The Washington Post is on Crack

[babylonsister]

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The Washington Post is on Crack
by Cenk Uygur | Jul 21 2007


In an editorial in Saturday's paper called "The Phony Debate," the Washington Post claims it is Harry Reid who is keeping the US government from agreeing on a sensible withdrawal plan from Iraq. Who wrote this editorial, Mitch McConnell, Bill Kristol, President Bush?

What kind of crack do you have to be smoking to claim that it's Senator Reid and not President Bush who is keeping us in Iraq? That is such an outrageous proposition that it makes you question the Washington Post's credibility, or their sanity.

Look at this absolute crap they printed:

A large majority of senators from both parties favor a shift in the U.S. mission that would involve substantially reducing the number of American forces over the next year or so and rededicating those remaining to training the Iraqi army, protecting Iraq's borders and fighting al-Qaeda. President Bush and his senior aides and generals also support this broad strategy, which was formulated by the bipartisan Baker-Hamilton commission. Mr. Bush recently said that "it's a position I'd like to see us in."

Are you fucking kidding me? I'm so angry I can hardly type. If President Bush really wants this option, you know what he has to do? Order it! It will be done tomorrow. You have to be either retarded or completely biased to pretend that President Bush wants to leave Iraq but the Democrats won't let him. That is turning reality completely on its head.

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Please don't tell me that you think President Bush wants to leave Iraq but the Democrats won't let him. Please, don't tell me that you're that nonsensical, that irrational, that detached from reality. I'd rather believe you were just told to write the editorial for business purposes so you get some sort of tax break. At least, I would have the comfort of knowing that the people in charge are unscrupulous and corrupt, but not devoid of all reason.

I don't think I want to live in a world where people in power are that stupid or irrational. It makes me question my whole world-view. Who is running this place? Please tell me you have been intimidated into bending the truth or that you have been ordered by your board to support all Republican talking points, but just don't tell me that you're that dense and you're running one of the most important newspapers in the country.

[wtmusic]

1. They evidently see some wiggle room in "substantially reducing"

the number of American forces, and redirecting leftover troops to the mission of "fighting al-Qaeda". Translation: maintain status quo.

[MasonJar]

2. "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

What else makes sense?

[DeSwiss]

3. I noticed that whomever....

...the ASSHAT was that wrote this drivel didn't sign his/her name. Which I can't blame them, because if I wrote crap like this I wouldn't sign my name either.

WASHINGTON POST = BIRD CAGE LINER



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