Obama on ‘Fast and Furious’: ‘People Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable’
by PubliusFrom ABC News:
As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly into Mexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that “people who have screwed up will be held accountable.”
“Our overarching goal consistently has been to say we’ve got a responsibility not only to stop drugs from flowing north, we’ve also got a responsibility to make sure we are not helping to either arm or finance these drug cartels in Mexico,” Obama said in the interview with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper that will air on “Nightline.”
“It’s very upsetting to me to think that somebody showed such bad judgment that they would allow something like that to happen,” he said. “And we will find out who and what happened in this situation and make sure it gets corrected.”
The full Tapper interview with Obama will air tonight on “Nightline” at 11:35 ET.
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Translation … Cover up in progress …. blame to be assigned
Those that screwed up will be held accountable? So says the fox guarding the hen house.
Damn right Barry, that's why you're gonna be unemployed on 1-20-2013.
unless they are holder and obama
Sure Barry! I can hardly wait to see those who screwed up extradited to Mexico.
LOOK OUT, I think I hear a bus engine starting up.
That means it must be Bush's fault.
Accountable means they'll be transferred to another department with a raise.
Time index 06:35
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDt_T57Qkzo&fe...
Sorry Mr. President. I don't think 'accountable' means what you think it means (nor does 'transparent').
there actually was a similar operation under bush. government has been incompetent for a long time.
Yep blame it on Bush again…left is already singing the tune..just one little thing though….A BORDER AGENT DID NOT GET KILLED….I know lefties just a minor thing right
“It’s very upsetting to me to think that somebody showed such bad judgment that they would allow something like that to happen,” he said. “And we will find out who and what happened in this situation and make sure it gets corrected.”
The Response
Mr. President,
It’s very upsetting to me to think that some Americans showed such bad judgment that they would allow some big eared commie bastard like you to be POTUS. And we the people know who and what happened to cause this situation and we will make sure it gets corrected in November 2012.
Obama says what? Is this an admission that HE is going to resign, since HE is ultimately responsible?
The Buck Stops at Obama.
Question is… Will Eric be thrown under the bus?
Heh. Leave lefties alone, and they will inevitably parody themselves.
The Obama is so upset that those in DOJ got caught and he authorized this felony and that they left 'memos' around to be found that he will have to blame……..James Carney. He is the one who knew everything and didn't tell anyone. Well him and the Arizona Gov. Brewer. Yea, that's the ticket.
Is that all it was, a "screw up"? Well, and I thought someone had died………… silly me.
Right you are, but the difference is that under Bush's DOJ, those guns were stopped at the border. Under Obama, they left the country. Sorry, you lose.
Facts, where are they?
What's the life of one man compared to the GLORY OF THE GREAT GOD OBAMA!
Bush lied – people died. Do you have any idea how annoying it is for every left wing loon to answer every issue with that? And, of course, we can argue the statement.
You and the rest of the left wing loons – there is no argument about lies and dead bodies when it comes to Fast and Furious. So, it the spirit of civility – STFU.
Hey Eric, who does the bus bell toll for? It tolls for thee.
Hey Mr. Holder – remember Scooter Libby? Embrace it. You are going to have a new boyfriend.
look up "operation wide receiver". it isn't a left or right issue. our government does corrupt things.
You are a fricken turd.
It doesn't seem Omama is working to get to the bottom of the whole mess. Why hasn't he publicly told Holder and Nappy to stop withholding/delaying/redacting information requested by Congress?
Obama is a con man.
Tell the whole story, Loser.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts-law...
Demonizing those you hate doesn't actually deify those you love–thanks for showing, yet again, how childish, disingenuous, and morally vacuous the Left are.
Well Obumble I hope that mean Eric Holder is going to get prosecuted for the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry who was killed with the guns that were allowed to go south into Mexico. Holder who then lied to congress. Holder should be a in a jail cell for a very long time.
Start at the head and cut it OFF!
This is not a screw up, this is a travesty, in fact two federal agents lost their lives due to fast and furious.
Oh! Hell yes!…………..thump,thump.
Fast and furious, Solyndra, and the elimination by Sebelous of a key part part of Obama care, Democrats dissing his
jobs plan".
Has this adimistration finally beginning to circle the Drain?
And God willing in jail.
Still trying to make hay of that, MelvinTX?
But they don't have the death penalty.
You mean a dozen guns got into Mexico, because of a better-managed program which bears some passing familiarity?
OH NOES!
Barry, please contact O. J. Simpson immediately! He has a lot of experience in a situation which is nearly identical to your own! He is in the process of finding the culprit who murdered his wife and left tons of evidence that would implicate O. J. in the crime! Surely he can give you a number of pointers on how to track down your own culprit from the 10th hole of your favorite golf course as he has been doing for years!
