GOP: Bush "Kept us safe," but won't credit Obama

[Alcibiades]

Peggy Noonan three years ago:

"There was no grousing about John McCain, and considerable grousing about the Bush administration, but it was almost always followed by one sentence, and this is more or less what it was: "But he kept us safe." In the seven years since 9/11, there were no further attacks on American soil. This is an argument that's been around for a while but is newly re-emerging as the final argument for Mr. Bush: the one big thing he had to do after 9/11, the single thing he absolutely had to do, was keep it from happening again. And so far he has."

"If a president presides over prosperity, whether he had anything to do with it or not, he gets the credit. If he has a recession, he gets the blame. The same with war, and terrorist attacks. We have not been attacked since 9/11. Someone—someones—did something right."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122843788060281477.html

Peggy Noonan today:

"Let’s start with credit where it’s due. The U.S. Navy SEALs did it and deserve our profound thanks and deep admiration."

Of course, if it had been done under Bush, she'd have credited him up front, on line one. She does go on, grudgingly to credit Obama, but quickly turns to criticism over not proving Osama's death. Hey, wait, I had thought conservatives were supposed to join in, in lockstep, behind the president when he feels secrecy is necessary to protect our safety and that of our troops? Oh, right, that's only when there's a Republican in the White House.

Any other examples of this sort of thing? Let's start a list. Google up phrases like "Bush kept us safe" and compare and contrast these folks with what they are saying today.
Any other examples of this sort of

[Alcibiades]

1. And why is it that Obama's bar is higher?

When there were "no terror attacks on US soil after 9-11" (not true anyway, but whatever), why does Bush get credit, but for the more ambitious goal of actually killing the 9-11 mastermind, Obama gets no credit?

[SoCalDem]

14. because the default position of the US has been set at conservative for a very long time

and any democrat that gets into office is seen as a usurper..a false presidency..an mistake waiting to be corrected..

Even as Clinton twisted into a pretzel trying to placate conservatives,they still viciously attacked him (he did give them the ammunition, though).

History shows us that conservatives/republicans are inept at governing when it comes to economics, and are only good at getting us into wars we cannot win, as we bankrupt ourselves trying, the press seems to think they are still the default position.

[NICO9000]

16. Well said!

:yourock:

[Alcibiades]

17. True

But it's the media, rather than the people, who have been bought and paid for by conservatives. This makes it seem as though, sometimes, there is a vast populist conservative movement: it's not nearly so vast as it is sometimes portrayed.

[malaise]

2. Fugg Peggy Noonan

Nothing she says changes this simple fact Obama got Osama

[Richardo]

3. "Bush kept all except 3,000 of us safe."

[jtrockville]

13. How the HELL did that "kept us safe" meme ever gain traction?

Oh right. I forgot:
Up is down.
Black is white.
War is peace.

[Alcibiades]

4. There's also the issue of Abu Ghraib photos

Back then, we were supposed to think that it was good to keep photos secret if it was thought they would incite terror. Now, the same folks are demanding bin Laden death porn.

[indepat]

5. Peggy Noonan had her nose so far up the gipper's ass that surely she's lost all sense

of rationality and therefore has no credibility. :patriot:

[Alcibiades]

8. Yeah, obviously

Of course, there's no credibility with any of these folks. Their first instinct is always to lie and spin: I'm just saying we should not miss the opportunity to point this out.

[LatteLibertine]

6. Why is the Obama bar higher? Black tax.

[Wounded Bear]

7. "Kept us safe" by scaring us on a regular basis....

Terra, terra, terra.

Orange, yellow, orange, yellow, orange, usually timed with any Democratic advances.

[kentuck]

10. Right!

"Keeping us safe" and keeping us secure are two different things.

[jbfam4]

9. who cares

what the "Drama queen" writes?

[Alcibiades]

11. It serves a heuristic purpose

You and I remember what these people were saying when Bush was doing everything in secret and committing crimes and atrocities in the name of the American people: most people, who have the attention spans of gnats, do not, and so it has to be pointed out to them.

[proud patriot]

12. "Obama needs to apologize" rush limbaugh re death of Osama

[spanone]

15. four words. 'IT happend on their watch'....period....eom

not before....not since....cheney and bu$h* were completely in charge of the country, the cia, the military...etc. etc. etc.