The American Spectator

Blacque Jacques Shellacque| 6.3.09 @ 4:02PM

Wasn't this guy supposed be bright and intelligent?

.| 6.3.09 @ 4:05PM

And this coming from someone who spent some of his growing up years in the World's actual largest Islamic country. What a moron.

Pete| 6.3.09 @ 4:18PM

I wouldn't be surprised if the first gaffe was on purpose.

Richard Baker| 6.3.09 @ 5:51PM

As memory serves, when a B-52 carried nuclear weapons in a flight up the East coast, some time back, weren't there some General officers and Colonels who had to retire or were reprimanded? Mind you, this was IN the aircraft and no one was in danger. Now, because of the Messiah, this recent incident is not worthy of great concern, it seems.
The man's actions and those of his his underlings are NOT in the best interest of the country. How's that Hope and Change working out for those who drooled at voting for Obama?

Robert Chapman| 6.3.09 @ 6:46PM

I hope our president becomes aware of his shortcomings, to date, before its too late. We probably won't be lucky enough to have a "do over" if he screws this up much more. Keep an eye on inflation while you're at it. Hang on over the next 18 months.

Missy| 6.3.09 @ 7:25PM

I laughed when various pundits like Bill O'Reilly continued to ooh and ahh over Obama's 'brilliance'. I never bought it--the guy's just a devious huckster.

O'Reilly's a b*tt-kisser.

Mary| 6.3.09 @ 7:48PM

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stmichrick| 6.3.09 @ 8:00PM

O Reilly just wants to be sure Barack comes back for another big ratings night. That's OK.

The challenge for the Right to is to keep drive-by media coverage of The One We've Been Waiting For in perspective, relentlessly.

Thanks Phil.

Constantly, without let-up.

Warpublican| 6.3.09 @ 9:28PM

What boneheads like Klein don't get is that Bush wasn't ridiculed because he ofwords like "misunderestimated," or "Bring it on" - it was because he NEVER got it right - everything he touched seemed to fail. The posting of documents to the web is stupid - but has nothing to do with Obama, and the Muslim statement was, IMHO, one of reaching out to a mistrusting people - a rhetorical flourish similar to "land of the free and home of the brave." That the right is still smarting over dingbats like Bush and Palin, and are too obtuse to understand why these people are ridiculed as dopes, that's because folks like Klein and the hyper-partisan (and rabid hysteric) Andrew McCarthy are dopes themselves... But keep trying...

disgusted| 6.3.09 @ 9:49PM

Everyone - One term for this anti - american president.
Let's make up our minds that it starts now.
No more Obama.
As for the cowardly press - surprised no one reads your newspapers?
The people don't trust you to tell the truth.
Just like we no longer trust Obama.

Missy| 6.4.09 @ 12:37AM

Lucky for us Bush was perfect on national security his last 7 1/2 years in office.

Only a hyper-partisan-hysterical liberal dope wouldn't admit that.

No_Civil_War| 6.4.09 @ 12:53AM

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Hey, America! I found the Internet's "Loser's Lounge." Some of them can actually write complete sentences . . .

Lenny/Squiggy| 6.4.09 @ 1:41AM

Moron.

jane56| 6.4.09 @ 1:47AM

Why, how rabidly partisan, extremist, hysterical, over-the-top insane to contradict Obama and assert that the U.S. is not one of the largest Muslim countries in the world!!

Davet| 6.4.09 @ 4:16AM

After working for the government for 30 years, I just do not buy the thesis that someone "accidentally" posted a list of US nuclear facilities and their purposes--not even government employees are THAT stupid: this was done for a specific reason...and what might that be, Mr. Obama?

Crusader| 6.4.09 @ 7:31AM

Davet, Now it will be easier for the muslims to know which nuke sites are best for blowing up.

On the news last night saw a nice little video of a muslim AQ recruiter talking about how he needed a martyr to sneak across the Mexican border with 4 pounds of anthrax to kill 330,000 Americans. Also on the video? He talked about allying with (wait for it) "white supremacist militias" because they're anti-government too. However there are different types of "anti-government" and I think AQ members ad white supremacists are at opposite ends of the anti-govt spectrum.

