Poll: What was the Obamateurism of the Week?

posted at 9:00 am on November 22, 2009 by Ed Morrissey

It’s time for our weekly salute to Barack Obama’s amateurish stumbles, and of course, it’s all about him, as is just about everything.  If he’s not the Omega, he’s at least the Alpha of the Pacific.  Obama is so good, he can make reset buttons work even when no one can see a difference, and omniscient enough to know the successful outcomes of federal trials even when the entire point  is to consider defendants innocent until proven guilty.

Previous “winners”:

Got an Obamateurism of the Day? If you see a foul-up by Barack Obama, e-mail it to me at obamaisms@edmorrissey.com with the quote and the link to the Obamateurism. I’ll post the best Obamateurisms on a daily basis, depending on how many I receive. Include a link to your blog, and I’ll give some link love as well. And unlike Slate, I promise to end the feature when Barack Obama leaves office.

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Yet another IDIOTIC statement from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…

Khun Joe on November 22, 2009 at 9:04 AM

Once again, you have more than one winner. What an embarrassment.

katablog.com on November 22, 2009 at 9:09 AM

Oh man, there are so many good ones every week. It is hard to decide.

The ‘First Pacific Pres’ was an instant classic becuase this guy is supposed to be a genius, and being the First Black President obviously just wasn’t enough. Of course, setting off a stink bomb in our justice system has to get my vote in the end.

bitsy on November 22, 2009 at 9:12 AM

KSM.
We conservatives may be joining KSM in prison after yesterday’s vote….hope the government starts building more prison, they’re going to need them!!!

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM

That’s how my wife and I are planning to comply with the Obama/Reid/Pelosi mandates. We can jam up the court system for years with appeals, etc.

I’m thinking one, big gigantic middle finger pointed at Congress.

karl9000 on November 22, 2009 at 9:19 AM

I voted for KSM. The decision to put KSM in our civilian court system is bigger than an O’ism but the interview on TV where he prejudges it and then tries to step away from it is showing his amateur status as a President and as a former lawyer.

American Thinker has a story today that the Japanese Summit was the worst ever. Obama insulted them by delaying his arrival etc and the Japanese returned the favor by delaying Obama getting out of a car for 5 minutes -security flop and a slap in the face.

journeyintothewhirlwind on November 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM

So many winners it hard to vote. Had to choose the overwhelming narrcism of his election compared to the berlin wall for it being about MeMeMeMeMe.

Gracelynn on November 22, 2009 at 9:25 AM

I’m thinking one, big gigantic middle finger pointed at Congress

.
Maybe we could take all chip in and have a statue of this placed somewhere in DC?

jeanie on November 22, 2009 at 9:27 AM

It’s a toss up. I think this weeks choices are all about equal. I voted for the Russian reset comment because I don’t think enough attention is being paid to Russia’s relationship with Iran and how this administration is putting the whole world in danger with it’s appeasement towards both countries.

Ordinary1 on November 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM

What a disgusting, embarrassing, and scary mess!!!!

mobydutch on November 22, 2009 at 9:30 AM

KSM by an order of magnitude

DarkCurrent on November 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Give me 7 shots of tequila, a room full of cougars, and I could still make a better president than this dude-bro

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Krazy
Silly
Man

I refer to Obama, not the terrorist.

TXUS on November 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM

had to pick KSM…the ultimate obamateurism thus far…

cmsinaz on November 22, 2009 at 9:33 AM

It’s always Amateur Hour at the White Hizzouse

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:34 AM

KSM.
We conservatives may be joining KSM in prison after yesterday’s vote….hope the government starts building more prison, they’re going to need them!!!

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM

See? Then the stimulus will be working.

SagebrushPuppet on November 22, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Perhaps this whizz-bang Constitutional Scholar (D’ohbama) thinks he can prosecute these defendants with his consummate intelligence and clairvoyance.
He sure can dazzle the press!

Cybergeezer on November 22, 2009 at 9:36 AM

We conservatives may be joining KSM in prison after yesterday’s vote….hope the government starts building more prison, they’re going to need them!!!

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:16 AM

A friend posted a diatribe about Sarah Palin on his Facebook page last night…he said he “read somewhere” that during Sarah Palin’s interview with Limbaugh she claimed that people would get thrown into jail if they didn’t buy health insurance.