Dip and Sh!t here is your nachos.
If Obama is going to hold "Those who screwed up" accountable, then he better look in the mirror for nominating a screw up for Attorney General.
Ha ha ha! Save yourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!
why do you morons think im trying to defend obama? of course this current administration should be held accountable. Im making the point that the government has been incompetent for a long time, over many administrations.
dealing with people who have blinders on is awesome.
Hey, Prez. ZERO appointed Holder and he knew a lot more than will ever come out. How will he hold himself accountable?
With the basic conditions on a Mexican prison the death penalty might be preferable.
people are biased. the right barely criticizes bush while he's in office while the left goes nuts. the left doesn't say anything about obama while the right goes nuts.
the left-right paradigm has ruined the US.
The DOJ is all over this Obama was quoted as saying,the DOJ will bring the full force of the law against those responsible,Mr. Holder and myself will not sleep until justice is served.Y'all can go home now,we have everything under control.
Oh Good !!! There wont be a FN idiot left in this administration ! Start at the top with Owebama and work your way down the food chain . Did I say food chain , I hope Michelle doesnt eat it .
Inconthievable!
Look in the mirror dipsh!T…..
"And we will find out who and what happened in this situation and make sure it gets corrected.”
That "corrected" boat has sailed. It's time for prison sentences and heavy fines but we all know that is simply not going to happen on Obama's watch.
HAAAAAAAAAAA—HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
WHOOOOOOOOO-EEEEEEEEE!!!!!
…yeah. Right.
Chairman Zero, the peasants are revolting!
Yes, aren't they? The heavy gentleman brandishing the pitchfork is especially revolting. I'll tell Moo-shelle…
This president is clueless on everything but crime, and he's an expert on that. Tone deaf when it comes to reading public sentiment, but has a golden ear for figuring out schemes to undermine the 2nd amendment.
They had no idea it would turn out like this. They never calculated the downside risks, which any fool would've known would be considerable. It would be simple, they thought. The only people who would die would be Mexican citizens, shedding their blood the other side of the border. Then, next time the Federales showed a big ol' mess of confiscated guns, the administration could say, "Hey, look, those are American guns, just as we've been saying all along! We must do something quickly, but what? Gee, the only thing I can think of is to outlaw more guns…"
But we're supposed to be too stupid to catch on to this BS? Pffffffttttttttt!
That is Obama-speak for:
"We will find a scapegoat and my people will be vindicated"
Just because he gave the order doesn't mean HE is responsible. His has minions for that.
Hope you guys like rice and beans. I think that's all they serve in Mexico.
When the rubber hits the road, this conciliatory riff, carefully crafted by the public relations firm hired by Ad Busters, (oh, the irony) will turn into a vote for 0bama.
You're not fooling anyone.
Given the situation, I wonder, why am I suddenly thinking of Ron Brown and Vince Foster? Hmmmm…
Turn yourself in, Hussein….
youll see the consequences in the upcoming years. the market was not done crashing in 2008. you will look back at this time and realize what the politicians were discussing was trivial.
It remains to be seen how serious this deliberate effort, on the part of the originators of this loiterfest, to destabilize markets ultimately is.
In the meantime, we will continue to listen to the loiterers, and record what they say, so that their rhetoric will ultimately bury them in the next election.
And if they succeed in their goal to delay elections, they will be ill-prepared for what comes next.
the crash isnt going to come because of the wall street protest. it will happen because 2008 never ended. government intervention only prolongs the inevitable. we have seen false growth for decades. it will fall by the hands of the government and the big financial institutions.
it appears that you arent familiar with economics.
Yeah, ok, since Obama said it then it must be true….NOT!
"people who have screwed up will be held accountable"……that's YOU, Dimwit! …Spoken like a true sociopathic liar, with NO remorse.
President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that “people who have screwed up will be held accountable.”
Right, so when is HE going to do a perp walk?
Oh wait, That won't happen.
You have to translate that from Leftese to English – "A non-crony will be fired, and the crony in charge will be reassigned to another cushy do-nothing but highly paid job with extra benefits, with a raise in pay."
First and probably my last laugh of the day. Thank you.
Barry, the term of your plausible deniability is up.
My friend you are lost in space. Left president and you could hear a pin drop. Right president and he was lambasted by the left and by the right regularly. Obama has continued the Bush war policy and escalated it in many ways. Now the left was bats..it crazy over Bush and suddenly silent. Now the left is trying to pick the republic nominee while continuing to block for Obama. Come on, look at the facts and man up and see it for what it is. Truth is truth, politicians love to bend facts always and America is no longer buying.
