"In general, we are facing the consequences of the Bush administration's failures to deal with al Qaeda," Van Hollen told Hotline OnCall. "The Republicans have no business in pointing fingers at the Obama administration on terrorism and national security."
"The Obama administration has been much more aggressive about going after al Qaeda than the Bush administration, which turned its focus from al Qaeda to Iraq," he added. The Obama admin has "been on the offense in places where the Bush administration had taken its eye off the ball."
Massa took aim at Dick Cheney; "I would remind the American public that the apparent leaders of the al Qaeda cell in Yemen were 2 terrorists who were released by Vice President Cheney in secret. I think there's a level of accountability that has to be levied personally on the vice president. He is personally responsible for that."
While it's nice to see that someone has Obama's back, I'm not sure "It's all Bush's fault" is the best way to go. Making this into a "he said, she said" sort of thing is calling for a draw and, in this debate at least, Democrats have an easy win.
It pays to remember that Republicans suck in a crisis; they lose their minds and say insane things. The other day, I took apart Rep. Pete Hoekstra's criticism and made him look like the boob he is. Steve Benen has torn up Dick Cheney and Rep. Peter King. The fact of the matter is that these people aren't just off-base, they're provably wrong. If you wanted to, you could really make fools of them. If you're looking for unplowed fields, Newt Gingrich has come just short of calling for the expulsion of all Muslims from American society. Go make him look like an idiot.
These people just make it so easy... Why cut them any slack?
