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Obama Attends About 43 Percent of His Daily Intelligence Briefings
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Posted on 09/12/2012 6:38:08 PM PDT by chessplayer

Has an empty chair been getting 56.2 percent of the president's intelligence briefings?

In light of the news that fatal attacks on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, may well have been pre-planned by al Qaeda operatives, it would behoove the media to scrutinize just how infrequently President Obama sits in on his daily intelligence briefings. As Marc Thiessen noted in an op-ed in Sunday, September 10 edition of the Washington Post, President Obama sat in on his Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) a mere 536 times out of his first 1,225 days in office. That's a mere 43.8 percent of the time. "By contrast, Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush almost never missed his daily intelligence meeting," the American Enterprise Institute fellow noted.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; bhofascism; democrats; derelictionofduty; emptychair; libya; obama; obamatruthfile
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To: IMR 4350

lol, what the heck is zippo’s bathwater?

and if you couldn’t tell, i was being sarcastic..


21 posted on 09/12/2012 7:10:12 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: chessplayer

THE EMPTY CHAIR-MAN Obama, today flies to Las Vegas to escape, escape, escape.


22 posted on 09/12/2012 7:10:26 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: chessplayer

Who is the woman that actually makes the calls in the wh?


23 posted on 09/12/2012 7:12:00 PM PDT by mirkwood
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To: chessplayer

Not nearly as important as golf and taking campaign money.


24 posted on 09/12/2012 7:17:36 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: newnhdad

You know, after this debacle, all you damned Romney haters are getting really sorry. You want Obama in fine. We know your values. He sucks. You suck. You’re all damned worthless scum.


25 posted on 09/12/2012 7:21:58 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: BerryDingle
I'm sure he was told about it anyway, if nothing else, I'm sure LTG "The" Clapper (ret) would tell him in a corner somewhere.

You're sure? What? You have an inside track to the WH? What do you mean "I'm sure"? Give me a break. What makes you think anyone in that administration has the cojones to tell Obama bad news? What? He hasn't been to a security meeting for the past week. What is it that will convince you this ass doesn't give a damn?

26 posted on 09/12/2012 7:25:34 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: bcsco

Those aren’t the droids you are looking for.


27 posted on 09/12/2012 7:25:38 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: going hot; newnhdad

So you say. If he’s dumb enough to make a stupid post like that in these circumstances, then he deserves the rebuke, right or wrong. Anyone. ANYONE not standing fore-square against Obama from yesterday on deserves to be rebuked.


28 posted on 09/12/2012 7:34:16 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: bcsco
Appreciate the strengh of your views.

He posted later that there was an /s implied, and in fact it was understood and fairly apparent.

Now if it was posted by one of the P240 +/-, then it would not be sarcasm, but their inaleinable right to be as wholes.

29 posted on 09/12/2012 7:40:46 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
I am beginning to think that this was supposed to be some protest that sparky had planned to aid him in his peacemaker roll... and the jihadists took advantage of the dumbest pos to ever infect the White House. He is evil and cunning and conniving... but he is just as dumb as biden. These events and those yet to come will destroy the boy king.

LLS

30 posted on 09/12/2012 7:41:19 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer ("if it looks like you are not gonna make it you gotta get mean, I mean plumb mad-dog mean" J. Wales)
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To: chessplayer

the words intelligence and Obama should never be used in the same sentence....or is it paragraph.....or maybe article....perhaps book.....whatever, just never associated with one another!!!


31 posted on 09/12/2012 8:01:55 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: going hot; newnhdad
and in fact it was understood and fairly apparent.

Oh? Then why my reply? You're saying I'm not intelligent enough to see sarcasm when it's implied? Yeah, right. Forgive me for being belligerent tonight, but I'm damn mad about this, and I'm not standing for any division in purpose on our side.

