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[George II]

111. My thoughts exactly - he's addressing something that people have been talking about....

....for 13 years, and it's being portrayed sarcastically, nastily, and dismissively.

He said that what was done was WRONG, and putting it in the context of September 2001. People forget that bush had an approval rating over 80% back then, MOST of America was "aghast" (to use the OP's term) at what happened that month.

But now, 13 years later all the high and might "we could have done better" people are criticizing Obama for addressing something that NO ONE in the high level of government has addressed as bluntly as Obama did on Friday.

And then to couch it as a "Friday presser" is pure bullshit. If he said it at 2AM on Saturday morning it would have been covered by all the White House press corps - he's the freaking PRESIDENT of the United States! He sneezes and it's on the front page.

But then again, he's Barack Obama, so he's fair game for everyone - both republican and Democrat, right and left.