Our Gutless President: Hey Don't Blame Me For the Special Forces Soldier Who Died; That Was Someone Else's Call

Like I said, the only good news I've read in the war in a while.

So of course Obama had nothing to do with it.

NB: WH says POTUS did not sign off on #Iraq Spec Ops raid that left US solider dead, says it was Def. Sec. Carter's call
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 22, 2015

Posted by: Ace at 03:15 PM

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1 Qbama is a fucking cunt. But I digress.

Posted by: douger at October 22, 2015 03:16 PM (eM6QK)

2 F them all.

Posted by: Beth M at October 22, 2015 03:17 PM (kiy9d)

3 First

Posted by: kadang at October 22, 2015 03:17 PM (xpQSK)

4 At least he didn't blame Bush.

Posted by: Roy at October 22, 2015 03:17 PM (VndSC)

5 I hope Carter is working on his resume.

Posted by: maddogg at October 22, 2015 03:18 PM (xWW96)

6 Makes Jimmy Carter look positively Reaganesque.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at October 22, 2015 03:18 PM (SCcgT)

7 Which Moron called this in an earlier thread?

I mean, besides all of us, I guess.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 22, 2015 03:18 PM (XiVKO)

8 I was outraged as soon as I read about it in the paper.

Posted by: Prez'nit Shit Midas at October 22, 2015 03:18 PM (63IFd)

9 Obama doesn't sign off on anything.

That's his signature move: delay making the decision until events overcome the opportunity to act.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:18 PM (NOIQH)

10 The buck? Whaaaaaaaaa?

Posted by: Prez'nit Shit Midas at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (63IFd)

11 I have more balls than the SCOAMT!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (G/ohn)

12 I voted Present.

Posted by: Prez'nit Shit Midas at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (63IFd)

13 Really? REALLY? A military raid occurs, it saves 70 people from being murdered and dumped in a mass grave, kills a bunch of terrorists, captures others at the cost of an American serviceman's life and the President had no idea? That's their talking point?

Posted by: Austin in TX at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (/6EeB)

14 Nobody seriously thought da Zero gave a fuck about some civilians, unless he could gain something politically out of it, then hell yeah.

Posted by: maddogg at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (xWW96)

15 I swallow my own farts.

Posted by: Pres. TFG at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (JmGFJ)

16 "Orders were approved."

Posted by: Prez'nit Shit Midas at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (63IFd)

17 15 months to go

Posted by: eman at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (mR7Es)

18

The buck may or may not have stopped somewhere.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (kdS6q)

19 Obama only takes credit for the good things. The bad things are caused by someone else.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (BsUcn)

20 "Above his pay grade."

/thanks LIV's.

Posted by: shibumi, RIP USA at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (JkjdY)

21 Voting Present, almost 7 years into his Presiduncey. [sp intended]

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (1ppmx)

22 [_] I did check that box.
[x] I did not check that box.

... that led to [insert thing I just read about in the paper].

Posted by: SCOAMF at October 22, 2015 03:20 PM (lqmAz)

23 Remind me again. The Secretary of Defense is the Commander in Chief too? Who knew?

Posted by: douger at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (eM6QK)

24 Remember when Seal Team Zero broke into Bin Laden's bedroom, stabbed him in the face, cut off his dick, then raped him up the ass in front of his wives? This was just like that.

Posted by: maddogg at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (xWW96)

25 I correct myself. He was absent.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (1ppmx)

26 Don't worry. Obama will take credit tomorrow after seeing the polls showing Americans favor these types of actions.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (WtbQl)

27 Obama didn't approve the Bin Laden raid (he just stalled every time they asked until the window closed).

Obama never made the request, nor respond to military requests, to rescue people in Benghazi.

When ISIS held several westerners in a location known to us, they waited 5+ weeks to get sign-off to go in and rescue them --- and when permission was finally granted, the hostages had been moved days earlier.

Heck, didn't Obama stall on the Somali pirate/tanker hostage situation and they ended up just taking their shot without permission?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (NOIQH)

28 The special forces acted stupidly- King Put

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (dULJN)

29 Obama is too busy ordering the drone strikes. You know, the strikes we're supposed to pretend aren't happening and aren't ordered by the Nobel Prize winner.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (4ErVI)

30 he voted "present"

Posted by: brak at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (xwPSp)

31 He was probably sleeping with the Secret Service officers. It's on Drudge but I don't know when they were caught sleeping.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (G/ohn)

32 So, the Sec Def can put boots on the ground on his own authority?

Is that the claim?

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 22, 2015 03:22 PM (XiVKO)

33 This was a joint operation with Kurdish peshmerga, but Obama, "Hey, news to me!"

Horseshit.

Posted by: spongeworthy at October 22, 2015 03:23 PM (5dXLi)

34 What a disgrace.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2015 03:23 PM (1ppmx)

35 >>...and the President had no idea? That's their talking point?

Option A: He approved, but he's now denying it because of the death ("Just found out on the news what my administration was doing!").

Option B: They knew Obama would stall so they went ahead without his approval (better to ask forgiveness than permission with this fool in charge).

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:24 PM (NOIQH)

36 President Naif only does the good things. Everything bad is done by his imaginary friend Bad President (no relation to 'Not Me' from The Family Circus).

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 22, 2015 03:24 PM (oVJmc)

37 What a scum cock sucker.... And THAT is my CIC....I guess the Buck NEVER stops there!

I'd like to see his Fitrep

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:24 PM (Q0JX/)

38 Oxygen Thief, in Chief.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2015 03:24 PM (1ppmx)

39 So, you know, we're kinda sorta in a proxy war in Syria with the Russians. You remember the Russians, right? Stubby, dour looking people with a taste for vodka and organized crime. Pretty serious situation, but hey Barry don't know nuthin' 'bout nuthin'. I sure feel safe!

Leadership!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 03:25 PM (4ErVI)

40 Hey, I was getting stovepiped by Reggie!

Posted by: Preznit Skeezy McBreezy at October 22, 2015 03:25 PM (oVJmc)

41 Preznit' Kick Ass personally killed Bin Ladin but other than that he can't be bothered with that whole Commander in Chief thing...

Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at October 22, 2015 03:25 PM (g8Hfr)

42 Of. Course. He. Didn't.

So, what, keeping people from being slaughtered by ISIS is a bad thing?

Or is he going full pacifist Left?

Hell, why not, he has nothing to lose.

Posted by: alexthechick - All The Whatever Hands at October 22, 2015 03:25 PM (mf5HN)

43 Like during Benghazi, I was blind on coke at the time.

Posted by: Preznit Skeezy McBreezy at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (oVJmc)

44 "WH says POTUS did not sign off on #Iraq Spec Ops raid that left US solider dead, says it was Def. Sec. Carter's call"

No, no, no. They misquoted me. I did not sign off on a plan that included a soldier dying. I signed off on the raid where no soldier died and we still freed the hostages.

Posted by: Barry at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (qFlZT)

45 President Naif only does the good things. Everything bad is done by his imaginary friend Bad President (no relation to 'Not Me' from The Family Circus).
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at October 22, 2015 03:24 PM (oVJmc)

Just one point of Order: While a Soldier apparently gave his life for his Country doing his Duty, and that is always a sad thing....It is Not "Bad" that the forces of Freedom do their Duty.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (Q0JX/)

46 Unfit to serve.

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (1ppmx)

47 Pearl Harbor?

Never heard of it.

Posted by: FDR at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (4ErVI)

48 PRESENT!!!! - President Petulance

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (Wd2mW)

49 Why would he even think that the loss of one Special Forces member would be such political poison?

Posted by: douger at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (eM6QK)

50 When will our betters in the media start questioning whether our Low Information President is mentally stable enough to handle anything more strenuous than just watching a lot of TV?

Oh, that's right. Never.

Posted by: Furious George at October 22, 2015 03:26 PM (UlJ3l)

51 I didn't know anything about it until I heard it on the news.

Posted by: Preznit Skeezy McBreezy at October 22, 2015 03:27 PM (oVJmc)

52 What a fucking putz...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 22, 2015 03:27 PM (so+oy)

53 I wonder if the poor family has had the dreaded knock at the front door yet?

Prayers for them.

Meanwhile, I'll be over there ----------> rage stroking.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:28 PM (FsuaD)

54 Thanks for the nood notice....

grumble grumble.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at October 22, 2015 03:28 PM (4nmNX)

55 Talk about a nonviable clump of cells.

Posted by: Planned P'hood at October 22, 2015 03:28 PM (1ppmx)

56 Like Thomas Sowell said yesterday in National Review, vague, meaningless words; an Obama trait.

SecDef : "What do you want us to do Mr. President?"

Preezy : "Do what you have to do."

SecDef : "Well alrighty then."

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:28 PM (BsUcn)

57 This doesn't sound like Obama. His usual MO would be to say that he personally rescued 70 hostages while somebody else got some guy killed.

Posted by: bk in tx at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (AyAyC)

58 I approved the rescue mission, it was Sec Carter who made the decision that got the soldier killed.

Posted by: Obama at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (WtbQl)

59 Putz is one word to describe him. I can think of many more, but will leave it to your imagination.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (G/ohn)

60 42
Of. Course. He. Didn't.

So, what, keeping people from being slaughtered by ISIS is a bad thing?

Or is he going full pacifist Left?

Hell, why not, he has nothing to lose.

