By staying in Hawaii, the president has sent the message that the situation really isn’t all that serious, that things can proceed just fine until he’s back. And isn’t it that kind of reasoning that emboldens our never-vacationing enemies into thinking Christmas Day is the perfect time for them to strike?
Hey, worked for the Three Wisemen, hi-yoooooo!
Seriously, flipping out every time something ALMOST happens is the kind of wise stewardship that made people love George W. Bush so very much.
Say, how did George Bush handle the shoe bomber Richard Reid in late 2001 when he gave himself a hot-foot instead of a hot-crotch?
…it was six days before President George W. Bush, then on vacation, made any public remarks about the so-called “shoe bomber,” Richard Reid, and there were virtually no complaints from the press or any opposition Democrats that his response was sluggish or inadequate.
That stands in sharp contrast to the withering criticism President Barack Obama has received for his reaction to Friday’s incident on a Northwest Airlines flight heading for Detroit.
And then they arrested Reid, put him on trial on American soil, convicted him, locked him up in an American prison and he was never heard from again. Funny how that worked.
(h/t Balloon Juice)




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Yeah, the Underpants Bomber “emboldened” terrrists everywhere. Context fail.
Yea, how dare those wingnuts criticize the president!
Perhaps Richard Cohen will be kind enough to offer to buy Jo-Ann a drink and explain the semantic issues involved here.
Dan Senor on Morning JOkE to let us know that the President is now “panicked”. What a fucking fuck the guy is.
Good morning all.
Tou-che!!
Good morning, pups. The Moustache of Wisdom is off, so MoDo has the stage to herself. In “As the Nation’s Pulse Races, Obama Can’t Seem to Find His” (I think it’s a winner for longest title) she shrieks that in his usual inspiring/listless cycle, President Obama once more appeared chilly in his response to the chilling episode on Flight 253.
Here she is.
MoDo, honey, here — have a Xanax. That’s okay, wash it down with a bourbon. You’ll feel better. Take a deep breath, and unknot your panties. NOTHING HAPPENED. Remember Richard Reid? W took six days (he was on vacation, doncha know) to make any public mention of him. Do us all a favor, and if you really need to crap your pants do it in private. Thank you.
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got apple walnut muffins. Today is my last day of work in 2009 and I will be delighted beyond reason to be rid of the year. 2010 has got to be better, doesn’t it?
I left a small comment for MoDo which is, of course, awaiting moderation.
I LIKE feeling safe the other 364 days. Anyway, Xmas blows.
Idiot on Joe just said Tennant got “the Medal of Honor”!
BItchin’ whinin’ moanin’ is what they do right now. For eight years they had nary a complaint it was all lovey dovey, kiss his ass, praise his being, a veritable sychophant’s ball so now they are a little out of practice when it comes to complainin’ and criticizin’. In consequence they go a little over the top once in a while.
It is not surprising that the hyphenated honey got her knickers in a twist over this, after all if some nutcase in a speedo can throw the airlines into a tizzy TAC is going to have to inspect all panty wearers and only Britney will be allowed to fly.
I suppose it’s possible that they’ve all invested heavily in Hanes stock and are trying to keep everyone’s undies soiled…
Thanks, attaturk, for the reminder that the previous,worst, president spent more time off than on, which is pro’ly how any of us survived that administration anyway. Funny how everyone thinks suddenly that they need to tell the president when to breathe in and out, and he’s doing it wrong. Could it be that the corporate media want an MBA back in the office of running the country, so they know it’s going downhill as they’re used to.
Damn it. I guess I’m going to spend my entire life saying, ‘Are you sh’tn’ me’? I can’t believe, no matter how many times I’ve seen and read such overblown nonsense from these nuts before, that this lady, Armao, really thought those thoughts, then typed them up and then sent them into a national newspaper editor and thus allowing her S’furbrains mutterings to be broadcast to any and all. Does embarrassment ever phase folks like Aramo? Does she not see at all how puny and cowardly and childish she comes off as?
Good morning everyone.
I thought the panic over terrorism couldn’t get any panickier. Boy was I wrong. Be afwaid, be very afwaid.
Never thought of it that way before… (Most of my coffee went up my nose, so I won’t have to send you a bill for a new keyboard!)
Igorance of the hi IQ . No one was trying to blow the plane out of the air just scar the rats. More bang for the buck. Flying Dollars. Freedom Given away.Watching from the side line.
Good point– we jump all over him, but if a journalist or wingnut criticizes him we get defensive. Kinda like “don’t yell at my kid– that’s my job!”
I thought the criticism of the media had to do with the difference in the way they treated W vs. how they treat O.
I’m beginning to get the feeling that there are some who will actually seek out reasons to complain about Obama’s actions.
You’re right, of course. My comment was meant to be sorta lighthearted. And for me at least, while I feel betrayed by Obama I also feel the urge to defend him when wingnuts (or journalists) attack him for something ridiculous like this.
But I don’t think I can vote for him in 2012. I just hope any liberal Supreme Court justices who are thinking of retiring soon will do so before 2012.
Added on edit: Because appointing Supreme Court justices seems to be one of the few things he gets right, from my viewpoint.
Ah, yes, but it was a genius comment. The mods needed to embrace it just a little bit!
Swim is up…
Republicans are always trying to set the Carter trap. Feign outrage that the Democrat isn’t taking a problem seriously and then beat the living daylights out of them for not getting back to the job of governance. This is right out of the “How to Disable the Democrats” handbook.
Classic example being the Iranian hostage crisis and Carter letting everything else get put on the back burner because he was accused of not taking the issue seriously enough.
If the pretend journalists and Rs would criticize the things Obama’s administration has done wrong instead of what they do correctly we could get back to the real problems.
Let me see if I’ve got this straight here. Seeing’s acts of terrorism are intended to– um…terrorize, Amao thinks that Obama should have reacted in a more… er, terrified manner, because by remaining calm, he’s just encouraging them to try this again, because…
I give up.
Don’t you get it by now. The Republicans and conservatives will attack and try to tear down Obama for everything that happens in the world. A puppy could be born and they will be on the air through their conservative MSM bullyhorn saying the world is ending and it is all Obama’s fault. Everything is “fair game” now.
The Republicans and conservatives have taken critizing the institution of the office of the president to a whole new level. I suspect they just cannot stand a democrat is in office, as they did much of the same to Clinton, although they are taking it to a whole new level with Obama. Or they just do not accept the legitimacy of Obama, a young blackman, as president. Add to this public frustration around the worst economy since the great depression and this stuff catches on fire pretty easily.
There is no civility in politics any more, particularly from the right.
I think the Republics just want everyone to have to take off their panties at the check points. They have a thing for that.
Republicans are assholes. It can’t be said enough.
just tried to watch msnbc this morning. the ladies must have breathlessly intoned the word “war” a dozen times in less than three minutes. WHY DO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS COMPLETE BULLSHIT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN….Al Qaeda won years ago. Every time ONE PERSON breaches what we call “security”–in Amsterdam–we have to put our tails between our legs and cry for weeks about how terrorized we are. What could spell “loser” and “failure” more succinctly? This INCESSANT BULLSHIT is what “emboldens” (that used to be an OK word, not good, but ok, and it has become a disgusting word) the “enemy” (that is, all those one person battalions of undefeatable “terrorists”. I really, really hate this and the republican assholes who brought it to us.