tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5559979100057527813..comments2024-03-29T09:27:19.422-05:00Comments on Althouse: You know, it was one thing to lose to this amazing, disarming political shooting star Barack Obama.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18807134874218596382016-01-18T01:05:02.659-06:002016-01-18T01:05:02.659-06:00Ann - you make the same mistake the Nobel Peace Pr...Ann - you make the same mistake the Nobel Peace Prize Committee made in 2009 with your blog post heading - Barack Obama was simply NEVER an "amazing, disarming political shooting star". He was a media creation. He was an unexceptional first year US Senator. His liberal resume had been well crafted and planned by forces way beyond his own powers.<br /><br />Dems won with Barack in 2008 (and 2012) because there has always been a THEY behind Barack Obama. I have no clue who they are. I just know he did not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize in the first six months of his Presidency and...he had no experience to prove he could be a good POTUS. This is a clue to how he got elected in 2008 - WHY? <br /><br />IMO Barack Obama will be found to be the very worse POTUS we have ever had because he has done so much to deconstruct the USA - he has managed to create chaos in so many areas of governance - he has managed to take pride in the fact that he inspired the Arab Spring that has not worked out very well in the Mideast.... we'll wait and see if real historians will record what actually happened.<br /><br />PianoLessonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501310618624381801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56601830660049574672016-01-16T19:53:40.826-06:002016-01-16T19:53:40.826-06:00Chelsea really needs to be careful in protecting h...Chelsea really needs to be careful in protecting her journalism credentials...<br /><br />C'mon Sir Spatula,<br />Can't you make use of Anthony "Quagmire" Wiener in this story as a literary device..a tool?<br />He's flexing on NY values on his twit feed.walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818749187960350810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81005891626926222882016-01-16T18:56:35.552-06:002016-01-16T18:56:35.552-06:00Benghazi alone is bad enough. Then there are the c...Benghazi alone is bad enough. Then there are the classified emails kept insecurely on her server which she then tried to destroy. Finally, though, is the public corruption: steering support from the U.S. to foreign countries and companies who contributed to CGI. With all that under her belt, it takes BALLS to run for office.<br /><br />Now, I imagine, she's weighing: will I win vs. will I lose, get prosecuted & convicted, and give up all chance of a pardon? If there's a 1% chance she's going to the big house instead of the White House, she pulls out, gets pardoned, and holds her grandchildren. So, if the FBI recommends indictment, I think that will be the nudge she needs.<br /><br />While we ponder her dilemma, enjoy these delightful highlights of her interview on Lifetime:<br /><br />http://freebeacon.com/blog/hillary-clinton-lifetime-interview/Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074081381907271145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75769956424829002572016-01-16T17:22:48.964-06:002016-01-16T17:22:48.964-06:00"We knew from the start that something hinky ...<br />"We knew from the start that something hinky happened that night, with the CIA contractors apparently repeatedly lasing the terrorists, and there being nothing anywhere close that could take advantage of such."<br /><br />Supposedly there were air assets on the tarmac in Sicily waiting for an order. It is unclear if we had armed drones in the area. Poor bastard lasered for, waht? Four, five, six hours waiting for some asset that never showed up. It's a 45 minute flight from Sicily. 13 fucking hours. Asking for help that never came. But nobody sent an order not to help. <br /><br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22555342152036015242016-01-16T17:22:38.702-06:002016-01-16T17:22:38.702-06:00Chelsea deserves no sympathy. She may not -- yet ...Chelsea deserves no sympathy. She may not -- yet -- be a criminal, but she's actively participating in what may eventually be determined a criminal enterprise.Fabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991749875348408368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5997338643237936392016-01-16T16:22:48.627-06:002016-01-16T16:22:48.627-06:00The problem there is that the people who would/sho...The problem there is that the people who would/should have been sent thought that they had gotten a stand down order. So, what gives?