Posted by: alexthechick - All The Whatever Hands at October 22, 2015 03:25 PM (mf5HN)

I keep coming back to Guantanamo, though. Why hasn't he just gone full retard and either released them altogether or force move them into a federal penitentiary (which was the proposal several years ago when Holder was around but it went nowhere)? That would definitely be a full retard left move and payoff big with the Code Pink slunts and other elements of the base.

Posted by: FDR at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (4ErVI)

61

Seems to be the theme of the day.

Same thing Hilary's been saying.

Below her pay grade.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 03:30 PM (qCMvj)

62 Dying was against my explicit orders.

Posted by: Preznit Skeezy McBreezy at October 22, 2015 03:30 PM (oVJmc)

63 Obama: I did not sign off on the Special Forces operation. That call came from the Pentagon.

(staffer whispers in Obama's ear) Sir , new report indicates the report of Special Ops death in error and we captured ISIS's #2.

(Obama looks up to continue his statement ) and that call from the Pentagon was made only after I briefed them on how I think we should use Special Op forces in situations like this. They were hesitant but I'm glad they listened.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at October 22, 2015 03:30 PM (AHcCm)

64 Why hasn't he just gone full retard and either released them altogether or force move them into a federal penitentiary (which was the proposal several years ago when Holder was around but it went nowhere)? That would definitely be a full retard left move and payoff big with the Code Pink slunts and other elements of the base.
Posted by: FDR at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (4ErVI)

Other than the fact that Congress passed a law saying he could not?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:30 PM (Q0JX/)

65 Obama: can only be bothered to take action against our own troops when they complain about locals raping boys.

Posted by: wooga at October 22, 2015 03:31 PM (d0wRk)

66 64: "Other than the fact that Congress passed a law saying he could not?"

Since when has that stopped TFG?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at October 22, 2015 03:31 PM (4nmNX)

67 Secret Service is overworked.
SCOAMT too? No, he's to busy golfing costing us $20,000 per hole!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:31 PM (G/ohn)

68 Meanwhile 8 year old girls are being sold as sex slaves throughout the ISIS empire.

Posted by: Lauren at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (LzzEz)

69 I keep coming back to Guantanamo, though. Why hasn't he just gone full retard and either released them altogether or force move them into a federal penitentiary (which was the proposal several years ago when Holder was around but it went nowhere)? That would definitely be a full retard left move and payoff big with the Code Pink slunts and other elements of the base.
Posted by: FDR at October 22, 2015 03:29 PM (4ErVI)

That is going to happen. I'm guessing around February of next year.

Posted by: alexthechick - All The Whatever Hands at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (mf5HN)

70 He hasn't run this by a focus group yet..

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (so+oy)

71 Man, what spine our president has.

Harry Truman took full responsibility for ordering the use of atomic bombs. Barack Obama immediately claims he knows nothing about the orders that resulted in a soldier's death.*

The Democrats have fallen so far it is like they have turned an anti-gravity device onto full reverse.

*This is probably why the operation succeeded and reinforces Panetta's claim that Obama was told that the Bin Laden raid was on when it was too late to recall it.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Treat Your Tricksters to an I Scream at the Outrage Outlet! at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (hLRSq)

72 I'm really curious about how long his out the door pardon list is going to be.

I am equally curious about who will and won't be on it.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at October 22, 2015 03:33 PM (4nmNX)

73 Well, ESPN won't watch itself.

If you haven't served, then you should not be eligible to be POTUS.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at October 22, 2015 03:34 PM (lXkXg)

74 68
Meanwhile 8 year old girls are being sold as sex slaves throughout the ISIS empire.

Posted by: Lauren at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (LzzEz)

Time for Mooch to drag out her #BringBackOurGirls hashtag. Oops, the girls aren't black, are they?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:34 PM (FsuaD)

75 Other than the fact that Congress passed a law saying he could not?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:30 PM (Q0JX/)

When has that stopped him? A few times I guess, but if Obama decides to do it, he'll do it.

Posted by: FDR at October 22, 2015 03:34 PM (4ErVI)

76 Still not getting the "Good News" formulation.
Akin to "Ooooh, an American firefighter died putting out a fire in Peruvia", it's a banner day!".

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 22, 2015 03:34 PM (2cS/G)

77 >>Meanwhile 8 year old girls are being sold as sex slaves throughout the ISIS empire.

Aaaaand what about those Nigerian Christian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram.

IIRC, O claimed they were his first thought when he got up in the morning (one of his favorite ways of saying "it's THAT important to me!").

Some have been used as suicide bombers, some have escaped an reported horrific stories of being sold as slaves/married off to jihadis.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:34 PM (NOIQH)

78 Incredible. What a Commander-in-Chief.

He really hates this stuff, doesn't he? He just wants a defense policy that keeps foreign conflict out of the headlines.

Posted by: JPS at October 22, 2015 03:35 PM (gxOpX)

79 Meanwhile 8 year old girls are being sold as sex slaves throughout the ISIS empire.
Posted by: Lauren at October 22, 2015 03:32 PM (LzzEz)

And in Breitbart, the Europeans are suddenly discovering an epidemic of 'child brides' among the migrants who want to bring in their 'wives' from the old country to reunite the family.

Way down at the bottom, the last sentence, feminists are calling it rape.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:35 PM (BsUcn)

80 Why would he even think that the loss of one Special Forces member would be such political poison?
______________

Everything is political. Every. Fucking. Thing. He sees the media starting to ask questions about "boots on the ground" and he shits his pants, goes into little bitch mode, and starts shifting blame.

Posted by: Sterling Archer at October 22, 2015 03:36 PM (LYCUN)

81 If the raid that ended bin Laden's life had an American casualty it would have been someone else's idea too.

What else is new for that asshole?

Posted by: Hank at October 22, 2015 03:36 PM (JyDJn)

82 >>Way down at the bottom, the last sentence, feminists are calling it rape.

Don't worry, feminists!
You'll get a taste of real "rape culture", too. Just ask the women of Malmo or the girls in Rotterham.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:36 PM (NOIQH)

83 If rumors are correct , the give Obama a list of actionable items and he either checks boxes Yes or No. I'm pretty sure there is another box named Your Choice.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at October 22, 2015 03:37 PM (AHcCm)

84 Based exclusively on what TFG said about the bin Laden raid, he and he alone bears ALL the responsibility for this US soldier death.

You don't get it both ways. you sniveling useless excuse for a human.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 22, 2015 03:37 PM (gyKtp)

85 @71 Mikey NTH

"*This is probably why the operation succeeded and reinforces Panetta's claim that Obama was told that the Bin Laden raid was on when it was too late to recall it."

Thats what I heard as well. He also said Hillary agreed to cover him from JEF and to go forward (surprisingly). The picture of SCOAMFin the situation room sitting like a sulking child is hard to forget.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at October 22, 2015 03:38 PM (lXkXg)

86 I can barely wait until this community organizing POS is back in Chicago.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:38 PM (FsuaD)

87 #GutsyCall

Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 22, 2015 03:38 PM (KaKNJ)

88 Watch the GOPe Amnestia 2016 bill grants citizenship to the muzzies moved up here from Cuba.

"How the hell did that get in there!" Harumph! Sputter!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 03:38 PM (4ErVI)

89 What's particularly galling about Obama's buck-passing is, of course in dangerous, sensitive missions, special ops forces face a strong likelihood of death or injury.

But now that shit's gone bad, to placate a loony-left base full of lib-pussies who believe Obama is The Great War-Ender Under Whom U.S. Soldiers Are Finally Safe Again, he has to pull this bullshit.

Posted by: FishingWithFredo at October 22, 2015 03:39 PM (INiW9)

90 You don't get it both ways. you sniveling useless excuse for a human.

Posted by: GnuBreed

Oh, but he LOVES going both ways.

Posted by: Reggie at October 22, 2015 03:39 PM (VAsIq)

91 Only box that Obama has ever checked is "not present".

Posted by: dantesed at October 22, 2015 03:39 PM (88xKn)

92 At least he didn't blame Bush.

Posted by: Roy

In 3...2...

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at October 22, 2015 03:39 PM (VAsIq)

93 After further review, it appears that Obama can't be taking credit for the raid that rescued seventy people since he didn't know anything about it, and DOD was acting without orders from the White House.

That's good to know. For the next year or so, DOD is acting without civilian oversight. Fundamental change I guess.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (BsUcn)

94 It was probably a democrat congress that passed law forbidding sending GITMO terrorists here. We know that republicans don't have presidency & are limited in what they can do!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (G/ohn)

95 >>Thats what I heard as well. He also said Hillary agreed to cover him from JEF and to go forward (surprisingly). The picture of SCOAMFin the situation room sitting like a sulking child is hard to forget.

Yep. Obama stalled, delayed approval on the first two opportunities for the raid (one of the times he went to bed). He went golfing after asked for approval on the third opportunity. This per Richard Miniter, WSJ reported who wrote a book about the raid.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (NOIQH)

96 I keep coming back to Guantanamo, though. Why hasn't he just gone full retard and either released them altogether or force move them into a federal penitentiary (which was the proposal several years ago when Holder was around but it went nowhere)? That would definitely be a full retard left move and payoff big with the Code Pink slunts and other elements of the base.

