In our Political System, the President is the Commander in Chief.
He gets the credit for the successes, as well as the failures.
President Carter was made a laughing stock because of that failed plan to free the Iranian Hostages. If the plan to kill Osama had failed, It would have been blamed on President Obama.
He made the call, he gets the credit. If the American Electorate thinks he is crowing too loudly about it, they have the choice of not voting for him in November. Originally Posted by Jackie S
Amazing, Bush isnt running for office, is no longer the POTUS, but as soon as Barrack fucks up it is run to Bush and hide. Originally Posted by The2DogsAt least Obama is able to point to OBL as a success in his re-election bid - as opposed to Bush (and McCain) who simply used the fact that OBL butchered over 3000 people in his effort to get re-elected.
At least Obama is able to point to OBL as a success in his re-election bid - as opposed to Bush (and McCain) who simply used the fact that OBL butchered over 3000 people in his effort to get re-elected.NO shit...first the bastards could not wait to go/continue the Wars and now with Obama in office doing that very thing, they can't wait to leave! What was their 2004 saying Duck and Run or some such stupid saying.
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President Carter was made a laughing stock because of that failed plan to free the Iranian Hostages. If the plan to kill Osama had failed, It would have been blamed on President Obama.Exactly. If the mission had been a disaster and several of the SEALS had been killed, who would be using the death of the Navy SEALS as a campaign issue?
He made the call, he gets the credit. Originally Posted by Jackie S
NO shit...first the bastards could not wait to go/continue the Wars and now with Obama in office doing that very thing, they can't wait to leave! What was their 2004 saying Duck and Run or some such stupid saying. Originally Posted by WTFJust more phony outrage from the clowns who ain't happy unless they're pissed.
Exactly. If the mission had been a disaster and several of the SEALS had been killed, who would be using the death of the Navy SEALS as a campaign issue?Odumbo worked against the war effort while in the Senate. Odumbo campaigned against the war while running for the presidency. NOW Odumbo wants to use the war to win re-election!?! Odumbo is a lying hypocrite, Doofus. Plus, the narrator -- Slick Willie -- of Odumbo's crappy commercial completely FAILED to deal with bin Laden while he was in office: Slick Willie expressing doubt about Romney's resolve? Fucking boundless hypocrisy!!!
Why, Whirlaway, and COG, and IB Hankering, and Dali Lama, and JD Barleycorn of course. And let's not forget, Mitt Romney.
And admittedly, if it were reversed, Democrats would use it against Republicans too.
And i've got a gazzillion bucks that says that if the Iraq War was a smashing success, that John McCain would have used Obama's initial opposition to it as campaign fodder. You know, just like they did with Obama's opposition to "The Surge". Originally Posted by Doove
They all lie I B! Originally Posted by WTFTrue enough. But it was especially obvious when Odumbo promised intangibles such as 'Hope and Change'.
GWB was not suppossed to care for nation building. Originally Posted by WTFThe lesson learned from Truman and the Marshall Plan was that rebuilding Germany and Japan was cheaper -- in lives and treasure -- than fighting them every twenty years.
The reality is that we a a warring nation. Our military industrial complex needs war for growth. Originally Posted by WTFIt's a symbiotic relationship. The U.S. could forgo the high tech weapons, e.g., cruise missiles, etc., it currently enjoys, and thus starve the military industrial complex into nonexistence. But to do so would mean totally relying on a draft and issuing millions of American citizens basic rifles and bullets in the next conflagration involving U.S. interests abroad.
All Presidents will run into that reality. Didn't take Obama long to be converted! LOL Originally Posted by WTFAgain, that's what made Odumbo's 2008 promises for 'Hope and Change' so laughable.
I don't recall Mondale saying he would not have went after them ... Originally Posted by WTF
They all lie I B! GWB was not suppossed to care for nation building. The reality is that we a a warring nation. Our military industrial complex needs war for growth. All Presidents will run into that reality. Didn't take Obama long to be converted! LOL Originally Posted by WTFThat is what we have come to expect when we elect Democrats or Republicans. We need to quit electing them. We need to quit buying the lie that they are the only ones who can be elected. Then, and only then, will we be able to restore our republic to the greatness it once had.