<br /><br />To start with, as I understand it, there are standard orders for things like what happened on 9/11/12 in Benghazi, Libya. And, they involve getting there fast with as much fire power as you can. So, everyone assumed that was what would happen, and everyone started spooling up, apparently to the point of Special Forces actually getting airborne. But, one of the rules of the game is that our military forces cannot typically cross a national border unless given permission by higher ups, and that ultimately means national command authority. Apparently, there are some exceptions where there are standard orders, for example in war zones, but they weren't applicable that night. Apparently, the permission from the top to cross the Libyan border was never given that night. So, the Special Forces had to turn back, and the Spectre gunship based in Sicily couldn't take off, since everyone was waiting for permission to cross the border, and that permission never was granted. So, maybe technically, AR is correct, that no "stand down order" was given, but instead, the permission to proceed that everyone expected was apparently not issued. <br /><br />We knew from the start that something hinky happened that night, with the CIA contractors apparently repeatedly lasing the terrorists, and there being nothing anywhere close that could take advantage of such. And, this lasing is apparently brought out in the movie. Why? My theory is that these guys, all (I think) ex military, knew that SOP was to send help, in order to never leave an American behind. This has been the policy since at least Vietnam. And, so, they fully expected help, esp. in the form of air assets, and esp. the Spectre gunship in Sicily (or another one around the horn in Africa) to be deployed. It was the perfect weapon for that sort of fight. But, the expected help never arrived. <br /><br />Normally, I suspect, the President would have been given the order to sign, allowing our military to cross the Libyan border. What we don't know is whether it was ever presented to the President, or if his minions took it upon themselves to keep it from him, or turn it down in his name. And, then, the Obama Administration used that to deny that anyone was told to stand down, because legally, maybe no one was explicitly told to do so. Rather, instead, permission was just never given. <br /><br />Some day we will find out what really happened that night in the White House, and in the calls to/from senior Administration figures, including the Secretaries of Defense and State. It should be interesting. Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39522485610430899242016-01-16T09:55:57.187-06:002016-01-16T09:55:57.187-06:00So what you're saying, ARM, is that the republ...So what you're saying, ARM, is that the republicans waited 13 hours.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54713314022858682922016-01-16T08:19:33.097-06:002016-01-16T08:19:33.097-06:00Rusty said...
I was told on this very site that no...<i>Rusty said...<br />I was told on this very site that no order was given to stand down. </i><br /><br />That was the conclusion of endless Republican majority committees that pored over the actual facts rather than your fevered imaginings.<br /><br />Beloved Commenter AReasonableManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139261862363663232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31021716238611742382016-01-16T07:52:54.910-06:002016-01-16T07:52:54.910-06:00Bruce Hayden said...
@Birches - if the decision to... Bruce Hayden said...<br />@Birches - if the decision to stand down was made in the White House (even if not by Obama), I am not sure what she could have done.<br /><br />I was told on this very site that no order was given to stand down. So. You're lying.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82165102985824352782016-01-16T04:11:35.297-06:002016-01-16T04:11:35.297-06:00Well, in fairness in 2008 she hadn't set up th...<i>Well, in fairness in 2008 she hadn't set up the private email server and used her position as Sec of State to essentially operate a fundraising scheme.</i><br /><br />Democrats don't care if their candidate is a crook. If she goes down it'll be because Sanders is offering more free stuff.Bob Loblawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081916786770290968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78691769385100348592016-01-16T04:01:27.943-06:002016-01-16T04:01:27.943-06:00Laslo, chill. Whats poor Chelsea supposed to do fo...Laslo, chill. Whats poor Chelsea supposed to do for a living? Walk away from the vig that mountain of money can produce for her every year and do what? cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746305669005611456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44899956833299284752016-01-16T03:25:43.063-06:002016-01-16T03:25:43.063-06:00Fred Drinkwater said...
"Jesus, Laslo. Chelse...Fred Drinkwater said...<br />"Jesus, Laslo. Chelsea may be worthless, but that "death in childbirth" thing was too much even for me. Even though you built in an out for yourself in the post."<br /><br />Yeah, a little rough. Still.<br /><br />She could have gone her own way, and lived a respectable, honest life.<br /><br />She has instead chosen to be a willing and eager active participant of the corruption of the "Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation" -- she even gets equal billing in the name.<br /><br />$354,190,170 in assets as of 12/2014.<br /><br />That foundation is the Mafia of American Government, and Chelsea is proud to be a Face for it, and to profit from it. Every time she cashes a check a little more of America dies.<br /><br />Bring back the guillotine.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73616127229674556582016-01-15T23:44:36.782-06:002016-01-15T23:44:36.782-06:00AJ Lynch said...
