Complete disregard for National Security

By now, I'm sure you've seen the reports on President Obama and Vice President Biden's lunch outing to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, VA.

Contrived political opportunism? Of course. All politicians do that - and generally I don't criticize them for it - when they want to appear in tune with the "common man". Unless of course, the politician is a real common (wo)man (Sarah Palin, 2007 AGI of $166,080 with husband Todd), in which case they're simply a target for ridicule and destruction.

No, where I take offense to the New Soviet Man's lunch with his Plagiarist Veep is the fact that they were both in the same public place at the same time. Planned or not, unannounced or not, this showed callous disregard for security, safety, and continuity of the United States Government.

Let me be absolutely clear on one point: I am not a supporter of the Obama Administration - I hope they and their policies fail miserably - but at the same time I do not want to see any physical harm or even the risk thereof come to President Obama or Vice President Biden.

It is unconscionably reckless for the two of them to have been at the same place like that, especially in a post-9/11 world. This wasn't the White House, the Capitol Building (i.e. State of the Union Address), a military base, or some other controlled, secure environment - it was a burger joint.

Here's a scary way to look at it: at lunch time today, the United States of America was one hand grenade away from...President Pelosi.

And the Left wonders why we believe Barack Obama isn't serious about National Security...