I think he's waiting for the last couple days of his presidency, so he can Make The Accomplishment while not having to deal with the aftermath.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (kCfMX)

97 Oh great our C-i-C is no longer in charge. Who is calling the military shots now?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (OLNwX)

98 I'm only just now finding out about this, on CNN.

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (VAsIq)

99 Nobody is madder than me and I will not rest until the persons responsible are held accountable.

Posted by: Hussein's parrot at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (wAQA5)

100 Really? REALLY? A military raid occurs, it saves 70 people from being murdered and dumped in a mass grave, kills a bunch of terrorists, captures others at the cost of an American serviceman's life and the President had no idea? That's their talking point?
Posted by: Austin in TX at October 22, 2015 03:19 PM (/6EeB)

The genuises in Obama's inner circle haven't yet realized the mission was a success. This affair is a window on their mindset. Watch and learn.

Posted by: troyriser at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (cCEFD)

101 Oh great our C-i-C is no longer in charge. Who is calling the military shots now?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian

Bad precedent, but preferable to Obama screwing up another op.

Posted by: Turd Ferguson at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (VAsIq)

102 I think one of the main reasons he is not taking credit is a little wonky. Supposedly this raid request was made by the Kurdish government and of the 70 rescued , none of them were Kurdish. Someone miscommunicated something.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (AHcCm)

103 Yo!

Posted by: Yo! at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (GwIKd)

104 Other than the fact that Congress passed a law saying he could not?
Posted by: Nevergiveup a

heh, "Congress"

You made a funny.

Posted by: Pres. TFG at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (JmGFJ)

105 And the Kenyan Cocksucker votes present. Again.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (2Ojst)

106 Spoke with the mom of a former Ranger who did two tours in A-stan, last night. Her son got out because he came to loathe his CiC with the heat of a million suns.

Exactly the reason our son got out. An inept CiC and ridiculous ROE.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (FsuaD)

107 We need to put Commander McFly in Doc's time machine and send him back to Indonesia.

Posted by: Fritz at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (UzPAd)

108 Don't worry--next week, I'll accidentally blab all the top secret details of the raid, and who our sources were.

Posted by: Pres'nt Obama at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (VAsIq)

109 This is how he honors the soldier that died on the battlefield. Disgusting.

Posted by: Bosk at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (n2K+4)

110 Bad precedent, but preferable to Obama screwing up another op.
Posted by: Turd Ferguson at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (VAsIq

True, but I shudder at the next move or the one after that.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (OLNwX)

111 86: "I can barely wait until this community organizing POS is back in Chicago"

Pffft. Like he's going to go back THERE....

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (4nmNX)

112 Every day the president receives a national security briefing. It's a list of shit going on, potential threats that meet a certain threshold, blah blah blah.

Wasn't there a thing about Obama skipping a lot of these things?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (4ErVI)

113 MisHum,
Better someone else call the shots than SCOAMT!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (G/ohn)

114 ot

James Woods @RealJamesWoods
Hillary Clinton: "Oh, That Chris...What a kidder!" #Disgusting. #BenghaziCommittee

he then links to the breitbart piece

hillary-clinton-chris-stevens-
was-joking-about-security-in-benghazi

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 03:44 PM (qCMvj)

115 Besides sucking on... ice cream cones and riding ... girls' bikes, what does BO do?

Posted by: Baldy at October 22, 2015 03:44 PM (sEXjW)

116 For the next year or so, DOD is acting without civilian oversight.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (BsUcn)

It worked for the IRS.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Treat Your Tricksters to an I Scream at the Outrage Outlet! at October 22, 2015 03:45 PM (hLRSq)

117 Butter the corn, sprinkle the salt, enjoy the spectacle.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:45 PM (BsUcn)

118 He is too busy vetoing the NDAA.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 22, 2015 03:45 PM (fWAjv)

119 93: "That's good to know. For the next year or so, DOD is acting without civilian oversight."

Things used to work better under those circumstances.

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at October 22, 2015 03:45 PM (4nmNX)

120 *Anxiously awaits Mary Cloggenstein's take on this*

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Staring at the Lake in the rain at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (szPB3)

121 >> The picture of SCOAMFin the situation room sitting like a sulking child is hard to forget.

You won't be seeing any pics this time, I betcha.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (gyKtp)

122 Ah....that Obama has a lot to learn about military tactics. Amateur.

Posted by: Zombie ss Brigadefuhrer Oskar Dirlewanger at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (D0NZx)

123 115 Besides sucking on... ice cream cones and riding ... girls' bikes, what does BO do?
Posted by: Baldy at October 22, 2015 03:44 PM (sEXjW

March Madness Brackets.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (OLNwX)

124 Deserves got nothin' to do with it.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (evdj2)

125 What he doesn't understand is that Americans don't like battle casualties any more than anyone else in the civilized world, but we understand their need from time to time. POTUS just. doesn't. get. it.

Posted by: Scott M at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (AdBfq)

126 Oh great our C-i-C is no longer in charge. Who is calling the military shots now?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:41 PM (OLNwX)

Imagine Joe Biden or Gus the Janitor staring at the big Wheel of Raids and thinking "Should I give it a spin? Hey, why not?"

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Treat Your Tricksters to an I Scream at the Outrage Outlet! at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (hLRSq)

127 "It worked for the IRS."

Except for the hunert n fidy times (or soe) the head of the IRS met personally with Obama in the White House prior to the discover of IRS slow walking Tea Party filings for tax exempt status.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (BsUcn)

128 115
Besides sucking on... ice cream cones and riding ... girls' bikes, what does BO do?

Posted by: Baldy at October 22, 2015 03:44 PM (sEXjW)

He throws out a mean opening pitch...oh, wait...ummm....he totally knows how to operate an umbrella....errrrmmm....he knows a brilliant clock inventor when he sees one....

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (FsuaD)

129 "So, you know, we're kinda sorta in a proxy war in Syria with the Russians."

Speaking of which, I caught a wire service photo which showed a Russian Su-30 on one of the runways at the Latakia air base they have moved in to in Syria.

I'll try to find the photo. Basic description: the old Syrian runways are total crap. Probably built by Soviet engineers. Concrete sectional construction with big heaves and gaps in it. Rocks and weeds in the cracks.

The only fixed wing combat jet in the U.S. inventory which would possibly be able to operate there without major engineering efforts on the surfaces would be the venerable A-10 Warthog. You know, the plane which the Obama administration and the current Pentagon brass insist must be retired at once to make way for the amazing F-35, which will do everything the A-10 does, and more.

Russian jets, all the way up to the latest Sukhoi Flanker variants, are all built for rough field use, with things like auxiliary air intakes on top of the fuselage to keep the engines from rock ingestion and other foreign object damage. And heavy duty landing gear.

Come to think of it, the field at Bagram in Afghanistan was in equally bad shape when Americans took it over, and it too needed a lot of remedial work. Until that was done, the only fixed wing combat jet which could use Bagram was... you guessed it, again, the Warthog.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (noWW6)

130 Wasn't there a thing about Obama skipping a lot of these things?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 03:43 PM (4ErVI)

Attended 41.3 percent of them through Sept. 2014. Has them emailed to him if he isn't there and very doubtful he reads them.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (fWAjv)

131 "Hey Don't Blame Me For the Special Forces Soldier Who Died; That Was Someone Else's Call

Like I said, the only good news I've read in the war in a while"

==================================

Those two sentences together, they are jarring.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (dFi94)

132 If you got advanced copies of Scandal what would you do?

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (LYCUN)

133 The President acted stupidly. Time for a beer summit...

Posted by: Gaff at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (jPS2y)

134
Besides sucking on... ice cream cones and riding ... girls' bikes, what does BO do?

He holds the Race Shield.

Posted by: Preznit Skeezy McBreezy at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (oVJmc)

135 I lost to this guy!

Posted by: Mitt Romney at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (Ui7Rt)

136 26 Don't worry. Obama will take credit tomorrow after seeing the polls showing Americans favor these types of actions.

Yea - many Democrats he knows are conflicted about which side to back, so how could he guess which way actual Americans would swing? Those wind gusts and shifts can be tricky.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (81ia8)

137 It is a fucking needless g-ddamn tragedy that one of our military died in an effort to rescue hostages from ISIS in a country that, until the worthless motherfucking Preezy got his Shit Midas fingers all over it, was on its way to being a stable, hopefully prosperous country. I am sick of our boys and girls dying in the desert so politicians can feel better about themselves.

That said, why the hell isn't Obama taking credit for this? How is saving 70 hostages a BAD thing? Losing a member of our military is not good, but like Obammy gives a tinker's damn about the military anyway. I don't get his aversion to taking credit.

Is it because our guys were working with the Kurds? Is that it? Because we know Obammy hates the Kurds, just like he hates the Israelis, the Coptics, and anyone else who's not a frigging terrorist.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (4df7R)

138 For the next year or so, DOD is acting without civilian oversight. Fundamental change I guess.
Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (BsUcn)

The Sec of Def is a civilian...an asshole, but a civilian

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (Q0JX/)

139 I question the timing...

Posted by: Rev E Buzz, the Doc of Rock at October 22, 2015 03:49 PM (7YcaW)

140
I'm in he same position as President Obama, I knew nothing of this raid until after the event transpired. I would have endorsed this military action wholeheartedly, but was kept out of the loop due to other commitments of a more serious nature.

