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The Pattern of Obama’s Deception on Binladen: Political Motivations.

Ed Morrissey asks via Twitter:

Does Panetta memo published by Time show Obama [1] ducking responsibility for OBL call?

Says Ed….

No, not really

Frankly, Ed, of itself, no it doesn’t. The thing is, there’s certainly enough out there even absent this release to point to the idea that Obama was doing precisely that. It was brave of Obama to order the killing of been logged and with the understanding that if it went wrong he’d be blaming somebody else.  Well, the somebody else has spoken up the somebody else that actually gave the order. Consider that when the call came, and the choice was to be made, Obama was out playing golf. It was actually Panetta himself that issued the order. [2]

Now the delicious irony here, is that Obama is trying to take credit for it happening on his watch…He’s actually got the enlarged pair to try and make a campaign issue out of it..  As John Bolton suggests a few weeks ago … Obama taking credit for Binladen’s death is like Nixon taking credit for the moon landing:

I’ve been saying this for three years now; the only foreign policy success that Obama has had is where he has continued Bush foreign policy …and mind you, I was never tremendous fan of George Bush either.  But in terms of relative performance, there is no question that of the two Obama is the larger failure in this area, as in all others.

 

A partial list of Obama failures:

$26.2 Trillion:   Projected Federal Debt In 2020 Due To Obama’s Binge Spending. (OMB [3], 7/23/10)

$13.6 Trillion:   Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department [4], Accessed 10/19/10)

$8.5 Trillion:     Cumulative Deficits Caused By President Obama’s Proposed Budget, FY2011-2020. (OMB [3], 7/23/10)

$3.9 Trillion:     Total Cost Of The Democrats’ Tax Hike To Taxpayers. (Joint Committee On Taxation, 8/6/10)

$3.0 Trillion:     Amount Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department [4], Accessed 10/19/10)

$2.5 Trillion:     True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Sen. Max Baucus, Floor Remarks [5], 12/2/09)

$1.42 Trillion:   Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (Congressional Budget Office [6], 10/7/10)

$1.29 Trillion:   Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (Congressional Budget Office [6], 10/7/10)

$868.4 Billion:  American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department [7], Accessed 10/19/10)

$831 Billion:     Net Interest Payment On Our National Debt In 2020 Due To Obama’s Budget. (OMB [3], 7/23/10)

$814 Billion:     Price Tag Of Obama’s Failed Stimulus. (Bloomberg [8], 8/20/10)

$575 Billion:     Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo [9], 4/22/10)

$569.2 Billion:  Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi [10], 3/18/10)

$10 Billion:      The Cost Of The Teacher Union Bailout. (The Washington Post, [11] 10/8/10)

$54 Million:      Amount Of Stimulus Funds Spent On A Napa Valley Wine Train. (ABC News’ “Good Morning America [12],” 2/2/10)

41.8 Million:     Number Of Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Bloomberg, [13] 10/5/10)

40 Million:        Number Of Businesses That Will Be Burdened By The Onerous IRS 1099 Requirement. (The Washington Post [14], 8/29/10)

$18 Million:      Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ The Note [15]” Blog, 7/8/09)

14.8 Million:     Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

9.5 Million:       Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

6.1 Million:       Americans Unemployed For Longer Than 27 Weeks. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

5.4 Million:       Number Of Properties Receiving Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac [17], Accessed 10/19/10)

3.8 Million:       Increase In the Number Of People Who Were In Poverty In 2009 Over 2008. (NPR, [18] 9/16/10)

2.6 Million:       Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [19], 10/8/10)

2.3 Million:       Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [19], 10/8/10)

1.2 Million:       Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

964,900:            Number Of Jobs That Could Be Lost Per Year Under Cap And Trade. (Tax Foundation [20], 3/09)

89,000:             The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent to Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire” Blog [21], 10/7/10)

$43,000:            Your Share Of The National Debt. (“The Daily History Of The Debt Results,” TreasuryDirect, [22] Accessed 10/19/10; U.S. Census Bureau, www.census.gov [23], Accessed 10/19/10)

23,000:             The Number Of Jobs Obama Knew His Drilling Moratorium Could Kill. (The Wall Street Journal, [24] 8/21/10)

22,000:             Number Of Seniors In MA, NH And ME That Will Lose Their Medicare Advantage Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Boston Globe, [25] 9/28/10)

