Graham: 'Ultimate Blame' For Boston Attacks On Administration

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Thursday the administration is to blame for not preventing last week's terror attack at the Boston Marathon finish line.

This marks the first time the attacks have been so politicized in the search for answers for how the two brothers suspected of the bombings slipped past government anti-terror detection measures.

Graham put it in the same category as the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed. Graham and other lawmakers, mostly Republicans, argue the Benghazi attack was a major security failure on the part of the Obama administration.

Asked if Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano bears responsibility for allowing Tamerlan Tsarnaev to fall through the cracks of federal agencies, Graham said the fault falls on a broader scale.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/25/graham-ultimate-blame-for-boston-attacks-on-administration/

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McCain was just on CNN chiming in in agreement with Graham...

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Well, there it is.

Took longer than I expected for them to pull this shit.

[rurallib]

7. I had last Friday in the pool

I also understand Lindsey has some proof that Obama can finally be tied to 9/11

[AtheistCrusader]

9. They definitely started 'crafting the narrative' about that time.

[Rozlee]

34. And Pearl Harbor.

[hibbing]

41. I hear ya

Hey,
Yeah, I was wondering just how long they could wait before it became President Obama's fault, now I know.

Peace

[Blue_Tires]

2. And now the political gamesmanship starts...

at least the GOP was smart enough this time to wait for the dead to get buried...They're getting better advice from their consultants than in the past...

[global1]

27. They Waited Until Obama Said Nice Things About Dubya Today At The Lie-Bury....nt

[FiveGoodMen]

37. If Obama said nice things about Dubya, then he was lying.

[SummerSnow]

3. Ok asshat Graham, tell us how Obama was supposed to prevent this.

Oh and then answer why didn't Bush prevent 9/11? Stupid ass comment.Oh did he blame Obama for the killing of children in Connecticut? No..cause that would mean you would have to talk about gun control. Their phoney outrage is sickening.

[AgingAmerican]

23. Obama should have used the UN "Delphi mind control" technique

to read the brothers minds.

[alp227]

40. +if Romney won would the re thugs STILL blame Obama?

The way it would be spun: "the FBI missed them under Obama", if Romney were president now. heck if Mccain won in 2008 would the right be rushing to blame him??

[Berlum]

4. "...oh, and George AWOL Bush & Cronies are fully to blame for 9/11." - Little Lindsey (R - Wanker)

"I know I'm late with this, but fair is fair and Bush really screwed over America on 9.11, and the ramifications of Republican FAIL continue to echo down the hallways of FAIL even unto today."

- Little Lindsey (R - Wanker)

[HowHasItComeToThis]

14. HEY SNOTTY TAKE IT ON THE CHIN

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Fucking toad!

Blood sucking TOAD!

[Archae]

46. Separated at birth?

[gaspee]

5. Assholes

I think the counter is that if that is true than George W Bush was responsible for 911. Period. I think the FBI should have caught the guy after they were warned by Russia, but that is hardly the fault of the President. More likely the fault of mid-level analysts chasing after too many "tips".

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Let us not forget who appointed the FBI Chief.

I blame Obama for using anyone connected to the Bush gang, in his administration.

I've thought that Muller was a poison pill from the day Bush shoved off back to Texas.

If Obama "Wants to restore faith" in Washington he needs to purge anyone with any connection to Bush.

Just my opinion...

[gaspee]

17. I agree 100% (n/t)

[shanti]

20. and how many of those

mid-level analysts from the bush administration were 'burrowed in'? the problem is that obama never cleaned house after the pukes left.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. When will they begin impeachment? These bastards let that idiot walk free.

[City Lights]

8. Fuck off, Lindsey. nt

[SoapBox]

28. Ditto to the FUCK Off Graham.

[SCVDem]

35. Double ditto!

GFY Graham!

[Raine1967]

10. I'll believe it when I see a PDB stating "Tsarnaev brothers to strike in US"

and that he ignored it. Until then, he needs to STFU. Clown.

[Berlum]

21. + 1,000

[sinkingfeeling]

43. +10,000

[EC]

11. Whatever, Lindsey...

Try this one on...this group got the guys in less than a week....you and your ilk had 8 years and we still had to clean it up for you. It was Obama that got Osama...you guys were just losers all around.

