Obama Finds His Inner Outrage (You'll find yours, too, after reading this dreck!)

Newsweek ^ | January 8, 2009 | Eleanor Clift

[2ndDivisionVet]

The ferocity of the criticism of President Obama for the failed Christmas Day bombing offers a glimpse into what might happen if a real attack occurred. At least half the country—those with political allegiance to red-state America—wouldn't rally around the president the way everybody did on 9/11, despite President Bush's considerable shortcomings, in the chaotic hours that followed the attacks. It would be another chance to score political points.

It took Obama 72 hours to calibrate his response and get past the images of playing golf and eating snow cones. Democrats are always put on the defensive by Republican attacks when it comes to national security, and it didn't help that Obama was sequestered at a rented place on the beach in Hawaii, out of range of most of America. The bellicose words of former vice president Dick Cheney filled the void, evoking nostalgia for the tough talk of the Bush era. The charge that a distracted Obama had dropped the ball on terrorism gained traction.

The security system that failed on Christmas Day was put in place by the Bush administration, but facts don't matter as much as perception in today's overheated partisan climate. By the time he returned to Washington, Obama was making up for lost time, sounding more outraged and determined than he usually does, promising to figure out how to fix the system and to report back within days to the American people on his plans to do so.(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sorry, we're not buying it, Eleanor.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Eleanor “Dip Shit” Clift, whiffs again.

[screaminsunshine]

Obama and friends always thought it would be easy once in the White House. They were going to “change the world”. All the worlds problems were just caused by evil white Capitalists. Reality must be a hard pill for them to swallow.

[Minn]

Obama is an intellectual who likes to muse his way through problems and who instinctively recoils from the confrontational style of his predecessor.

It seems more and more, "intellectual" is a synonym for "fool".

[elkfersupper]

The ferocity of the criticism of President Obama for the failed Christmas Day bombing offers a glimpse into what might happen if a real attack occurred.

Dear Eleanor:

That was a real attack.

It was foiled by a passenger, not by the TSA, not by Obama and not by legislation.

[jazusamo]

Libtard Clift is blaming it on Bush 11 months after Zero took office, neither she nor Zer0 have a clue.

[FrankR]

"The security system that failed on Christmas Day was put in place by the Bush administration, "

Yeah, well Eleanor, Detroit built my car, but it's not their fault if I don't know how to drive it.....'nuff said.

[Inspectorette]

"out of range of most of America"????

What is this shrieking battleaxe smoking? This is 2010, Eleanor dear, there's no such thing as "out of range" anymore, particularly for the president of the United States :-(

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””The ferocity of the criticism of President Obama for the failed Christmas Day bombing offers a glimpse into what might happen if a real attack occurred.”””

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I guess since the Muslim’s panty-bomb failed to ignite that what happened was just play acting in the eyes of leftist sympathizers of Muslims.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Clift...........lol. lololol

[Armedanddangerous]

Take off the knee pads Ellie..

[dalebert]

heck , i knew it was Bush’s fault

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Obama is an intellectual who likes to muse his way through problems and who instinctively recoils from the confrontational style of his predecessor

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How about Obama is a pseudo-intellectual and cannot understand why his poll numbers are worse than Jimmy Carter’s?

I do believe the polls would agree with my statement much more than Clift’s fawning statement.

[denydenydeny]

Democrats are always put on the defensive by Republican attacks when it comes to national security

For a very good reason.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

The security system that failed on Christmas Day was put in place by the Bush administration, but facts don’t matter as much as perception in today’s overheated partisan climate.

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How about something like this instead of the drivel written by Clift.

The Security System put in place by BUSH/CHENEY worked for them but the Obama administration is too incompetent to handle the system given to them to operate.

[peeps36]

El manure wants us to rally around a president who made us vulnerable to attacks through his weakness and arrogance. Obimbo’s decision to close Gitmo, release terrorist, treat terrorism as a law enforcement problem, put them on trial in civilian court, end real interrogations etc. etc, will cost many Americans their lives. El manure wants us to rally around the president even if he's an incompetent idiot who who helped make the attack possible.

[TalBlack]

“The security system that failed on Christmas Day was put in place by the Bush administration,”

IMMETERIAL. The system has been administered by the Obozo administration for a full year now. Beyond that: WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE SYSTEM?

[truthandlife]

This is a very bitter woman

[freedomfiter2]

Democrats are always put on the defensive by Republican attacks when it comes to national security

Because they are always weak and everyone knows it?

[aruanan]

This is a very bitter woman

Did they misspell that last name? As long as I've seen her over the past decades she has struck me as someone who, even if bitch-slapped by reality, would register no difference at all.