I don't pay attention to the numbers who are anti-Romney. I know individual screen names, but that's about it. And that doesn't preclude some other ObamaBot coming out. Right or wrong, I don't give a damn. Yesterday was the watershed. Either we work together to get this POS out of office, prosecuted, and sent to jail for a damn long time, or we go down the tubes. And anyone with pretensions that Romney is worse than Obama is a dolt. And I'm still waiting for a reply from the person I first addressed...

32 posted on 09/12/2012 8:01:55 PM PDT by bcsco (Bourbon gets better with age...I age better with Bourbon.)
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To: chessplayer

Of all the meetings that dumbass should go to in his role as POTUS... Security briefings should have been the #1 priority. If Urkel was on the road, he still could have arranged to be briefed. Fact is, the the jug eared bastard doesn’t give a rats arse about our National Security.

He’s LAZY. When he does have anything resembling substantive on his calendar (available online) it’s often mid-morning. The time that many of us have already put in 5-6 hours.

So here’s my question following an act of war on our country... what exactly did we get for the BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars shoveled out to Egypt and other muslim crapholes around the world? What Barry, WHAT was the ROI on that??? And what the hell is our foreign policy- can it be explained simply? Sounds like the concept is to give our lunch money to the schoolyard bully, when in fact we can kick that bully’s ass. I’m sorry, just so sick of this crap.


33 posted on 09/12/2012 8:03:46 PM PDT by Made In The USA (Can we cut the BS and just say it like it is?)
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To: newnhdad
yea, romney would be worse...

WOW !!!!! you must have been in one of Baracks intelligence meetings....

34 posted on 09/12/2012 8:06:38 PM PDT by terycarl
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

The jokes write themselves.

One of the longest jokes in recent years was “Dreams of My Father”.

Thanks chessplayer.


35 posted on 09/12/2012 8:14:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
grounds for impeachment and removal from office.
But it will never happen...
36 posted on 09/12/2012 8:17:08 PM PDT by Stayfree (Find products made in the USA by Americans at MadeInTheUSADirectory.com!!)
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To: bcsco
Oh? Then why my reply? I have no idea.

You're saying I'm not intelligent enough to see sarcasm when it's implied?No, i never said that, you are saying that. I do doubt it, however.

Yeah, right. Forgive me for being belligerent tonight, but I'm damn mad about this, and I'm not standing for any division in purpose on our side. Welcome to the club. It is sometimes painful to pound the head against the wall, or argue with hardcore , well rocks.

I don't pay attention to the numbers who are anti-Romney. I know individual screen names, but that's about it. And that doesn't preclude some other ObamaBot coming out. Right or wrong, I don't give a damn.Yes, that is the ticket.

Yesterday was the watershed. Either we work together to get this POS out of office, prosecuted, and sent to jail for a damn long time, or we go down the tubes. Some reached that conclusion sooner, some later, but most have reached it.

And anyone with pretensions that Romney is worse than Obama is a dolt. Treasonous bass turd comes to mind, but that may be too strong in some circles. they have their opinion, and a right to it, after all.

And I'm still waiting for a reply from the person I first addressed...Well, that is between you and him. I will see you later, night.

Oh, and get on your hind legs and fight the good fight.

37 posted on 09/12/2012 8:19:10 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: bcsco

do you really think i was serious? I have been attacked as a homo loving abortionist for stating we need to unite behind anyone that runs against obama. I’m just as upset by the posters here actively working to get obama re-elected. You might want to check posting history before you make personal attacks too.


38 posted on 09/12/2012 8:23:36 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: terycarl

dear leader requires no additional intelligence, he possesses all the intelligence he requires to perform his job, like when to put the nine-iron down and grab the wedge... where to get the best arugula.. and how to operate an i-phone..


39 posted on 09/12/2012 8:30:07 PM PDT by newnhdad (Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)
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To: chessplayer

That’s OK, it’s big boy stuff in that meeting and the little big eared muslim kid from Kenya wouldn’t understand a word of it.


40 posted on 09/12/2012 8:37:19 PM PDT by CodeToad (Be Prepared...They Are.)
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