Well, after the big nothing and postponement
of the hearing today, it’s back to the election for me. We have less than two weeks to go, and this
is probably one of the more pivotal elections in American history.
A while back when we just killed bin Laden, a meme started
among the left declaring that it was “gutsy call” it was for Obama to have ordered our troops to raid
Osama’s house and ultimately put a
well-deserved bullet in his head. I
considered it to be a fairly ridiculous claim.
I couldn’t imagine an easier call to make as president. I had assumed that liberals were just trying
to coast on the victory.
I mean there is a history for that. William Henry Harrison ran on the slogan “Tippecanoe
and Tyler, too!” The meaning of that slogan
is a mystery to most modern readers so let me translate. Tyler was Harrison’s choice
of vice president—who for all intents and purposes was the president after
Harrison died about a month into office, the shortest presidency ever. And Tippecanoe was the site of a massacre of
Native Americans led by Harrison, which was in that day seen as a glorious
victory over the “savages.” In that it
was similar to George Washington running mainly on his generalship during the
revolution, Andrew Jackson running on his success at the Battle of New Orleans,
and even more recently Eisenhower running based on his leadership in World War
II. Or for that matter one of the most
feeble slogans “Rumpsy Dumpsy, Rumpsy Dumpsy, Col. Johnson killed Tecumseh!” Johnson was a presidential candidate that
year and his claim to fame was having led the army that killed the Native
American leader Tecumseh (which is pronounced more like “Teh-cum-see” but that
is still a very lazy rhyme), another victory over the so-called savages.
So Obama perhaps
was thinking of focus grouping a slogan.
Something like, “vote for Obama, he killed Osama!” Or perhaps, “Vote for Obama and Biden, they
killed Osama bin Laden!” Something like
that. But the idea that it was some kind
of amazing gutsy call was kind of laughed out of respectable politics and I didn’t
hear of it again for a while.
But it came to mind again when I was listening Obama talk about it during the debates:
[Obama
speaking] When it comes to going after Osama bin Laden, you said, well, any
president would make that call. But when you were a candidate in 2008 — as I
was — and I said, if I got bin Laden in our sights, I would take that shot, you
said we shouldn’t move heaven and earth to get one man, and you said we should
ask Pakistan for permission.
And if we had asked Pakistan for
permission, we would not have gotten him. And it was worth moving heaven and
earth to get him.
You know, after we killed bin Laden, I
was at Ground Zero for a memorial and talked to a — a — a young woman who was 4
years old when 9/11 happened.
And the last conversation she had with
her father was him calling from the twin towers, saying, Peyton (sp), I love
you, and I will always watch over you. And for the next decade she was haunted
by that conversation. And she said to me, you know, by finally getting bin
Laden, that brought some closure to me.
And when we do things like that, when
we bring those who have harmed us to justice, that sends a message to the
world, and it tells Peyton (sp) that we did not forget her father.
MR. SCHIEFFER: All right.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: And — and I make that
point because that’s the kind of clarity of leadership — and those decisions
are not always popular. Those decisions generally are not poll-tested. And even
some in my own party, including my current vice president, had the same
critique as you did. But what the American people understand is, is that I look
at what we need to get done to keep the American people safe and to move our
interests forward, and I make those decisions.
Now you can get distracted with the shameful lie he just
told about Romney being opposed to the mission.
But I want to focus on what he said in that last paragraph. Read it again. It was not the popular thing to do. They don’t poll test it. He even got criticism from his own party.
I remember hearing that and saying, “my God, he really does think that killing bin Laden was a
difficult call.” He agonized over
this. He wondered if it was the right thing
to do.
Which makes no sense to me whatsoever.
This is probably one of the most telling things he said in
that debate. Killing the man responsible
for this...
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...was a tough call.
It was a head scratcher. He tried
to sound like he was decisive, but what he sounded like in the end was
wishy-washy. For a decisive person this
is the very opposite of a gutsy call; it’s a no-brainer. No guts required.
Which brings me to the news of the day, that during the
attack on, on September 11, 2012, of
our embassy in Benghazi our Navy Seals were
told to stand down. We learn from
Glenn Beck that help was only forty-five minutes away, and the attack went
on for hours, and yet they were not ordered to intervene.
When a quick decision had to be made, to save our
personnel and to deal a defeat to the terrorists, Obama wasn’t gutsy. He was gutless.
Maybe Beck is right, that there is something deeper and
more creepy underneath all of this. But on
the other hand, letting our personnel get killed is not a way to tamp down a
story, so there is that. I am not saying
Beck is wrong necessarily, but I need more to be convinced he is right.
And what the hell were we doing hiring the February 17
militia to guard them? It reminds me of
when I first heard of the Altamont incident in the 1960’s. As you might know, this was an attempt by a
number of bands to create a West-Coast-Woodstock. I remember reading about how they had hired Hell’s Angels for security and I immediately
thought, “exactly who thought that was a good idea?” Same thing with the Libyan militia. Exactly who thought that was a good idea?
But hey, don’t worry, Hillary has vowed to capture the man
responsible. The man who made a video
insulting Mohammed.
Oh, you think I am joking, dear reader? Well, listen to this:
You can read more about that interview here. This administration doesn’t act to save American
lives and they act to destroy American freedom, scapegoating a man for having said
the wrong thing when
they were told within hours that it had nothing to do with it anyway.
In a perfect world, all of this would be impeachable and
he would be removed by the Senate. But
instead of depending on Congress to do its duty, it will most likely fall on
us, to rise up on November 6 and throw the bum out.
It can’t come soon enough.
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My wife and I have lost our jobs
due to the harassment of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including an
attempt to get us killed and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up
to ten years. I know that claim sounds
fantastic, but if you read starting here, you will see absolute proof of these
claims using documentary and video evidence.
If you would like to help in the fight to hold Mr. Kimberlin
accountable, please hit the Blogger’s Defense Team button on the right. And thank you.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused some people,
particularly Brett Kimberlin, of
reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even
criminal. In all cases, the only justice I want is through the
appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice system. I do not want to see vigilante violence
against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally
wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the particular case of Brett
Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed
communication. I say this in part
because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want
that to happen to him.
And for that matter, don’t go on
his property. Don’t sneak around and try
to photograph him. Frankly try not to
even be within his field of vision. Your
behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to
mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not contact his
organizations, either. And most of all, leave his family alone.
The only exception to all that is
that if you are reporting on this, there is of course nothing wrong with
contacting him for things like his official response to any stories you might
report. And even then if he tells you to
stop contacting him, obey that request. That
this is a key element in making out a harassment claim under Maryland law—that
a person asks you to stop and you refuse.
And let me say something
else. In my heart of hearts, I don’t
believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you
haven’t don’t start.
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