Bob Barr: Republicans Really Criticizing Themselves
On The O’Reilly Factor Friday, former Georgia congressman Bob Barr said he thinks Republicans are overplaying their hand when it comes to criticism of the Obama administration and the Dec. 25 attempt to down a Detroit-bound jetliner:
My main criticism of those who are criticizing the president, such as the former vice president, Mr. Cheney, is that I think it’s simply politics and partisanship and not substantive criticism because when you have the vice president from the prior administration criticizing the current administration, really what they’re criticizing is themselves because the problems that we see — and I think the president has done a good job of laying out the problems that we have — I disagree with him on some of the solutions, but the problems long predate January 20, 2009 when Mr. Obama came in.
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Then this morning on ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos asked Liz Cheney about her organization’s new ad titled “100 hours”:
“As many Democrats and others have pointed out, President Bush waited I think six days before doing much about Richard Reid, the shoe bomber,” he noted. Cheney evaded the question entirely, pretending not to hear it. “The point of that ad,” she said, “was this notion that you cannot win a war if you’re treating it as sort of an inconvenient sidelight.”
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7 Responses to “Bob Barr: Republicans Really Criticizing Themselves”
Barr is correct. The Reps are stealing a page from the gang that couldn't shoot straight script (slightly worn out from Dem usage).
I think the overwhelming majority of American people are concerned about how poorly this was handled by the Obama Administration. Barr continues to marginalize himself with this kind of happy talk nonsense. He even repeated a re-phrased “the system worked” which even Obama doesn't believe. Liz Cheney continues to demonstrate that she is one of the brightest stars in the national security field by not falling for an attempt by Clinton advisor Stefanopoulus attempt to redirect the issue to a retired President.
It's been more than a year since the election. Blaming Bush wrongly for anything is proof of Hopelessness.
People probably aren't going to be swayed either way. It is nice to see Barr, freed from his party's shackles, be able to speak his mind both ways when he:
Stated that he didn't agree with everything that the president has done, without belaboring the point.
Criticized the critics who are selectively remembering some very recent history.
If you've ever seen a partisan debate with a Libertarian, or another third party, in the middle, you'll know exactly why the other parties work so hard to keep them out. It adds a layer of honesty, and entertainment, to the whole process.
Three days/six days. That anyone, from either side of the aisle, would attempt to use terrorism in a domestic political blame game is despicable.
Our government, under both Bush and Obama, has done its best to keep us safe since 9/11 and with considerable success to date, but we (our government) is not, and cannot be, omniscient no matter which party is in power. Let's stop the recriminations and focus, without partisanship, on the problem.
Are we willing to have cameras every where like in the UK. When more people die from bad food and lightning, why are we wetting our diapers when terror is a bigger problem in the EU.
As Chicken Little said: The sky is falling. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php3?author=t…