So as the underpants bomber is about to get arraigned, a new Rasmussen Poll reveals that nearly 60 percent favor ethnic profiling for airline security. This, on the heels of President Obama finally accepting responsibility for the major F-up on Christmas Day. Our Prez admitted that the “buck” stopped with him, and he’s right: it was his fault. Completely. And he deserves the full heaping pile of blame that comes with it.
Remember, during the 2008 campaign, he rarely mentioned terror – because “change” meant so much more than safety. And it was then that Obama revealed two major blind spots: one that missed the greatest threat to America in recent times, and another that missed the biggest threat to his own presidency. See, any idiot – and I mean myself, specifically – could have told him that even if health care reform or global warming rank as priorities in your life, they all slide off the front pages once a terror attack takes place. Your concerns become piffle when a plane goes down.
And this grave error in prioritization didn’t just mar the candidate: the attitude trickled down to every single hire – including a Homeland Security Chief who disdained the word “terror,” and who only now is beginning to see how determined al qaeda is in ending our lives. But in the end, it was Obama himself who created an atmosphere that one might describe as “Arrogant Lax,” so it’s no surprise it wasn’t just the underwear bomber caught with his pants down.
-the great comedian Paul Mecurio
-the lovely Kimberly Guilfoyle
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