Posted on 10/21/2013 10:48:41 PM PDT by RC one
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell took excuse making for the Obama administration on healthcare.gov to a new level Monday on The Last Word.
O’Donnell criticized Republicans for harping on Obamacare glitches while supporting the over budget F-22 program which he claimed has never flown in a combat mission
At the conclusion of his predictably trollish, nonsensical comparison O’Donnell smugly concluded at least the Obamacare website is working better than an F-22:
LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: None of the Republican cheer leaders for the sink hole of government waste that the F-22 is mentioned any of the Defense Department’s massive failures in the attacks on the website for the affordable care act, which though shakey is still working better than an F-22 fighter jet.
O’Donnell’s expertise on the efficacy of the F-22 is probably news to the Obama appointed Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh who in September said “When the combatant commander wants air power there is only one number to call” in reference to the F-22.
Additionally, while the Raptor has never been officially deployed in combat, the stealth fighter made waves in a well publicized incident with an Iranian F-4 Phantom and a U.S. drone last spring:
In March, an Iranian F-4 flew within 16 miles of an MQ-1 Predator flying off the coast of Iran until a previously undisclosed aircraft escorted the Predator to safety. It turns out that aircraft was an F-22, the Air Force’s fifth generation fighter.
“Did you guys see the news clip not long ago about the Iranian F-4s that intercepted a remotely-piloted aircraft out over the Arabian Gulf, and then they were warned off?” [Welsh asked].
“[The Raptor poliot] flew under their aircraft to check out their weapons load without them knowing that he was there, and then pulled up on their left wing and then called them and said ‘you really ought to go home.’”
Our Nuclear tipped ICBM’s haven’t flown in Combat either.
Active Duty/Retiree Ping.
“You have truly outdone yourself.”
Don’t you know the 2nd rule of Right Wing Club? “Liberals say stupid sh*t and will stay more stupid sh*t in the future because they are stupid people.” O Donnell’s idiocy hasn’t reached the pinnacle yet.
What a doofus. I’m sure in his addled mind, there is a legitimate comparison to be made between the troubles involving the development of the most technologically advanced fighter ever built and a website that only needed to function as well as the hundreds of other commercial websites that have been doing business for over a decade.
Did he sign up for it?
Will he sign up for it?
Didn’t think so.
>> MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell ...
... is an asshole.
As is everyone employed at that nuthouse network.
The full appreciation of the F-22s capabilities is hindered by the fact that it's full capabilities are a carefully guarded state secret, but it is safe to say that they read like something out of science fiction.
ObamaCare is a total disaster and the pack of lies we were sold about what the country was getting with ObamaCare was pure fiction.
Pretty cool, it will do all of that and that's without any stealth tech.
Pretty cool, it will do all of that and that's without any stealth tech.
A half wit can go full retard.
I'll blame the double post on Obamacare reference...
The outcome of that was the flight guidance systems in our tomahawk cruise missiles. They could fly thru mountainous terrain at close to the speed of sound, fifty feet above ground level. As such were unable to be detected flying toward their targets.
Breaking - Obamacare Has More Enrollees Than MSNBC Has Viewers!
I think O’donnell must’ve meant ‘F-35’, not F-22. Now THAT I can understand..
He’s probably angling for a waiver.
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