Having not heard her interview, I have no idea what she said, so did not enter the discussion. But he immediately got a chorus of lemmings to agree with him that she certainly is a stupid little twit for saying so.

Then all of a sudden, a couple of posters with FACTS came along, and gently reminded my friend that both Pelosi and O’bama had stated the same thing.

Thread immediately ended.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM

With such a unique president, it is hard to choose just one. He manages to stumble nearly every day! Can we start voting on the top three isms of the week?

libertylady on November 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM

So many good choices. Every. Single. Week.

Had to go with the KSM debacle. Unbelievable.

4Freedom on November 22, 2009 at 9:39 AM

BTW, Ed, I love the picture of the headless President holding the phone…it’s so O’bama. Maybe you should keep that instead of using the Easter Island O’bama.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:40 AM

Maybe we could take all chip in and have a statue of this placed somewhere in DC?

jeanie on November 22, 2009 at 9:27 AM

Count me in, but how about having a large one mounted on the back of an 18-wheeler flat bed and driven around the Capitol, non-stop, whenever Congress is in session.

TXUS on November 22, 2009 at 9:41 AM

KSM to get a fair trial followed by a first-class hanging

Who’re we going to hang?

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:43 AM

I don’t see the bust of Sir Winston Churchill in the picture.

Wade on November 22, 2009 at 9:44 AM

BTW, Ed, I love the picture of the headless President holding the phone…it’s so O’bama. Maybe you should keep that instead of using the Easter Island O’bama.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:40 AM

Yea; I have a problem recognizing an empty suit unless D’ohbama’s in it too.

Cybergeezer on November 22, 2009 at 9:45 AM

Who’re we going to hang?

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:43 AM

If Code Pink had their way..

NYPD

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:46 AM

BTW, Ed, I love the picture of the headless President holding the phone…it’s so O’bama. Maybe you should keep that instead of using the Easter Island O’bama.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:40 AM

Oh; Maybe I misunderstood the meaning of the photo; Is this the real transparent Obama president?

Cybergeezer on November 22, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Who’re we going to hang?

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:43 AM

According to the Kos Kids, Bush and Cheney.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:49 AM

Can I vote for the shout out again?

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Why do a lot of people get hung about “first this” and “first that” or “historic this or that”? I get the sense they elected a black president just to have the “first this, historic that” and that is about it.

maynila on November 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Somehow I think this bozo is going to be the recipient of a ride on a rail with tar and feathers before 2012. I just don’t see a happy ending to all of this.

tim c on November 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM

KSM by a large margin. The others are bad, but that one was just so g*dd*mn stupid that I can’t even believe it.

You know what? Never mind. I can.

mjk on November 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM

Give me 7 shots of tequila, a room full of cougars, and I could still make a better president than this dude-bro

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM

You’d be dead before noon. ;)

Patrick S on November 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM

We all know it’s about him, but I’m struck by his low profile on the Healthcare debate. He’s pretty shifty. The polls show the majority of Americans are against it so he lets congress take the bullet. Has he made any missteps in the Healthcare debacle?

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:53 AM

Why do a lot of people get hung about “first this” and “first that” or “historic this or that”? I get the sense they elected a black president just to have the “first this, historic that” and that is about it.

maynila on November 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM

I wonder that too. It’s lovely and all to praise achievement, but going on and on and on about “first this” or “first that” is just really annoying.

mjk on November 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM

We can jam up the court system for years with appeals, etc. I’m thinking one, big gigantic middle finger pointed at Congress.
karl9000 on November 22, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Yesterday, the Democrats declared war on the American people and bankrupted our country. I have a feeling there are going to be lots of middle fingers pointed at Congress from now on.

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:55 AM

I know get the sense they elected a black president just to have the “first this, historic that” and that is about it.

maynila on November 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM

FIFY

He is an amateur. Palin had far more experience and they trash her to this day for being inexperienced.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 9:57 AM

Yesterday, the Democrats declared war on the American people and bankrupted our country. I have a feeling there are going to be lots of middle fingers pointed at Congress from now on.

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 9:55 AM

Yard signs and bumper stickers?

