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The Blamer in Chief
Barack Obama has become America's blamer in chief.
He and his administration spent last weekend blaming the explosion of violence against America in the Middle East on a moronic anti-Muhammad video that's been on YouTube for months.
His United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice made the rounds of the Sunday morning news shows, where she made an absolute idiot of herself.
Apparently auditioning for the secretary of state job in -- God forbid -- a second Obama administration, Rice insisted that the "spontaneous" Islamic rage that killed our ambassador in Libya and three other Americans was caused not by the failures of her boss but by an amateur movie made by some nut in California.
This tragic episode once again proves that the incompetence of this president is not limited to the home front, where the economy stagnates and deficits and gas prices soar.
In the Middle East, Obama and his Chicago Gang have confused our friends and emboldened our enemies with a foreign policy that has been a mix of ineptness, appeasement and naivete.
Remember when Obama boasted in Cairo that the Muslim world was going to fall in love with the USA because it had just elected a president who had generations of Muslims in his ancestry?
Boy, the Muslims in Libya and Egypt sure have a strange way of showing their love for America.
Obama's cowering reaction to the Middle East crisis -- and his refusal to man-up and act like the president of the United States -- begs the question: "What would Ronald Reagan do?"
My dad knew how good the nuts in California were at making bad movies. But he certainly would never have blamed a motion picture or a trailer on YouTube for what's going on in the Middle East.
When the Marine barracks were blown up in Lebanon in 1983, Ronald Reagan didn't blame it on anyone else.
He accepted responsibility for the Marines dying. But he also used the event to come on TV and talk to the American people and explain why it was so important for us to be in the Middle East.
What did this president do when our invaluable Libyan ambassador Chris Stevens was assassinated in a well-planned attack by Muslim extremists? He went to Vegas for a fundraiser event and made another political speech.
Being president of the United States is not about being a good guy to play hoops with, or to have a cold beer with -- it's about being able to take a position of leadership when trouble comes.
It means standing up for American values like freedom of speech, not apologizing for them. And it means standing up for our policies in the Middle East, not throwing them overboard whenever they are challenged.
President Obama is a glaring sign of the absolute weakening of America. You might call what he has been doing "The Wussification of the White House."
But blaming what happened in Libya and Egypt on a YouTube trailer is not just cowardly, it's absurd. Next week Obama will be blaming the 1992 Disney movie "Aladdin" for inciting Muslim mobs to burn down KFC stores or kill Americans.
Mr. President, when trouble came our way my father manned up. It's time for you to do the same. "Let's roll."
Copyright ©2012 Michael Reagan
10 Comments
wjm in Colorado
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Don't look for anyone in this abberant perverse loving administration to "man up". These child like morons wouldn't know how to behave as an adult if you gave them instructions. All they want to do is vacation, and turn this country into a corrupt marxist dictatorship, with shared misery redistributed to all. As long as they remain in power, America is doomed, and Islam will flourish, to the detriment of the entire world.
JAC in Texas
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 2:12 PM
The only "manning up" Obozo will be doing is in his Chicago hangout--Man's Country.
mark in massachusetts
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Michael,the current occupier of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, isn't worthy enough to be mentioned in the same article as your father; let alone in the same sentence. Your father was one of the greatest Patriots this nation has ever seen. Oblamegame is one of the stealthiest subversives ever to stain the fbric of this great Republic! He is a cancer that has spread his evil across the country.He must be eradicated like a malignant tumor.
Tex Horn in Texas
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 5:38 PM
How right you are in your assessment, Michael. And after reading "No Easy Day" by a Seal Team member sent to kill bin Laden, one learns that the mission was on and off several times before getting the "go" signal. We can thank Valerie Jarrett, Obama, and those counseling him for the waffling. I encourage readers to buy the book and find out how it really happened. You will learn that our top leaders in this country know little about the true art of war.
Capt. Call in New Mexico
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1:10 AM
Rather than man-up, take responsibility, and act in favor of America, Obama chooses to ignore reality, make speeches to raise money for his campaign, and apologize for our country. Like "Mark in Massachusetts" (above) has said, Obama is a malignant tumor and he must be eradicated. If this tumor is not excised, the death of America is around the corner.
tod-the tool guy in brooklyn N.Y.
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 6:24 AM
I had to defend R&R yesterday, in a classroom full of liberal DEm Union workers. A worker next to me said, it will be bad if Romney gets in!" So I asked him what Obama is doing for the next generation? Jeopardy music here for a generation of children in jeopardy-----still waiting----still----
mark in massachusetts
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Tod-the tool guy, I know exactly what you mean.I am constantly trying to get the same from my fellow fiefighters.One went as far as to say "If you vote for Romney you'll vote yourself out of a job." My answer to him was "If you vote for Obama you'll vote your kids and grandkids out of a future!"
wjm in Colorado
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:14 AM
So there will be no fires if Romney is elected? I didn't see that in the party platform. If someone responsible for firefighting said that, I would question his or her abilities, both mental and physical, and encourage them to seek alternate employment where they wouldn't fear for their job.
Old Sarge in Hinesville, GA
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM
You have to understand that most union workers are in the tank for Obama. They are so stupid that they think if Romney is elected he is going around the country firing uniion workers. Most of these idiots lose their jobs because of greed by their union bosses. Where is the manufacturing jobs in this country? Why did most of them move overseas? While cheap labor was part of the reason a lot of it can be attributed to stupid government regulations and union greed. In my opinion no public service union should be allowed to bargain for anything more than their base pay.
Texas Ray in Dallas
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1:01 PM
It's "a video", Bush, ATMs, Republicans, Katrina, Isaac, Romney, Ryan, The Banks, The one percent, The wealthy, "do nothing congress", Global warming, the last few Republican Presidents, Religious clinging to Bibles and Guns. It's NOT Illegal Aliens, Islamic extrememists, Muslims, Democrats, Clinton, Carter, Libyans, Egyptions, Arabs, The 99%, OWS and of course NOT "His" fault.