Why did it take BO so long??

Why did the public have to wait 3 days before hearing from BO regarding the terrorist attack on Christmas Day? He couldn't get off his boogie board or put down that Mai-Tai long enough to acknowledge the attack?

Reports indicate that when one of his travel buddiy's kids got hurt a few days later he was "whisked off" the golf course.

I don't get it?

 

Yep have to agree David 3 days to respond to the attack is quite unexceptable but in his defense it was 3 days quicker than the respons to the shoe bomb attack by the previouse President. Therfore it could be said that Presidents are getting better at it.
Oh and both happend during the Holliday period but in the case of the Shoe bomber it was before Xmas and some 4 months after 9/11
Now of course I know that you will not be happy with me raising the comparison but well it's simply what happend.

 

Truthfully, I could care less what anyone says about Bush (I do object to folks trying to revise history, I do believe there's a special place in heaven for anyone who had to follow a Clinton & I do think we owe the man a great debt for keeping us safe after 9/11), I just think it's flat out pathetic that the only defense people have for BO's bumblings always start with "Well, Bush....".
We can give you a pass, d'orc, because...well you know, but to defend BO's ineptitude by making some sort of reference to a previous President, any President, is denial- pathetic, inexcusable denial. Heck, I would rather read someone's simple defense of BO's actions but apparently it can't be done.

 

Comparison to a peer's job performance is often a big part of a job rating. You make 5 widgets in a day and the other guy makes 8. It takes you 3 days to do something and it takes the other guy 7.

 

They aren't really peers, one just has a job the other once held...if both were serving as POTUS at the same time your example may be relevant. Comparing one prez to any other serves no purpose- different place, different time as it were.

 

Sorry. We will have to disagree on that one. A President's job performance compared to past President's job performances is relevant to me. One President takes a week to do something while the other takes 3 days. It is a valid comparison.

My opinion is that you don't like such comparisons only because it makes it rather obvious that, while the current President performance isn't very good, it is better than the last one from your party.

 

Perhaps Obama should have simply flown over the site of the attack while looking out of his window, had the selected press snap a photo, they print it, thus showing his deep concern for the devastated region below. Then he could just say (regardless of who was actually responsible for the mixup), that they were "doin' a heckuva job". Doing exactly what a republican would do in that instance should suffice, wouldn't you say?

 

You have to have a bench mark David, now you have done your fair share of comparing President Obama with others so why can I not compare his reaction time with that of the Previouse President? You had 2 very similar situations at the same time of year one responded in 6 days the other in 3 Now if it had been the other way round I am quite sure that you would have been crowing rather loudly after all it was you I believe who complained that President Obama had not cured the Nations ills the day after his Inaguration! never mind prior to it.

 

Or Janet Napolitano can come out & say "The system worked". Did it? Really?

If the facts be known, BO & his handlers probably had to take the time to spin the story & figure out how this guy got missed- a guy that fit every red flag ever established by our security network!

 

Ah so it's now all President Obamas fault that the guy was missed by your security services!!

 

Yes

Yes it is. you catch on quick !

Pep

 

No argument here, after all he is in charge, right?

 

Who cares why? Maybe because it was handled by law enforcement so quickly it didnt need a comment from a president. Did it f**k up your Christmas? Were you wringing your hands the whole day? I saw it as a disaster narrowly averted. But still averted. I'm pretty sure had the guy been successful the president wouldve commented on it quickly enough to satisfy you. Oh wait. That would be impossible. Are you think kind of guy who when almost in an accident with a jagov driver, sit there in the road and go over what mightve happen? Or do you just keep going on your way?---a disaster narrowly averted--. And I find it funny that you chide others in this thread for comparing Bush to Obama, when you have compared Obama to Bush. And even in a post here you compare Bush to Clinton. And dont split hairs. It was a comparison.

 

Hmm. Yes, I'm sure youre right.

 

Yet I dont see any of you holding President Bush responsible for the 9/11 attack or the shoe bomber incident in December of that year, any one care to explain why that is??
jth what was President Bush's excuse for taking 6 days (YES SIX DAYS) to respond to the Shoe bombing incident, were exactly did he have his head??
What would you like your President to do personaly check every passenger at every Forign International Airport??
And you complain about State control Shee
Your Security services were told of the potential trouble with this person yet failed to stop him flying that is a problem with your Security not your President but of course you dont want to hear logic do you.

 

Ummm...err...ummmm...uhhhhh...ignore it?

 

What exactly did he do to keep us safe after 9/11? Were you really that scared? He did miss the shoe bomber thing right? Anyone can say they kept us safe if nothing happened. What tragedies did he prevent while President? Real ones not some stuff that law enforcement took care of.

 

As soon as something disappears from the headlines for a few days, you really forget it don't you?
Remember terrorists, at the time, promising that 9/11 was just a drop in the bucket compared to what they had planned? Remember them warning that aircraft & populated sites all over the country were targets? Remember them saying the attack on 9/11 was just the beginning? I do.
And by the way, law enforcement is a major player in securing the safety of our country, right?

 

But not according to you David, in your world it is all down to President Obama and not the Law enforcement agencies!

And I quote

Originally Posted by De Orc
Ah so it's now all President Obamas fault that the guy was missed by your security services!!

Davids response
No argument here, after all he is in charge, right?

So which is it David and dont forget Remember, you will lose any shred of credibility if you fail to clarify your own statement