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kentuck

(115,317 posts) Sun Jun 1, 2014, 01:56 PM Jun 2014

If a Democrat had been in the White House when the attack of 9/11 happened? [View all]

Would the Republicans have united behind, like the country did with Bush, or would they have made a political issue out of it?

Seriously, would they have blamed the Democratic President for being asleep at the wheel? Would they have said that Democrats could not be trusted with our national defense? Would they have called for impeachment? Or worse still, would they have called for his execution for treason for not protecting our nation against the terrorists he was warned about?

Or would they have done like the Democratic Party did? Unite as one country to fight the terrorists that attacked our country? Would they have given the President a pass, at least for a while? Would they have supported a military response to go after the terrorists? Would they have done nothing if the President had ignored the Geneva Convention and resorted to water-boarding captured enemies?

What do you think? Honestly.

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If a Democrat had been in the White House when the attack of 9/11 happened? [View all] kentuck Jun 2014 OP

Would not have happened. antiquie Jun 2014 #1

No doubt about it, 9/11 would not have happened if there had been a Dem in the WH Zorra Jun 2014 #6

How so? Throd Jun 2014 #13

VP Al Gore met with Cheney to fill him in on Al Qaeda Submariner Jun 2014 #16

9/11 was the result of one or more of the following: Republican/Conservative stupidity, LIHOP, Zorra Jun 2014 #22

I firmly believe LIHOP. joshcryer Jun 2014 #37

I agree. H2O Man Jun 2014 #17

I don't buy the theory that it was fated to happen... kentuck Jun 2014 #21

''You don't steal elections to do good things.'' Octafish Jun 2014 #23

+ all that exists. n/t Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #34

kentuck, I believe you meant to say Enthusiast Jun 2014 #30

Thank you! kentuck Jun 2014 #40

Yes, agreed vankuria Jun 2014 #24

I'm not willing to be so definitive. However... JHB Jun 2014 #38

Good post, JHB! kentuck Jun 2014 #41

Too easy malaise Jun 2014 #2

And Cheney H2O Man Jun 2014 #18

Yes - that chickenhawk war criminal of a dick is omnipresent malaise Jun 2014 #19

If a black POTUS, it would have been a political issue of huge proportions. Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #3

Dave Chapelle did a skit on that. Separation Jun 2014 #39

Excoriated then impeached. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #4

There would have been *Impeach* billboards at every major intersection. lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #5

For the first year, I think a Democratic president would have largely gotten a pass from the repukes hughee99 Jun 2014 #7

Oh hell no. pa28 Jun 2014 #8

Something tells me... kentuck Jun 2014 #42

He'd have been impeached Prophet 451 Jun 2014 #9

assuming 9/11 ocurred Leme Jun 2014 #10

A Democrat would have read the Hart-Rudman report Warpy Jun 2014 #11

Since it was confederates that MIHOP/LIHOP'ed 9/11, it would not ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #12

Limbaugh wouldn't have needed an illegal Viagra prescription to raise a bone. 11 Bravo Jun 2014 #14

If a Democrat had been in the White House when 9/11 happened he would have been Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #15

If it had happened under Clinton, Gore or Obama, they would've crucified all of 'em. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #20

but they did anyway (Monica/2000/Benghazi), so its moot reddread Jun 2014 #25

Right. But 9/11 was an entirely different scale. Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #27

not sure I ever got Monica's measurements n/t reddread Jun 2014 #35

Or Bill's. :o Drunken Irishman Jun 2014 #36

That was Republican *co construction and WhiteTara Jun 2014 #26

well if they want to impeach Obama over benghazi, they would have had him shot in nyc..live on tv spanone Jun 2014 #28

The attack would have been investigated 24/7 for years. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #29

For starters 911 wouldn't have happened if Gore was in the White House madokie Jun 2014 #31

The Rethugs would have impeached the Democratic President. Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #32

The Clinton administration had focused on counterterrorism efforts. CBHagman Jun 2014 #33