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Did Obama Respond Too Late to Terror Plot? Critics Assail President
ABCNews ^ | Dec. 29, 2009 | HUMA KHAN

Posted on 12/29/2009 12:23:28 PM PST by South40

The Obama administration has come under fire from critics who said the president waited too long to address the nation publicly about the Christmas Day terror plot, and that his administration has not been tough enough on terrorism.

The mostly partisan attacks came after Friday's attempt by a Nigerian national to blow up Northwest Flight 253 as it approached Detroit. Terror plots in the past have tended to unite the two parties, but recent attacks have departed from that norm.

President Obama has ordered a sweeping review of how the suspect managed to board the flight from Amsterdam, but that has done little to appease his critics.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: muslimpresident; obozohussein; obozotheclown; votespresent; wussybama
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To: South40

Didn’t Bush catch hell for waiting 7 minutes at that school when informed of the 911 attacks?


21 posted on 12/29/2009 12:56:53 PM PST by lesko
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To: texmexis best

OBOZO is a Freakin CLOWN!! Couldn’t make decisions in the State House, Was Absent 95% of the time from the U.S. Senate, spent Months Campaigning for a Radical Muslim KENYAN in KENYA which is Highly Illegal for a U, S, Senator, Fraudulently passed off a Ghostwritten Book as his Own, Hides his Birth Certificate, all of His Medical Records, Academic and Professional records, Forfeited his Law License, Lied Repeatedly and Consistently to the American Public and still the American Public Elected this Phantom Ghost and Snakeoil Salesman who Makes MADOFF look like an Amateur!! OUTRAGEOUS!! and the Chinese Premier Destroyed His “FACE” in Copenhagen!! GROSS AND DISGUSTING!!


22 posted on 12/29/2009 12:58:38 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: South40
Terror plots in the past have tended to unite the two parties

So, that would mean....

The real question that needs to be asked is:

"What did we do to make Farouk Rubbadubdub Mullahinatub hate us so much?"

< /sarcasm >

23 posted on 12/29/2009 1:02:36 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: Mr. Wright

The media people are finally seeing the cracks. I switch around in the AM to HLN, CNN, Fox, ABC, etc. and they were all saying this morning how he took so long to respond. The light is beginning to shine and it will continue. There are some journalists out there who do want to be taken seriously.


24 posted on 12/29/2009 1:05:40 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: South40
President Obama has ordered a sweeping review of how the suspect managed to board the flight from Amsterdam, but that has done little to appease his critics

I can summarize the sweeping review right now....
1) The muzzlim showed up to board a one-way flight to the U.S., no passport in hand, no luggage, and paid for the ticket in cash, after being vouched for by a well dressed male companion.
2) In spite of expensive scanning equipment & pat-downs (sorry, I guess only white people are patted down, especially white haired old ladies in wheel chairs or infants or toddlers in car seats), the muzzlim perp boards the plane with his explosives & detonators undetected.
3) Since he was a young male, black muslim, no airport official or flight official would have dared to challenge or search him.
4) He tries to detonate the bomb and is captured & held by the passengers, and your security procedures are a farce & a joke. They only apply to law abiding citizens who are anxious to catch their flight and upset with the interminable delays and suspicions being directed at them, rather than muzzies who are boarding planes at will.

There 0bozo you dumb ass kenyan phony bastard, that's how the suspect got on the plane. Now can I have a million buck of Porkulus money since I solved the riddle for you?

25 posted on 12/29/2009 1:06:38 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: True Republican Patriot

Great rant......I’m saving it!!! Hit the nail on the head!!!


26 posted on 12/29/2009 1:08:00 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: South40
The mostly partisan attacks came after Friday's attempt by a Nigerian national to blow up...

stopped reading right there ...

27 posted on 12/29/2009 1:08:47 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

But he instantly commented on Professor Gates arrest by a Lexington police officer doing his job.


28 posted on 12/29/2009 1:10:07 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
A good speech requires choosing the right words, reading and re reading, editing, and rehearsals/preparation. They shape public opinion after all, not his actions.

