Obama in Poland - Our pretty sacred rule - We don't leave men behind.

[NavyCanDo]

[mystery-ak]

Tell that to Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods

[NavyCanDo]

[NavyCanDo]

At the end of the statement he tries to cover himself or point blame at congress, by saying "we consulted with congress for quite some time about the posibility of a prisoner exchange."

Consulting and getting approval is not the same thing.   

[rb224315]

[PzLdr]

Obama's in Poland? Where are those Panzer Divisions and Stukas when you really need them? And yes, I'd leave Il Douche behind.

[mystery-ak]

Sgt. Tahmooressi is asking *what about me*....

[NavyCanDo]

Sgt. Tahmooressi is asking *what about me*....

My first thought as well when I heard the radio sound-bite this morning. The 100,000+ petition is now on the White House website asking President Obama to demand the release of a Marine sergeant Tahmooressi from a Mexico prison - but it does't serve Obama politically, so the sergeant and the petition will be ignored.  Not just by the white house, but also by the mainstream media.

[mystery-ak]

This is another thing that pisses me off..we now need a petition to get the president's attention on a Marine held in a foreign jail...

[DCPatriot]

Cannot stand that redhead young woman who is the State Department spokeswoman.....that smirk, with a liberal dash of contempt.   

[NavyCanDo]

This is another thing that pisses me off..we now need a petition to get the president's attention on a Marine held in a foreign jail...

We have a representative government, (I think).   Where in the Constitution does it say the President will listen when he has a petition containing 100,000 signatures?   That silly white house petition idea should have ended before it began.   

[rb224315]

Cannot stand that redhead young woman who is the State Department spokeswoman.....that smirk, with a liberal dash of contempt.   

It's hard to fathom but I think she's almost as self-deluded as Jay Carney and is probably as big a liar as him or Stephanie Cutter.  Now, I don't throw around the "liar" label indiscriminately.  Obama, Carney, and Cutter--and most likely the State spokeswoman--all continue to say things that are verified to be untrue and they keep defending those things.

[rb224315]

We have a representative government, (I think).   Where in the Constitution does it say the President will listen when he has a petition containing 100,000 signatures?   That silly white house petition idea should have ended before it began.   

I don't think the constitutionality is the point.  The White House created a mechanism for constituents to lodge questions/concerns/complaints/rude remarks and included the parameters required for getting an "official" response.  In more than one case they haven't honored their own parameters.

I agree that the whole idea is silly.  It's nothing more than an attempt by the regime to show Obama as a "man of the people".  But, if they're going to use this silly thing they should honor their own rules.