$1,761:             Cost To American Families Per Year As A Result Of Cap And Trade. (CBS News’ “Taking Liberties” [26] Blog, 9/16/09)

$1,540:             The Amount Of The Tax Hike The Average Middle Class Family Will See As A Result Of The Dems’ Tax Hike. (Tax Foundation [27], 8/1/10)

1099:                The IRS Form Every Business Will Have To File After Doing $600 Worth Of Business With A Vendor. (CNNMoney.com [28], 5/5/10)

100:                  Percent Of GDP That Our National Debt Will Rise To In 2012. (Office Of Management And Budget [3], 7/23/10)

83:                    Number Of Fundraisers Obama Has Attended As Of 10/12/10. (CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed [29], Accessed 10/19/10; CBS News [30], 8/16/10)

80:                    Percent Of Small Businesses That Could Be Forced To Change Health Care Plans As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Washington Post [31], 6/15/10)

79:                    Percent Of Stimulus Funds For Wind, Solar And Geothermal Energy Projects That Went To Foreign Firms. (Investigating Reporting Workshop/ABC’s World News Tonight/Watchdog Institute [32], 2/8/10)

68:                    Percent Of Americans Who Think The Stimulus Was A Waste. (The Hill’s “Briefing Room” Blog [33], 10/5/10)

60:                    The Percent Of Young Voters Who Are “More Cynical About Politics” Now Than When Obama Was Elected. (The Huffington Post [34], 9/15/10)

58:                    Percent Of Ohioans Who Say Obama’s Frequent Visits To The State Make No Difference In How They’ll Vote. (The Hill [35], 10/19/10)

53:                    Rounds Of Golf Played By President Obama Since Taking Office. (CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed [36], Accessed 10/19/10; CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed [37], Accessed 10/19/10 )

49:                    Visits To The White House By Andy Stern, Former President Of SEIU. (WhiteHouse.gov [38], Accessed 10/19/10)

37:                    Number Of Town Halls Obama Has Done Since Taking Office. (CBS News‘ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed [39], Accessed 10/19/10)

33.3:                 Average Number Of Weeks It Takes An Unemployed Worker To Find A Job. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

30:                    Number Of Waivers Granted To Businesses So That The White House Could Avoid Admitting ObamaCare Was Making People Lose Their Health Care Plans. (USA Today [40], 10/7/10)

27:                    Percent Increase In Premiums By Some Insurers In Colorado As A Result Of ObamaCare. (The Denver Post [41], 9/20/10)

25:                    DVDs Given To The UK’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown On His First Visit. (The Daily Mail (UK) [42], 3/9/10)

20:                    Straight Months That Food Stamp Participation Has Hit A Record. (Bloomberg, [13] 10/5/10)

17.1:                 Percent Of Americans Either Unemployed Or Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

14:                    Straight Months With Unemployment Above 9.5%. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics [16], 10/8/10)

9:                     Number Of Vacations Taken By President Obama. (CBS News [43], 8/19/10)

4:                     Out Of 10 Likely Voters Who Once Backed Obama But Are Less Supportive Or No Longer Support Obama.  (Bloomberg [44], 10/12/10)

2:                     Place In The Line Of Succession That Joe Biden Believes He Is In (Hint: He’s #1). (CBS News’ Mark Knoller’s Twitter Feed [45], Accessed 10/19/10)

2:                     Visits To The White House By Actor George Clooney. (E! Online [46], 10/12/10)

1:                     Number Of White House Investigations. (CBS News [47], 10/6/10)

1:                     Teacher Union Bailout To Motivate Teacher Unions For Midterm Elections. (The Washington Post, [11] 10/8/10)

All of this leads to his claims of courage and fortitude and (cough) leadership when the question of BinLaden’s killing comes up. Basically what we have here is a president who has whatever absolutely nothing of his own record to run on.  As such, he finds it necessary to fabricate things to run on.  This smacks to me of Bill Clinton.   Ol’ Bubba… He had the knack of standing up in front of a Lynch mob and act like it was a parade he was leading.  Like the whole thing was his idea.

Thing is, the American people have begun to see through this pattern. The fact is the majority of America is alternately laughing and enraged that Obama is trying this tactic.