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'We did not know': 9 times the Obama administration was blindsided
FOX News ^ | June 19, 2014

Posted on 06/21/2014 4:38:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The unfolding sectarian violence in Iraq is just the latest crisis where the Obama administration seemingly has been caught off guard. From the Veterans Affairs scandal to Russia's swift annexation of Crimea, news of the world somehow keeps taking the commander-in-chief and his team by surprise.

The following is a refresher of major domestic and foreign policy developments that, apparently, were news to the White House.

1. Islamist militants gaining in Iraq.

2. Russia's intervention in Ukraine.

3. NSA spying on foreign leaders.

4. VA waiting list scandal.

5. IRS targeting scandal.

6. HealthCare.gov failing.

7. DOJ obtaining AP phone records.

8. Fast and Furious scandal.

9. Air Force One flyover in Manhattan.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: failure; obama; obamacorrupt; obamalawless; obamascandals; scandal; tyranny

1 posted on 06/21/2014 4:38:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The crypto-Moslem, imposed by Pelosi’s pejury,
manufactured and created every one of the 9.

And all were SERIALLY ENABLED by Boehner and McConnell.
Every one.


2 posted on 06/21/2014 4:41:08 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The White House did not know because the media did not tell him. The media did not know because there was no ideological propaganda value in covering anything with respect to Iraq. The Iraq-as-disaster meme went moot when Bush left office.

Other than blaming everything and anything on Bush when the need arose, there was no more need to parade IEDs, suicide bombings, uprisings and the like before the American public. Obama was in charge so all is bright.


3 posted on 06/21/2014 4:45:24 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Blindsided? Its called plausible deniability when discovered. These are merely examples of just some of the vile Obama policies that have seen some light. Most of the intentional actions that are decaying America are continuing unseen. It would take historians and archivists years just to document and uncover what has happened in the State Department alone. If Republicans ever regain executive power, the document shredding and computer purges will be unprecedented.


4 posted on 06/21/2014 4:55:59 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Gaffer
blaming everything and anything on Bush = WHITEY.
5 posted on 06/21/2014 5:04:31 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t nuthin’


6 posted on 06/21/2014 5:26:19 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Diogenesis
"crypto-Moslem"? Are you sure about that?

Ask a moslem friend or anyone from the middle east what they think. Is he a moslem or not? I don't think there is anything "crypto" about it.

7 posted on 06/21/2014 5:29:43 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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To: allendale
If it wasn't for the press this guy wouldn't know anything.
8 posted on 06/21/2014 5:33:38 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
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To: Former Proud Canadian

Before Obama was elected the first time, an immigrant from Malaysia asked my sister, “What is wrong with your people? Don’t they know he’s a muslim?”

The rest of the world knows he’s a muslim. We are the only people who deny his Islamism.


9 posted on 06/21/2014 5:43:13 AM PDT by abclily
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In many ways, it's not surprising these news items and much of everything this administration does are mystery to the Obama administration...

Almost all of Obama inner circle and most of his top level political appointments are ideologically driven rather than reality based: they think "policy" supersedes reality because they live in ideological bubble...where their policy is obviously superior to the actual facts on the ground, because their policies can never be wrong...

After all, they thought it was correct so it MUST be...

Because of their massive arrogance they cannot see the forest for the tress...

10 posted on 06/21/2014 5:50:08 AM PDT by Popman ("Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson)
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If it wasn’t for the press, this guy wouldn’t be in office.


11 posted on 06/21/2014 5:53:10 AM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the administration is that ignorant they have no business working for us.

If I had employees that dumb, they would be looking for another job.


12 posted on 06/21/2014 6:39:17 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: abclily

+10.


13 posted on 06/21/2014 7:42:17 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
news to the White House: 1. Islamist militants gaining in Iraq. 2. Russia's intervention in Ukraine. 3. NSA spying on foreign leaders. 4. VA waiting list scandal. 5. IRS targeting scandal. 6. HealthCare.gov failing. 7. DOJ obtaining AP phone records. 8. Fast and Furious scandal. 9. Air Force One flyover in Manhattan.

ABC, NBC, CNN and MSNBC didn't catch any of these either...

14 posted on 06/21/2014 9:15:14 AM PDT by GOPJ (Hey IRS - those receipts you wanted? The dog ate 'em.)
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