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:58 AM

In regards to yesterday’s vote , they got 60 votes to bring it to the floor. This is not a done deal.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Palin is dumb

obama god

/g0tmylifeback

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

I do like the Motion of the Ocean.

rob verdi on November 22, 2009 at 10:02 AM

In regards to yesterday’s vote , they got 60 votes to bring it to the floor. This is not a done deal.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

You counting on dems to have a soul? Long shot!!

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 10:03 AM

Count me in, but how about having a large one mounted on the back of an 18-wheeler flat bed and driven around the Capitol, non-stop, whenever Congress is in session.
TXUS on November 22, 2009 at 9:41 AM

Yard signs and bumper stickers?
donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 9:58 AM

In the 70′s, there were many combines, tractors, and 18-wheelers driven to Washington D.C and was called the Ag movement. This might bring a little attention to the city that isn’t listening to their voters.

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Count me in, but how about having a large one mounted on the back of an 18-wheeler flat bed and driven around the Capitol, non-stop, whenever Congress is in session.

TXUS on November 22, 2009 at 9:41 AM

WE DID THAT TO CARTER….The folks up here in NorCal (redwood country–not SF), had a monster redwood carved up to look like a peanut, put it on an 18 wheeler and drove it right up to the D.C. Capital and the WH. The truckers were protesting Carter’s national park expansion that threatened the logging industry up here

With fellow loggers, mill workers and local politicians, Boak opposed the expansion of Redwood National Park. In 1977, he helped organize a caravan of log trucks bound for Washington, D.C. Boak helped carve the caravan’s symbol — a huge redwood peanut — as a jibe at President Carter, a former peanut farmer whose Interior Department favored the park’s expansion. link

Like this health care bill–about to destroy our economy, we could not stop Carter or his environmental wackos from gutting the logging industry. Unemployment hovers around 17% up here, but damn, we got a lot of nice trees to look at.

Rovin on November 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM

KSM – this idiot thinks he can say anything without any consequences. His and Holder’s statements are going to come back and bite them in the ass during this trial.

PatMac on November 22, 2009 at 10:06 AM

« « Previous |Home|

US Men Linked to Mumbai Terrorist Attacks (Video)
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:48 AM
Jim Hoft

David Coleman Headley is the son of a former Pakistani diplomat. He had vowed to “retaliate against India” in one of his e-mail messages intercepted by investigators.

From the video: The American Muslim Terrorist enjoyed a hotline connection with his Pakistani masters, not just the Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders but also the Pak army.
Islamic Terrorist David Coleman Headley’s Pak army connection exposed (13 Nov 2009)

The two men were arrested for plotting to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed.
Newsweek reported:

The FBI is expanding its investigation in a Chicago terrorism case to determine whether a key suspect may have helped scout targets for last year’s massive coordinated attack in Mumbai, India that killed 166 people, according to U.S. law enforcement officials.

The Justice Department announced late last month that it had charged two Chicago-area men—David Coleman Headley, the son of a former Pakistani diplomat, and a childhood friend, Tahawwur Hussain Rana– for plotting to attack a Danish newspaper for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed.

But since then, the case has taken some dramatic turns that have attracted the interest of Indian Government investigators and transformed it into one of the most significant international terrorism cases that the FBI has brought since 9/11, the officials say.

nondhimmie on November 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM

Palin is dumb

obama god

/g0tmylifeback

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Blasphemy!

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 10:09 AM

“Your Honor, in light of the fact that both the president and the attorney general of the United States stated publicly that this man is guilty and will be so found in a civilian court of law, and their having prejudiced this case thereby, I request that your Honor grant a mistrial.”

“Request granted.”

