Barry's tough new language. Shaking with laughter.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 07, 2010 04:23 PM (hwaBt)

183 I heard this on the radio....even just listening, it was obvious he was using a teleprompter. Every speech sounds EXACTLY the same. No emotion whatsoever. He could have been reading the healthcare bill.......

Posted by: MLM411 at January 07, 2010 04:24 PM (Wumkd)

184 OK, I'll take that statement.

Hey, Barry.  You administration is the shitz.
You said you'd be ready form Day 1, but you still hae you head up your asp.

Posted by: Neo at January 07, 2010 04:33 PM (tE8FB)

185

Posted by: MLM411 at January 07, 2010 08:24 PM (Wumkd)

 

The most emotion I've ever heard in his voice was when he said "But what we do know is that the cops acted stupidly."  He was pissed.

Posted by: runningrn at January 07, 2010 04:33 PM (CfmlF)

186

"janet harman on Fox trying to justify uysing spy satelites to look at icebergs for AGW lies by saying we need to track them because drought causes terrorists to migrate and AGW causes droughts. "

Oh yeah, that makes sense.  Lessee......Al Qaeda has migrated from the lush Waziristan jungles drying out from AGW ,  south to the still-lush jungles of Yemen.

 

 

Posted by: effinayright at January 07, 2010 04:34 PM (lQRmV)

187 I had a buddy who was...
petite
he so wanted to be big and bad and a fighter like the rest of us but, alas
We had all known each other since grade school so we let him hang out
and we did our best to protect him from the more unsavory elements.
He had a problem with wanting to be tough too and would let his words
be the only sign of said toughness
He got himself into a pickle with his tough talk one night when he was alone
I visit his grave every time I'm on that side of town.
Obama is a tough talker too
Only the grave he's digging is ours

Posted by: Beto at January 07, 2010 04:34 PM (+CLh/)

188 Most awesome quote on this, from Pilgrim on Sayanythingblog:
"The man is so hollow that it shouldnÂ’t surprise anyone if a colony of cookie baking elves was discovered inside him. Maybe thatÂ’s why he wonÂ’t release his medical records."

Posted by: ProudinNC at January 07, 2010 05:01 PM (Edv29)

189

"So it's a case -- I am 99% confident -- of 'doing the right thing when there are no other options left.'"

Artie Lange says that there was at least one other option that The Messiah didn't try.Too soon?

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 07, 2010 05:26 PM (cZtT3)

190

This asshat doesn't have anything original at all.

"The buck stops here?" - ooh, that's rich.

"This is not a crime wave?" - Wonder if the WH is Facebook friends with Palin.

Asshats.

Posted by: random at January 07, 2010 05:41 PM (y4Qwa)

191 I thought that too, Ace. Big nothing. CYA action.

O'Reilly too has been on a rant for 2 nights, and he was Mr. Let's Give Him a Chance.

Posted by: PJ at January 07, 2010 07:40 PM (Qpxxz)

192 I thought the buck stopped with Bush.  We are truly entering a new era!

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 07, 2010 07:48 PM (HRDtp)

193 Obama has a pattern of "claiming responsibility" for any given thing when he feels there is enough distance between him and that thing that the public would simply forget what it is he's supposed to be responsible for. Dodge and weave in the immediate aftermath, then take responsibility once he knows it won't look bad for him.

Posted by: g at January 07, 2010 08:35 PM (oEdB3)

194

“I am less interested in passing out blame than I am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. For ultimately, the buck stops with me. … When the system fails, it is my responsibility.”

 

Is he talking about sending the underwear bomber to Gitmo for waterboarding to find out whom the plot leaders are, and who the terrorists are who he trained with. Or is he talking about profiling known muslems for secondary screening by the T.S.A.? My 85 year old mother was stripped searched by those bastards, just so they could be policically correct. I am very confused by the Ones speach.

Posted by: Kevin at January 07, 2010 10:14 PM (iagrR)

195 B.T.W., Obama Has mentioned in at least three different speaches, that " almost 300 could have been killed" If  you were to just have a look at the aviation approach charts to Detroit Municipal Airport, it would become appairent that thousands would have been killed on the ground. Just like 911. Just why do you think that he attempted to detonate the bomb on final approach, unlike the shoe bomber who tried it over the atlantic. Why do they attempt to minimise the true scope of the attack?

Posted by: Kevin at January 07, 2010 10:52 PM (iagrR)

196 >>"The Buck Stops With Me" Translated: "I'm not feeling enough heat from the MSM yet to throw another one of my people under the bus."

Posted by: MM at January 08, 2010 05:26 AM (/tFG8)

197 The Narcissist in Chief and his compadres...Nappy and Brennan have now found it convenient to use Bush as cover instead of playing the blame game- sort of. They avoided the use of the word terror when referring to the "attack" and wow, even said that it is not possible to prevent every "attack"!! Ya think?

So I guess this means they will apologize to Bush because SOFB, in light of 9/11, the agencies responsible for our safety dropped the ball, too-the same ones that dropped the ball under the Pied Piper!! And wow, gee he covered all their asses, to save his own. It is still all about him.

It's hard to be a real President and pretend that you give a shit, when you really don't.


Posted by: DefendUSA at January 08, 2010 06:03 AM (N69Wd)

198 You mean there are STILL people out there who connect Obama's words with some commitment to meaning?  Amazing.

Posted by: doug at January 08, 2010 06:26 AM (dNitG)

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