Harry Truman had a sign on his desk that read, “The buck stops here.”
Many presidents since that time have tried to conduct themselves with that motto as their guideline.
That’s certainly not the case with our current President. Oh sure, he’s eager to take credit when something goes right in this country, even if he has to stretch the truth to the breaking point to do so. But when things go wrong, as just about everything has since he was elected, no one has been quicker than our evader in chief to pass the buck.
The latest example of this occurred Sunday night during his interview with Steve Kroft on “60 Minutes.” Kroft, who is normally one of the friendliest questioners the president could face, asked how the Muslim extremists who call themselves the Islamic State became so powerful so quickly. “How did they end up where they are in control of so much territory?” Kroft asked the president. “Was that a complete surprise to you?”
The president’s reply made it clear that he wasn’t the one who got it wrong. Passing the buck, he said: “Well, I think, our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria.”
Needless to say, members of the intelligence community are furious at Obama for throwing them under the bus. One former senior Pentagon official has been quoted as saying, “Either the President doesn’t read the intelligence he’s getting or he’s bullshitting.”
We now know that he skips the vast majority of his intelligence briefings. According to the Government Accountability Institute, which tracks such things, the President attended only 42.43 percent of his intelligence briefings during his first term. And since his re-election, his attendance record at intelligence briefings has dropped to 41.26 percent.
Hamas is attacking Israel. Russia has invaded Ukraine. The whole Middle East is smoldering. Ebola is no longer just in Africa, it’s spreading everywhere. Boko Haram is massacring innocent people. ISIS is getting bigger and stronger with each passing day. Iran and North Korea are threatening. American Cities are crumbling. Our southern border is dissolving. The National debt is skyrocketing. ObamaCare is falling apart. The IRS is violating the law. Our enemies are laughing at us. But Obama's two biggest priorites are GOLF and FUND RAISING.
Even the news media, which have been loyal in their devotion to Obama, are now turning on him. It would appear that honeymoon is finally over. Richard Engel, the chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC, said on the air: It’s surprising that the president said that U.S. intelligence missed this one…. Everyone knew that Islamic extremists were on the rise in Syria and in Iraq. It was well-documented. The extremists were publicizing their activities online; they were bragging about it. This was no bib secret. Even The New York Times, one of Obama’s strongest supporters, refused to let Obama get away with this one.
There is nothing new about passing the buck rather than taking responsibility himself. That’s what he did when it became obvious to everyone that the government’s website for Obamacare was an absolute disaster; or when Muslim extremists murdered four Americans, including our ambassador, in Benghazi, Libya; or when it was confirmed that the IRS was harassing and intimidating conservative organizations; or, countless other occasions.
Harry Truman wouldn’t believe it…
UPDATE:
A Pentagon Official Just Turned Against Obama And
Revealed His Brazen Lies
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