Monday, November 21, 2005
Double Bubba
Excellent reality check:
"Chafing under the dark rule of the neo-cons, many in the US and around the world recall the Clinton era as a halcyon one. And it's not surprising that people hunger for a lesser evil when the greater evil is Bush. But although the Bush regime, licensed by 9/11, has behaved in a particularly reckless and aggressive fashion, it is not fundamentally an aberration. The double standards on democracy and the rule of law, the claim to a unique prerogative in the use of military force, the contempt for the sovereignty of others, the cynical manipulation of public opinion to justify war: on all these Bush occupies common ground with his predecessors in the Oval office."
Read all about it, from Mike Marqusee at CounterPunch. (Above is the last paragraph; we call that "burying the lead" in the news business; plus, I think the headline is much harsher than the article, but they usually are.)
(If we HAVE to have a president who does all those arguably questionable yet apparently necessary shenanigans abroad, fine; let's have one who actually gives a hoot in hell about his fellow Americans. I am, after all, a Yellow Dog. -- ER)
Then there's this: Bubba in USA TODAY.
My favorite quotes:
"Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It's not selling out your convictions," Clinton said.
"I practically need a rabies shot when I talk about this deficit and me getting five tax cuts while we had two wars going on," he said.
Clinton said he'd like to help (Hillary in the 2006 election) in rural Upstate New York, where, he joked "to be able to drag out a weather-beaten old redneck like me is an enormous asset."
--ER
"Chafing under the dark rule of the neo-cons, many in the US and around the world recall the Clinton era as a halcyon one. And it's not surprising that people hunger for a lesser evil when the greater evil is Bush. But although the Bush regime, licensed by 9/11, has behaved in a particularly reckless and aggressive fashion, it is not fundamentally an aberration. The double standards on democracy and the rule of law, the claim to a unique prerogative in the use of military force, the contempt for the sovereignty of others, the cynical manipulation of public opinion to justify war: on all these Bush occupies common ground with his predecessors in the Oval office."
Read all about it, from Mike Marqusee at CounterPunch. (Above is the last paragraph; we call that "burying the lead" in the news business; plus, I think the headline is much harsher than the article, but they usually are.)
(If we HAVE to have a president who does all those arguably questionable yet apparently necessary shenanigans abroad, fine; let's have one who actually gives a hoot in hell about his fellow Americans. I am, after all, a Yellow Dog. -- ER)
Then there's this: Bubba in USA TODAY.
My favorite quotes:
"Sooner or later you figure out that pragmatism and compromise are principles in a democracy. It's not selling out your convictions," Clinton said.
"I practically need a rabies shot when I talk about this deficit and me getting five tax cuts while we had two wars going on," he said.
Clinton said he'd like to help (Hillary in the 2006 election) in rural Upstate New York, where, he joked "to be able to drag out a weather-beaten old redneck like me is an enormous asset."
--ER
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In the USA today article yuou linked to there was this link as well. Bush Tones Down His Attacks:
"People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq," Bush said, three days after agreeing with Vice President Dick Cheney that the critics were "reprehensible."
The president also praised Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., as "a fine man" and a strong supporter of the military despite the congressman's call for troop withdrawal as soon as possible.
So Bush backs down? Not on your life. He has just shifted it over to the attack dogs while he can stand by and not get blood on his pristine presidency. Three times on the cable TV shows today I have heard Rep. Congress men and a woman call the Democrats "UN-American" X2, "Ir-responsible"X2,
"..aiding the enemy" X1, "trecherous", and over and over as though they all had the same exact memo from the RNC.
The last time I saw this kind of two face bullshit was with Kissenger and Nixon.
"People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq," Bush said, three days after agreeing with Vice President Dick Cheney that the critics were "reprehensible."
The president also praised Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., as "a fine man" and a strong supporter of the military despite the congressman's call for troop withdrawal as soon as possible.
So Bush backs down? Not on your life. He has just shifted it over to the attack dogs while he can stand by and not get blood on his pristine presidency. Three times on the cable TV shows today I have heard Rep. Congress men and a woman call the Democrats "UN-American" X2, "Ir-responsible"X2,
"..aiding the enemy" X1, "trecherous", and over and over as though they all had the same exact memo from the RNC.
The last time I saw this kind of two face bullshit was with Kissenger and Nixon.
# posted by 
: 2:45 PM
: 2:45 PM
Actually, the last time the Dems were called reprehensible and unAmerican was when they started questioning Harriet Miers' qualifications.
Any time a Dem or "the left" disagrees, they are reprehensible and unAmerican.
It was also wrong to say (over the dead bodies of those who died in the WTC) that U.S. intelligence knew about the plot in advance.
Any time a Dem or "the left" disagrees, they are reprehensible and unAmerican.
It was also wrong to say (over the dead bodies of those who died in the WTC) that U.S. intelligence knew about the plot in advance.
# posted by : 3:09 PM
: 3:09 PM
I'm not posting this to bash anyone, including our president. But I just made an observation that y'all might like:
George W. Bush IS Roscoe P. Coltrane.
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George W. Bush IS Roscoe P. Coltrane.
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