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Mubarak’s Gone, Should Obama Get The Credit?

An old boss used to tell me,  ”Whenever possible take the credit when something good happens, because the blame is never far behind.”

After 18 days of protests, Egypt has been re-born.  A repressive regime that ruled for over three decades has been forced out and if we are to believe everything we hear on MSNBC, the seeds of Democracy are germinating in the largest Arab nation on the planet.  So who gets the credit?

Politico’s Ben Smith claims he received an email from an unnamed DEM official giving the nod to the President and he believed it to be the official party line;

“Great news for the administration/president. People will remember , despite some fumbles yesterday, that the President played an excellent hand, walked the right line and that his statement last night was potentially decisive in bringing this issue to a close.”

Over at The Atlantic, Clive Cook, with tongue firmly planted in his cheek, delivers a response to Mr. Smith;

“An associate of mine, who asked not to be named, made this comment:

Clive played an excellent hand and walked the right line. His statement over supper last night was potentially decisive in bringing this issue to a close. The situation remains complicated and delicate going forward, but this is a huge affirmation of his leadership on the international stage.”

Noel Sheppard from Newsbusters pointed out that Chris Matthews agrees with Ben Smith;

Chris Matthews on Friday said that Hosni Mubarak’s exit from Egypt and the jubilation now happening in Tahrir Square took Barack Obama to have happen.

And we wrap up with a little nugget from the clever folks from BulletPeople.com who remind us that Pee Wee Herman can still teach us all something.

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  • spreadcommonsensenot pc
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:53am

    Come on Jimmy–er I mean Obama go ahead take the credit……………

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    • Katayno
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:42pm

      He may want to wait a bit…when the Muslim Brotherhood get elected he may not want the credit anymore.

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  • Whiskey Tango
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:53am

    Obama is a floor flusher.

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    • brntout
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:47pm

      You need to add FOXTROT to complete the package

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  • MikeinIdaho
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:52am

    obama couldn’t find his butt with a mirror and both hands. Most incompetent, destructive president in the history of the US. And when it goes south in Egypt, and I believe it will, he will run and hide and blame everyone else. Barry says: “If it’s good news, it’s all my doing. If it’s bad news, it’s all YOUR doing.”

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  • BoilitDown
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:49am

    Obama would be smart to avoid any mention of his involvement unless he sends in the best and most experienced foreign policy people to work constantly with the current Egyptian leadership.
    One important thing for Obama to do is to gag Chris Matthews if he wants to keep from receiving the blame for Egypt’s loss to a Caliphate or Socialist regime should things go badly.
    The first thing he needs to do is to grab Jimmy Carter and take him to a secure facility with no out going communications, then take away his traveling papers.
    Then again, this is all predicated on Obama being capable and smart which is unlikely given his history.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:48am

    Barry was out there thorwing rocks with Muslim Brotherhood right? Give me a break.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:25pm

      @ Gonzo

      Are you asking a question ? Or making a statement ? It’s rather confusing !

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  • Chasvs391
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:47am

    WTF? Obama deserves NO CREDIT for this! He deserves the BLAME! This is going to turn out badly for Egypt and the USA. Then see how quickly Obamadumbo distances himself from the CREDIT!

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  • RBL1989
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:43am

    Yeah, he will most likely try and get credit for it. But Americans are not going to fall for anything as foolish as that.

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  • HippoNips
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:41am

    Mubarak and any elected President in Egypt is just a faceman for the Army.
    The Egyptian army has always been in control.
    That kind of set up is how they remain in control. They have a President elected of their choice then all discontent is directed upon that person, not the Army
    It’s the same kind of set up in Iran with Acmedinejad and the ruling Islamic council
    The only thing the people of these heavily Islamic countries can hope for is stablity thru protection from the people and their heinous Sharia, until Islam is corrected and Sharia removed.
    Now Egypt is unstable and nothing in the true nature of power has changed,
    Yes, Obama should get the credit for that.

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  • UpInTheWoods
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:41am

    Oh yes! Give him the credit. This situation is very likely to go very bad very soon (by 2012).
    By all means; give Obama the credit!

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  • Right is right. Left is wrong.
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:41am

    The people in the streets of Egypt are to credit. The Demorats trying to take credit just shows how pathetic they are.

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  • thebertmanlives
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:39am

    The Cairo speech will go down in history right next to the Berlin Wall speech.It sure is cool to watch history unfold right in front of you.

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    • RLTW
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:02pm

      Yes, and watching Obama become the victim of his own over inflated ego will be even better.