KSM

winfield on November 22, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Speaking of the KSM FUBAR, the evil John Yoo, who worked with Jack Goldsmith and company to help carefully and legally craft the military commission system so the anti-American Congressional Democrats would accept it, has a scathing piece about the whole thing today. I would love to see our legal scholars Moe, Larry and Curly (Grow Fins, Bleeds Blue and crr6) spin what he has to say.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20091122_Closing_Arguments__No_clear_benefit_to_holding_9_11_trial_in_New_York.html

Money quote:

Al-Qaeda will have even more reason to attack the United States, and not just because the trial venue will renew New York’s attractiveness as a target. At the same time it made the decision about where to try Mohammed, the Justice Department announced that four other al-Qaeda operatives will be tried by military commissions (I was one of many in the Bush administration who worked on their creation). What’s the difference? The second group participated in the October 2000 attack on a military target overseas, the USS Cole in Yemen. The message is, terrorists who commit the gravest war crimes – deliberately attacking civilian targets like the World Trade Center – will receive all of the protections of the Bill of Rights. Those who attack military targets abroad will not. Thus, the United States becomes the safest place for terrorists to operate.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM

In regards to yesterday’s vote , they got 60 votes to bring it to the floor. This is not a done deal.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

A Congressional Research Service analysis found only one instance between 1999 and 2008 when Senate legislation failed after clearing the vote to begin debate.

albill on November 22, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Historically, CW, it doesn’t look good.

Rovin on November 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Love the picture to this post btw. Although it might be more accurate to have no hands but the head of Karl Marx.

Christian Conservative on November 22, 2009 at 10:13 AM

The message is, terrorists who commit the gravest war crimes – deliberately attacking civilian targets like the World Trade Center – will receive all of the protections of the Bill of Rights. Those who attack military targets abroad will not. Thus, the United States becomes the safest place for terrorists to operate.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM

Something like this would have sunk the Bush presidency. Funny how things change.

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM

The malignant left had fun with W’s harmless mangling of the language. Obama’s Obamateurisms are not only repulsive, they are downright dangerous to the country.

More attention needs to be brought into the public domain about how Obama is undercutting American interests, foreign relations, economic growth, and the liberty of American citizens.

BottomLine5 on November 22, 2009 at 10:17 AM

The empty-suit Obama photo IS a better choice than the Easter Island Obama. It looks too much like John Kerry.

At the rate our empty-suit-in-chief is going, you need to post an “Obamateurism of the DAY”.

bradley11 on November 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM

Maybe we could take all chip in and have a statue of this placed somewhere in DC?

jeanie on November 22, 2009 at 9:27 AM

I may never be able to look at the Washington Monument again without laughing.

MikeA on November 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM

Did simplesimon get itself banned? I haven’t seen her around. By the way, I voted for the show trial as the Obamateurism.

kingsjester on November 22, 2009 at 10:25 AM

I voted the Berlin Wall because it’s a tangible event, Obama’s election was a media manufactured event. The Berlin Wall was a major event in history, how Obama was elected is going to be the major event in history, not the fact that he was elected.

bflat879 on November 22, 2009 at 10:25 AM

Like this health care bill–about to destroy our economy, we could not stop Carter or his environmental wackos from gutting the logging industry. Unemployment hovers around 17% up here, but damn, we got a lot of nice trees to look at.

Rovin on November 22, 2009 at 10:04 AM

Here in MT, our lovely nice trees to look at have a metric crapload of beetle kill going. Them lovely nice trees are going to make for one hell of a nice bonfire at some point….
Thanks, Environmentalists!!!

:)

mjk on November 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM

donh525 on November 22, 2009 at 10:15 AM

“Elections have consequences”.

Be sure to read the whole piece, it’s chilling.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Ya know, as ridiculous as his gaffs are, his signing of Obama care into law will sweep away one of the last remaining ideals this country was founded on.

I just don’t care about this kind of stuff when the country is on the precipice of destruction.

csdeven on November 22, 2009 at 10:33 AM

The trainwreck continues apace…

2ipa on November 22, 2009 at 10:42 AM

In regards to yesterday’s vote , they got 60 votes to bring it to the floor. This is not a done deal.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM

97% chance it will be now. I am so ashamed Mary Landreiu is from my state. I hope Bobby Jindal rips her a new one.

LSUMama on November 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM

I’m surprised the Recovery.gov debacle wasn’t mentioned as an OOTW option. Barry claimed that erroneous estimates from the Administration on job creation and 6.4 BILLION dollars was a “side issue.” Wow. 6.4 BILLION isn’t exactly a spit in the bucket…ya know? Mary Landrieu, a supposedly moderate Democrat, sold out for a mere $100 million on the health care debate. They should have “Killed the Bill” once and for all.

