Right Wing Blogs Spew Vitriol Against President Obama Over Mohammed Al-Madadi Airplane Security Scare

Right wing blogosphere tried to politicize terrorist scare onboard flight to Denver involving Qatari diplomat, Mohammed Al-Madadi, by blaming Obama.

Qatari diplomat Mohammed Al-Madadi. (Washington Life)

The right wing media went nuts last night when they thought another terrorist attempt on an American plane was foiled. It turns out the idiot, Qatari diplomat, Mohammed Al-Madadi, 27, caused the full-blown, midair security scare when he tried to sneak a cigarette smoke and then joked that he was trying to light his shoes on fire. This fool should be recalled back to his country. What I found amazing was the vitriol of the right wing blogosphere, led by the wannabe white Michelle Malkin, towards President Obama over this incident. Now they have egg all over their faces and no apologies are forthcoming. Here's an article from Media Matters:

Atlas Shrugs: "Islamic terror" attack by "jihadi" "on the day that Obama said jihad and Islamic terrorism does not exist." In an April 7 post on Atlas Shrugs entitled, "Muslim Tries to Light a Bomb on DC to Denver Aircraft," Pamela Geller wrote, "NBC is reporting that a muslim passenger attempted to light an explosive device on board an aircraft from Washington to Denver, sources tell NBC News -- this on the day that Obama said jihad and Islamic terrorism does not exist (neither does his birth certificate)." The NBC report to which she linked -- a "breaking news" Twitter feed -- said only that "a passenger attempted to light an explosive device on board an aircraft from Washington to Denver, sources tell NBC News." The post made no mention of the passenger's religion. Geller called the passenger "[t]he jihadi committing this act of Islamic terror." Before Geller updated her post to reflect new information, she wrote: "Fighter jets were scrambled to bring the plane down. G-d only knows what would have happened if the the air marshals on board hadn't tackled him..."

Erickson suggested Obama's policies at fault for "attempted bombing" before saying we should "get some answers" prior to "throwing blame." In an April 7 Red State post, titled, "Attempted Bombing over Denver?" CNN political contributor Erick Erickson wrote: "Today the White House leaked that it was ditching the phrase 'radical Islam' from government language. Though details are still sketchy, early reports are that an Islamic radical attempted to blow up a United Airlines flight from Reagan National Airport to Denver tonight with a shoe bomb." The ABC News article to which Erickson linked made no mention of the passenger's religious affiliation. Erickson admitted that "news is changing rapidly and by the time you read this, Pete Williams at NBC is reporting it may have been something else." Despite this, Erickson repeatedly described the Qatari diplomat who sparked the incident, Mohammed al Modadi, as "the bomber" and said:

Malkin: "Taking bets on the amount of time before al Modadi has his Miranda rights read to him." In an April 7 post, Michelle Malkin linked to a previous post regarding the Obama administration's decision to remove religious language from a national security document and wrote: "Never fear. We've got the Whitewasher-in-Chief to paint all our troubles away. Taking bets on the amount of time before al Modadi has his Miranda rights read to him." Malkin added: "Jihadi motto: If at first they don't succeed, light, light again." After reporting that "NBC's Pete Williams is now suggesting it was a 'misunderstanding,' " Malkin wrote, "I'm reminded of how the early reports on the Christmas Day bomber downplayed the incident and initially referred to it as 'firecrackers' going off."

How stupid do these people feel today? The reality is that Mohammed Al-Madadi should be faced with punitive damages for making such a reckless statement and he should be recalled to Qatar.

UPDATE#1: Al-Madadi was en route to Denver to visit an al-Qaeda prisoner. Again, they should hit him with some charges.