Posted on 01/30/2010 6:39:33 AM PST by kristinn
Maine Senator Susan Collins totally destroys Barack Obama over his administration's conduct of the war on terror in the Republican weekly radio address.
No need to elaborate. Read the text for a masterful take down of Obama.
“Less than one hour. That’s right, less than one hour.
“In fact, just fifty minutes.
“That’s the amount of time that the FBI spent questioning Abdulmutallab, the foreign terrorist who tried to blow up a plane on Christmas Day.
“Then, he was given a Miranda warning and a lawyer, and, not surprisingly, he stopped talking.
“How did we get to this point? How did the Obama administration decide to treat a foreign terrorist, who had tried to murder hundreds of people, as if he were a common criminal?
“On Christmas Day, the skies above Detroit became a battleground in the War on Terrorism.
“That day the bomb being carried by Abdulmutallab failed to detonate. Thanks to the courageous action of the passengers and crew, nearly 300 lives were saved on the plane and more lives were spared on the ground.
“The government’s security system, a front line in the war against terrorists, failed long before Abdulmutallab boarded his flight to the United States.
“It failed when his visa wasn’t revoked, even though his father had warned our embassy in Nigeria about his son’s ties to Islamic extremists.
“It failed when the intelligence community was unable to connect the dots that would have placed Abdulmutallab on the terrorist watchlist.
“It failed when this terrorist stepped on to the plane in Amsterdam with the same explosive used by the ‘Shoe Bomber,’ Richard Reid, more than 8 years ago.
“But, today, I want to discuss another failure – a failure that occurred after Abdulmutallab had already been detained by authorities in Detroit – an error that undoubtedly prevented the collection of valuable intelligence about future terrorist threats to our country.
“This failure occurred when the Obama Justice Department unilaterally decided to treat this foreign terrorist as an ordinary criminal.
Abdulmutallab was questioned for less than one hour before the Justice Department advised him that he could remain silent and offered him an attorney at our expense.
“Once afforded the protection our Constitution guarantees American citizens, this foreign terrorist ‘lawyered up’ and stopped talking.
“When the Obama administration decided to treat Abdulmutallab as an ordinary criminal, it did so without the input of our nation’s top intelligence officials.
“The Director of National Intelligence was not consulted.
“The Secretary of Defense was not consulted.
“The Secretary of Homeland Security was not consulted.
“The Director of the National Counterterrorism Center was not consulted.
“They would have explained the importance of gathering all possible intelligence about Yemen, where there is a serious threat from terrorists whose sights are trained on this nation. They would have explained the critical nature of learning all we could from Abdulmutallab. But they were never asked.
“President Obama recently used the phrase that ‘we are at war’ with terrorists. But unfortunately his rhetoric does not match the actions of his administration.
“The Obama administration appears to have a blind spot when it comes to the War on Terrorism.
“And, because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on Christmas Day.
“There’s no other way to explain the irresponsible, indeed dangerous, decision on Abdulmutallab’s interrogation. There’s no other way to explain the inconceivable treatment of him as if he were a common criminal.
“This charade must stop. Foreign terrorists are enemy combatants and they must be treated as such. The safety of the American people depends on it.
“I’m Senator Susan Collins from Maine. Thank you for listening.”
to hell with this lady. she now acts like she’s a conservative, but only after realizing she’s in for it if she doesn’t quit abetting the socialists in the executive branch. what she says is true, but it’s too little, too late for me.
LOL
bttt. Thank you Senator Collins.
Its time for Cheney to give him his bi-annual whuppin......
I’m impressed, again.
she may be a RINO but she’s ‘our’ RINO
Obama knows the Christmas bomber is a ruse..part of an Obama plot with the Muslims to get America to send more money and weapons to the Arab countries.
All this event does is strengthen the Arab countries.
That may be true, but her daggers are not nearly as sharp or deadly as those from our last presidential candidate.....
What?
Collins didn't vote to force the government takeover of healthcare.
This is the biggest difference between the parties...even the most liberal, RINO Republican is tougher on defense than the most pro-military Democrat.
A tree fell in the woods.
Collins spoke.
Did anyone hear it?
I mean really, the weekly address by the president gets listened to more.
Is our side so STUPID that Steele and anyone else in charge of the RNC doesn’t even have a plan or mechanism to propogate her response to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.?
Can anyone answer this? How much propogation to the masses did we do? We are the choir here and we don’t need any more info as we already are sold and paid for and GET IT.
Yeah, I’m pissed because our side is lead by such dirt-stupid people.
Vote her sorry, traiterous butt out of the senate.
She can go make money selling out the US as a lobbyist.
Is this election year for her?
I was wondering the same thing. Regardless, it's interesting how she's the one delivering the message. How many Senators do we have sitting on their butts, afraid to point a finger at the usurper?
I was wondering the same thing. Regardless, it's interesting how she's the one delivering the message. How many Senators do we have sitting on their butts, afraid to point a finger at the usurper?
Knock me over with a feather.
Way to go, Sen. Collins. I didn’t know she had it in her.
Given the ferocity of her statement, just think what an asset she would be if she was an actual conservative. Wow.
Youtube Stats as of 10:50 AM Sun.:
President’s Weekly Address - 4428 views
Sen. Susan Collins Address - 7811 views
Go around the MSM.
Send it to everyone in your address book.
Especially the squishes. Susan Collins has credibility among them.
She DOES sound as if she is reading to 5-year-olds.
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