Newt: U.S. at greater risk under Obama [Not since Jimmy Carter have we had an administration.....]

The Politico ^

[Sub-Driver]

Newt: U.S. at greater risk under Obama By: Fred Barbash April 6, 2009 01:40 PM EST

The U.S. is at greater risk of terrorist attack because of the Obama administration's actions, Newt Gingrich said Monday.

In a chat with POLITICO readers, Gingrich also called the administration’s response to the North Korean missile launch a “vivid demonstration of weakness in foreign policy.” He said Obama’s proposals for a resumption of nuclear arms limitation talks reflected “a dangerous fantasy that runs an enormous risk. ... Not since Jimmy Carter have we had an administration this out of touch with reality.”

“Dick Cheney is clearly right in saying that between the court decisions about terrorists and the administration actions, the United States is running greater risks of getting attacked than we were under President Bush,” said the former speaker of the House and Georgia congressman.

Gingrich made his comments in a live reader chat in POLITICO’s Arena forum, where he was asked about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent assertions that the Obama administration’s decision to close the detention center at Guantanamo, among other actions, was making America less safe.

In his comments, Gingrich blasted Obama over a broad array of policy decisions and comments.

On the North Korean missile launch, he said “the embarrassing repudiation of the United States appeal to the United Nations Security Council Sunday afternoon is a vivid demonstration of weakness. This is beginning to resemble the Carter administration’s weakness in foreign policy.”

[lormand]

Carter’s 2nd Administration

[marron]

Not since Jimmy Carter have we had an administration this out of touch with reality.

When the numbers of people in America who are out of touch with reality passes the 50% mark, this is what happens.

Reality is a hard schoolmaster. Its the Louisville Slugger of a schoolmaster, and you keep getting schooled until you either learn the lesson or a brighter and tougher generation grows up and takes the lead, having learned from the mistakes and delusions of their elders.

[GBA]

From the things he said in the campaign and from his actions since becoming President, I believe obama would welcome any and all attacks here as a way to further his divide, control and conquer strategy.

They have spoken often about not letting a crisis go to waste and have perhaps created the financial crisis and then used it to pass a great deal of the liberal agenda, spend massive amounts of money, more or less nationalize the banks and potentially take over GM and sell off Chrysler.

Any domestic terror attack would be exactly the kind of crisis for him to be able to declare some form of martial law and give him almost absolute control.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Ahhh, but...

ACORN will soon arrive to to inform you of the ^real^ reality.

If you don’t agree, YOU A RAYCISS

[jwparkerjr]

There was a sign in the boys’ locker room of my high school that read: “Experience is a tough teacher. She gives test first and the lesson afterwards.” How true.

[the invisib1e hand]

Our enemies couldn’t have picked a better president.

[opus86]

When the numbers of people in America who are out of touch with reality passes the 50% mark, this is what happens.

Exactly. I hope the "Hope and Change" is working for that 50+%. Personally I think it stinks.

[opus86]

I wonder if Newt wants the president to succeed.

[Marysecretary]

WE, Usn’s, the US will be the only ones to get rid of our nukes. Nobody else will and we will be in deep doo.

[clamper1797]

If we got rid of our nukes we would cease to exist in VERY quick order

[colorado tanker]

What's Newt talking about? Zero called for a meeting of the Security Council where they're gonna talk tough, tough I tell you, about maybe, someday, doing some, uh, well, tough sanctions, possibly.

I'm sure Kim was quaking in his jumpsuit.

[Marysecretary]

Yes, exactly.