Posted by: John F'n Kerry, Sexretary of State at October 22, 2015 03:49 PM (OiFtZ)

141 Obama wears mom jeans real good

Posted by: Yo! at October 22, 2015 03:50 PM (GwIKd)

142 White House did not directly dispute the GAI's numbers but instead said Obama prefers to read his PDB on his iPad instead of receiving the all-important live, in-person briefings.

Lazy. As. Fuck.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at October 22, 2015 03:50 PM (fWAjv)

143 Is it because our guys were working with the Kurds? Is that it? Because we know Obammy hates the Kurds, just like he hates the Israelis, the Coptics, and anyone else who's not a frigging terrorist.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at October 22, 2015 03:48 PM (4df7R)

can't upset his friends and the money flow

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 03:50 PM (qCMvj)

144 So Obama is now in the business of nation building? "I don't like who you have in your prisons, so I will send US troops to their death to free them".
But only once a year, when there are hearings going on, because he's such a hardcore advocate of American ideals.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 22, 2015 03:50 PM (2cS/G)

145 So Obama wants no credit for rescuing hostages and killing ISIS. Tell us which side he's on.

Posted by: despair at October 22, 2015 03:50 PM (VrdxH)

146 I would have endorsed this military action wholeheartedly, but was kept out of the loop because actual mature adults realized its serious nature.

Posted by: John F'n Kerry, Sexretary of State at October 22, 2015 03:49 PM (OiFtZ)

FIFY, Mr. Secretary

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Treat Your Tricksters to an I Scream at the Outrage Outlet! at October 22, 2015 03:51 PM (hLRSq)

147 I'm broken hearted for the family of the fallen soldier.

Imagine hearing your son's CiC dintknownuthin' and apparently could care less.

*seething rage*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:51 PM (FsuaD)

148 I wish you would change the wording of that headline. It reads as if you think the death of one of our soldiers is the best thing you've heard lately concerning this war.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 03:51 PM (dFi94)

149 ...and the President had no idea? That's their talking point?

Option A: He approved, but he's now denying it because of the death ("Just found out on the news what my administration was doing!").

Option B: They knew Obama would stall so they went ahead without his approval (better to ask forgiveness than permission with this fool in charge).
Posted by: Lizzy

Option C: As with so many other things, the truth is worse than the first report. he didn't give a shit when an aid worker was grabbed and raped, tortured and killed. And she's the demographic that voted for him twice. he doesn't give a tinker's damn about one US serviceman.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 22, 2015 03:52 PM (326rv)

150 >>Exactly the reason our son got out. An inept CiC and ridiculous ROE.

I can't imagine how unsafe it must feel serving under Obama and his soldier-killing ROE. Also amazed there's anyone left out our embassies in the ME after Benghazi.

Think maybe this is why the SS is dealing with staffing issues? The reason given for sleeping agents is that they have to work so much overtime because of understaffing.
Can't imagine many wanting to sign up for throwing themselves between Obama and a would-be assassin. Lord knows what they've witnessed while on duty...Goes double for Hillary.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:52 PM (NOIQH)

151 But only once a year, when there are hearings going on, because he's such a hardcore advocate of American ideals.
Posted by: Lincolntf at October 22, 2015 03:50

He would distract us? No, couldn't be .

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:52 PM (OLNwX)

152 "So Obama wants no credit for rescuing hostages and killing ISIS. Tell us which side he's on."

Obama is trying to dodge the fact that US Combat Troops were on the ground, engaged in Combat. He's trying to avoid admitting it by saying he didn't make that decision.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:52 PM (BsUcn)

153 Sec. Carter acted on his own after being incited by a youtube video.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at October 22, 2015 03:53 PM (1RNgT)

154 President Vague and Meaningless . . . has a ring to it.

Posted by: GBruno at October 22, 2015 03:53 PM (u49WF)

155 He's not on U.S. Side!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:53 PM (G/ohn)

156 Let's send him with clock boy to Qtar.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 03:54 PM (G/ohn)

157 I'm broken hearted for the family of the fallen soldier.

Imagine hearing your son's CiC dintknownuthin' and apparently could care less.

*seething rage*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:51 PM (FsuaD)

Yup...he is such a POS

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:54 PM (Q0JX/)

158 I GOT BIN LADEN, but Ashe Carter got that Spec Ops guy killed.

Posted by: President Tee-time at October 22, 2015 03:54 PM (GgxVX)

159 Exactly the reason our son got out. An inept CiC and ridiculous ROE.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:42 PM (FsuaD)
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Same here. Ten years. And then he couldn't do it anymore.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 03:54 PM (dFi94)

160 "[On the bin Laden raid] Obama stalled, delayed approval on the first two opportunities for the
raid (one of the times he went to bed). He went golfing after asked for
approval on the third opportunity."

I have always wondered if during these delays, Obama had quickly rushed word to his Saudi buddies to tell their friend Osama that his cover was blown and that he needed to clear out pronto.

But bin Laden's personal OPSEC was so tight that it took a chain of cutouts and personal couriers to move messages to him -- no electronic communications devices anywhere on the Abbotabad compound -- and the courier with the warning didn't arrive before the raid finally was authorized.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 03:54 PM (noWW6)

161 Obama is trying to dodge the fact that US Combat Troops were on the ground, engaged in Combat. He's trying to avoid admitting it by saying he didn't make that decision.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:52 PM (BsUcn)

Which is what happened in Benghazi also

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (Q0JX/)

162
Is it because our guys were working with the Kurds? Is that it? Because we know Obammy hates the Kurds, just like he hates the Israelis, the Coptics, and anyone else who's not a frigging terrorist.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin

the fact that we were "advising" Kurds on a strike between Mosul and Baghdad is interesting.

I bet a cookie that the DoD doesn't trust ANYONE in Iraqi forces. They might as well call up the Russians and iranians. So they went with Kurds, rather than it being a straight US operation.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (326rv)

163 Obama didn't make that tweet either. That was a low level staffer.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (BsUcn)

164 I agree with grammie about the headline. Some family has just had their world turned upside down forever.

Posted by: Jane D'oh, mother of an Afghanistan war veteran at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (FsuaD)

165 I think he's waiting for the last couple days of his presidency, so he can Make The Accomplishment while not having to deal with the aftermath.Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at October 22, 2015 03:40 PM (kCfMX)

Absolutely, positively correct. When the gitmo 'guests' go into the general population of USA jails, and some cell goes into a grade school and starts blowing up little children as in Beslan, demanding their release, our former fuctard-in-chief will be sinking putts on primo Hawaiian greens.

It's coming. Exact date unclear, but it's coming.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (sI4OA)

166 Shove over, everyone. Make room under the bus for SecDef Carter.

Posted by: creeper at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (Hh8cI)

167 >>Option C: As with so many other things, the truth is worse than the first report. he didn't give a shit when an aid worker was grabbed and raped, tortured and killed.

probably right --- after he played through one of our American journalists being beheaded by ISIS, we know he has absolutely no f#@$'s to give for any of these hostages.
Oh, also that they wouldn't let the family of the girl held by ISIS negotiate her release, nor approve a rescue mission, despite knowing that she had become Al Bagdadi's sex slave.

His callousness really is vomit-inducing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 03:56 PM (NOIQH)

168 I think it's time to hit the links.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 22, 2015 03:57 PM (LYCUN)

169 Shove over, everyone. Make room under the bus for SecDef Carter.
Posted by: creeper at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (Hh8cI)

Good...that POS Carter is telling Fredo and Supporting him in the Veto of the Defense Authorization Bill

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 22, 2015 03:57 PM (Q0JX/)

170 Speaking of gutless behavior, our current GOP frontrunner, the anti-immigrant extremist bigot clown Donald Trump is now claiming that a "young intern" was responsible for his disgraceful insult to Iowans.

It is time for Mr. Trump to drop out and stop embarrassing our party.

Posted by: GOP sources say... at October 22, 2015 03:57 PM (Ui7Rt)

171 Ace, if you're reading this, you might "enjoy" (and by "enjoy" I mean "projectile vomit with rage") the new school grading system in Sonoma County in California:

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/4640349-181/rohnert-park-cotati-schools-rethink?page=0

Rohnert Park, Cotati schools rethink grading scale

"A new grading scale that redefines what constitutes an “A” or an “F” is causing strife and confusion in the Cotati-Rohnert Park school district. Some teachers and officials say it lowers the bar for student success, while others say it encourages students to succeed.

The new system is called the equal interval scale. Essentially, it makes it harder to get a failing grade. It departs from the traditional A to F scale in which students receive F’s for scores below 59 percent. Instead, the scale awards F’s only for scores below 20 percent.

“My mentor teacher, she’s not enjoying it. She’s got issues with it,” said Adam Green, a Rancho Cotate High School math teacher who likes the new system. “I respect her and I respectfully disagree.”

Under the new policy, grades rise in 20-point increments. For example, scores of 20 to 40 percentage points earn D- through D+ grades — and so on, up the ladder. Students get an A- for scoring between 80 and 85, which traditionally is low B territory.

Some teachers have tried to hang on to the traditional grading system but have been tripped up by a blanket new policy that students, even if they do not hand in homework or take a test, get 50 percent. Under the new rule, it’s possible for a student who skips a test to receive a better grade than a student who takes the test and does poorly.

“This is just incomprehensible. I don’t have words,” said Lanny Lowery, who has taught English at Rancho Cotate High since 1980."

