Debating the debate
Tony Blankley is one of those Washington pundits that does actually manage to maintain an air of impartiality in his columns. He points out the abject insanity on both sides of the political aisle with great regularity. His latest column looks at Monday nights debate of Democratic Presidential contenders. He finds the candidates "wanting".
"Most of the rest of the debate involved the candidates showing little genuine emotion or conviction and no new ideas. Questions about healthcare were handled with outrage at President George Bush and a total evasion of the challenges of actual cost controls (Medicare, for example, is unfunded through 2070 to the sum of 40 trillion dollars or more). When one questioner asked the candidates whether they would cut benefits or raise taxes, they all agreed that neither was really necessary. Although, admittedly, Obama looked far more sincere as he emoted about the terrible problem than did the others."
He saves his harshest words for the candidates stances on Iraq.
"Bragging at how quickly they could retreat seems to be a peculiarly liberal inclination. While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats."
He also reminds us of the possible consequences should we just "pack our things and go" as the Democratic candidates are proposing.
"Removing 250,000 Americans from Iraq over even a year on perhaps 20,000 flatbed trucks through a sniper-, mortar- and road-side-bomb-infested two-lane road may result in more casualties than anyone wants to imagine."
Blankley chastises a Democratic Party that is (in his words) "hell bent on surrender". The more the Democratic contendersrace to the left to mollify the anti-war base, the more that this statement becomes the truth. Hopefully more Americans will start seeing that as we race toward the 2008 election.
"Most of the rest of the debate involved the candidates showing little genuine emotion or conviction and no new ideas. Questions about healthcare were handled with outrage at President George Bush and a total evasion of the challenges of actual cost controls (Medicare, for example, is unfunded through 2070 to the sum of 40 trillion dollars or more). When one questioner asked the candidates whether they would cut benefits or raise taxes, they all agreed that neither was really necessary. Although, admittedly, Obama looked far more sincere as he emoted about the terrible problem than did the others."
He saves his harshest words for the candidates stances on Iraq.
"Bragging at how quickly they could retreat seems to be a peculiarly liberal inclination. While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats."
He also reminds us of the possible consequences should we just "pack our things and go" as the Democratic candidates are proposing.
"Removing 250,000 Americans from Iraq over even a year on perhaps 20,000 flatbed trucks through a sniper-, mortar- and road-side-bomb-infested two-lane road may result in more casualties than anyone wants to imagine."
Blankley chastises a Democratic Party that is (in his words) "hell bent on surrender". The more the Democratic contendersrace to the left to mollify the anti-war base, the more that this statement becomes the truth. Hopefully more Americans will start seeing that as we race toward the 2008 election.
Labels: 2008, Anti-War Movement
1 Comments:
I've always wanted to ask these surrender monkeys what they think al-Qaeda will be doing as we withdraw. My bet is that they will be shooting us in the back as fast as they can manage, and bragging about how they defeated us. Great for their recruiting, setting them up to follow us all the way home, and that's not good. It's one thing for these lily-livered, bean-brained Democrats to want out, that's just stupid and nothing new. But if they succeed, that's dangerous.
The only good thing about the Democrats' stated aims is that it gives loyal Americans two ways to defend themselves. They can "take out" al Qaeda, or take out the Democrats.
J. Ewing
By Anonymous, at 9:27 PM
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