I voted for the KSM stupidity. Frankly, I think he’s looking for a crisis where he can declare martial law and suspend elections. It’s the only way the jug-eared moron will ever get to extend his presidency.

Barb Dwyer on November 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM

You’d be dead before noon. ;)Patrick S on November 22, 2009 at 9:52 AM

But what a way to go…

bikermailman on November 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM

John Yoo on the KSM Trial:

For a preview of the KSM trial, look at what happened in the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker who was arrested in the U.S. just before 9/11. His trial never made it to a jury. Moussaoui’s lawyers tied the court up in knots.

All they had to do was demand that the government hand over all its intelligence on him. The case became a four-year circus, giving Moussaoui a platform to air his anti-American tirades. The only reason the trial ended was because, at the last minute, Moussaoui decided to plead guilty. That plea relieved the government of the choice between allowing a fishing expedition into its intelligence files or dismissing the charges.

KSM’s lawyers will not save the government from itself. Instead they will press hard to reveal intelligence secrets in open court. Our intelligence agents and soldiers will be the ones to suffer.

CWforFreedom on November 22, 2009 at 10:54 AM

MikeA on November 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM

Neither will I after your remark. lol! Still, it’s not graphic enough. Our Congress people are pretty thick and set in their ways. They most likely need something more obvious.

jeanie on November 22, 2009 at 10:58 AM

Obama getting elected was like the Berlin Wall coming down

Spending two years in Germany during the cold war allowed me to see how evil the east/west division was and how it affected the population. For Obama to think that his election to president could compare to a wall dividing a nation for decades coming down is beyond words.

I cannot believe that people refuse to see Obama for what he truly is, an arrogant self serving amateur with minimal (no) real leadership experience.

WhoU4 on November 22, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Wow, I thought last week’s were tough! There was one up there I hadn’t even heard.
I am amazed this week at the total incompetence of Obama and how it is plain for everyone but him to see.

ORconservative on November 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM

Yet another IDIOTIC statement from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…
Khun Joe on November 22, 2009 at 9:04 AM

The list of non-idiotic statements from the same source is MUCH shorter – some say it doesn’t exist

ya2daup on November 22, 2009 at 11:12 AM

97% chance it will be now. I am so ashamed Mary Landreiu is from my state. I hope Bobby Jindal rips her a new one.

LSUMama on November 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Yep, it’ll pass. There’s no doubt.
The best part is: I work for an insurance company. There is definitely a need for health care reform and there are definitely aspects that need change. They are approaching it in a really foolish way. They are blaming the wrong people. They are focusing on the wrong results.
And there are already people at my work losing their jobs in anticipation of this thing passing. I suspect mine will be gone in the next two years. Which is why I’m looking now.

mjk on November 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM

And there are already people at my work losing their jobs in anticipation of this thing passing. I suspect mine will be gone in the next two years. Which is why I’m looking now.
mjk on November 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM

mjk, the insurance company employees aren’t the only ones who will be looking for jobs. Congress will looking for employment starting in 2010. Ben Nelson better be out there beating the bushes, because he’s done here in Nebraska.

Good luck in your search!!

yoda on November 22, 2009 at 11:23 AM

A friend posted a diatribe about Sarah Palin on his Facebook page last night…he said he “read somewhere” that during Sarah Palin’s interview with Limbaugh she claimed that people would get thrown into jail if they didn’t buy health insurance.

Having not heard her interview, I have no idea what she said, so did not enter the discussion. But he immediately got a chorus of lemmings to agree with him that she certainly is a stupid little twit for saying so.

Then all of a sudden, a couple of posters with FACTS came along, and gently reminded my friend that both Pelosi and O’bama had stated the same thing.

Thread immediately ended.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM

That is the thing! Obama has convinced some people that this bill is other than it is! I guess we will just have to wait this out until after the next election then try to undo the damage.

petunia on November 22, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Is that picture from the Oval Office a photoshop?

Emperor Norton on November 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Toughest multiple choice I’ve had in decades. Dang. You need to add an “all of the above”

ace tomato on November 22, 2009 at 11:27 AM

…they elected a black president just to have the “first this, historic that” and that is about it.
maynila on November 22, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Affirmative action writ large with the recipient having neither the experience nor skill to perform the job – yet all his enablers want to get their “participation” medals to confirm their high-mindedness

ya2daup on November 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM

“Your Honor, in light of the fact that both the president and the attorney general of the United States stated publicly that this man is guilty and will be so found in a civilian court of law, and their having prejudiced this case thereby, I request that your Honor grant a mistrial.”

