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One of the 99

(2,280 posts) Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:51 PM Mar 2016

Should we give the terrorists power to dictate our President's schedule?

I ask this because that is what everyone complaining about the President not cancelling events yesterday is really saying. They want to terrorists to have the power to disrupt and dictate the President's schedule. So whenever he is scheduled to be at an event they don't like, they'll just have to stage an attack. These people complaining really want to take power away from the President and give it to the terrorists.

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Should we give the terrorists power to dictate our President's schedule? (Original Post) One of the 99 Mar 2016 OP

Yes. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #1

but they didn't Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #2

If the President is on his way to a Broadway show when the Canadian Parliament building is bombed, Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #3

but that's not what happened an you know it Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #7

The question wasn't specifically about what happened yesterday. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #9

perhaps you should be more clear in your postings Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #11

I think there are arguments either way. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #13

So One of the 99 Mar 2016 #18

He should have found the nearest phone booth, EmperorHasNoClothes Mar 2016 #4

LOL! This is the perfect solution. DawgHouse Mar 2016 #12

It depends on who is in power The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #5

Good point, but no one will care Democat Mar 2016 #6

no Viva_La_Revolution Mar 2016 #8

R#2 & K n/t UTUSN Mar 2016 #10

I'm not afraid of terrorists. I give them zero power. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2016 #14

Yes. You can't nominate a SCOTUS judge within a year of a terrorist attack* Orrex Mar 2016 #15

Changing schedules gives the win to terrorists. Deadshot Mar 2016 #16

I'm Coming Around RobinA Mar 2016 #17

"Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman" Ghost in the Machine Mar 2016 #19

If the attack happend in USA, yes, Prez should change plans bigwillq Mar 2016 #20

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

1. Yes.

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:54 PM

Mar 2016

If the President is on his way to a Broadway show when someone bombs the Capitol, I would expect him to change his plans.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

2. but they didn't

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:56 PM

Mar 2016

If it was a US attack, then yes. Otherwise i agree with the op.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

3. If the President is on his way to a Broadway show when the Canadian Parliament building is bombed,

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:00 PM

Mar 2016

I would also expect him to change his plans.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

7. but that's not what happened an you know it

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:27 PM

Mar 2016

He is in ANOTHER FREAKIN COUNTRY not a few states over from home. He is also trying to help heal a rift caused by idiots in our gov 50 years ago. You want him to disrespect the people of Cuba like that?

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

9. The question wasn't specifically about what happened yesterday.

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:53 PM

Mar 2016

It was a more general question about whether the President should change his schedule when there is a terrorist attack. And I gave two examples of when he should indeed drop what he is doing in response to a terrorist attack. Whether or not he did the right thing yesterday is a different question.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

11. perhaps you should be more clear in your postings

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:08 PM

Mar 2016

Did he do the right thing yesterday, in your opinion?

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

13. I think there are arguments either way.

Reply to Viva_La_Revolution (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:10 PM

Mar 2016

I think he used his best judgment and am not going to criticize him, but I also wouldn't have criticized him if he had felt that he should change his schedule in response to events.

One of the 99

(2,280 posts)

18. So

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:37 AM

Mar 2016

is a terrorist in New York wants last minute tickets to Hamilton and knows the President is going that night, he just calls a terrorist friend in another city to stage an event so the President will cancel his trip and the terrorist can get the President's ticket to the play.

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)

4. He should have found the nearest phone booth,

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:04 PM

Mar 2016

ripped off his suit to expose the red and blue tights underneath, flown through the air to Brussels, and personally beaten the snot out of the terrorists.

Anything less is letting the terrorists win.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)

12. LOL! This is the perfect solution.

Reply to EmperorHasNoClothes (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:09 PM

Mar 2016

The2ndWheel

(7,947 posts)

5. It depends on who is in power

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:11 PM

Mar 2016

Sake of argument, Bush is in Cuba doing the same thing Obama was doing, and the same attack happens in Belgium. Those complaining would be on the other side, while those praising would be on the other side of the other side.

It all depends on if you agree or disagree with the person being criticized. If you agree, then what they do is right, and shows a resolute toughness in the face of adversity. If you disagree, then what they do is wrong, and shows a glaring lack of competence.

That's why nobody really likes politics.

Democat

(11,617 posts)

6. Good point, but no one will care

Reply to The2ndWheel (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:18 PM

Mar 2016

Because they are sure they're right.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)

8. no

Reply to The2ndWheel (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:29 PM

Mar 2016

If it had been an attack on US soil then that would be different....

I just can't see shrub trying to do diplomacy lol! And in Cuba?? They would have never let him in

UTUSN

(70,671 posts)

10. R#2 & K n/t

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:00 PM

Mar 2016

Iggo

(47,546 posts)

14. I'm not afraid of terrorists. I give them zero power. (n/t)

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:13 PM

Mar 2016

Orrex

(63,191 posts)

15. Yes. You can't nominate a SCOTUS judge within a year of a terrorist attack*

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:15 PM

Mar 2016

*Applies only to Democrats and/or non-white/male Presidents.

Deadshot

(384 posts)

16. Changing schedules gives the win to terrorists.

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 02:16 PM

Mar 2016

This is what the terrorists want--to disrupt the way of life for all of us.

RobinA

(9,888 posts)

17. I'm Coming Around

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 04:17 PM

Mar 2016

to thinking that the less said and done in the wake of a terrorist attack or mass shooting the better. Clean up the mess, let the people bury their dead in peace, and move on. Publicize what happened to the perps if it's other than getting away with it.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)

19. "Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman"

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:32 AM

Mar 2016

Flashback: Reagan Stayed On Vacation When Soviets Killed 62 Americans, Including Congressman
By Colin Taylor - Posted on March 23, 2016

Conservatives will use any excuse at all to try to bash President Obama – even if there’s a long precedent of their favorite Republican presidents making the exact same, or even worse, choices. Most recently, Republicans slammed President Obama for remaining at a baseball game in Cuba on a state trip while the terrorist attacks in Brussels were underway. For example, NBC correspondent Tom Brokaw complained that “the symbolism is that the president stayed at the baseball game all day long where you would have thought he would have said, ‘Look, we’ve got more business that I have to deal with, I wish you well,’ get on the phone.”

{snip}

But as usual, Republican critics are ignoring the long precedence of GOP Presidents not responding instantly to every tragedy – with some even finishing out their vacations. President Ronald Reagan, the darling of conservatives, remained at his ranch while Hurricane Alicia pounded the state of Texas, killing 21.

Reagan also continued his vacation at his ranch in Santa Barbara when a Soviet Su-15 shot down Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983, killing all 289 aboard – including sixty-two American citizens and Representative Larry McDonald (D-GA). The Soviet Union claimed that the plane was spying in restricted airspace and was a provocation by the West. The incident could have potentially caused an international conflict – but FOX’s Chris Wallace recounts that “quite frankly he [Reagan] didn’t want to leave. And his advisers realized how terrible this looked, and eventually persuaded him he had to fly back to Washington and had to give this speech to the nation, but it did take him four days.” Only after CBS released photos of Reagan on horseback did the President return to Washington.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/23/flashback-reagan-stayed-vacation-soviets-killed-62-americans-including-congressman/

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

20. If the attack happend in USA, yes, Prez should change plans

Reply to One of the 99 (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 07:48 AM

Mar 2016

But I don't think Prez should have changed plans this week

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