Rep. Peter King - Romaticizes George Bush - Argues Obama Ignoring Terrorism

[TomCADem]

Here is Peter King proving once again that Republicans are immune to hypocrisy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/01/05/2010-01-05_a_year_in_obama_is_being_forced_to_face_the_clear_and_present_threat_of_terroris.html

A year in, Obama is being forced to face the threat of terrorism, and the results aren't too pretty

Most of us knew this point would come. We knew that eventually, President Obama and his administration would come face-to-face with something that candidates often need not acknowledge, but something that Presidents dare not ignore: reality.

For almost two years, then-candidate Barack Obama crisscrossed the nation spreading his message of "hope" and "change." It got him elected President.

As he and his administration approach their one-year mark, they are finding that campaign rhetoric differs greatly from today's reality.

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Last week, after I alerted the President of this reality, some Democrats actually criticized me for not being critical of President W. Bush after the December 2001 terror attempt by "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

The criticism is totally unwarranted because Bush and his administration needed no such reality check. The horrific attacks of 9/11 were still fresh in the minds of all Americans. Human remains were still being recovered from Ground Zero. Virtually every time Bush spoke, he reminded us of the ongoing terror threat and war on terror. Agree with him or not, no one had any doubt where Bush stood. In today's instance, eight years removed from 9/11, the American people wanted and needed to hear from their new commander in chief or a senior administration official.

And to be honest, we have not heard Obama or his administration discuss the still-ongoing terror threat as often as I believe is necessary.

As a case in point, believe it or not, last February when Napolitano appeared before the House Homeland Security Committee for the very first time, her testimony did not even include the word "terror." Not even once.

[gratuitous]

1. Are we clapping loud enough, Peter?

If we declaim that we believe in fairies loudly enough, do the bad, bad men go away?

It's not so shocking that King is out there, desperately seeking relevancy or something. No, what really burns my biscuits are the media outlets who can't resist billboarding King's shameless hypocrisy and naked hucksterism.

[MiniMe]

2. I'd say it is more like Obama isn't panicking over terrorism

And Bush did.

[Bitwit1234]

3. If the republicans can't bring back their terror alert ..terror alert

what do they have to spew about. Nothing. They are they done nothing, will do nothing and don't know how to do nothing party.

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. Let's see, it's January 7. And here's our scorecard!

Bush - 8 months into office. September 11, 2001. Over 3000 killed in single greatest attack on US soil.
Obama - A year in. No deaths attributed to any form of foreign attacks. And no, Fort Hood wasn't a foreign attack. And there wasn't anything close to the deaths and destruction of 9/11 in the first place.

Bush wins! Johnny, tell what the asswipe wins!