And you talk about Bengasi, maybe we should talk about the more then 10 embassies with much more death that happened during the Bush years. For a while there it seemed like there was an embassy being blown up every week...

[BainsBane]

12. Why put country ahead of party?

Ass wipe.

[Hubert Flottz]

13. I think Lindsey is,

a "Fifth Columnist" and that he should be locked up somewhere, where he can't hurt himself or anyone else.

How dare Lindsey Graham attack our president and undermine the CiC when the country is involved in a "War On Terror?"

"This is no time for a politically based BLAME GAME"..."This is no time to point fingers"...this is no time to PLAY POLITICS"

The sight and sound of Graham makes me sick to my stomach...always parroting John McSame.

The only finger we need to point at that scumbag "Fifth Columnist" enabler, is our middle finger.

Graham's cut throat political antics in public, provides aid and comfort to America's enemies at home and abroad.

Graham wants to divide our country when we need to stick together, for our own national security.

Graham and McCain attack our president anytime anywhere over everything, in an effort to make the president look bad and themselves look good.

Both of these republican "Leaders" think their constant political sniping at the president, should trump national security and the well being of America.

[Iliyah]

15. Who would have thunk.

GOPers are already calling for investigation and already putting blame the the administration so I figure Issa will following suit alonwith the Benghazi onslaught. But while these jerks are doing so, PLEASE go in detail about 9/11 and what went wrong and why. Bring that conversation back up front and also the Embassy attacks as well as the terrorist attacks on American soil during the Bush Adm.

Please.

[madrchsod]

19. i bet the people who are in the hospitals do`t give a shit what he said

they are more concerned about their future than blaming obama for their fate. there`s no big surprise that the republican`s are dancing on the graves of the dead and those who are injured.

there is nothing beneath them when it comes to their hatred of the president of the united states of america.

[watoos]

22. So, when exactly did our government let this family into the country?

Oh, gosh Lindsay, it was 10 -11 years ago that this family was granted asylum here, was Obama President? I forget, you?

[blackspade]

24. Where were they when the chimp failed to protect....

'Merka?

They are such lazy hypocrites.
Pathetic.

[SummerSnow]

25. RethugHypocricy knows no bounds...

Where was their outrage when there was 11 attacks on US embassies under George W.Bush?He really needs to stfu.

[FreeBC]

26. I honestly think Graham is losing it

For the last few years he's gotten progressively crazier. Pretty soon Glenn Beck and Alex Jones will be calling him looney.

[DallasNE]

29. Was There A PDB That Stated

Terrorist cell determined to bomb famous sporting event soon.

President Bush had a PDB stating "bin Laden determined to attack inside US" that even detailed hijacking airliners. He also had FBI field agents in Phoenix and Minneapolis warning about people wanting to learn to fly airliners without learning about takeoff or landings. Where was Graham when it came to placing blame for 9/11, which on a scale of magnitude is nearly 1,000 fold greater. I thought so, Bush wasn't a black Democrat.

[The Second Stone]

30. The ultimate responsibility lies with the perpetrators

anyone who says otherwise is siding with terrorists before our own country's government.

[Orsino]

31. If only Graham had warned us in time that the president was planning the attack!

Guess the really ultimate blame is Graham's.

[iamthebandfanman]

32. No offense/disrespect to my LGBT brothers and sisters but..

I just wish this guy would come out of the closet already. Ive been waiting for years!

[Rozlee]

39. He and McCain always make me think of telling the two of them to get a room.

[riderinthestorm]

33. Knew this was going to happen. Since Benghazi fizzled as their "blame Obama target"

I knew they'd seize on the Boston Marathon bombings.

Ugh.

They are despicable human beings.

[SunSeeker]

36. Lindsey Graham is a traitorous piece of shit. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

38. Curious. Has Graham said anything about West, Texas, yet?

other than it was the administration's fault for having too many regulations and inspectors?

[go west young man]

42. Graham has become the Orly Taitz

of the Republican party. They have quite a few but Graham is in the running for first place.

[crim son]

44. I recall blaming the shrub for 9/11, like, yesterday.

Of course Obama will get the blame this time around. That's how it works.

[Kingofalldems]

45. Well then Bush must be responsible for 911

Only conclusion I can draw.