22 May 2009

Middle ground my...

...carcass...

In the fight against Republican and conservative strawmen, our dear president always comes out on top. So far, he's taken on the conservative strawmen surrounding his Porkulus bill, his decision to close GITMO, and his overall terrorism strategy. Someday, I hope, he'll take on actual opposing arguments with the same vigor. I'm waiting for someone in the Obama White House to tell "that one," that campaign time is over and now is the time to start governing. If "the One" felt that his policies were above reproach, he would not have needed to grace the halls of the National Archives to attempt to defeat another strawman. Contrary to his assertions, the debate on national security and how the Bushites handled it is far from "settled," as his acolytes continue to salivate at the prospect of Bushites being paraded in front of The Hague for pointless show trials.

In my previous post I noted how Obama claimed that Cheney lost his arguments in the latter years of the Bush Administration. Several factors, I believe, may have forced Bushie to diminish Cheney's influence, like the Democratic Party reaching majority status in the Election of 2006, and a shakeup of the Cabinet later that year. It was widely known, at least in righty blogs, that Bushie often channeled his inner John McCain, and alienated the conservative base to appease his critics who would always find something to bitch about. Had Cheney been out as he is now, not only would Bushit! be enjoying better approval ratings, but we wouldn't be dealing with the Age of Obamessiah now. Those things we cannot change now, but we must continue to correct the record each time the president decides to take down another strawman.

At least he [Obama] didn't blame the deaths that occurred on 9/11 on Cheney as his most well-knowncheerleader. It is not the Right who believes, as the man who makes strawmen shake in their boots claimed, it is the Left who are the absolutists on this issue. For them, a misguided belief that transparency trumps national security is their core, and it's a wonder how they can straight-facedly say that if the situation requires, they'll use the same enhanced interrogation techniques they've abhored for the past eight years. You see, it's fine to disagree with the Bushites, as I did quite often, it's another to engage in childish behavior used to demonize and attempt to marginalize one's opponents and at the same time praise a man who still can't properly frame his opponents arguments...and faint at his [lack of] clarity on the issues.

Have a great day...

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