ABC: About That 3 a.m. Call… Clinton Defends Obama’s National Security Chops

[ellisonz]

By Kirit Radia
Oct 23, 2011 6:53pm
About That 3 a.m. Call… Clinton Defends Obama’s National Security Chops

Now that Osama bin Laden, Moammar Gadhafi and Anwar al-Awlaki have meet their end under President Obama’s term in office, how does Hillary Clinton feel about Obama’s ability to handle national security issues, namely those “3 a.m. calls” she implied he wouldn’t be able to handle during the 2008 presidential primary campaign?

“President Obama has passed with flying colors every leadership challenge,” Clinton said today on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Asked about her accusation during their heated battle for the Democratic nomination that Obama wouldn’t be able to handle emerencies, the secretary of state, who by many accounts works well with the president, defended her boss.

“I think this president has demonstrated that, in a still very dangerous world, it’s important to have someone at the helm of our country who understands how to manage what is an incredibly complex world now,” she said. “Yes, we have a lot of threats, but we also have opportunities, and I think President Obama has grasped that and has performed extraordinarily well.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/about-that-3-a-m-call-clinton-defends-obamas-national-security-chops/

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[customerserviceguy]

1. In 2016, she's going to claim credit

for everything that went right during the Obama administration, whether it is a four year one or an eight year one.

She still wants one more grab at the brass ring.

[babylonsister]

2. She also speaks the truth: President Obama has stepped up to the

plate and performed stunningly for a man with no 'chops'.

[customerserviceguy]

4. She's being a good little soldier

and making sure he gets the credit. And Barack Obama has taken the national security issue off the table for the Rethugs, all they can argue is that he hasn't moved fast enough.

But I don't think it's going to be the burning issue of next year's election, unless the Islamic world starts turning on itself before November, 2012. I think that's entirely possible.

[babylonsister]

5. And he's been and continues to be a damn fine President, as

Clinton validates, whether you chose to concur or not.

[customerserviceguy]

6. In this area, he certainly has

But that doesn't mean she won't try to take all the credit for it in four years.

[Pirate Smile]

7. That wont work and she wont even try. She's doing her job and being a good SOS - and Democrat.

[customerserviceguy]

8. And keeping her options open, just the same. n/t

[ellisonz]

10. I think many here could learn something here from Hillary about...

...fidelity.

[SkyDaddy7]

21. +1000! Nt.

[polmaven]

13. She has said...more than once

that she will NOT run for president again. As a matter of fact, she has indicated that she does not want a second term as SoS. Apparently you know more than she what her plans are for the future,eh?

Hillary Clinton's name will not be on the ballot in 2016 - for either the primary or the general election. How often does she need to say it?

[customerserviceguy]

14. I stand by my prediction

There was no reason to go into the administration unless she wanted something else for her resume. She could have easily stayed in as US Senator from NY, but that was only used as a steppingstone. The SoS postion is nothing but a further steppingstone on the way to the top.

I don't believe her, but you are perfectly entitled to do so.

[Honeycombe8]

22. SOS is not a stepping stone to the Presidency. Maybe it's happened

a time or two, when a President was ALSO a four star General or something. But it typically has been of no benefit to running for the Presidency. It is not a position where a person makes policy. The SOS follows orders and implements policy decisions. They also offer advice, which may or may not be taken. They also run the State Dept. In other words, it's a bureaucratic position. Not a springboard to a leadership position. That would be the VP slot.

[KoKo]

3. I dunno...but it seems she felt somethings good about the policy. Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2159444

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. His national security chops are largely indisputable now

Only the real anti-Obama fanatics and assorted right wing crazies even bother to make the argument anymore.

[ellisonz]

11. So much for Democrats being weak on foreign policy...

That old canard is swimming with the fishes and Osama Bin Laden.

[KoKo]

17. It's true what you say... The Dem Party will never be the "Anti-Vietnam, Peace-Nik Hippies

EVER AGAIN!

The Re-BRANDING of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS COMPLETE.

[Enthusiast]

12. How did he do against the true enemy -Wall Street?

And how did Obama do against corporate rule in general?

[KoKo]

18. "Don't Ask...and the "Won't Tell." ....Who Coulda' Known?

OP Word from RW Think Tanks.

[Vattel]

15. His failure in Afghanistan, his unconsitutional war in Libya,

his killing of many innocent people as "collateral damage"--all great stuff for the hopelessly militaristic.

[ellisonz]

16. Because when the Taliban...

...throw acid in the face of a little girl going to school. It's Obama's fault. Yay, Taliban. :spank:

[KoKo]

19. Acid in the face of little girl going to school? "Incubator Babies Plug Pulled by Saddam!"

Proven Lie in Saddam's case...and we have RW THINK TANKS, Drudge, Limbaugh and the MSM being fed and feeding this propaganda to us 24/7...and you've learned nothing in these years as a Democrat?

[ellisonz]

20. You're very wrong. The pictures accompanying these reports must be photoshopped then?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27713077/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/22/afghanistan-gender-women-taliban
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/11/20081112111240476386.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmpewHomWdk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_attack

Seriously? You need to do some homework about the world. And how dare you question by Democratic credentials because I do my thinking for myself and don't just follow the crowd. :eyes:

[BlueIris]

23. Now, now, Americans like killers. So it's valid for him to use that as a job credential.

WINNING.