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The part about knocking the bottom out of what constitutes an "F" is actually the minor outrage; the REAL outrage, buried in the story, is that students WHO CUT CLASS AND DO NO WORK WHATSOEVER automatically get "50 percent" - which in the new system is a "C."

Thus, combining the outrages, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN NOW GET A PASSING "C" GRADE BY NEVER GOING TO SCHOOL AND NEVER DOING ANY OWKR AND NEVER TAKING A SINGLE TEST.

At the end of the article they note that students have already figured this out and are already gaming the system and RAISNG THEIR GPA BY SKIPPING SCHOOL.

This is not just insanity -- it is beyond insanity.

Posted by: zombie at October 22, 2015 03:58 PM (jBuUi)

172 So they went with Kurds, rather than it being a straight US operation.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 22, 2015 03:55 PM (326rv)

See? It was Kurds' operation. We just provided advice. And helicopters. Guns. Bullets. Soldiers.

You see, it was an operation by local forces, not ours.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Treat Your Tricksters to an I Scream at the Outrage Outlet! at October 22, 2015 03:58 PM (hLRSq)

173 The delegation of his duties as he prepares to head out the door. I had a boss that started doing that a year before his retirement and the owners just walked in, handed him 6 months salary and said GTHO. Too bad we can't do that.

Posted by: Lester at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (2UPXV)

174
115
Besides sucking on... ice cream cones and riding ... girls' bikes, what does BO do?

Posted by: Baldy at October 22, 2015 03:44 PM (sEXjW)

He throws out a mean opening pitch...oh, wait...ummm....he totally knows how to operate an umbrella....errrrmmm....he knows a brilliant clock inventor when he sees one....
Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 03:47 PM (FsuaD)
.........................

There's always some shrimp to be bought.

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (wAQA5)

175 I can't imagine how unsafe it must feel serving under Obama and his
soldier-killing ROE. Also amazed there's anyone left out our embassies
in the ME after Benghazi.
============================

I think Benghazi was one of the last straws for my son. He knew if the time came, his government would leave him to die, particularly if it was election time. Can't have bad press. It used to be "we don't leave anybody behind". Now it's "You're on your own, bub."

That, and the homosexual marriage recognition/ leaning towards making Chaplains perform homosexual pretend marriages. Uh, no.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (dFi94)

176 It is time for Mr. Trump to drop out and stop embarrassing our party.
Posted by: GOP sources say... at October 22, 2015 03:57 PM (Ui7Rt)

Ha ha. Defeat him the old fashioned way, at the ballot box.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (OLNwX)

177 The story of the Obama presidency: anything positive, lots of I and me. Anything remotely negative, lot's of he/she/they and him/her/them. The opposite of leadership, in other words.

His lack of we and us is rather surprising for a collectivist, but not so much for a narcissist.

And sadly, these are obvious things that we here understand. But you can't explain that to the sycophants.

Posted by: Nutsy the Buzzard at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (lJJaE)

178
I am the Commander in Chief and that automatically makes me a member of the warrior class irrespective of what the republican naysayer's say, especially those neanderthal's who call me a pussy.

Posted by: Barack F'n Obama, CiC at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (OiFtZ)

179 types.

deletes.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 22, 2015 04:00 PM (wtvvX)

180 This is not just insanity -- it is beyond insanity.

Fundamental change.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 22, 2015 04:00 PM (LYCUN)

181 I'm beginning to hate the smacks who voted in this f-in idiot more the the idiot

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2015 04:01 PM (oiXOv)

182 So which member of the press is asking the important question here, which is:

WHO THE CKUF ORDERED IT AREN'T YOU THE CIC???

I know, I amuse myself.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (4ErVI)

183 There's always some shrimp to be bought.

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2015 03:59 PM (wAQA5)

And waffles to eat!

Posted by: Gen. Hrothgar at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (ftVQq)

184 Prezidentin' is just about hanging out with celebrities and interesting people, going on vacation, and playing golf. That other stuff is someone else's job.

Kinda like Paul Ryan's list of demands. Sure, the country is bankrupt, people are out of work for years, our allies nor enemies no longer respect us, the President is governing my Executive a Order, and Congress hasn't just its one, fundamental job of passing a budget in decades... but everyone vote for Ryan because he wants more family time away his 4 day/ months off at a time work schedule and for everyone to cede all mechanisms to outst his lazy ass from a job he doesn't want.

Posted by: Damiano at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (XItbt)

185 Well this morning HRC said it was Ambassador Steven's fault for accepting a post in Libya, so this sounds about right.

Posted by: SH at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (gmeXX)

186 I saw an old Obama-Biden '08 sticker on a car a yesterday. Took every ounce of will I had not to key the damned car.

Posted by: Jane D'oh, mother of an Afghanistan war veteran at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (FsuaD)

187 President ~~Hope and Change~~ Disengaged

Posted by: SCOAMF at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (lqmAz)

188 Skip,
Eff those idiots that elected this traitor.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (G/ohn)

189 I'm beginning to hate the smacks who voted in this f-in idiot more the the idiot

Hey I just voted for him because he's black.

Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (LYCUN)

190 When you get shitfaced tonight, do me a favor and lift your glass in honor of this fallen warrior. Whoever he is, we salute your courage, sir.

Posted by: pookysgirl can almost tango at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (K27gs)

191 Holy shit. I thought Obama would be all over this, claiming credit for planning the raid so he could look like someone who has at least a thimble full of machismo but he even fucked this up by passing the buck when... it wasn't necessary! It's the most heroic mission the US military has conducted in years! The FIRST time we've fought head-to-head with ISIS in Iraq! What a fucking idiot!

Guess we'd better not call his bluff!

Posted by: Dang at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (2oWD2)

192 When ISIS held several westerners in a location known to us, they waited 5+ weeks to get sign-off to go in and rescue them --- and when permission was finally granted, the hostages had been moved days earlier.

Yeah. And now we lost a man rescuing some not-kurds? I mean, I'm glad to hit ISIS, but it seems like the priorities are out of whack. I would feel better if I thought this was learning but it's doubtful.

Posted by: Lea drinking beer at the local mexican place at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (lIU4e)

193 Taking all of the credit, accepting none of the blame since 2009.
I swear this guy has less accountability than a part-time sales associate in a retail store!

Posted by: Commissar M at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (Xx2PC)

194 This is not just insanity -- it is beyond insanity.

Posted by: zombie at October 22, 2015 03:58 PM (jBuUi)
And just wait till these entitled, stupid little snowflakes get to COLLEGE.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit & Vaginassassin, aka Beth at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (4df7R)

195 We know Trump wrote checks to Hillary just so she'd show up at his wedding, what would he pay ISIS for a seaside Casino on the Gulf?

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (2cS/G)

196 Was he wearing his Kmart bomber jacket when he said that?

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2015 04:03 PM (wAQA5)

197 SCOAMT vetoed Defense Bill.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:04 PM (G/ohn)

198 >>That, and the homosexual marriage recognition/ leaning towards making Chaplains perform homosexual pretend marriages. Uh, no.

He's done so much damage to the military in particular. Think women in all parts (including Rangers, SEALs, Marines) and transgenders serving will be a disaster (sorry, with their suicide rate this is a yuuuge risk). Also particularly disgusted by Atheist chaplains and all the ways he has harassed Christian chaplains.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 04:04 PM (NOIQH)

199 Hole-e-shit. Natalie Portman is playing a gunfighter? Now that thar is pushing believability beyond Hillary's Benghazi lies.

Posted by: maddogg at October 22, 2015 04:04 PM (xWW96)

200 He's trying to avoid admitting it by saying he didn't make that decision.

Which is even worse. By trying to avoid admitting we have troops on the ground, he makes it sound like the Sec Def is a rogue agent.

Posted by: no good deed at October 22, 2015 04:05 PM (GgxVX)

201 do me a favor and lift your glass in honor of this fallen warrior. Whoever he is, we salute your courage, sir.

Posted by: pookysgirl can almost tango at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (K27gs)
======================

Amen. That's somebody's family. There will always be an empty chair at their table. God be with them and give them His peace.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:05 PM (dFi94)

202 I am sure it's been mentioned. But I gurandamntee you, if there had been no casualties on our side. There wouldn't be enough "I"s in the world for the speech he'd give about it. Notice the Bin Laden raid it was all I I I I I, shirt sleeves rolled up, blah blah blah. When shit goes wrong. Hey, don't look at me. Slimy fucker has a way of pretending he's not the president when he doesn't want to be.

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 22, 2015 04:05 PM (Z46PQ)

203
So which member of the press is asking the important question here, which is:

WHO THE CKUF ORDERED IT AREN'T YOU THE CIC???

I know, I amuse myself.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (4ErVI)

Heh. Reminds me of a favorite line from one of Nelson DeMille's books where an officer is being questioned in a murder case.

ARE YOU AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY OR A CABIN BOY??!!??!!

What made it funnier is that it was a pissed off FEMALE detective.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 22, 2015 04:05 PM (u093l)

204 "Acting on my orders, sixteen B-25 bombers under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle made a risky carrier launch and successfully bombed the enemy's capital city of Tokyo.

Now, some of the preparations for survival of the crews were mismanaged by some of our logistics staff, so some were killed and some languish in a Kamchatka prison.

But make no mistake, my resolve to bring the fight to the enemy on my initiative had nothing to do with the casualties others allowed to transpire."

