Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on April 24, 2009

By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone

I’ve gotten to really admire Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Unless you live in Minnesota, you probably don’t know her. Well, she’s feisty, conservative, and smart as a fox. And she is not quietly letting the weasels in Obama’s cabinet in Washington get away with revising or ignoring the US Constitution.

At the congressional podium, Rep. Bachmann firmly addressed some embarrassing issues with Treasury Secretary Timothy “Tax Cheat” Geithner a few weeks ago, repeatedly asking him to point out where in the Constitution the overreaching actions of the Obama administration were permitted. You go, Michele!

Now Bachmann’s front and center, wanting some ’splainin’ from Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano. Napolitano has really been stepping in the cow patties lately. So incompetent, targeting military veterans and Christians as potential terrorists, you wanted to cry. But now a few strong voices in Congress are demanding responsibility and are suggesting that Napolitano resign for her outrageous DHS report.

I’m back to popping the popcorn, kiddoes! Oh, I know she won’t resign, but I can embrace the moment and pretend for a bit.

Here’s an excerpt from Associated Press that ran today:

Homeland security secretary taking heat already
Associated Press * April 24, 2009

WASHINGTON – It didn’t take long for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to shoot herself in the foot or for Republicans to make her a target of their opposition to Obama administration policy.

At the heart of the GOP criticism is a recent intelligence analysis from Napolitano’s agency saying veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan could be susceptible to right-wing recruiters or commit lone acts of violence.

When conservative bloggers began writing about the report, Napolitano defended the assessment while acknowledging that some of it should have been rewritten. She went on a number of television news shows to apologize and explain her support for and admiration of veterans.

This was not enough for several Republicans who took to the House floor this week to criticize Napolitano, confirmed to her Cabinet position less than 100 days ago.

“Has this homeland security secretary gone absolutely stark raving mad?” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. “She needs to come before Congress. She needs to answer a few questions.”

On Thursday, Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, told Fox News that Napolitano must not understand “the disruption that she has caused” in some parts of the country. “I think the appropriate thing for her to do would be to step down,” he said.

A day earlier, Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, said, “Janet Napolitano should resign or be fired.”

Obama administration aides dismissed the criticism as a “typical Washington game” and “political theater.”

Despite the furor among some Republicans, party leaders did not bring it up in a meeting with President Barack Obama and top White House aides on Thursday. Although House Republican leader John Boehner had indicated earlier it likely would be discussed, his spokesman, Kevin Smith, said the topic was not broached.

White House spokesman Nick Shapiro said the right-wing extremist report originated in the Bush administration and Napolitano was working to keep the nation safe from terrorists.

“She doesn’t have time for these games — and neither does the president,” Shapiro said.

The veterans issue wasn’t the only flap. Earlier this week, Napolitano drew criticism for flubbing an explanation of federal law prohibiting people without proper documents from crossing U.S. borders into the country.

In an interview with CNN, Napolitano, whose career has included stints as a U.S. attorney and attorney general and governor of Arizona, said: “Crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil.”

While crossing the border illegally is a crime, most illegal immigrants caught in the United States face only civil penalties and deportation.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., characterized Napolitano’s statements as one of the most “baffling” he has ever heard from a senior government official.

“It is breathtaking that a Cabinet secretary, bestowed by the public with the responsibility to protect our nation’s borders, could be ignorant of the indisputable fact that it is a violation of the criminal code to enter our country illegally,” Sessions said.

Napolitano spokesman Sean Smith said: “She may be new to Washington, but she has been around politics for a long time, and she knows political theater when she sees it.”

 

Hey, Janet’s spokesman/lapdog Sean Smith, what exactly is “political theater?”

Is that when a seasoned Democrat politician shoots herself repeatedly in the foot, then shoves that mangled, bloodied foot so far down her throat that she could be a headliner contortionist for the circus? That kind of “Political Theater,” Sean?

Gonna need LOTS of popcorn…

More informative reading about Janet “Czarina” Napolitano and DHS:
Greg Gutfeld, Big Hollywood: Daily Gut: War Vets and the People Who Play Them
Associated Press: Homeland security secretary taking heat already
Jeffrey Jena, Big Hollywood: Obama Tortures Me Every Day
Michelle Malkin: Hot Air exclusive: Ja-No apologizes to American Legion and Janet Napolitano screws up again and
Janet Napolitano said what? and Pssst, Janet: Bomb threat against police for detaining illegal alien criminals
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Shame on Phoenix Mayor Gordon – Accuses Sheriff Arpaio & County Police of Being Racists for Enforcing Illegal Immigration Laws | Videos and Frugal Sheriff: Joe Arpaio Targeted by Democrat Feds for Arresting Illegal Aliens in AZ
Peace and Freedom Global Future: How’s Obama Doing? Just Ask America’s Closest Allies
Random-American: Illegal immigrant charged with trying to kill police officer
Unequal Time: DHS chief Napolitano says border jumping “not a crime” and Stop blaming Bush for DHS hit job
Moonage Political Webdream: Janet Napolitano and the law – immigration
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Oliver North Speaks Out Against DHS Anti-Right-Wing Report: “I Am an Extremist” and Say It Ain’t So… Obama’s Homeland Security Targets Conservatives as Potential Terrorists and
DHS Report Against Conservatives: Heads May Roll, Bring Popcorn

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