Here is a New Yorks Times article on the back and forth between Republicans and Democrats over the latest terrorist incident on Christmas.
When it's a Republican who is to blame the Democrats howl. When a Democrat does something stupid (similar to what the Republican did) the Republicans howl.
The latest involves the incredibly stupid comment made by Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano during the news shows Sunday that the security "system worked." She and the President have been backtracking ever since, but the damage was done.
It worked only if "the system" is that terrorists will be interupted in flight by brave passengers. If "the system" is supposed to be keeping terrorists off airplanes, then it didn't work quite so well.
The comment drew comparisons to the situation during Katrina when President Bush commended FEMA's Mike Brown only to fire him two weeks later.
One could also make a comparison to President Bush staying on vacation and being criticized by Dems and President Obama spending his holiday on a golf course immediately after issuing a statement on a near homemade disaster in Detroit.
The Times article does a good job of taking apart the hypocrisy of both sides better than I could do, but it simply further explains why both parties are off my list.
As for my opinion, Napolitano deserves Mike Brown's fate, if for no other reason than to show that President Obama will not stand for incompetence in such an urgent area.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
My friend just told me she had to throw out a $45 bottle of face make up she'd bought to wear at her wedding in South Carolina at the security check point, but this guy gets on a plane with explosives?
sorry, I think it's time to profile. (and who foot the hospital bill for this idiot after he set himself on fire?)
Post a Comment