Let me see if I have this straight…
A guy named Richard Reid tried to blow up a plane with an explosive in his shoes. It took then-prez George W. Bush six days to comment on the attempt, about which he said very little. Eventually, Reid was tried and convicted in a standard American courtroom.
A few years later, a man named Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab tries to blow up a plane with what is apparently the same explosive in his underwear. It takes current-prez three days to condemn the attack…but guys like Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are out slamming Obama for not speaking out sooner and more forcefully. They also say it is wholly inappropriate to try the suspect in a standard American court. That Obama would even consider that instead of a military tribunal shows he doesn't understand the threat of terrorism, doesn't take it seriously, etc.
And of course, the mere fact that the new attack occurred is proof that Obama has dropped the ball on the War on Terrorism. But despite the shoe bomber, Bush kept us safe after 9/11.
Got it.