When I heard it it just didn't make sense. Muslims bent on islam taking over the world allying with some white supremacists????? In what alternate universe would this happen? Now, what DOES make sense is for an attack to happen and it getting BLAMED on "white supremacists" or of course the ever-popular "right wing extremists."

Something bigger is going on here folks.

Aaron| 6.4.09 @ 7:38AM

I'd like to know what's the source of the first report. I used to work in intelligence and there is no such classification as "highly confidential." There's "confidential," "secret," and "top secret," with various caveats to all of them, but those modifications appear AFTER the classification, not before,. They are usually abbreviated and non-sensical to someone not familiar with them. Putting "highly" in front of the classification is redundant and brings this report's validity into question.

Aaron| 6.4.09 @ 8:01AM

Okay, I actually read the NYT article, which it seems no one else on this blog did. This document was being prepared for release to the International Atomic Energy Agency, a branch of the U.N. The IAEA was going to use that informatioin to update the U.S.'s nuclear profile report. Some gov't database worker accidentally posted on the GAO's website. This is about the same as someone releasing a movie script before the movie comes out. The information was going to be published, but probably not for a year or so.

The article said that the report only detailed civilian nuclear facilities. Most of this information is likely available through open sources, but is conveniently organized in this report. So I guess it would make it easier for terrorists to plan out an attack. But if they were too lazy to find out that info before, they're probably not very effective terrorists.

John| 6.4.09 @ 8:33AM

Aaron| 6.4.09 @ 8:01AM
"Okay, I actually read the NYT article, which it seems no one else on this blog did."

.......Of course they didn't and neither did Klein by the sound of it. You forget the purpose of this blog and most of Klein's postings is not to give a realistic accounting of facts or a situation but find material to attack the president over any pretext however trivial. This can then be picked up by many of the folks who hang around here and they can bloviate about muslims, Obama's lack of intellect, or whatever other idee fixe or paranoias they may harbor. It's like drug taking, it makes you feel better for a short while but doesn't change anything outside of yourself or harm anyone other oneself.

Dave| 6.4.09 @ 9:03AM

Oh, I don't think Obama is incompetent. That Egypt speech was delivered in near flawless Austrian.

cici| 6.4.09 @ 9:56AM

During the primaries, he said there were he had not yet traveled to all "57 states." He is a marketing/media creation. In reality, he had one year's experience in the Senate when he started running for president, after spending several years in Chicago as a part-time legislator. The Emperor has no clothes.

Bill P| 6.4.09 @ 10:47AM

This black conservative discussed this very thing and in an amazing way. A MUST READ, as is his new book! http://theblacksphere.blogspot.com/2009/05/obamas-cyber-security-farce.html

Crafty b| 6.4.09 @ 11:01AM

So the guy gives a 55 minute watershed speach on Muslim/American relations that was broadcast on TV globally... and THIS is what the American Spectator's spending its time "reporting" on?

Jebus... y'all are pathetic. It's like an Onion article.

"Local partisan hack finds small factual error in 55-minute speach. Focuses on it exclusively."

foutsc| 6.4.09 @ 11:50AM

This is what happens when the press falls in love and abandons it's traditional watchdog role.

The Press's attack dog to lap dog conversion will be the Dems' undoing. They will get sloppy and go to far, they always do. Their incompetence will become so glaring that even the benumbed, muddled middle will no longer be able to ignore it.

The emperor has no intellectual clothes; it's just a matter of time before the electorate realizes it.

Smitty| 6.4.09 @ 11:53AM

It's not Obama's incompetence that gives me the willies--it's his Marxist takeover of the Banking and Auto industries. Oh, and his intention to destroy health care. I don't think he's particularly bright, but I do think he's a true believer--in Marx.

Davet| 6.4.09 @ 9:34PM

Like a commentator said a few months ago: you don't get this kind of confidence (speaking of Obama) unless you have 1) never actually accomplished anything and 2) have never suffered the pain of watching your best laid plans fail.

Unfortunately for the American people, Obama is a narcissistic neophyte--and he will be the last one to discover this fact.