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    • UpInTheWoods
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:02pm

      Yes, they will be side by side. Reagan’s Berlin Wall speech will be the example of Democracy in action. Obama’s Cairo speech will be the antithesis.
      If Egypt forms some sort of democracy, expect the Hamas in Gausa plan. Thousand of years of Phearos and tyrants doesn’t instantly become a Jeffersonian democracy. If you think Obama likes democracies look how they have treated Honduras.

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  • ADNIL
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:38am

    As long as it goes well he will grab all the credit he can. As soon as it goes south he’ll pass the blame. I would expect no more of him. I don’t suppose Mubarak or the people of Egypt had much to do with it. YA THINK?

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  • RABinMD
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:38am

    And when the Muslim Brotherhood institutes an Islamic Republic under Shari law, will he still want to claim it as “Mission Accomplished?” No, oh I forgot, it‘s Bush’s fault!

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  • AKMIIKEUS
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:38am

    Why not, the Democrat’s should give him credit. Everyone on the right seems to credit Ronald Reagan for the fall of Communism ( even though we all know he had nothing to do with it ) so Obama should do the same thing.

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  • Pinko
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:38am

    I agree, Obama should NOT get credit for this. The US Government did nothing to help the situation. Hell, they helped Mubarak for many years on this, supporting this fascist dictator. Yet, Obama isn’t giving credit to himself. A friend that he knows is. It doesn’t mean anything. I’m sure if you asked Obama, he would not give himself the credit for this at all.

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  • KEA
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:37am

    The sad truth is he and his leftist were probably behind it anyway. This emboldened his push for a socialist society

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:32am

    are you crazy? obama was all behind his butt-boy staying in power and when his butt-boy got overthrow now he s trying to flip-flop so stop kidding yourself … long live the tea party

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  • REETZBEE
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:30am

    The people of Egypt don‘t give a rat’s ass what Obama thinks or says. Mubarak was forced out by the people not Obama.

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  • poetopoet
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:29am

    “Mubarak’s Gone, Obama Should Get Out Too”

    Then I will sing “Happy Days Are Here Again”

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  • baare
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:28am

    Oh he will take the credit because he can’t help himself and as soon as the wind blows in the wrong direction- ITS ALL BUSH’S FAULT.

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:08pm

      Or the TEA Party, the ignorant uneducated masses, the poor, the rich. I dunno, Who am I leaving out?

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  • Gary_K
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:27am

    It is a little to soon to give credit. We need to see what happens, who rules and what form of government first.

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    • Da Kingfish
      Posted on February 13, 2011 at 11:59pm

      He deserves nothing, they sat around with their fingers up each others butt’s clueless, they had to find out what happened from the TV, it’s not over yet, they still don‘t know or can’t predict what happens next, but wheatever happens they will put the old liberal spin on it.

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  • Evileye
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:25am

    Wait and see if it turns into another Iran.
    Obumbler has a dilemma on his hands

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  • eatpork.theotherwhitemeat
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:24am

    Hmm

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  • ares338
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:21am

    Sinple……..NO!

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  • C. Schwehr
    Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:20am

    No matter what, Barry will take credit, and then disown the whole thing when it goes bad (takeover by the Mooslimb Brotherhood). The question is moot.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:24am

      Gee i only wish we had Pee Wee Herman as President. it would beat the MORON we have in there now.

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    • Insipid
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:29am

      Yeah he will take credit now but when it becomes a hellhole he will pass the blame off to Bush.

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    • So
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:30am

      No.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:31am

      OF course not…But does Obama want the credit? You betcha…he’s an opportunist. Its all about him don’t you know. ..And the main stream media wants him to have it in order to prop him up. Translation. They will find a way to build a non-existent bridge to the Man Chaild so he will be credited with the outcome. Course it will be like everything else in his life… He has accumulated credits and achievements in his life the old-fashioned Chicagoland way….it has all been GIVEN to him.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:32am

      Yes he will C. Schwer. He takes all the credit regardless of his role, yet takes zero responsibility for anything that goes wrong. He continues to blame George Bush for every failed policy that he has implemented. If this would have turned out bad, which it still might, Bush will get the blame.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Obama on Egypt video

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    • drattastic
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:34am

      Yeah he will take credit and an ever so friendly media will push it hard for him .When it all goes to sh@t over there and it will I have no doubt,then his propaganda arm (MSM) will swiftly find someone else to blame for the collapse and I’m sure they will have an (R) next to their name

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:37am

      Obama will take the credit for the changes coming now in Egypt; just as most here knew he would try to do so. The POTUS is a glory seeker, assuming he somehow has to only say a few words about any situation, and then he can claim all glory and honors for the ‘successful’ changes he has brought about.