“Request granted.”

KSM

winfield on November 22, 2009 at 10:10 AM

Not only that but they have stated that no matter the verdict he will not go free!

And they think this is a good example of American justice to show the world?

I have never felt ashamed of America. Until now. If this is a glimpse of our future. It is indeed bleak!

If Obama is the best and the brightest we are dumb indeed.

petunia on November 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM

KSM to get a fair trial followed by a first-class hanging

That’s probably enough for KSM’s lawyers to spring him. Good work, Barry.

petefrt on November 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM

Barry to Holder: Hey Eric, here’s a swell idea…let’s turn NYC into ground zero again!!

Barb Dwyer on November 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM

Wow, I thought last week’s were tough! There was one up there I hadn’t even heard.
I am amazed this week at the total incompetence of Obama and how it is plain for everyone but him to see.

ORconservative on November 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM

Well, now that’s not true. Pelosi don’t see it either.

MikeA on November 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM

The KSM thing, the most amateurish thing to come out of him in some time.

And that is saying something, since everything he does is amateurish.

conservnut on November 22, 2009 at 11:44 AM

You know, I’m thinking about the fact that osama and holder both promised a hanging and this could be used to get a mistrial for KSM.

I have a lot of conservative friends who think Obama has good intentions, and wants what’s best, we just disagree on things. I have never subscribed to this idea, at all.

I think Obama is pure evil. And I seriously wonder if, as he cannot be as stupid as we think he is and he is a lawyer, if he knew exactly what he was doing when he prejudiced the outcome of this trial before it happened. He has historically been very sympathetic to terrorists.

TTheoLogan on November 22, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Andrew McCarthy, who led the team that prosecuted “The Blind Sheikh”, also has a piece on the KSM FUBAR today.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/11/22/2009-11-22_how_obama_is_courting_danger_civilian_trials_set_back_the_war_on_terror.html

Money quote:

Now, our enemies will be given a full-blown civilian trial with all the rights of the American citizens they are sworn to kill. They will get a year or more to sift through our national defense secrets. They will have wide latitude to turn the case into a trial of the Bush administration – publicizing information about anti-terrorism tactics that leftist lawyers will exploit in their quest for war crimes prosecutions in foreign courts against current and former U.S. officials.

In the military system, we could have denied them access to classified information, forcing them to accept military lawyers with security clearances who could see such intelligence but not share it with our enemies. In civilian court, the Supreme Court has held an accused has an absolute right to conduct his own defense. If KSM asserts that right – as he tried to do in the military commission – he will have a strong argument that we must surrender relevant, top-secret information directly to him. And we know that indicted terrorists share what they learn with their confederates on the outside.

Finally, as policy, the administration’s decision is perverse. A half-century of humanitarian law, beginning with the Geneva Conventions, sought to civilize warfare. To receive enhanced protection, combatants must adhere to the laws of war and refrain from targeting civilians. Under Obama-logic, the Cole bombers get a military commission while the 9/11 savages are clothed in the majesty of the Bill of Rights.

So here’s the message to terrorists: If you kill thousands of civilians, we will give you better rights than if you attack military assets. That is dangerously irresponsible.

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 11:54 AM

WhoU4 at 10:59
I was an American highschooler in West Germany when the wall went up. Our feelings then were similar to our feelings now:
Can this really be happening?
How can a government do this to its people?
Are we headed for war, and, if so, how soon?
It is chilling that Obama and his team can generate the same impact in America in 2009 as did the Russians in Germany in 1961 with their wall.

GaltBlvnAtty on November 22, 2009 at 11:56 AM

Constitutional scholar and instructor. Yeah, sure.

ExpressoBold on November 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM

Like always, a lot to choose from. I’ll go with KSM because either: 1) he’ll get to walk free or 2) there will be a significant change to our criminal justice system. And neither is good for the future of America.

rbj on November 22, 2009 at 12:16 PM

All good (well, BAD) ones; gotta go with the KSM gaffe because it’s the scariest of the bunch.

