Dept. of Misdirection: With Iraq a Disaster, GOP Goes Crazy Over a Newspaper Ad

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Dept. of Misdirection: With Iraq a Disaster, GOP Goes Crazy Over a Newspaper Ad
by Arianna Huffington

Does anybody really believe the problem with the war in Iraq is too much questioning of those in authority, too much bluntness, and not enough deference to those who have been in charge of the war for the last four years?

That’s apparently the feeling of all the conservative talk-show hosts and GOP presidential candidates who came down with the vapors over the MoveOn ad that had the temerity to question Gen. David Petraeus. Tens of thousands of dead civilians, nearly 4,000 dead American soldiers, half a trillion dollars spent, and the squandering of America’s moral authority — none of that seems to have ruffled their feathers very much. But the ad? Now that has got them royally steamed.

Rudy Giuliani is up in arms, railing against “character assassination on an American general who is putting his life at risk.” John McCain thinks “MoveOn.org ought to be thrown out of this country.” Even Don Rumsfeld popped his head out of his spider hole to blast the ad.

It’s the political version of the old lawyer’s axiom: When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law. When both are against you, attack the plaintiff. And when the war is an unmitigated disaster, the facts on the ground are against you, and your only plan for the future is ‘more of the same,’ go crazy over a newspaper ad.

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/18/3918/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Crying out for a change

of diapers

[TwilightGardener]

2. It's insane. This country has gone fucking insane. What more is there to say?

[tridim]

3. Toys in the attic..

I don't know what to say either and it doesn't seem like there's anything we can do about it until at least 2009, if we somehow manage to survive until then.

[Solly Mack]

5. What you said

[simmonsj811]

4. yeah!!!

Where was the outrage when eight billion dollare went missing??? you would think...oh well my bad

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Let's see, they take the general and make him into a political tool.

Then cry foul when he's painted as a politician. Typical Repuke logic, and typical responses from them.

[Poiuyt]

7. Moveon didn't even invent the nickname...the troops did

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