Marvino Guardino

Barry doesn't get it. Which means we will.

“What we know is that, in previous terrorist attacks—for example, the first attack against the World Trade Center—we were able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial. They are currently in U.S. prisons, incapacitated.”

---Barry O

Others have pointed out that Abdul Rahman Yasin, the bomber in question, is not incapacitated (whatever that means) in a U.S. prison, but is rather, at large having been a guest of Sadam Hussein until that thug’s untimely overthrow. Confederate Yankee sums up his piece with “Once again, Barack Obama is dead wrong on the facts.”

And I couldn’t agree more, nor could I more vigorously acknowledge the incredible degree to which The Arrogant O has drawn a pass from the Press on this latest lapse in historical accuracy. Yet I assert, Barry’s historical accuracy is the least of his problems.

In 1993, we thought some crazy guys were trying to blow up a tall building in New York. They tried; it was scary; but they ultimately failed. Bill Clinton, whom we can ultimately blame a great deal of 9/11 on, cowardly lobbed a couple of missiles in the direction of Afghanistan and Sudan. Obviously, Bill knew more than he let on, but preferred to leave the dirty work of protecting his country for his successor. So at the time, most Americans didn’t recognize the full extent of the looming threat. After 9/11, most of the world saw that something bigger was underway.

The HUGE problem with Barry’s naïve statement is that he obviously still views the enemies we face as some rag-tag nut jobs who can simply be arrested and put in the county lock-up until they’ve paid their debt to society, as Batman used to say. (Before he got all post modern. But let that pass.) 9/11 was a carefully orchestrated military-style operation, not a ninth grade science project.

Bill Clinton’s (did I saw cowardly?) response led to 9/11; it certainly didn’t prevent it. Obama has looked squarely at the facts (well, I guess he really hasn’t even done that, since he can’t get the facts right), and has come up with the wrong answer.

Obama will be a dangerous president. Hope. Change. Disaster.

The Arrogant O

It's early days yet, but what may emerge as Barry's biggest weakness is a fuller awareness of his real and very apparent arrogance.

Next Victim, Please!

Now Johnny Mac is going after Eric Holder, another of Barry O’s Veep-Vetters. Jim Johnson is gone in a puff of smoke—for the moment. Wristrockets blazing, McCain said, "I think it is a matter of record that Mr. Holder recommended the pardoning of Mr. [Marc] Rich."

The Obama campaign countered by noting that McCain’s campaign is enjoying the services of Carly Fiorina, formerly head of Hewlett-Packard. Huh. All right... So she was. Zing. I’m sorry, what were we talking about? Oh, yeah, crooks.

David Gergen, formerly of the Clinton White House and miraculously still employed, advises, "You know, if we're going to take everybody who has commercial ties on either side of the campaign and question anything, any little cloud or any little suspicion and force them out of the politics, I must tell you, we're going to take an awful lot of talent out of politics. And the country will not be better off."

Gergen is probably right—except for the “any little cloud” part. Nothing was sleazier than the Clinton White House. The Marc Rich pardon continues to baffle and annoy after eight years. One man’s “little cloud” is another’s “what a sleezeball.”

The Arrogant O might employ a little rule of thumb: Don’t use anyone who had anything to do with either Clinton. They’re tainted. They’re crooks. They’re bad news.

It is henceforth unacceptable to question the candidate.

Barry O. will not be questioned on Jim Johnson, the Right Reverend Dr. Wright, or anybody else "tangentially" related to his campaign.  So don't ask.

Get used to hearing this excuse a lot…

Barry O. responds to criticism that his V.P. Search Guru, Jim Johnson, received a sweetheart mortgage deal from Countrywide while he headed Fannie Mae. (via Real Clear Politics)

"This is a game that can be played, everybody, you know, who is tangentially related to our campaign, I think, is going to have a whole host of relationships.”

 They certainly will: think of Obama’s own acquaintances, friends, spiritual advisors, etc. They hate America; they bombed America; they blame America. 

Sorry, Barry, but your excuse here goes beyond typical political rhetoric—it’s just plain stupid. To paraphrase, “Everyone has associations—I can’t check on all of them. Or on any of them.” Apparently, because the job is time-consuming, it needn’t be done. It doesn’t matter whether his pals are crooks; everyone knows people. 

If running for president is this time-consuming, imagine how difficult being president must be.

He's so dreamy! Except for the whole crypto-socialist thing...

Oh, geez, he’s just so wonderful. 

It’s going to be really tiresome now that the apotheosis of Barry Obama has become explicit. Politico’s Ben Smith jumps on the hagiographic bandwagon with this throwaway comment in a post dealing with the non-existence of the Michelle Rant Tape: 

‘As he acknowledged yesterday, beating back whisper campaigns is perhaps the central challenge his campaign faces.’

Really, Ben? This is Obama’s central challenge? What about dealing with his dangerously naïve foreign policy proposals? What about his ruinous social programs? What about his shameful associates—terrorists and racists? The list is long, and Jerry Wright wasn’t whispering.

Is there, or ain't there?

Is there really a Michelle rant tape? Well?

Barry says relax

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said.  The lunatic Oregonians who’d turned out for his unholy mass ate this up, of course.  Sigh.

1.      One day soon we’ll do the math for all y’all and demonstrate that SUVs are a class hatred symbol that have no material effect on global gas consumption.  If gasoline gets really expensive, SUVs will go away.  By themselves.  It’s called the market effect.  It works.  It always has.  It always will.

2.      Chicago winters are bad.  Chicago summers are worse.  Do you really think Michelle is going to let her wigs melt in un-air-conditioned squalor?  Shorty don’t play that game. Won’t Barry’s house be a cool oasis?  Um…yes.

3.      “Other countries are going to say OK.”  What?  WHAT?  WHAT?????  Other countries don’t get to say yes or no.  They are other countries.

4.      But wait…Barry.  How much are we allowed to eat?

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