In continuing Joe Wilson coverage, Andie Collier has a story at Politico about the increasing prominence of Republican “cranks.” The piece is pretty tough on the GOP, but includes the following “to be sure” graf:
Nor are Democrats strangers to having their crazy uncles take center stage. During the run-up to the Iraq war, for example, Reps. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) and David Bonior (D-Mich.) famously flew to Baghdad, where McDermott asserted that he believed the president would “mislead the American public” to justify the war. The trip made it a cakewalk for critics to describe the Democratic Party as chockablock with traitorous radicals.
But… um… the president did “mislead the American public” to justify the war. So, you know, that turned out to be a pretty legitimate concern. Surely if Collier needed an example of Democratic crankery for “balance,” there were better examples at hand? Or am I just being a “crazy uncle”—or a “traitorous radical”—myself?
See, the fundamental mistake your making is that in just the same way as Bush mislead the American public, Obama IS trying to take away your religion and your guns, kill your grandparents and unborn children, spy on you through Cash for Clunkers' software, and install Kim Jong Ill as our next president.
#1 Posted by owl, CJR on Fri 11 Sep 2009 at 03:02 PM
For Politico, facts have never gotten in the way of a good Drudge link. False equivalence is a pathology in the beltway when it comes to Democrats. They'll drag up anything and equate it to outrageous Republican crankery.
#2 Posted by Tom, CJR on Fri 11 Sep 2009 at 09:32 PM