Susan Collins, R-ME: "Obama Admin can't see foreign terrorist when he stands right in front of them"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

VIDEO @ the URL below.



Former President George W. Bush (r), trained seal (l)

January 30, 2010 C-SPAN

U.S. President Barack Obama has a "blind spot" when it comes to the "war on terrorism," a Republican Party spokeswoman said Saturday.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaking during the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, criticized the Obama administration for treating terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as "an ordinary criminal" rather than as an enemy combatant, thus showing "a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism."

"Because of that blindness, this administration cannot see a foreign terrorist even when he stands right in front of them, fresh from an attempt to blow a plane out of the sky on Christmas Day," she said.
"There's no other way to explain the irresponsible, indeed dangerous, decision on Abdulmutallab's interrogation. There's no other way to explain the inconceivable treatment of him as if he were a common criminal."

Collins, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, blasted what she had was a decision by Abdulmutallab's interrogators to read him his Miranda rights shortly after being arrested for allegedly trying to ignite a bomb aboard a Christmas Day Northwest Airlines flight. She said Abdulmutallab, who had been talking to investigators for 50 minutes up until that point, wouldn't talk afterward. (UPI)

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/cspanjunkie/obama-wouldnt-recognize-terrorist-blow

[treestar]

1. Geez, there were witnesses and physical evidence

There can't be a reasonable fear that he won't be convicted.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

2. He was standing in front of them the other day

and the idiots were made fools of!

[Botany]

3. ATTN: Susan Collins

Shut the fuck up.

[TexasObserver]

4. She is the only politician in America as stupid as George W. Bush.

She is so painfully stupid it's difficult to hear her talk.

[TheBigotBasher]

16. Michelle Baarfman is up there

on levels of stupid.

[belpejic]

5. I find Collins' statements really offensive

I know she's an incompetent idiot, and annoying as hell, but I find all of this a bit unseemly. Yes, mistakes were made, but to make such craven political hay out of it? Hey Susan, does the name Richard Reid ring a bell? For shame.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Hmmmmm how in the hell do republicans know what terrorist look like

guess they are so used to them, especially in their own party they have first hand knowledge. And little old Susan Collins, world traveler I suppose to all the terrorist capitals of the world. tsk tsk tsk those republicans they know how to sling it, but to really tell the truth about it, that's what they can't do.

[Catshrink]

13. Roger Ailes said on This Week this morning that

"we know what they look like. They aren't Norwegians." But what would you expect from him?

[high density]

7. why is she attacking the president at a time of war?

I thought Republicans didn't do that?

Can we lock up Collins without a lawyer? Sounds like she's a traitor.

[deminks]

8. Nothing worse than a desparate thug.

They will take money from anybody and say anything they are told to say. Security is all they think they have left. Torture is all they know.

[tanyev]

9. Look out, Susan! There's a terrorist standing right in front of you in that picture!

[leftofcool]

10. And your guy was reading "My Pet Goat"

during what?

[Frustratedlady]

11. I thought they said he was "singing like a bird" and giving them all kinds of info.

Maybe they were hoping for waterboarding so they could get Cheney and George off the hook.

I think they get their jollies out of watching people being tortured, but I'm really surprised about Collins. I gave her more credit than that.

[Strelnikov_]

12. And this is one of the 'moderates' Obama is trying to reach out to.

I understand why he has to do it, has to at least try.

But this underscores the fact that this whole bipartisanship thing is a one way street. Hopefully, the Presidents strategy regarding this will work.

[Lyric]

14. Terra! Fear! Terra! Fear!

Where the hell is the duct tape????

It is no small coincidence, I might add, that Susan Collins' #1 campaign contributor was General Dynamics--a defense contractor.

[jpak]

15. Yeah Sue - you were trying to wrestle-down Mohamed Atta at the Portland Jet Port on 9/11

You cans see a furrin terrorism a mile away!

dipshit

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