Bob Cesca asks a good question

Furthermore, at this point there should be no doubt that if there’s ever a successful terrorist attack that the Republicans will call for the impeachment of President Obama. Or that they would have if Gore was president on 9/11.

Don’t forget that after the successful terrorist attacks of 9/11, Bush’s approval ratings shot up to 90 percent. The Underpants Bomber was a total fail, and, reading the wingnut blogs and Twitters, you’d think President Obama put him up to it. But the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil was a major win for Bush. How does that work?

I need more coffee.

Posted by Kevin K. on 12/30/09 at 08:04 AM • Permalink

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Obama is African. The Underpants Bomber is African. Therefore Obama is the Underpants Bomber?

Comment by Bruno on 12/30/09 at 10:05 AM

I’m kind of sorry Obama personally addressed the undie-bomber situation at all, though I guess it was understandable given the wingnut screeching and media amplification.

Kinda torn on whether or not Obama should address Cheney’s absurd accusations (see post above). I sure hope someone—Gibbs, perhaps—does, and does so resoundingly. Cheney needs to be curb-stomped but good, and they could start out by asking if it was a mistake to try the shoe-bomber nutbag in civilian court and ask under whose watch the Gitmo creeps who apparently trained the undie-bomber were released.

Part of me says the present administration shouldn’t dignify Cheney’s blatherings with a response, but on the other hand, the one thing Bush-Cheney were successful at was denying reality, and when they were allowed to get away with it by a lazy, incompetent, sensationalism-driven media, their lies became accepted as truth. Nip that shit in the bud.

Comment by Betty Cracker on 12/30/09 at 11:01 AM

Betty, I’m leaning toward the curb-stomping, but, like you, don’t think Obama should do it. Would love to see Hillary or Jim Jones lead the charge, but Gibbs should say something.

Ya know, it would be great if the head of the DNC had the stones to say something. Of all of Obama’s picks, Kaine really is one of the worst (if not the worst).

Comment by Kevin K. on 12/30/09 at 11:37 AM

Dan Pfeiffer came back with this on the Whitehouse site. Nice smackdown at the end:

There are numerous other such public statements that explicitly state we are at war. The difference is this: President Obama doesn’t need to beat his chest to prove it, and – unlike the last Administration – we are not at war with a tactic (“terrorism”), we at war with something that is tangible: al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies. And we will prosecute that war as long as the American people are endangered.

Comment by marindenver on 12/30/09 at 06:26 PM