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“And In This Corner . . .” Cheney v. Obama/Gibbs

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Gibbs needs help. Or, perhaps, replacement?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200…

Myth: “For seven-plus years, the very perpetrators that the vice president says he’s concerned about weren’t brought to justice.”

Reality: Out of fifty-five Iraqi despots on the original Deck of Cards, seven remain to be captured or killed. Red Sox batters should have such an average.

http://www.defendamerica.mil/i…

Myth: “The president in the very first week of his administration chose to change that, to take … these that had committed terrorist acts, and to finally bring about, instituting a process to bring about swift and certain justice,” (same source)

Reality: I suppose this is why he wants to free the Gitmo prisoners who have admitted planning the 9/11 attacks, and treat them as if the were entitled to all the privileges of American Citizens, in our court system. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03…

The euphoric dreams embodied in campaign promises have become the harsh reality of the light of day.

Sorry, Sir, but Elvis was right. Mr. President, you ain’t nothin’ but a hound dawg.

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  1. I’m struggling with the idea that I may be an alarmist. Not so much a doomsayer, as much as being acutely aware of some of the wackjob rhetoric that is getting oxygen in the trademeds.

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    p>Check out this brief exchange between Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck.
    Come on. You can do it! Just press play.

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    p>I am wondering, will the modern day “patriot” hear on FOX News, some twisted equivalent of the discourse of our Founders, leading up to the revolution?

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    p>Matthew Yglesias ponders:

    …Beck was basically outlining his view that the reason you see spree killings like the one in Alabama is that conservatives are so deranged, and so racist, that when people point out that they’re being racist they can’t help but fly into a psychotic rage and commit multiple murders.
    -snip

    Thankfully Bill O’Reilly (!) was around to act as the voice of reason (!) and observe that spree killing seem more related to mental illness than to political disagreement.

    One also wonders how stifled conservative voices really are in a world where I watched Bill O’Reilly and Glen Beck discuss this on Beck’s show on Fox News. It seems as if there’s an entire TV network-fairly successful and high rated-to catered to conservative views, along with numerous radio shows, tons of guest spots on CNN, Morning Joe on MSNBC, etc. There are magazines, newspaper columnists, blogs. Lots of stuff. I dunno.

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    p>I’m concerned that the Bush/Cheney Rush/Cheney “call to arms” may be taken literally.
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    • I think Cheney’s “call to arms” is more politically figurative than a demand to lock and load. As to Rush Windbaugh, I’m not making book.

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      p>I said early on that Obama was duly elected, and that I would support him. But MY reality is becoming a struggle as well.

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      p>Just not THAT big a struggle. And as to whether conservatives are deranged, I suggest that there are whack-jobs on both sides of the political fruitcake.

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      p>Rush, for example.

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      p>And, uh, Gibbs, for example . . .

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      p>Best,
      Chuck

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