From Keith Koffler’s "White Dossier" blog over the weekend (links at bottom):"The Washington A-List was out in force Saturday night at the farewell party for senior adviser David Axelrod, with a roster of guests featuring Cabinet secretaries, big shot journos and – President Obama. As revolution threatened to sweep Egypt and possibly other allies – with the horrifying prospect of Islamism replacing reliable friends – the president was on view partying with the IN crowd."
Koffler also notes that the First Lady did not attend, meaning that at least "maybe she was monitoring the situation in Egypt."
Not that Egypt should take up all of Obama's attention or anything. Just a little damn pesky revolution that could replace a pro-American regime with a decidedly anti-American one right in the heart of the Middle East and a stone’s throw away from Israel.
As Obama and his administration might say: Never let a good crisis go to waste, and certainly never let one get in the way of a good party. Maybe today he can get in a good round of golf.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/01/30/cairo-burns-obama-parties/
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Postscript: The Fox link also raises an issue with Obama watching one of his daughters playing sports over the weekend. I have no problem with that. But going to that party looks very bad, and it shows very poor judgment on his part.
ReplyDeleteThis whole thing is just incredibly frightening. I'm officially scared!
ReplyDeleteThings calmed down a bit today. I'm hopeful the result will not be some militant Islamic regime like we saw come to power in Iran in 1979/1980, but rather a shake-up in the Egytian government that will maintain Egypt's generally pro-America position. And perhaps even in the process, there will be some meritorious reforms within the country. But it's still a situation very much in flux, so we'll just have to keep watching. At least I'll be watching. Will Obama?
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't surprise me in the least. This guy proves himself time and time again to be an unqualified, a$$hat.
ReplyDeleteI prefer "a$$clown," myself. I've often used that one with respect to many politicians.
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