-- Franklin Delano Obama

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 22, 2015 04:06 PM (JtwS4)

205 >>And just wait till these entitled, stupid little snowflakes get to COLLEGE.

Wait 'till these kids start getting college rejection letters because universities have figured out their GPAs are so out of whack.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 04:06 PM (NOIQH)

206 Hey I just voted for him because he's black.
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at October 22, 2015 04:02 PM (LYCUN

Bigotry of low expectations.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 04:06 PM (OLNwX)

207 Obama - "the buck stops with my underlings."

Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2015 04:06 PM (z/Ubi)

208

If you haven't watched the new Whittle video yet, you should.

He suggests, in the end, that America may just have one more Revolution left in it, to take back our government.

Wow. Bold. He said it.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:07 PM (qCMvj)

209 Also particularly disgusted by Atheist chaplains and all the ways he has harassed Christian chaplains.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 04:04 PM (NOIQH)
===============

Not to mention the Wiccan Chaplains. Son went through training with a witch who called herself a Chaplain. He said she was just plain koo-koo.

But apparently, Diversity !!

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:07 PM (dFi94)

210 eceiving the all-important live, in-person briefings.

Lazy. As. Fuck.

The ultimate no-show job - Chicago style.

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2015 04:08 PM (DL2i+)

211 Wait 'till these kids start getting college rejection letters because
universities have figured out their GPAs are so out of whack.>>>

Were their loan applications denied?

Posted by: Univ Admin at October 22, 2015 04:08 PM (wrS2o)

212 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN NOW GET A PASSING "C" GRADE BY NEVER GOING TO SCHOOL AND NEVER DOING ANY Work AND NEVER TAKING A SINGLE TEST.

--

Wasn't there a recent story about California awarding high school diplomas to failing students? "Everybody gets a diploma."

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (BsUcn)

213 Sometimes I think this is a nightmare that I could wake up from, but it's too long!

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (G/ohn)

214 between Obama and a would-be assassin.

Is oops an option?

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (DL2i+)

215 Fuck this pussy ass piece of shit.

As a veteran of Afghanistan, let me be the first to say that American Soldiers are not college students- that is, they're not helpless fucking victims. They are men, and damn good ones at that. When they die supporting this country that they loved, they deserve more than to have their blood smeared off onto somebody else for the blame.

I cannot explain how fucking insulting this is. All this douchebag can think about is the potential political embarrassment. Well, this man's life was a hell of a lot more important than Zero and his shitty, overhyped political career.

Just own it. You ordered American men into battle and one died. That happens, and it's been happening for our country's entire lifespan. But don't hide under your desk like a coward and say someone else made the call. You are the Commander-in-Chief, right? Act like it.

In case any of this sounded conciliatory, Obama is one of the lowest life forms on this planet. Simply looking at him pisses me off. He might be the CiC, but he is unfit to command anything even resembling an American serviceman.

Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK)

216 Wait 'till these kids start getting college rejection letters because universities have figured out their GPAs are so out of whack.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 04:06 PM (NOIQH)

The new SATs are dumbed fown too. No more deductions for wrong answers.

Posted by: @votermom at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (cbfNE)

217 The headline on CNN will make you puke.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (4ErVI)

218
We salute President Obama for his strong stance in the fight against ISIS, and applaud his unwavering commitment to stopping this evil before it expands throughout the Middle East.

Posted by: Jen Psaki and Marie Harf, Valley Girls at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (OiFtZ)

219 dafuq?

"says it was Def. Sec. Carter's call"

so fucking lame.

Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (lxrIV)

220 "I don't know all the facts..but Secretary Carter acted stupidly"
Barack the Brave

Posted by: steevy at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (8HTq1)

221 What the hell is a "buck slip"?

Posted by: JEF at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (9mTYi)

222
208

If you haven't watched the new Whittle video yet, you should.

He suggests, in the end, that America may just have one more Revolution left in it, to take back our government.

Wow. Bold. He said it.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:07 PM (qCMvj)

Link the video in a comment on Hot Air and see how quickly it gets pulled.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (z/Ubi)

223 The headline on CNN will make you puke.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:10 PM (4ErVI)

do tell

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (qCMvj)

224 Fuck Carter anyway.When Obama fucks him over he probably says "Thank you sir,may I have another?"

Posted by: steevy at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (8HTq1)

225 Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK)

THREAD WINNER

Posted by: Jane D'oh, mother of an Afghanistan war veteran at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (FsuaD)

226 Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK)
==========================

Thank you for that post.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (dFi94)

227 Link the video in a comment on Hot Air and see how quickly it gets pulled.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (z/Ubi)

have they gotten that bad?

Whittle is a star.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (qCMvj)

228 Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK

But how do you really feel? It seems like you're holding back?

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (sI4OA)

229 "A new grading scale that redefines what constitutes an 'A' or an 'F' is
causing strife and confusion in the Cotati-Rohnert Park school
district."

For those of you unfamiliar with that part of Commiefornia (an hour-plus drive north of SF), it's turning into Mexico del Norte really damn quickly, as of course is most of the rest of Commiefornia.

And, the Mexican kids aren't especially enthusiastic about coursework. Low academic performance. Crummy test scores. High truancy rates, high dropout rates, lots of teen pregnancies.

This panics the local educrats. They have big financial incentives now to get students to graduate. So, apply the time-honored educrat solutions of grade inflation and social promotion. That's basically just what this stuff is.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (noWW6)

230 Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK)

^^This^^

Thank you, Sir.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (OLNwX)

231 THREAD WINNER

Posted by: Jane D'oh, mother of an Afghanistan war veteran

Yep.

Posted by: Dang at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (2oWD2)

232 Sec. Clinton's Libya policy was nothing less than brilliant. We are all in her debt.

Posted by: Elying Cummings at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (9mTYi)

233 CNN:

Clinton gets emotional talking about night of Benghazi attack.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (4ErVI)

234 Clinton gets emotional talking about night of Benghazi attack.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

Did she cackle?

Posted by: Dang at October 22, 2015 04:13 PM (2oWD2)

235

WikiLeaks publishes second batch of docs from CIA chief's personal email

The new release contains Brennan's address book and a full version of 'Executive summary of key findings and recommendations on Afghanistan and Pakistan', some pages of which were published on Wednesday by Anonymous.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:13 PM (qCMvj)

236 when he first came on the national stage i at least believed is was charming.
now i think he's a graceless asshole with nothing but community country agitating as a skill set

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:13 PM (CNua6)

237
Posted by: planeman at October 22, 2015 04:09 PM (xz6eK

Hell yes.

Posted by: dartist at October 22, 2015 04:14 PM (kDYa9)

238 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at October 22, 2015 03:46 PM (OLNwX) --- You are right.

Posted by: Baldy at October 22, 2015 04:14 PM (sEXjW)

239 Prez Shitburger just vetoed the defense bill a few moments ago.

Posted by: Soona at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (Fmupd)

240 CNN:

Clinton gets emotional talking about night of Benghazi attack.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (4ErVI)

they fall for this BS

I wonder how long Spielberg worked on her to get the throatiness down, and the lowering of the voice, and the forced empathy -- Chris was my friend, but, no, he didn't have my email, my phone number, my address, nor had we spoken... but Blumenthal did - and he visited her.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (qCMvj)

241
227 Link the video in a comment on Hot Air and see how quickly it gets pulled.
Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2015 04:11 PM (z/Ubi)

have they gotten that bad?

Whittle is a star.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (qCMvj)

I don't know. Probably. They ban you for "revolution" don't they?

Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (z/Ubi)

242 Posted by: zombie at October 22, 2015 03:58 PM (jBuUi)

I'll give your report a 'C'.

We're definitely through the looking glass here, Alice.

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (gyKtp)

243 It'd be awesome if it was just the SOF guys, saying "Fuck this, we're killing those ISIS cunts right now!"

Posted by: Iblis at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (9221z)

244

And her "joke" fell flat on Chris's "sense of humor"

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (qCMvj)

245 Willow,
Really?
I always knew he was evil & wanted to ruin us.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (PcdvJ)

246 Prez Shitburger just vetoed the defense bill a few moments ago.

Posted by: Soona at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (Fmupd)
=========================
For why ? Not enough money for tranny bathrooms on military bases?

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (dFi94)

247 * fistbumps planeman *
* buys him a beer *

Posted by: Elying Cummings at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (9mTYi)

248 239
Prez Shitburger just vetoed the defense bill a few moments ago.

Posted by: Soona at October 22, 2015 04:15 PM (Fmupd)

He made sure his worshipers in the press were there to record it.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (FsuaD)

249 Oops.
*sheds deflecting Dem Cummings sock *

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (9mTYi)

250 Bill Bennett had it right last night, the correct solution is impeachment. Ain't gonna happen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (9mTYi)

251 Carol, i knew he had some shady friends, and hanging out with ayers rezko ,khaledi bunch was a no go for me but, he di,d seem charming

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (CNua6)

252 >>THREAD WINNER
Posted by: Jane D'oh, mother of an Afghanistan war veteran

Seconded!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (NOIQH)

253 "White House did not directly dispute the GAI's numbers but instead said
Obama prefers to read his PDB on his iPad instead of receiving the
all-important live, in-person briefings."

So, um, are Apple iPads, which contain built-in wireless networking of various sorts, now federally certified to the exacting standards required for securing highly classified documents? Because for damn sure, there's highly classified content appearing in PDBs.

