No Dithering Around
Decisive presidential action as O leaps into action, orders a full review of how the reality TV crashers managed to take over his party, make him look silly. Politico:
President Barack Obama has ordered a full review into how a Virginia couple managed to make their way into the White House for last week’s state dinner without an invitation, even getting so far as to meet the president in the official receiving line, according to a White House official.
Three days after a pair of Virginia socialites and reality TV wannabes crashed the administration’s first state dinner, the White House acknowledged for the first time Friday that they met Obama himself at the event – raising even more questions about whether the breach could have posed a security risk.
We haven’t seen this kind of into-the-breach rapid response since Obama accused Sgt. Crowley of “acting stupidly.” No, make that since Obama called for the Beer Summit after he accused Sgt. Crowley of “acting stupidly.” No pussyfooting around, he wants action. It’s impressive. Very decisive. Very presidential-like.* No messing around with, “I’ll review it when I feel like it. After I review the review. No wait, I want a full review of the review of the review.” I’d call this a pretty positive development. Maybe we can think about applying this kind of decisive approach to broader national security issues.
HotAir with the vid: Crashers’ entrance announced!
NYT‘s take on the news, includes the background about the Salahi family running a winery, enjoying a tipple, having all kinds of debt. Hey, that sounds all kinds of haram.
Jammie Wearing Fool thinks they’re in for harsh reality. IRS probe, etc. Whatever, I just hope it’s harsh reality TV. What more do Mr. and Mrs. Salahi have to do to prove they are a world-class reality TV act?
* Look, I know what you’re going to say. Obama doesn’t need to order a full review. The Secret Service had already figured out for itself it needs a full review. Maybe, just to make the point, Rahm Emanual could order the full review. The president needs to concern himself with a couple of wackjob publicity seekers … doesn’t he have more important things to do? What’s he going to do next, start calling in experts. Have a sitdown with Joe Biden.
(One thing I would not recommend is a full review of Tareq Salahi. Don’t want to find out whether there’s anything to that chatter about him being an Alestinian-Pay Ctivist-Ay. Could get awkward. You could find yourself in civil rights violation territory quick if it turns out he ever sent any money to Save the Hamas Children.)
I say let’s give O a chance. This is like a set of 3 a.m. training wheels. You’re the president of the United States and some Palestinian businessman and his blonde shicksa or whatever the Arab equivalent is just waltzed into your state dinner with reality TV cameras in tow. You’re the president of the United States and, I dunno, Iran is shooting demonstrators, or the Taliban is acting up and your general needs to launch that counterinsurgency, something like that … whaddaya gonna do? “Full Review! Now!” This kind of experience is going to come in handy when he gets around to being presidential.
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Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:27 am Comments (10) on Saturday, November 28, 2009
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November 28th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Amateur Hour at the White House airs daily.
November 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
He can’t even get no respect from a bunch of reality-show dweebs.
November 28th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
American Power tracked-back with, ‘Pumping Celebrity, White House Publishes Dinner-Crasher Pics on Flickr: Yet, Tareq and Michaele Security Breach a Major Blow to Obama Administration’.
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