I once served in a military unit that had as it's motto: “Deeds, not words.”

Do you expect the nations chief executive to lead by example of from the front; to define his legacy by his actions rather his hollow, meaningless words?

What did Obama say about abortion and the new health care? In the end, Obama puts together really nice speeches that appeal to a broad base by telling everyone what they want to hear. To bad it's all a charade. But it "feels" really good.

29 posted on 12/29/2009 1:11:08 PM PST by Red6
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To: True Republican Patriot

But yet if he wanted to make a socialist agenda statement on ObamaCare or Cap and Tax, he’d be all over TV in 3...2...1, speak, TOTUS, speak!


30 posted on 12/29/2009 1:14:26 PM PST by GnuHere
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To: South40
President Obama has ordered a sweeping review of how the suspect managed to board the flight from Amsterdam, but that has done little to appease his critics.

To him, it's not like it's a crisis or anything. After all, people didn't get blown up or killed, did they? Call him when it's a crisis; meanwhile, he's got a vacation to attend to.
31 posted on 12/29/2009 1:14:32 PM PST by adorno
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To: rcrngroup

Because that po-lees man be part of “da man.”


32 posted on 12/29/2009 1:16:51 PM PST by Red6
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To: South40

Obama took a while to respond because he first had to make sure this wasn’t one of his relatives or close friends.


33 posted on 12/29/2009 1:20:23 PM PST by Red6
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To: GnuHere

ABSOLUTELY!!! Yet nere OBOZO is Hiding!! just like LURCH KERRY HID when the Swiftboaters and Naval Heros Told the TRUTH about the HANOI WAR HERO’S Traitorous Acts during Lurch’s Three Months allegely in “NAM!”


34 posted on 12/29/2009 1:28:24 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: GnuHere

Yep! OBOZO is a Good Bull sh*tter!, but when something important comes along that needs Strength, Leadership and Decisive Action, OBOZO is a MONDAY AFTERNOON QUARTERBACK at a B Ranked Girls College!


35 posted on 12/29/2009 1:33:47 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: True Republican Patriot
OBOZO is a Freakin CLOWN!! Couldn’t make decisions in the State House, Was Absent 95% of the time from the U.S. Senate, spent Months Campaigning for a Radical Muslim KENYAN in KENYA which is Highly Illegal for a U, S, Senator, Fraudulently passed off a Ghostwritten Book as his Own, Hides his Birth Certificate, all of His Medical Records, Academic and Professional records, Forfeited his Law License, Lied Repeatedly and Consistently to the American Public and still the American Public Elected this Phantom Ghost and Snakeoil Salesman who Makes MADOFF look like an Amateur!! OUTRAGEOUS!! and the Chinese Premier Destroyed His “FACE” in Copenhagen!! GROSS AND DISGUSTING!!

You're one of those right extremist types, ain't ya?
36 posted on 12/29/2009 2:15:00 PM PST by Canedawg (FUBO)
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To: texmexis best
If George Bush waited one day the libs had him hung from a Texas cottonwood tree. But this is great for Obama - he needs his vacation & ride home on jazzy Air Force One. And don't use the word terrorist that word to harsh for a Muslim.
37 posted on 12/29/2009 3:08:14 PM PST by mendedheart
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To: JoanneSD

Bush waited nine days before responding? Can anybody else verify that? That would make Obama more responsive than Bush. Huh?


38 posted on 12/29/2009 3:34:00 PM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: JoanneSD

Bush waited nine days before responding? Can anybody else verify that? That would make Obama more responsive than Bush. Huh?


39 posted on 12/29/2009 3:34:10 PM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: South40

My God, I’m watching ABC and hearing Obama tell us that the CIA and State dept. FAILED. a “systemic Failure”.

ATTN: BARACK

THIS IS YOUR GOVERNMENT. You hired HIllary, You hired Janet.

Unbelievable.


40 posted on 12/29/2009 3:36:18 PM PST by njmaugbill
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