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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf only the GOP had held Bush as accountable for the 3000 deaths on 9/11 as they want...
President Obama to be for the 4 men who died in Libya this year.
But that would be asking too much.
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)who brings up Behgazhi, especially since there is new evidence the CIA begged Bush to pay attention to threats from Al Qaeda, but the neo-cons convinced him to ignore the CIA's pleas. Right wingers never have a response.
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)"Well Bush isn't President right now!"
And I ask them whether they held Bush accountable or if they have double standards for Democrats. Invariably, I get to point out what flaming hypocrites they are.
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)"Why do you liberals always bring up ancient history"? And I say, oh I forgot. We must pretend George Bush never existed so you can blame every problem on earth on Barack Obama. Hypocrites is the nicest term you can use to describe them.
LeftInTX
(25,477 posts)There is so fricking much we could throw at the neocons
Come on Democrats.
Show up on Meet the Press and give Lindsey a smackdown.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Thousands of people died in each event. I'd like to see the Dems on the attack for a change. Why are we always so damned conciliatory?
RepublicansRZombies
(982 posts)And these pro lifers caused the deaths of millions of innocents.
Eddie Haskell
(1,628 posts)I was just going to post the same thought. Benghazi pales in comparison to the security failures of 911. Where was the outrage? I'm getting tired of the sore losers. Bring up reopening the 911 investigation and they'll shut up.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)He's claimed both--
He saw it
He was notified about it (0'50"
Which is it? Where's our crack investigative reporters? ASK HIM!!!
BainsBane
(53,041 posts)Doing nothing? Was it 18 minutes?
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Bumbling fool ignores many 9/11 warnings:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/opinion/the-bush-white-house-was-deaf-to-9-11-warnings.html?_r=0
...then sits on his butt and does nothing when informed of the second attack:
Andrew Card told him about the second attack at 9'05"
http://www.911timeline.net/
Then he invades the wrong country, claiming he got the intelligence wrong!
Yet, the Repubs are "outraged" over the Benghazi attack?
What a pack of losers and whiners!
choie
(4,111 posts)The DEMS had held Bush accountable,,,
RepublicansRZombies
(982 posts)Cheney was in charge of NORAD.
Rumsfeld had no idea a plane had hit the towers until one hit the pentagon, over an hour later. He was in a meeting.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)That bar is:
1) ~3000 dead Americans on the continental US.
2) A PDB predicting the attack more than 1 month prior to the attack.
3) Complete inactivity following said PDB
Before the GOP can discuss impeaching any future President for a terrorist attack, the events must include equivalent failures, and then something more.
Until then, they should STFU.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,426 posts)It's interesting that they set the bar for impeachment so low for a Democratic President (a cum stained dress and lying about a BJ) and then turned around set the bar so high for a Republican President.
JHB
(37,161 posts)...which also sidesteps their knee-jerk reaction to blame Clinton for 911. Remind them that whatever they may think of Clinton, Bush took that baseline and REDUCED it.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)JI7
(89,260 posts)BainsBane
(53,041 posts)And claim he deliberately let those Americans in Benghazi die. It makes me furious, and because there is no evidence to support that charge I believe it traitorous. They have no respect.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)Oh. I forgot. That was okay. They weren't voters or Americans, just plain iraqis, not to worry.