"As the left shudders, Bush leads"

[CatWoman]

:rofl:



Reading William Kristol's latest screed in the Weekly Standard, one is tempted to pause and double-check the source. Is the content from a random right-wing blog, some nutty talk-radio show, or a leading DC establishment player in one of the most widely-read conservative political magazines in the country?

I naively thought I could no longer be surprised by Kristol's columns, but his latest gem pushes the envelope to new depths. Did you know, for example, that American liberals were not only responsible for Khmer Rouge's crimes, but our withdrawal from Vietnam also created the conditions for the Islamist revolution in Iran in 1979?

Kristol concludes:

ll honor to George W. Bush for following in Reagan's footsteps, grasping the nettle, and confronting the real lessons and consequences of Vietnam. The liberal media and the PC academics are horrified. All the better.

As the left shudders, Bush leads.

There isn't even an argument to refute here; it's just childish cheerleading and empty sloganeering.

A couple of months ago, Kevin Drum noted, "The Bill Kristol phenomenon is a stellar example of what a nice suit and a sober tone of voice can do for you.... e's smart enough to talk in more soothing tones. As a result, he gets columns in Time magazine, edits his own widely-read magazine, and shows up constantly on television."

But with columns like these, Kristol's penchant for "soothing tones" is gone. He's just a sycophant, blithely touting a dangerous policy that doesn't work, and bashing those who dare to disagree.

Does Kristol actually believe his own fluff? I'm inclined to think so, but as Jonathan Chait explained this week, it may not matter: "Kristol's good standing in the Washington establishment depends on the wink-and-nod awareness that he's too smart to believe his own agitprop. Perhaps so. But, in the end, a fake thug is not much better than the real thing."


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/045195.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Does Kristol even believe his own bullshit any more?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[CatWoman]

2. *shudder*

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[earthside]

5. Except ...

... when it comes to the U.S. occupation of Iraq, it is true:

"As the left shudders, Bush leads."

Up till now, Bush has received everything he has wanted ... and the Congressional Democrats do seem to be shuddering in the face of 'surge' progress.

So, who will be triumphant a month from now? Bush and General GOPetraeus? Or will there be timetables for withdrawal and a cut-off of funds?

By October who will be leading and who will be shuddering?

[Swede]

3. He's making this bs up as he goes along.

If Bush didn't pull Viet Nam out of his ass,Kristol wouldn't have either.

[rwheeler31]

4. Can we create a jail posh enough

for these nuts to give it up?

[Buzz Clik]

6. Will someone give Kristol his Medal of Freedom and send him home?

syc·o·phant
Pronunciation(sik-uh-fuhnt, -fant, sahy-kuh-)
Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning
parasite (see picture).


informer, equiv. to sŷko(n) fig + phan-
(s. of phaínein to show) +
-tés agentive suffix]

[MADem]

7. What an "Eschew the Brown Acid" headline.... NT

[madeline_con]

8. DUH-bya couldn't lead the country out of a paper bag!

Who's this loser kidding? :spray: