Blog Comment of The Year

By Dell

Hat Tip - Ace of Spades HQ

The Obama administration is trying every political trick in the book to avoid oversight scrutiny in the Solyndra Affair to deflect responsibility for the total waste of over a half-billion dollars in federal loans to a company that went bankrupt just a few weeks later.

The President addressed the lame stream media in a press conference this past week and said “..But the process by which the decision was made was on the merits.  It was straightforward.  And of course there were going to be debates internally when you’re dealing with something as complicated as this.”

He was trying desperately to convince us that the decision to lend Solyndra a huge amount of money was given great review within his administration, and that there were some “debates internally when you’re dealing with something as complicated as this”.

Now, recall just a few short years back and consider the fact that President George W. Bush had national security council evidence indicating that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction.  That evidence was shared with congressional leaders and the decision to attack Iraq was made with congressional approval.  With the exception of a quantity of nerve gas, the weapons of mass destruction were never found.

Most certainly there were debates internally; the Bush administration was dealing with a complicated issue.  But, the failure in locating weapons of mass destruction came down totally and squarely on Bush.  Democrats screamed “Bush Lied” and the 43rd president of the United States absorbed 100% of the fault.

If Obama is right; that he’s not at fault for this incredibly expensive and embarrassing error and Democrats were right in proclaiming Bush 100% responsible for no WMD in Iraq, consider this:

“So, didn't the media establish, with the internal decision on whether Iraq had WMD, that if the president went with the majority decision in a complicated matter, and the majority was wrong, he was still 100% to blame?” - Commenter 18-1 at Ace of Spades HQ ONT.

You see, it only matters what party you’re talking about when it comes to finding fault.  Democrats, like Obama, are never at fault for anything.  Republicans, like Bush, are at fault for everything.  Jay Carney, the president’s press secretary, went so far as to suggest that Bush was to blame for the Solyndra scandal, which is about as ridiculous as ridiculous can be.

Bring this up with the left wing loonies and they’ll change the subject immediately.

UPDATE:  And he almost gave Solyndra MORE!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/07/energy-department-wanted-to-give-more-money-to-solyndra-emails-show/?test=latestnews