This president is stunningly incompetent

[TruckinMike]

Frank Marshal Davis Jr is NOT incompetent.

Thank you! No he is not incompetent.

TMike's political forum pet peeve:

Folks in the liberty movement using excuses like incompetence, ignorant, low IQ, etc to describe a wannabe tyrant is getting old. These folks in positions of political power are not stupid, not incompetent, and do not have low IQ's.

They are smart and they are evil. Decent human beings do not think like an evil thug. They see a thugs actions through ethical eyes. As a result they misinterpret an evil action for a stupid one.

Note to liberty movement: Keep the above in mind when describing their actions on this forum and other forums. Don't let them get away with being merely "stupid". Was Stalin, Hitler, Mao, or Bush stupid?

Thanks.

Edit: Warlord -- your title speaks in generalities, as does my post. This is not a response to your above posts. Only the title.

 

[Icymudpuppy]

Some are evil power mongers. Others actually believe their policies are "For the good". They are the helicopter soccer mom types. If we just pass a law, the bad things will stop. As much as I hate Diane Feinstein for her policies, I think she is motivated by a desire to eliminate risk. She wants to live in a safe bubble. She epitomizes this cartoon...

 

[69360]

I disagree. George W Bush is responsible for more deaths than Barrack Obama.

You must be tuned in to the propaganda.

Obama has extrajudicial killings on his hands that Bush did not. At least Bush went to congress and didn't have the audacity to pretend he has the authority to decide who lives and dies like king Obama does.

 

[Warlord]

Bush ordered extra-judicial killing of Pakistan citizens:

A Secret Deal on Drones, Sealed in Blood
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/world/asia/origins-of-cias-not-so-secret-drone-war-in-pakistan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

[Warlord]

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

'No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation'
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Apparently the CIA don't know about the Fifth Amendment.

 

[Aratus]

Warlord is 100% correct.
tis damn little difference.
same policy, a different
party, as we live & learn.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

I disagree. George W Bush is responsible for more deaths than Barrack Obama.

If Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler, does that make Hitler exempt from criticism or war crime prosecutions?

Criticism of a suspected war criminal in power at preseent cannot be stopped because of alleged crimes of past executives.

 

[Ender]

Obama has extrajudicial killings on his hands that Bush did not. At least Bush went to congress and didn't have the audacity to pretend he has the authority to decide who lives and dies like king Obama does.

Uh....NO.

Bush's wars were/are unconstitutional. He didn't ask congress- he told them. Everything that Obama is doing is simply a continuation of Bush's policies.

And, you can thank Bush for the Patriot Acts which have given a wide open public brush for anything Obama wishes to do.

 

[Ender]

If Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler, does that make Hitler exempt from criticism or war crime prosecutions?

Criticism of a suspected war criminal in power at preseent cannot be stopped because of alleged crimes of past executives.

True- but it is also good to know that Stalin was heads and shoulders above Hitler in the killing department so history doesn't ignore Stalin while making Hitler the ultimate evil.

 

[jkr]

He gets a BU$H minus

 

[Tod]

No president is really "in control". The power players/brokers are behind the scenes, as they always have been.

How do the power players relay their instructions to the bureaucrats, such as those in the IRS who started targeting conservatives? Do the bureaucrats come in for work on Monday and find notes in their inboxes?

 

[Root]

 

[heavenlyboy34]

How do the power players relay their instructions to the bureaucrats, such as those in the IRS who started targeting conservatives? Do the bureaucrats come in for work on Monday and find notes in their inboxes?

A very, very, very broad question. Start here:

 

[Warlord]

I dont believe Obama - or any president - just lets power players run amok. He still occupies the office of the presidency even if he's an actor/placeman he's got to be there and it comes across his desk. His signature is required. He has enormous power if he chooses to exercise it. I don't buy into the notion that they just delegate everything.

Political instructions would be whispered ear-to-ear and filtered down through under-secretaries. It will be his orders but not just directly from him and his fingerprints won't be on it allowing him to claim plausible deniability.

On something like Benghazi the idea that Obama/Clinton/Panetta just all went to bed after the generals (or someone) would have told them a CIA outpost was under attack is absurd.

 

[Warlord]

On the AP scandal Holder is claiming he knew nothing about it!!!

Isn't it curious how all these heads of government departments whether it's Clinton, Holder, Panetta or Obama claim to have no idea what's going on underneath them yet I can assure you much more mundane stuff like this would cross their desk on a daily basis even if they're just rubber stamping stuff.

When something goes wrong they just like to claim they knew nothing about it.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

He's not incompetent. He knows exactly what he's doing. It's just not in our best interest.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Does anyone believe that Obama makes even the slightest of decisions? Except for filling out his daily menu for the White House chef? I suspect that the Bush II administration was the exact same thing. Clinton was probably permitted to do some low level tasks.

I don't know where this notion comes from that the president doesn't do anything. Would you care to tell me where this notion came from?

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I disagree. George W Bush is responsible for more deaths than Barrack Obama.

You must be tuned in to the propaganda.

LOL, you mean all the propaganda that George Bush is a great guy and this president is terrible? That's not the propaganda I've been hearing.

 

[anaconda]

America needs to wake up and elect a non-handled president who actually governs competently, shrinks the state and brings back meaningful prosperity.

I don't know that Hillary "failed." I think she presided competently over busting up small oil countries and destabilizing others on behalf of the imperialists. BTW, have we ever had such a President that you describe?

 

[anaconda]

I don't know where this notion comes from that the president doesn't do anything. Would you care to tell me where this notion came from?

They rarely appear to speak with much knowledge on the issues. They never seem to actually do anything. Their cabinets are full of CFR every time, and they are elected with monstrous sums of special interest money. All indications are that their only purpose is to campaign and get elected so that the special interests can completely run the government. Would you care to tell me why you think they actually make the even smallest of decisions?

I chuckle at the way Presidents are portrayed in TV and in the movies as being "in charge."