This is just too rich, the Washington Post in it’s slobbering love affair with the Teleprompter in Chief is now trying to say that Obama is directly responsible for the rescue of the Ship Captain. Here’s the slobbering quote, if you can stomach such tripe:
It was one of the earliest tests of the new American president — a small military operation off the coast of a Third World nation. But as President Bill Clinton found out in October 1993, even minor failures can have long-lasting consequences.
Clinton’s efforts to land a small contingent of troops in Haiti were rebuffed, for the world to see, by a few hundred gun-toting Haitians. As the USS Harlan County retreated, so did the president’s reputation.
For President Obama, last week’s confrontation with Somali pirates posed similar political risks to a young commander in chief who had yet to prove himself to his generals or his public.
But the result — a dramatic and successful rescue operation by U.S. Special Operations forces — left Obama with an early victory that could help build confidence in his ability to direct military actions abroad.
Throughout the past four days, White House officials played down Obama’s role in the hostage drama. Until yesterday, he made no public statements about the pirates.
In fact, aides said yesterday, Obama had been briefed 17 times since he returned from his trip abroad, including several times from the White House Situation Room. And without giving too many details, senior White House officials made it clear that Obama had provided the authority for the rescue.
It goes on a bit, but I am not going to quote any more of it. Sweet Jesus on a tea bag already! They act like Obama was the one with the gun, and who pulled the trigger. Heck, even Marc Ambinder knows the real deal and even HE sees the stupidity in the WaPo’s Article, Mark weighs in:
Perhaps I’m reading this wrong, but I’m fairly certain that the pirate drama and its resolution says absolutely nothing about President Obama. You could make the case that the White House wants to show that Obama is deliberate and cautious when it comes to authorizing military force — fine — but this was a hostage rescue mission, the U.S. has specially-trained counterterrorist forces for precisely this sort of thing, and military aciton was almost inevitable. Really, what this weekend’s drama was, was a test of the National Command Authority, the NSC’s ability to communicate with commanders in the crisis, and some good field training for Navy SEALs.
Thank you sweet baby Jesus, for someone with a ounce of clarity! Someone in the Main Stream Media has an once of brain!
Okay, fine, I will give President Bambi Teleprompter a little credit, he gave the order, big fucking deal! It was the Navy Seals that did the fucking job. That fucking Magic Negro did not do a fucking thing, except pet his fucking dog and admire himself in the fucking mirror until the job was done. So liberals, wise the hell up, okay? Quit trying to make your little plastic messiah more than he really is, okay? Because honestly, the rest of thinking America is getting a little sick from the smell of the fucking manure your spreading. Seriously.
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Update: Charm this, dickweed. Typical asshole liberal; when they cannot win a fucking argument, they start the slams. Well, Fuck ’em. They elected that Teleprompter reader piece of shit, now deal with the fucking criticism. I don’t remeber the damn left licking George W. Bush’s asshole that hard. (Douche Nozzle as he was, but still… fuckin’ aye already…)
Five day standoff = Navy had its hands tied while State Dept. pukes on board a ship conferred back and forth with Whitehouse basement command bunker for orders to relay to Navy. Political decisions are never made.
Roll to disbelieve!
Uhm, OK. Welcome sir. Nice Blog. 😀
Views from the “other side” aka Liberals are welcomed, as long as it’s not troll comments.
(I think that’s a liberal Blog. 😮 )
@Paleo Pat –
Never read you before, just wandered over to read your half of your little spat with Spencer Ackerman. I’m curious – what’s with the emphasis on the teleprompter thing? There are any number of legitimate grievances you could make with Obama, but why the teleprompter? He speaks with a teleprompter, just like Bush before him, Clinton before him, and daddy Bush before him, and just like most every other politician in the modern era does. So what’s the beef? I’m probably misguided in thinking this particular attack on Obama has any more grounding in rationality than any of your others (Magic Negro?), but thought I’d at least ask.
My point is that he is an empty suit, with no experience, No substance, just a script reading, big eared, idiot with a nice smile. Who was elected because he is black. That’s what.
But when thinking people, like me, say that; we’re slammed as haters and raaaaaccccccccccccccccists!
right ok… all those things might be true. but what does that have to do with the teleprompter? is anyone who gives a speech from a teleprompter “an empty suit, with no experience, No substance, just a script reading, big eared, idiot with a nice smile.”? or does that only apply to him?
p.s. how does having graduated from Columbia and Harvard Law (where he was editor of the law review) affect his idiot status? Maybe those degrees dont count since theyre from such lefty commie pinko universities?
Hey Jeff,
Let me give you some fucking good advice okay? You don’t like what’s written here, then take your fucking sorry bastard fucking ass back over to your liberal blogs and fucking stay there, okay? Because I am not much in the mood to debate with some fucking liberal mental midget. I have my feelings about that socialist piece of shit and they’re mine. Don’t like it? Don’t come here. Just that fucking simple. keep the shit up and I’ll ban your fucking IP address and I’ll start posting your fucking comments, with E-Mail address and IP for the entire fucking blog to read.
Sorry, if I sound harsh, but you fucking liberal are all alike, you cannot fucking understand the way I think, because of your mental disorder called LIBERALISM.
This is the first and last I’m saying to you, you come back with more stupid bullshit and your outta here.
-Pat
so you just took it down? so many threats, and thats your response? come on pat, i know you can do better than that!
Dude, there is not dialog with you liberals. You’ve ruined my country. I know the previous President used a damn teleprompter, but at least he was a leader. One that was given some very bad information; but that’s not the point. The point is that Barack Hussein Obama was elected by foreign entities who do not have the United States best interest in mind. He will not release his ORIGINAL birth certificate, but rather a FORGED copy.
But yet, you want to argue with me, over my choice of damn words. Which proves to me, what I have believed all along. You liberal are nothing more than Anti-American scum. I used to vote Democrat, because I was so unaware of just how far the Democratic Party had tilted to the socialist left. Well, needless to say, I’ve learned my lesson, you’re Communist-lite party will never get my vote, ever again.
So, if you want to try and goad me into another stupid, argument on semantics feel free, but you’ll do nothing but be ignored.
Nice debating tactics. You handle disagreement really well.
yeah! the people (my man stu) are coming around, paleo pat. they see your ad hominem tactics for what they are…
you said: “I used to vote Democrat, because I was so unaware of just how far the Democratic Party had tilted to the socialist left. Well, needless to say, I’ve learned my lesson, you’re Communist-lite party will never get my vote, ever again.”
Please explain how raising the tax rate of the top marginal bracket from 31% to 38% comprises “communist-lite” or “socialist left” policies. And how the tax cuts for the poor and middle class fit into this supposed socialist program.
Engage on an actual issue, for once. Don’t keep bringing up these outdated conspiracy theories and profanity laced rants.
I’ve got better things to do than argue with Liberals. Keep it up there Jeff and you’ll find yourself banned from even viewing this Blog. Same goes for your there Mr. Sock puppet Stu.