And to Iraq……
Barry is scared stiff.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuup. Cuz Democrats in the know understand that the choice is to blame all the cabinet heads OR Barry for giving them the go ahead to to coordinate this effort.
Hillary will not fall on the sword for Barry. Not. Going. To. Happen.
Watch for Janet to deflect questions to the State Department tomorrow.
Watch Janet Squirm and see the hot potato tossed BIG TIME in the coming days.
Should I have to put <Sarc> on my post?
True! And they aren't sleeping because they know they are GUILTY.
Barry's "we are going to….." excuse isn't playing anymore, not after almost 5 years of it over and over and over.
That is a great tagline!
Nope, it will be the usual lower staff or the agents who were ordered to do this to begin with. Somehow Holder will escape the wrath by resigning due to family reasons or some other bullcrap excuse.
Being held accountable means that pesky 2nd amendment needs to be changed and/ or restricted.
Start with yourself Mr Obama
When terrorists bombed the World Trade Center the FIRST TIME Clinton was all full of brought-to-justice and"accountability" talk, too.
When Democrat leaders talk that way the mean–FORGETABOUTIT! They mean:"forget about it, will ya?Just don't bother me with that after this! I'm saying all the right words!"
Now-we hear it again!
It's absurd that a President felt he had to say " we got a responsibility to make sure we are not helping to arm or finance these drug cartels in Mexico." As if it is ordinarily his SOP?
What about or responsibility to assure the safety of innocent people and our own law enforcement professionals? and to ensure the integrity of our borders.
Holder and his boss should not play fast and lose with the laws of out country…………..just sayin'
Treason, def of
1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
the penalty is death………………..ALL who are found guilty …..should hang by the neck, until dead…..period.
THEY….Obama..Biden…Hillary… Schumer…Feinstein..Kennedy and I'll bet the plan went back to while he was alive. They hate the second Amendment.
When fools in my Government are doing crap like this it means I'm holding on to my guns all the tighter!
They can't lead and they can't follow! The need to go to jail!
Whatever Obama says, he means the opposite.
All you idiots who believe Honor and Transparency are relevant in a healthy and prosperous society, close your eyes, because Obama, Putin, Soros and the like/ETC….Have risen/Re-Risen to power of/over…………Humans!!!!!!!!!!
Doesn't this foolish and incompetent man always look like he's on the verge of bursting into tears?
It would appear you have nothing but the same meme in your playbook. The left has been ruining this country for decades. Time for a change.
Great! This means YOU should resign IMMEDIATELY, and be held personally accountable. Resign, or be removed.
Right now…. at the White House…. They are reviewing the list to see who will be arrested.
http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2011/10/18/occupy...
Okay since Eric Holder apparently has resigned (the only way to hold himself accountable) who is the new attorney general?
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
It's kind of hard to say a coverup is in progress when the person trying to do the coverup has been exposed!
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
And Eric is unemployed hopefully on 10-19-11
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
So barry sees that he's busted (again) and it's not going to go away.NOW it's time to pretend to address the issue.
As I have known all along – you and your crime syndicate have absolutely no problem spending other people's money and risking other people's lives in order to support an agenda.
Where you born without a conscience or did you just lose it somewhere along line?
Ends justifies the means.
‘People Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable’
They haven't so far. How many days did Barney Frank spend in jail?
Holder, I would love to see you and your bff held accountable at G-mo.
Yeah but will he go when he is voted out of office?
Oh, she will eat it. I'm sure she has cans of Spam in her bunker.
Holder is one of the biggest political hacks of all time, Holder does Barry's dirty work.
its always been one group against another since the world began. did you just notice it happens here too?
I know I criticized Bush on a regular basis, I agreed with him and his policies about 33% of the time.
Which is about 34% more than I agree with King Hussy B.
Obama on ‘Fast and Furious’: ‘People Who Have Screwed Up Will Be Held Accountable’\
Obammy then added, under his breath, "present company excepted, of course….."
I would pay good money to see the Empress NapoliReno getting grilled, would pay even more to see her led off in handcuffs for a stretch in club Fed.
Here let me translate,
'We are going to play hide and seek with the truth, HOPE the story goes away, and then CHANGE tactics and throw Eric under the bus after I have negotiated a decent retirement plan for him in a numbered account offshore with all my stolen green jobs money, He'll spend a few years playing grab your ankles (lord knows working for the big O he has had plenty of practice) We will also toss a few more to the wolves (although without the lucrative retirement plan) as soon as we find a few that didnt think far enough ahead to keep copies of their emails, and cant make any more trouble for me."
They have little to no respect for the rule of law. For them, might makes right.
Thanks for replying. Good comment!
All right then, Barry. Turn yourself in.
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