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The rules of the International Blogging Association require me to do a post about the death of Muammar Qaddafi (Khadafy? Gaddafi? Kadaffi?), which is now the hottest meme on TV news.
Well, I can’t say anything about Qaddafi himself that hasn’t been said a million times already. And I can’t say I thought it would end any other way for him once he made a run for it.
So of course I’ll turn my attention to the spectacle of Republicans desperately trying to find a way to spin this in a way that makes Obama look bad.
Jon Stewart sums up the situation better than me, and I recommend watching the full clip, because it contains the biggest bombshell of the last decade – Republicans actually giving France credit for something.
Seriously.
It’s no surprise, of course. There’s an election on, and Republicans were rather hoping to paint Obama as the new Jimmy Carter. That’s going to be a hard dollar when Obama’s track record includes (1) killing Osama bin Laden, (2) killing terrorists in general, even if they’re US citizens (and even if they’re US citizens under the age of 18), (3) continuing the process of rendition of terror suspects, (4) wrapping up the war in Iraq (give or take 5,500 mercenaries) and (5) helping Libyan rebels oust a crazy-ass dictator and international terrorism sponsor in a fraction of the time and money it took to oust Saddam Hussein, and with zero US casualties.
In other words, stuff the GOP not only approves of in principle, but also wishes had happened while Bush II was still in office.
Little wonder they’re now dithering and nitpicking over tactics and power vacuums. Because Iraq had no power vacuum after Saddam went down, and look how well that turned out.
The good news (for Mitt Romney, or whoever) is that this may be one of those elections where foreign policy means dick to the general electorate. The economy is probably going to be the Big Issue unless it either turns around quick or Obama manages to defuse the #OWS crowd with some meaningful reforms. Or unless he writes enough personal cheques to people who take the time to write him for help.
But you know the iron rule of politics: “Never give the Opposition credit for anything, especially if you would have done the same thing.” So sure, the GOP is going to do what it can to make Qaddafi’s death look like a big mistake. The fact that Junior Bush made friends with Qaddafi during his term is a complete coincidence, I’m sure.
Anyway, for those of us who had to endure the embarrassing spectacle of Freedom Fries, it says a lot that the GOP hates Obama so much that they’ll say something nice about France before they say anything nice about him.
C’est la vie,
This is dF
Well, I can’t say anything about Qaddafi himself that hasn’t been said a million times already. And I can’t say I thought it would end any other way for him once he made a run for it.
So of course I’ll turn my attention to the spectacle of Republicans desperately trying to find a way to spin this in a way that makes Obama look bad.
Jon Stewart sums up the situation better than me, and I recommend watching the full clip, because it contains the biggest bombshell of the last decade – Republicans actually giving France credit for something.
Seriously.
It’s no surprise, of course. There’s an election on, and Republicans were rather hoping to paint Obama as the new Jimmy Carter. That’s going to be a hard dollar when Obama’s track record includes (1) killing Osama bin Laden, (2) killing terrorists in general, even if they’re US citizens (and even if they’re US citizens under the age of 18), (3) continuing the process of rendition of terror suspects, (4) wrapping up the war in Iraq (give or take 5,500 mercenaries) and (5) helping Libyan rebels oust a crazy-ass dictator and international terrorism sponsor in a fraction of the time and money it took to oust Saddam Hussein, and with zero US casualties.
In other words, stuff the GOP not only approves of in principle, but also wishes had happened while Bush II was still in office.
Little wonder they’re now dithering and nitpicking over tactics and power vacuums. Because Iraq had no power vacuum after Saddam went down, and look how well that turned out.
The good news (for Mitt Romney, or whoever) is that this may be one of those elections where foreign policy means dick to the general electorate. The economy is probably going to be the Big Issue unless it either turns around quick or Obama manages to defuse the #OWS crowd with some meaningful reforms. Or unless he writes enough personal cheques to people who take the time to write him for help.
But you know the iron rule of politics: “Never give the Opposition credit for anything, especially if you would have done the same thing.” So sure, the GOP is going to do what it can to make Qaddafi’s death look like a big mistake. The fact that Junior Bush made friends with Qaddafi during his term is a complete coincidence, I’m sure.
Anyway, for those of us who had to endure the embarrassing spectacle of Freedom Fries, it says a lot that the GOP hates Obama so much that they’ll say something nice about France before they say anything nice about him.
C’est la vie,
This is dF
