Barney Frank On Cantor Crediting Bush For Killing Bin Laden: ‘That’s Just Sad'

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

Barney Frank On Cantor Crediting Bush For Killing Bin Laden: ‘That’s Just Sad’


....................House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) said in a statement, “I commend President Obama who has followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice.”



ThinkProgress asked Rep. Barney Frank (R-MA) to respond to Cantor’s comment and Frank didn’t mince words:

FRANK: Well first of all, I think, let’s give discredit where it is due. For Eric Cantor to phrase it that way, to say he followed the vigilance of President Bush is a degree of key partisanship that exceeded what I even expected from Cantor. That’s just sad. <...>

If Bush had gotten Osama after Clinton had failed do you think Eric Cantor would’ve given Clinton credit and said, “Oh good Bush got Osama bin Laden, he showed the same vigilance as Bill Clinton”? No. Not even close.



Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/02/frank-cantor-bin-laden/

[polichick]

1. Cantor is a pathetic little man.

[Iliyah]

2. That is sad

what spoil brats these gopers are.

[valerief]

19. He makes my skin crawl. nt

[freshwest]

20. +1,000,000

[Somawas]

26. Skeevy little mofo, too.

[Bozita]

30. I wouldn't buy a new car from that lying sonofabitch

Don't even mention a used car.

[JI7]

3. that is sad, pathetic , ignorant etc i thought the same reading about the fools at Bush's home

putting up thank you bush signs. and of course the freeper posts thanking him.

the truth is if Bush was still President we still wouldn't have gotten Bin LAden. nor would there be any effort to get him.

[66 dmhlt]

4. Did we REALLY expect a Note of Grace from Teapublicans?

[CoffeeCat]

5. Cantor is simply speaking....

...to the psychopathic, ignorant, bitter, jealous, goofball faction in the Republican party who seem
to love Cantor's signature brand of malarkey.

[indepat]

11. Utterances one would expect only from some cockamamie cockalorum

:patriot:

[sakabatou]

13. Not to mention, from his ass as well

:evilgrin:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. A great many of those who

reside on the right side of the aisle are trying desperately to get GWB into the spotlight on this. We should just resurrect the quote from 2002 where * says "He's not important any more" or words to that effect, and reply, GWB didn't care............ :bounce:

[SoapBox]

7. Absolutely pathetic! Tell him HERE:

http://cantor.house.gov/

Tell this worm that he's full of "it"!

[jwirr]

17. As usual he is holding a congressional office that makes him

responsible to all of us and his site wants a zip code so they can ignore us.

[No Elephants]

8. Remember the kid who asked the teacher iif there was any homework when

the teacher forgot to make an assignment? Cantor reminds me of that kid.

[PATRICK]

9. I wonder about the sole

attempt that Britain INSISTED upon of pursuing Al Qaeda in Afghanistan first. Was the rush to wrap up the campaign the reason the Tora Bora siege bungled? Sure the army didn't want to risk heavy losses inside that maze, but how much was due to the poor management back in Washington? Certainly didn't care about losses in Iraq which had no nukes and nothing to do with 911 or Al Qaeda. Bush wouldn't even have pursued Osama at all if it hadn't been for Tony Blair. In words and actions, bungling 911 in the first place, exactly where did Bush show focus on the end or succeed in any way in getting Bin Laden?

If the parties and policies were reversed, the Dems would be defenseless as inveterate GOP liars and scoundrels seem never to be. Denial and assuming of credit shows their only consistence is setting the truth on its head.

No one making today's typical talking points can be trusted to run anything or display any grace or fairness. Same low expectations for much of the royalist media as well.

[Marblehead]

10. Cantor

is a steamy pile of...

[chelsea0011]

12. Explains everything you need to know about him

Can you imagine what he would say about the President if Obama said he doesn't give any thought to bin Laden and where he is? Canter is a turd.

[Hoyt]

14. If bush had read and understood intelligence like Obama, 9/11 might have been avoided.

I imagine right wingers will be saying a lot of unbelievable chit to recover some sense of pride -- but it ain't gonna work except with the sheeple. I wonder what asses like Limbaugh are saying.

[rasputin1952]

15. Cantor must have a political Death Wish...

this is the same crap Limbaugh was trying to push today too. Should have known, these jerks would explode if they PO an ounce of praise...little rat-face and the porcine emperor...nice pair.

[jwirr]

16. President Obama did not follow booosh's lead. He made the capture

of OBL the priority and handed it over to a law enforcement agency, the CIA, instead of to the Pentagon who took the whole military along with them on the search. He made it a issue of law instead of a military issue. Which should have been done from day one.

[AlbertCat]

18. followed the vigilance of President Bush

Imagine if Dubya had followed CLINTON'S VIGILANCE on terror. We might not have had a 9/11.... and killed Bin Laden years ago.


Paging Richard Clark....!


I'm sure, Obama has been way more vigilant than Bush ever was....



....now watch this drive......

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Wow, how pathetic is that of GOoPer goober Cantor??

sheesh, what a douchebag.

[notadmblnd]

22. So he doesn't remember Bush saying that he didn't give Osama bin Laden much thought?

There's plenty of video out there that the MSM can show to refresh his memory. Stupid pukes, just don't know when to sit back and just keep their mouths shut.

[MarinCoUSA]

23. Ronald Reagan! OBL kill has Reagan's finger prints all over it. Sheeesh. What r u people thinking?

It's just like the Civil War and WWII.
Ronald Reagan made all this possible.
Sheeesh people get a grip, read a book of sumpin'.

Now pass me back my tinfoil hat please. In my jubilation it somehow slipped off.

[high density]

24. I'm trying to imagine if it were the other way around...

If Obama was President and failed to get Osama and then Bush came in later and killed Osama.

ZERO Republicans would be praising Obama.
ZERO Democrats would be praising Obama.

What is up with these stupid Republicans?

[diane in sf]

25. Bush wouldn't have killed Bin Laden, not only was he a family friend, he provided the PNACers

with their Pearl Harbor like event that they wished for so badly (LIHOP, MIHOP anyone?) and helped them make their wet dream of conquering the Middle East a reality. Oh yeah, that last thing didn't happen--the kind of disappointment all too frequent for those who think reality can be created just by their wishes.

[Historic NY]

27. brains, patience, preparation, cooperation, skill doesn't sound like W

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x666595

[LibGranny]

28. Obviously a Repuke "talking point" to give the bushie

some credit for killing Bin Ladin! They're all saying the same BS - especially that idiot Palin.

[bvar22]

29. You might want to correct your OP.

"...Rep. Barney Frank (R-MA)..."


Barney Frank is NOT a Republican.

[Politicalboi]

31. I suspect the poster

Watches too much Faux Noise. LOL!

[and-justice-for-all]

32. What a fucking liar!!!!!!!

“I commend President Obama who has followed the vigilance of President Bush..." Are you fucking serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to smack the taste out of his damn mouth.

[PurityOfEssence]

33. Must be tough for a guy as smart as Frank to keep a straight face around a slobbering ninny like him

Cantor is just a nincompoop. He's got good frontman looks, and that's it.

The sheer juvenility of this is just plain silly.

[Sirius1]

34. ha.ha.ha.

Just what i was thinking...