Imagine the outcry if any Republican President had been this inept.

HAnthonyWayne on November 22, 2009 at 12:40 PM

Claude Rains lives.

This is exactly what our HA troll legal team from the Moe Howard University Law School assured us would NOT HAPPEN during these show trials:

A lawyer for one of the five men facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the men plan to plead not guilty and use the trial venue to express their political views.

Attorney Scott Fenstermaker said his client Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and the others will not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but will tell the jury “why they did it.”

He said that the men will explain “their assessment of American foreign policy.”

Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has not spoken with the others but said the men have discussed the trial among themselves.

Read more here-if you have the stomach to:

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/911.trial.nyc.2.1327465.html

Del Dolemonte on November 22, 2009 at 12:42 PM

It’s always Amateur Hour at the White Hizzouse

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Would someone get the hook,please.

katy the mean old lady on November 22, 2009 at 12:56 PM

In regards to yesterday’s vote , they got 60 votes to bring it to the floor. This is not a done deal.

Sure it is. Those holdouts? Think of them as NFL draft picks who hold out as long as they can so that they can get “slotted in” to maximize their signing bonuses and salaries. The holdout senators know they are cooked whatever they do, so they hold out for the largest payday they can so that they can go back to their constituents with financial trophies in hopes of mollifying the angry mob.

Holdouts? Bah! Opportunists.

ObjectionSustained on November 22, 2009 at 12:56 PM

At the rate our empty-suit-in-chief is going, you need to post an “Obamateurism of the DAY”.

bradley11 on November 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM

Wow, what a great idea!

James on November 22, 2009 at 1:14 PM

Tough one this week. I went with the Berlin Wall one.

I assume we’ll see the “you guys make a great photo op” gaffe next week.

Y-not on November 22, 2009 at 1:22 PM

I voted for the Berlin Wall comparison, simply because it is true…only the reverse of what happened in 1989. Complete destruction of the barrier between freedom and tyranny; only this time, tyranny prevails.

Left Coast Right Mind on November 22, 2009 at 1:27 PM

I almost voted for the prophecy of guilt, and hanging on KSM, but then thought better of it. I have no doubt Obama threw that comment out into the wind, to taint the trial. No one’s that stupid, or shouldn’t be. Especially a lawyer, and President. It was purposeful, to insure that KSM walked free.

So I went with Obama being elected was like the fall of the Berlin wall. Nothing could be further from the truth, pertaining to why the wall came down….for freedom. Quite the opposite. If there’s any comparison, it would be the fall , and crumbling of the wall, with Obama’s presidency, eventually.

capejasmine on November 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM

Everything the bowing jihadi-in-chief does is amateurish.

Is reckless arrogance and stupidity an impeachable offense?

jdkchem on November 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM

Pretty soon Ed can change to “Obamateurism of the Hour” and have a contest on “Obamteurism of the Day”.

We are the laughing stock of the world because 52% of U.S. Americans voted for this imbecillic underdeveloped teenager, who’s full of caca and himself, just because he has a sun tan.

Schadenfreude on November 22, 2009 at 2:03 PM

I want the picture of POTUS bowing to TOTUS back!

ElectricPhase on November 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM

I chose KSM too seem like a lot of us are thinking alike of all the things he does what is the ONE dangerous thing he did. Making the statement he did about KSM. Defense Attorneys are going to have a field day.

Dr Evil on November 22, 2009 at 2:10 PM

omniscient enough to know the successful outcomes of federal trials even when the entire point is to consider defendants innocent until proven guilty.

Will Obama’s statement be held in reserve as a cause for overturning any conviction? And if so, will the Supreme Court hold that as enough to toss out a conviction?

I’ve never before heard a president publicly pre-judge a criminal trial. But maybe that’s just because we never before had such a great constitutional scholar as president.

Loxodonta on November 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM

Ed,

He is at the least a Beta Male….

Dr Evil on November 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM

Give me 7 shots of tequila, a room full of cougars, and I could still make a better president than this dude-bro

blatantblue on November 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM

Yes, you probably could make a better president than Barry, but you still can’t make any cougars, baby-bro.

Loxodonta on November 22, 2009 at 2:13 PM

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