DeLay-zy Thinking
If you were to plot Republican arrogance on the X-axis, and flimsy rationalization in support of George W. Bush on the Y-axis, you'd find Republican rabble-rouser Tom DeLay at the intersection point.
My evidence:
Yesterday, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi challenged Bush's leadership, saying: ""The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader. These policies are not working. But speaking specifically to Iraq, we have a situation where -- without adequate evidence -- we put our young people in harm's way."
These are good criticisms, and they certainly deserve some kind of response from the Republican party; but DeLay doesn't refute what Pelosi said. Instead he replies: "Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric. She apparently is so caught up in partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American lives at risk."
Wha-wha-what? It's Bush's dangerous foreign policy, not Pelosi's words, that have put American lives at risk. I don't think Iraqis are shooting at American troops because of something Pelosi said; they're firing at us because Bush ordered American forces to invade their country under false (and falsified) pretenses.
1 Comments:
At May 21, 2004 at 5:52:00 PM EDT, Anonymous said…
The actual intersection is the collision and resulting genetic intermingle of Tom DeLay and Karl Rove. You know, there are some Rs - even in TX - that understand your point completely. Why do the masses fall so casually in line on either side of the middle?
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