From the DailyKOS:
From Hunter:
I used to think that the Republicans were primarily little more than marvelous opportunists. Their effectiveness at “catapulting the propaganda” over the last two decades have been astonishing, and never more so than in the last six years.
If you believe that the GOP has the most remote handle on its party, you really are a Moonbat within an ocean of so-called ‘bats. The GOP doesn’t have the first clue as to what it needs to do next. Trust me. I USED to contribute to the RNC. They are CLUELESS.
Case in point, obviously: the MoveOn ad. The horrible, mean, cruel MoveOn ad that questioned the integrity of an Army general simply because he had a proven history of making, you know… intentionally misleading statements based on transparently manufactured statistics. It’s still the talk of the news cycle, because Republicans are outraged — yes, outraged! Offended! Disgusted! Repulsed! Exclamation points!! — that such a thing would happen in politics. Not the manipulation of numbers and of evidence, mind you, that long being the standard currency of unpopular wars: no, the offense was the ad.
The ad was, according to the greater populace, clearly “over the top.” What portion of “over the top” do you not get? Thankfully, as far as WE are concerned, you don’t “get it” at all. The Senate excoriating your ass: you are STILL oblivious. And for that we thank you.
The irony has not been lost on anyone, I imagine. For six years, opponents of the war have had their patriotism, their integrity, their very status as Americans questioned by Republican administration officials in their public statements, by Republican senators on the floor of the Senate, by Republican congressmen in the House, from the White House press office, in the pages and websites of every conservative and Republican rag out there, by Republican activist groups, on Republican radio programs, by Republicans holding up signs on street corners, and so on. Along with a generous application of rank dishonesty, it has been the standard and defining element of War On Terror Discourse. It has been as prevalent as now-faded yellow ribbon magnets, and exactly as substantive. The questioning of patriotism, of Americanism, of integrity, and of courage was the id of the war, and the ego and super-ego as well.
As well you should. There is but one path for Demorats: get out. And for those of you who just tuned in: Get. Out. What part of that do you not understand? My solution? Get. Involved. Get more troops IN. Put MORE 5.56 mm rounds into the HEADS of Iraqis. Watch them explode. Pattern yourselves after Blackwater. Do your JOBS. Release the ROEs. Let our soldiers KILL PEOPLE and BLOW SHIT UP.
You lack patriotism if you question the President. You lack patriotism if you question the competence of the war planners. You lack patriotism if you do not support the correct number of tax cuts (namely, every one proposed.)
Tax cuts, you dipshit, benefit EVERYONE. Even YOU, you Greek Croseus; like you Greek dudes don’t stick together. NOT.
You lack patriotism if you object to Social Security “reform” packages. You lack patriotism if you point out dishonesty on the part of political leaders. You lack patriotism if you ask where Osama bin Laden is.
Ever try to track a needle in a haystack? Ever wonder why we don’t have HUMINT priority sources instead of ELINT and COMINT and SATINT priorities?
Guess you’d have to ask the CARTER ADMIN, wouldn’t you, you defeatist fuck.
You lack patriotism if you point out where he is not. You lack patriotism if you disagree with how the “war on terror” is fought, or worse yet if you express that disagreement in such a way as to inconvenience an American elected official. You lack patriotism if you print certain stories in a newspaper, such as any investigative story that questions the effectiveness of Republican leaders, or which shines too bright a light on the policies of our glittering new war.
Our glittering new war has somehow managed to keep the exploding Homicide Bombers from staining our shores. But you wouldn’t acknowledge that, would you, you DEM sychophant?
For six years, anyone on the opposing side of a Republican proposal have had our “integrity” questioned at every turn, and at podiums throughout the capital, by the top members of American government. As a matter not only of course, but of intentional strategy.
And that strategy has resulted in ZERO casualties since then, has it not?
And how many casualties has Israel, for example, suffered since then?
Fine. Then shut the fuck up.
BZ