Trump has had the Big Dog spayed...AJ Lynch said...<br /><br />Trump has had the Big Dog spayed. So, he is pretty much useless in more ways than one.<br /><br />And mentioned upstream.<br /><br />It was the ease with which Trump did it that is truly impressive. No one in 20 years has been able to make the horndog pay for his vices in any significant way as Trump has in just one week. This man Trump may well be the candidate on fire.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834894806881349784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12847349396362822562016-01-15T23:34:59.361-06:002016-01-15T23:34:59.361-06:00It almost restores my faith in this country and it...It almost restores my faith in this country and its voters to think that Hillary! is not automatic. Almost.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834894806881349784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11580042744511297912016-01-15T22:00:22.159-06:002016-01-15T22:00:22.159-06:00AllenS asked:
"Whatever happened to Bill Cli...AllenS asked:<br /><br />"Whatever happened to Bill Clinton? He was going to help Hillary. Where is he?"<br /><br />Trump has had the Big Dog spayed. So, he is pretty much useless in more ways than one. I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86921622327161902552016-01-15T21:58:24.572-06:002016-01-15T21:58:24.572-06:00Another problem is that the reaction from most any...Another problem is that the reaction from most anyone under their early 30s is "who the hell is she and why is she so automatically entitled?"Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47033332453793104592016-01-15T21:53:39.119-06:002016-01-15T21:53:39.119-06:00The problem is that Obama lied when he said she...The problem is that Obama lied when he said she's "likeable enough."Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39501216831589793692016-01-15T21:53:34.333-06:002016-01-15T21:53:34.333-06:00Monica Crowley (yes, I know) said the other night ...Monica Crowley (yes, I know) said the other night that there are some really taut sessions going on between Hillary! and the White House right now regarding what they know about each and what is going to happen if either side leaks any of it.<br /><br />That chart may indicate that it finally is getting through to people what a dreadful state the Democratic Party is in as Obama leaves office.<br />Their candidates are Hillary! or Sanders, and if those two fall by the wayside, the relief pitchers are supposed to be Cherokee Liz and/or Slow Joe.<br />Such as she is, Hillary! is the only one of these who is capable of running a government and getting anything whatever she wants done, done.<br /><br />And the DNC chair is Debbie Blabbermouth Schultz! <br /><br />I don't think much of the Republican candidates (except Fiorina and Carson) not to mention Reince Priebus, but at least they are not totally implausible.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29098533256353920692016-01-15T21:32:49.607-06:002016-01-15T21:32:49.607-06:00You'll still vote for her even if she's be...You'll still vote for her even if she's being indicted on 18 USC 1924 charges on election day.retiredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07646990154054503566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24337970286081992722016-01-15T21:20:07.961-06:002016-01-15T21:20:07.961-06:00she became secretary of state, but not before givi...she became secretary of state, but not before giving her contributor lists, being stripped of negotiating authority, and having her more loyal staffers, reassigned,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7174557928327724862016-01-15T21:18:03.720-06:002016-01-15T21:18:03.720-06:00Lazlo and Ritmo, signs of moderation,Lazlo and Ritmo, signs of moderation,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54726443732302461162016-01-15T21:06:36.684-06:002016-01-15T21:06:36.684-06:00Jesus, Laslo. Chelsea may be worthless, but that &...Jesus, Laslo. Chelsea may be worthless, but that "death in childbirth" thing was too much even for me. Even though you built in an out for yourself in the post.Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87402566187212908742016-01-15T21:03:16.877-06:002016-01-15T21:03:16.877-06:00Bruce: regarding Obama, and Hillary getting the So...Bruce: regarding Obama, and Hillary getting the SoS position, there's no need to strain your brain about it. Hillary got SoS because neither she nor Obama are fundamentally serious people. Both think of DC as just the ultimate crony-prize, the source of all influence and funds. Neither really gives a damn about governing, or knows anything about how to govern. It's all about them. So the SoS position was just a handy prestige slot to slide Hillary into, keeping the patronage where it belongs.<br />When an honorable person imagines "public service", that image is the opposite of what Hillary and Obama are doing.<br />Long ago I predicted here that HRC would not be nominated. I take comfort in seeing her nomination look less likely every day. Even Bernie would do less damage, provided Congress is both numerically and actually in opposition.Fred Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01619653106362906811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41364990127891120862016-01-15T20:50:26.673-06:002016-01-15T20:50:26.673-06:00"Criminals always think they can get away wit..."Criminals always think they can get away with it."<br /><br />PB,<br /><br />Bill Clinton showed one could get away with it... And Hillary saw no reason she could not get away with it. But she is defiantly not the brains of the family.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635784352780834494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30830111054744214822016-01-15T20:11:34.864-06:002016-01-15T20:11:34.864-06:00"If this is the case (and I think it's po..."If this is the case (and I think it's possible), then she should have shown her worth and really answered the 3AM phone call instead of being a Yesman."<br /><br />Yes, she should have enough judgement to see that this would not hold. Instead, she went whole hog on the video story and eve went on Pakistani TV to push it more.<br /><br />In fact, she has no judgement and is a failed SJW who sold out for millions.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.com