All of you keep talking wistfully about some strange damn mythical mystical critter called an "opposition party". I h'aint ne'er seen hide nor hair of one of them there things, but I shore figger it would come in handy 'bout now.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (noWW6)

254 Oops.
*sheds deflecting Dem Cummings sock *
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2015 04:16 PM (9mTYi)

yeah, scary

it was shrillary ~~high~~ low-fiving some other criminal skank Dem when they went to recess

she's all smiles

She think's she "won," as they say.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (qCMvj)

255 I wonder how long the tack she was sitting on to make herself cry? I mean that's allot of tough old elephant skin to penetrate. Maybe she just went with a railroad spike?

Posted by: Minnfidel at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (Z46PQ)

256 The Bible says we are to pray for our enemies. This is really hard for me when it comes to Obama and his merry band of anti-christs. I try, but then bad thoughts start running through my head.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:19 PM (dFi94)

257 I said this this morning but I was joking.... Too bad the jokes on Us...

Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:19 PM (/dSsq)

258 Nothin' is ever Preznit Selfie's fault.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, aging supermodel Redneck Queen at October 22, 2015 04:19 PM (eXl9F)

259 Planeman!
Perfect.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (PcdvJ)

260 i look at the country and it seems waaaaay off kilter, than i realize it's probably only grace is that our currency is the worlds currency and that is the only thing allowing this disgrace to continue.

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (CNua6)

261 Some reprobate shows up at school with wires dangling out of a pencil case and gets an invitation to the white house. Can anyone here envision any scenario where the parents of this soldier who helped to free nearly a hundred hostages is allowed anywhere near Barry?

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (sI4OA)

262 I told Ash Carter to get in touch with Michelle so we could hashtag those hostages into freedom.

Violence is never the answer.

Posted by: Obama at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (YqcVw)

263 I don't know about a cackle as I'm not watching it, but the picture along with that headline is of a pensive Hillary at the microphone, with her eyes closed.

The horrors this woman has to endure! And then to be raked over the coals about it by those meanie Rethuglicans!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (4ErVI)

264 Let it burn. A people that can elect this sorry piece of shit twice deserves to burn. Good morons, get out of the cities because they will burn first.

Posted by: Dave, having had far too much of this shit at October 22, 2015 04:21 PM (aIf4d)

265 The Bible says we are to pray for our enemies. This is really hard for me when it comes to Obama and his merry band of anti-christs. I try, but then bad thoughts start running through my head.
Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:19 PM (dFi94)

I'm with you grammie. This is the first time I am actually stating that I hate someone. In my life. I'm not supposed to hate, but there it is.

Someone so evil. I will not try to embrace this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:21 PM (qCMvj)

266 Poor Hillary! The big old mean Republicans made Her all emotional..... Makes me want to vomit...

Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:21 PM (/dSsq)

267 I got the hostages,
But I did not shoot the soldier guy...

Posted by: Barack O'Marley at October 22, 2015 04:21 PM (lqmAz)

268 what a pussy

Posted by: eureka! is troubled these days at October 22, 2015 04:22 PM (g1MTt)

269 Poor Hillary! The big old mean Republicans made Her all emotional..... Makes me want to vomit...
Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:21 PM (/dSsq)

it was more about the setup question of what happened that night and she tried to explain the story, so fake, and she can't stop looking at her notes

so scripted
so fake

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 22, 2015 04:22 PM (qCMvj)

270 So has He waved His veto pen yet today?

Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:22 PM (/dSsq)

271 Can anyone here envision any scenario where the
parents of this soldier who helped to free nearly a hundred hostages is
allowed anywhere near Barry?

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (sI4OA)
==========================

One thing that George Bush got right was respect for the military and for their families.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:22 PM (dFi94)

272 264 One might say that people who allow millions of babies to be murdered and parted out every year deserve to burn.

Posted by: steevy at October 22, 2015 04:23 PM (8HTq1)

273 A holocaust deneigher, a bottle deposit crook and a demagogue walk into a bar. The bar tender says hello mr netanyahu we still don't redeem israili government bottle deposits here.

Posted by: beni at October 22, 2015 04:23 PM (TyYQN)

274 Poor Hillary! The big old mean Republicans made Her all emotional.
---------------

Wait until I get a hold of her.

Posted by: Vlad at October 22, 2015 04:23 PM (9mTYi)

275 Can anyone here envision any scenario where the

parents of this soldier who helped to free nearly a hundred hostages is

allowed anywhere near Barry?

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 04:20 PM (sI4OA)

How was he with an umbrella?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:23 PM (4ErVI)

276 I don't know about a cackle as I'm not watching it, but the picture
along with that headline is of a pensive Hillary at the microphone, with
her eyes closed.>>>

I didn't see pensive I saw asleep.

Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (wrS2o)

277 Impeachment was the only arrow in the quiver. The key word being "was". Squandered along with just about everything else the GOPe does, including the hearing today.

We shot our only arrow . . . we know not where.

When the Demonrats started bitching about how much this was costing, Gowdy should have said we'll make it up on all the savings from Obamacare, or paying for that border fence.

Posted by: GBruno at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (u49WF)

278
Of course he didn't sign off, our boys were killing isis.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (ODxAs)

279 This is really hard for me when it comes to Obama and his merry band of anti-christs.

May the good Lord take a liking to ya and blow ya up real soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=
player_detailpagev=lQKWn6oPj-c#t=159

Posted by: Big Jim McBob (Pittsburgh Comedian) at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (DL2i+)

280 so the wh premise is to hold honor for the silly and the reprobates and ignore the truly honorable THEY send.
I mean is this guy the CINC? or what
it's so absurd.
all.of.it.

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (CNua6)

281 Willow,
Sign up for Investors Business Daily Editorials. They wrote truth about him before the election & Special Series was still up a few months ago about how bad he was.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (PcdvJ)

282 What's with #273 ?

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:24 PM (dFi94)

283 268
what a pussy

Hey, we hate him, too!

Posted by: all teh kittehs at October 22, 2015 04:25 PM (FsuaD)

284 39 So, you know, we're kinda sorta in a proxy war in Syria with the Russians. You remember the Russians, right? Stubby, dour looking people with a taste for vodka and organized crime. Pretty serious situation, but hey Barry don't know nuthin' 'bout nuthin'. I sure feel safe!

---
Zbigniew says it's no big deal! My Lib friend heard it on NPR.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:25 PM (jR7Wy)

285
Unimpeachable
That's what you are
Tho' near or far
Like a bad stench that clings to me
How the thought of you does things to me
Never before has someone been more
Unimpeachable

Posted by: wth - apologies to Nat at October 22, 2015 04:25 PM (wAQA5)

286 you know what at this point i could do Obama's job.
i know how to lie, i know how to blame others for everything
i know how to read a script.

we should all demand the same job with the same terms .

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:26 PM (CNua6)

287 "Good morons, get out of the cities because they will burn first."

The classic leftist playbook is to starve the independent dwellers in the countryside to keep feeding the leftist power base of dependent urban proles. Nowadays the proles are mostly welfare drones, but the principle remains.

Huge efforts will be exerted by Fedzilla to keep the cities supplied with bread and circuses and Obamaphones, right up till the very last and largest collapse of authority. Including a lot of forced rationing and "requisitioning" from those not in the cities.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 04:26 PM (noWW6)

288 I mean is this guy the CINC? or what
it's ~~so absurd~~ foully obscene .

Edited

Posted by: Vlad at October 22, 2015 04:26 PM (9mTYi)

289 Just wait until one of the Russians shoot down one of our planes. He won't even be available for comment.

Posted by: Daybrother at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (cOFFw)

290 Grammie Winger,
Troll at 273?

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (PcdvJ)

291 What's with #273 ?

I'd nuke it out of an abundance of caution.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (JtwS4)

292 My Lib friend heard it on NPR.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:25 PM (jR7Wy)

==============================

Does your liberal friend have a cousin who knows a barber who gets the inside scoop on the Pope?

( I still feel kinda bad about that. She was right. Who'da thunk it?)

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (dFi94)

293 Posted by: beni at October 22, 2015 04:23 PM (TyYQN)

Your concern is noted.

btw, do you have a shinebox?

Posted by: GnuBreed at October 22, 2015 04:28 PM (gyKtp)

294 CNN:

Clinton gets emotional talking about night of Benghazi attack.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:12 PM (4ErVI)

they fall for this BS

No, we're in on it.

Posted by: This is CNN at October 22, 2015 04:28 PM (326rv)

295 I'm trying to be a good Christian but this President is testing My strength...

Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:28 PM (/dSsq)

296 Carol, i do read their site occasionally i do like it thanks for brining it back to my attention.

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:28 PM (CNua6)

297 289
Just wait until one of the Russians shoot down one of our planes. He won't even be available for comment.

Posted by: Daybrother at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (cOFFw)

He'll be face down in a bowl of blow.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:28 PM (FsuaD)

298
don't know about a cackle as I'm not watching it, but the picture
along with that headline is of a pensive Hillary at the microphone, with
her eyes closed.>>>

I didn't see pensive I saw asleep.
Posted by: Buzzsaw
....................

I saw fighting off pink elephants.

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (wAQA5)

299 So can anybody point me to a greatest hits collection containing the highlights of today's hearing? Honey badger looked like he was in high dudgeon.

