Posted on 01/16/2017 9:38:19 AM PST by John Semmens
In the midst of his lengthy farewell address, outgoing President Barack Obama averred that "one of my proudest accomplishments has been that there have been no Islamic terror attacks on my watch." A key to this accomplishment has been the clever reclassification of murders committed by self-professed jihadis as "other types of crimes."
The murder of 13 unarmed soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas in November 2009 by a Muslim praising Allah during the shooting spree was characterized as "workplace violence" by the Obama Administration.
The detonation of a bomb killing three and maiming dozens at the Boston Marathon by two foreign-born Muslims in April 2013 was deemed to be a "stumper" by the Obama Administration. "The younger Muslim had 'movie star' looks," Obama observed. "Given this great asset his involvement remains a mystery to this day. My bet is on a sibling rivalry gone horribly wrong."
In Chattanooga, Tennessee a devout Muslim shot and killed five at a Navy recruitment center in July 2015. "This couldn't be Islamic terrorism because Islam is a religion of Peace," Obama contended. "So it can't be this young man's religious devoutness that accounts for the event. It must be something deeper inside his psyche."
A "very religious" Muslim husband and wife team attacked a company Christmas party in 2015 and murdered 14 of the husband's co-workers. "The fact that this took place at a place of employment pretty clearly demonstrates that 'workplace violence' is the real motive behind this tragedy," Obama argued. This was despite the couple's proclaimed allegiance to ISIS after their rampage.
In June 2016, an Islamic fanatic massacred 49 at a gay night club in Miami, Florida. "Clearly, this was anti-gay violence of the sort we might see from any home grown bigot," Obama insisted. "To imply that Islam was in some way a factor is a slander."
There also have been dozens of lesser known "honor" killings involving mostly Muslim-on-Muslim mayhem and numerous crimes carried out by Muslims murdering apostates, heretics, Jews, and Christians. In each and every case, the Obama Administration has sought to promulgate "personal," "idiosyncratic," and "indeterminate" motives for the commission of these crimes.
So there you have it. Where normal people would be inclined to jump to the conclusion that Muslims committing these acts for professed religious reasons, and in many cases, using traditional Islamic methods like beheading a victim, President Obama has reassured a concerned nation that there has been no Islamic threat during his presidency. It's "all in our heads."
In related news, Obama disavowed any personal responsibility for the decline of the Democratic Party during his tenure as president. In the eight years of his Administration, the Democratic Party lost a net of 13 US Senate seats, 69 House seats, 12 governorships, and 900 state legislative seats. "Polls show I am extraordinarily popular with the American people," the President boasted. "I am the 'coolest' president this nation has ever had. I'm far more popular than my successor. It is the rest of the members of the Democratic Party who have failed to keep pace."
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Obama says he’s leaving w/ high approval polls.
But most people are just plain relieved that he’s finally leaving office.....that showed up in the polls.
He sure has had a lot of last, last, last interviews.
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