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White House fires back on Sarah Palin’s Secret Service criticism
Yahoo! News ^ | April 20, 2012 | Olivier Knox

Posted on 04/20/2012 12:27:46 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Sarah Palin's charge that the Secret Service prostitute scandal highlighted President Barack Obama's "poor management skills" drew a sharp rebuke Friday from the White House, where chief spokesman Jay Carney dubbed it absurd and politically motivated.

"It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service," Carney told reporters at his daily briefing.

Palin and Republican Senator Jeff Sessions have in recent days charged that the scandal, coupled to the outrage over the General Services Administration's lavish spending on a convention in Las Vegas, reflect poorly on Obama. Those two controversies, as well as the tragic mass slaying of Afghan civilians, allegedly by an American soldier, have overshadowed much of the White House's agenda in recent weeks.

"What they're doing is trying to turn these incidents — one that's still under investigation — to political advantage," Carney charged when asked about critics who lump the three issues together. "On the face of it, it's a ridiculous assertion that trivializes both the very serious nature of the endeavor that our military is engaged in in Afghanistan and the very serious nature both of the work that the Secret Service does, the apolitical nature of the institution, and the seriousness of the investigation under way," the spokesman said.

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KEYWORDS: cartagena; colombia; hookergate; palin; sarahpalin; sarahpalinss; secretservice; secretservicescandal
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service,” says spokesman for the administration that has politicized everything and everyone.


21 posted on 04/20/2012 1:02:16 PM PDT by Josh Painter ("We will not save our country by becoming like the left." - Sarah Palin)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
“”It is preposterous to politicize the Secret Service,” Carney told reporters at his daily briefing. “

I agree. I want details on SS staff changes and hiring changes/practices since Mr Obama moved to the WH.
How many unqualified people were elevated in the organization under his administration?

22 posted on 04/20/2012 1:03:18 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (We are the 53%. 47% of Americans pay no taxes; end the free ride...)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"What they're doing is trying to turn these incidents — one that's still under investigation — to political advantage,"

The democrats would NEVER do something like this.

They may politicize homocides, terrorist bombings, tsunamis, oil spills, cancer, etc etc but absolutely would draw the line at politicizing a secret service prostitution scandal

23 posted on 04/20/2012 1:04:21 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Jay, the Carney, saying Palin “politicised” is the pot calling the kettle black. You live in a glass house, Jay. Be careful throwing stones.


24 posted on 04/20/2012 1:07:35 PM PDT by RoadTest (There is one god, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“By ROBIN TONER, Special to the New York Times
Published: July 31, 1988

Michael S. Dukakis laid responsibility for the Pentagon fraud scandal at the feet of President Reagan and Vice President Bush today, asserting, ‘’A fish rots from the head first.’’...”

Yeah, the media never picks up a ‘it’s the president’s fault’ meme.
Well almost never...


25 posted on 04/20/2012 1:11:41 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Bwahahahahahahahahaha


26 posted on 04/20/2012 1:12:30 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1913)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How dare they try to turn the mismanagement in the Obama administration to political advantage!


27 posted on 04/20/2012 1:18:26 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Go, Sarahcuda. The White Hut can’t handle the truth.


28 posted on 04/20/2012 1:19:13 PM PDT by Student0165 ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: DannyTN

Mismanagement is Apolitical. Relect Obama 2012


29 posted on 04/20/2012 1:19:39 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

lol


30 posted on 04/20/2012 1:20:53 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sarah Palin...she is so inside the liberals heads!

Lovin every minute of it!


31 posted on 04/20/2012 1:22:37 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"What they're doing is trying to turn these incidents — one that's still under investigation — to political advantage,"

Palin did no such thing except comment on it WH SS did it all by their selves.

32 posted on 04/20/2012 1:26:43 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: treetopsandroofs

LOL spit came out my nose.


33 posted on 04/20/2012 1:28:21 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: Pollster1

You know for someone without much influence ole Sarah seems to scare the crap out of Obozo!


34 posted on 04/20/2012 1:30:00 PM PDT by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"What they're doing is trying to turn these incidents — one that's still under investigation — to political advantage,"

One repsonse: Trayvon Martin / Zimmerman case.

35 posted on 04/20/2012 1:48:09 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: cpa4you
You know for someone without much influence ole Sarah seems to scare the crap out of Obozo!

Funny how no one is afraid of Romney, except for conservatives, and the media have taken a gentle approach to his coverage. The RNC insiders are certain that the media will continue to treat Mitt well, just like Charlie Brown is always certain that this time Lucy won't pull the ball away at the last minute.

36 posted on 04/20/2012 2:04:01 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

When you are over the target, the flak is heaviest.


37 posted on 04/20/2012 3:06:03 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: DCmarcher-976453; Free ThinkerNY; mojitojoe
This was posted a couple of days ago:

MO is famous for her line early on: “I don’t want no White, former military, Republican men guarding my husband.”

38 posted on 04/20/2012 3:32:08 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Secret Service scandal is far more than just “mismanagement”. It reflects a complete lack of respect for the boss, the man at the top. Can you imagine Ronald Reagan’s Secret Service behaving the way Ubama’s men did? I can’t. It’s a matter of respect.


39 posted on 04/20/2012 3:37:22 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: hinckley buzzard

Sarah had every right to comment after that one fired SS dude claimed on his Facebook page that when he was on Palin detail he was distracted because he was busy “checking her out”.


40 posted on 04/20/2012 3:44:04 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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