Bonus points if it excises that bloated tick Cummings (my representative).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (jR7Wy)

300 steevy, I agree. A terrible retribution is due.

Posted by: Dave, having had far too much of this shit at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (aIf4d)

301 297 He'll be face down getting corn holed by Reggie.

Posted by: steevy at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (8HTq1)

302 I figured it out in high school during the Vietnam war lefties hate the military, they might pay some lip service to them but they hate the military and all it stands for

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (oiXOv)

303 Grammie Winger,

Troll at 273?

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (PcdvJ)
===========================

Seems like it to me. Then again, my sense of humor ran out during the Cubs game last night. I might never get it back.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (dFi94)

304 "deneigher"

heh. Dee-nay-er? derp

Posted by: English guy who makes tangential comments at October 22, 2015 04:30 PM (8CdUx)

305 Does your liberal friend have a cousin who knows a barber who gets the inside scoop on the Pope?

( I still feel kinda bad about that. She was right. Who'da thunk it?)

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:27 PM (dFi94)
---
She's more, like, spiritual rather than, you know, religious.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (jR7Wy)

306 Willow,
I have been on their mailing list since at least 2008, if not before.

They're free & really only true media.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (PcdvJ)

307 299
So can anybody point me to a greatest hits collection containing the
highlights of today's hearing? Honey badger looked like he was in high
dudgeon.

Bonus points if it excises that bloated tick Cummings (my representative).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (jR7Wy)

Let's just say Trey Gowdy and his War Hair were in full attack mode. I had to fan myself.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (FsuaD)

308 "Just wait until one of the Russians shoot down one of our planes."

The USAF sent their top air superiority fighter, the F-22, into Syrian airspace recently. The Russians would hate to shoot one down.

They're far too busy with ELINT. Bristling arrays of antennas busy soaking up the F-22 specific radar waveforms for analysis and reverse engineering and countermeasure development. Cheaper and faster than espionage.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (noWW6)

309
Let's just say Trey Gowdy and his War Hair were in full attack mode. I had to fan myself.

Too bad the only thing the folks will hear is that Hillary! got emotional recalling that night..... There are no words....

Posted by: donna at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (/dSsq)

310 She's more, like, spiritual rather than, you know, religious.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (jR7Wy)
===================

An airhead who smells like patchouli. Got it.

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (dFi94)

311 I saw fighting off pink elephants.

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (wAQA5)
Heh. I'd pay to see a reporter asking her a question afterwards and Hillary blurts out, "My God did you see that moment when Gowdy ripped his own face off and spiders poured out of all the holes in his head! I almost fainted!"
*awkward silence*

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (4ErVI)

312 If trey gowdy is the answer what is the question?

Posted by: beni at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (TyYQN)

313 Grammie,
It's not remotely funny. I think it's a troll.

Posted by: Carol at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (PcdvJ)

314 Something I want the Donald to do. Purchase the movie rights to 'the Giver' and release it In the public domain so that every American has an opportunity to see it between now and election day.

It is about a dystopian society, with a woman (Meryl Streep) at the head of it, that predicts the future that HRC would bring. Spoiler alert: it sucks on so many levels. A little euthanasia thrown in for good measure.

Despite being an award-winning book it is the 'most challenged' book that librarians have to deal with. It's only written on a middle school level so most Americans should 'get it'.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 22, 2015 04:33 PM (sI4OA)

315 Nood.

Posted by: HH at October 22, 2015 04:34 PM (DrCtv)

316
Let's just say Trey Gowdy and his War Hair were in full attack mode. I had to fan myself.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:31 PM (FsuaD)
---
Linky?

To him, not you swooning with the vapors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, self-aware douchebag at October 22, 2015 04:34 PM (jR7Wy)

317 302
I figured it out in high school during the Vietnam war lefties hate the
military, they might pay some lip service to them but they hate the
military and all it stands for

Posted by: Skip at October 22, 2015 04:29 PM (oiXOv)

Son and a buddy heading home on leave from A-stan were walking through O'Hare, and were actually called "baby killers" by some hipster asshole.

Son's buddy said, "Yeah, that's right. We're trained to kill babies. That's what we do."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:34 PM (FsuaD)

318 If trey gowdy is the answer what is the question?

Posted by: beni at October 22, 2015 04:32 PM (TyYQN)
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How many angels can dance on the tip of a bullet?

Posted by: grammie winger, Iraq War Veteran's Mother at October 22, 2015 04:34 PM (dFi94)

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I wonder how long the tack she was sitting on to make herself cry? I mean that's allot of tough old elephant skin to penetrate. Maybe she just went with a railroad spike?
Posted by: Minnfidel at October 22, 2015 04:18 PM (Z46PQ)
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During the afternoon break Bitch went and cranked down on the pointy shoe buckles. Bitch.

Posted by: Hillary!s feet at October 22, 2015 04:35 PM (wAQA5)

320 "deneigher"

heh. Dee-nay-er? derp

I don't believe in horses.

Posted by: Deneigher at October 22, 2015 04:36 PM (FkBIv)

321 Son's buddy said, "Yeah, that's right. We're trained to kill babies. That's what we do."
Posted by: Jane D'oh

They'd get more respect working at Planned Parenthood.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 22, 2015 04:40 PM (FkBIv)

322 The great disconnect in our Government today... is between authority, and responsibility.

They have the job, and the authority, and make decisions, but are not held responsible for those decisions...

As Hillary said when asked why no one was fired over Benghazi... well ... the BOARD didn't find anyone really responsible.... she had abrogated her responsibility to lead, to a board.

This is the same thing as Congress has done on Declaring War, the Budget, Treaties, and soon the Debt Ceiling... ie giving the responsibility to someone else... so they can be held 'blameless' as their hands are tied...

Hillary does not, and will not, hold herself responsible for the decisions which led up to Benghazi.... even though Men died...

They have no shame.... and have passed laws so WE cannot hold them responsible (with the help of the Federally appointed Judges on the Supreme Court).

This Government no longer represents 'We the People'.... it only represents those who work for it, or those who buy off those who work for it.

Posted by: BB Wolf at October 22, 2015 04:44 PM (qh617)

323 BBWolf that was the most depressing post to read but correct.

Posted by: willow at October 22, 2015 04:46 PM (CNua6)

324 Son and a buddy heading home on leave from A-stan were walking through O'Hare, and were actually called "baby killers" by some hipster asshole.

Son's buddy said, "Yeah, that's right. We're trained to kill babies. That's what we do."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 22, 2015 04:34 PM (FsuaD)

Friend of mine and I were going through the DC airport... in uniform... 1979.... he'd been in during Viet Nam..

Douche called him a baby killer...

He stopped .... turned to the Guy, and said "if you really believe that, you must be the bravest Man in the world... because if I'd kill a baby... I'd sure as hell have no problem killing YOU!'

Douche was speechless.... I was trying to keep a straight face.... as we walked away...

Posted by: BB Wolf at October 22, 2015 04:49 PM (qh617)

325 I guess the gurus advised her to avoid the "what difference does it make" attitude.

She's going full Mother of America mode. What a crock.

And War Hair? LOL. Love it. Go Trey.

Posted by: PJ at October 22, 2015 04:57 PM (cHuNI)

326 Finally an Obama policy I can support! No fucks given about ISIS prisoners.

Posted by: bjk at October 22, 2015 05:28 PM (x2rNW)

327 I realize I'm superlate but didn't an Israeli soldier die in the raid on Entebbe. Was he Netanyahu's brother? Did the Israeli prime minister of the time deny responsibility? Can anyone conceive of Netanhahu denying responsibility for this kind of thing?
Why isn't Obama working as a Starbucks barista?
I know I'm too late.

Posted by: Northernlurker at October 22, 2015 05:39 PM (tMrac)

328 Presdent Obama is correct. the Generak who gave that order shopuld be arrested, tried, and jailed for getting the soldier killed. Hopefully the soldier was not a gay or lesbian which woul;d be a grate tradjety.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 22, 2015 05:56 PM (EIFYf)

329 But Obama called for the raid on Bin Laden all by himself when he was playing "Go Fish" with Reggie Love.

Posted by: BHO at October 22, 2015 10:12 PM (4QW48)

330 Northernlurker, you are absolutely correct. Bib's brother died in that raid. The hijacking was a joint effort of the Euro terrorists of the day and the Palis.

Posted by: PJ at October 22, 2015 10:51 PM (cHuNI)

331 This is a message to his brothers in ISIS....."NOT MY FAULT, MAN"!!!!!!

Posted by: Derrrrwood at October 23, 2015 01:02 AM (4Z0vT)

332 So he threw his Sec Def under the bus because of what?!? That the mission was a success?! That they prevented a mass execution of seventy plus people?! That a spec ops soldier died?!

What are his advisers telling him to do?! What are they so afraid of??? Pissing off the extremist islamist? Pissing off cair? Pissing off and disappointing the Nobel peace prize judges?

What a bunch of buffoons.

Posted by: fluke_boy at October 23, 2015 01:04 AM (jqe5A)

333 we call him the double flusher because he is such abig sh!!.

Posted by: Joseph Sutton at October 23, 2015 03:07 AM (Lh0g8)

334 We've cone a hell of a long way since "The buck stops here."

Posted by: Janir at October 23, 2015 08:33 AM (HA0jE)

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