      His ego is bigger than the rock of Gibralter.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:38am

      Just remember…when it goes to hell in a hand basket, the main stream media will respond quicker than a New York minute to remove the credit from the Man Child. The pen in this case will definitely be mightier than the sword when the media created “Obama house of cards” starts to fall.

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    • hud
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:41am

      No, but he should go with him.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:42am

      @Cobra Blue

      The media will start to tear down Obama when things go to ‘hell in a handbasket’ as you put it very aptly; the one thing they fail to see, for the most part, is they are so entwined within the administration and the progressive cause, they most likely will fall down with him when the time comes to be at hand.

      And good riddance in my book.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:46am

      I don‘t think ’credit‘ is the term I’d use. Blame, maybe. Criminal accomplice, yes. Conspiracy of “fundamental transformation”, absolutely.

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    • davecoolworld
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:48am

      Let him take credit. He threw an ally under the bus and propped up extremists, socialists and marxists while being supported by the same from our own country. The very near future will prove that he should not try to take credit now. WWIII is looming and Obama is the key. Take credit for that….nice legacy for the first 1/2 black President.

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:53am

      Oh, DId I hear him say
      “Mr. Mubarak… Tear Down This Wall”!
      And really mean it?
      Phff don’t think so.

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    • Rob
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 11:57am

      Obama didn’t even know what was going on… but Chris Matthews will tell his liberal followers that Obama set the whole thing up…

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:06pm

      Obama should receive credit so to be added to his list of failures.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:10pm

      Obama deserves the same credit due Jimmy Carter for disposing the Shaw of Iran! http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • mcfinch
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:19pm

      He will take credit but what did he do?

      http://politicalbowl.com – Conservative Political Video Website

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    • jzs
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:22pm

      Since President Obama has spoken several times about Egypt and hasn’t tried to “take credit” I guess the answer to that question is “no.”

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:33pm

      Actually Barry has the media give him credit and then if something goes wrong he can blame them. He doesn’t get his hands dirty under almost any circumstances – if he does, by chance, it will always be someone else’s fault.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:43pm

      @JZS
      Pres. Obammy’s sycophants have been making the case for him to receive the glory of his masterful handling on the Egyptian crisis, so he doesn’t need to articulate that issue himself……I just wonder if these same sycophants will work just as hard to keep our Nobel Prize Winner-In-Chief’s reputation untarnished when the decidedly “secular” Muslim Brotherhood pulls all of the strings in Egyptian politics???

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:45pm

      Gooly-Gee-Willacres!!!!!…….Anthony Wiener sure does have a COOL looking bicycle in that video!!! He needs a little practice on the dismount, though……..

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:59pm

      US Mubarak’s Gone, Should Obama Get The Credit?
      ……………………………………….
      He’s a Politician………. What do you think!

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    • tifosa
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 12:59pm

      If it turns out negative he’ll get the blame.

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    • docvet
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 2:50pm

      Fine, as long as he takes credit for encouraging the Muslim Brotherhood, 200,000 people in Tihrir Square and the Egyptian Army (but not the half a million Americans on 8/28 in Wash., D.C.). With his retirement pay he can afford $20/gal for gas. I’m curious to see what he will do when he is no longer POTUS and who he will suport in the world afterward.

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on February 12, 2011 at 8:24pm

      Those on the left who credit Obama with leading this event, including the Great In His Own Mind Chris Matthews, will never admit Obama’s attempt to back up Mubarak in the first couple of days of the revolt. After that failed he dog-paddled until it began to look as if the people of Egypt would ultimately prevail, then he began saying Mubarak needs to go! In the end it was the Egyptian Army that settled the issue in order to prevent violence and protect the people. Shortly thereafter Mr. Obama came on television and began talking as if he was the “great mediator” who had seen the emergency through to the end. Then he had the audicity to start telling the new Government of Egypt that they had to follow a democratic course to insure the freedom of the people. All Mr. Obama proved to me is that he is still full of hot air and, being up to his chin in swampwater, is pleading, “Don’t make a wave!”

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    • Pericles
      Posted on February 13, 2011 at 1:12am

      Of course he will not. Unlike you puppets he realizes that all the “credit” belongs to the Egyptians. This was truly a bottom up revolution toppling a ruthless thieving dictator. God bless the Egyptians for wanting to better their lives and the lives of their children’s future. This is truly inspiring watching people fight for what we in the US take for granted. For a first hand account please read today‘s Tom Friedman’s article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/opinion/13friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion)

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    • anOpinion
      Posted on February 13, 2011 at 4:43am

      The Egyptian people, who are genuinely seeking change, were just an opportune catalyst for the army to take over the government of Egypt. The Egyptian people will soon realize they were just pawns used to trade one dictator for another.

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