I’m going to cover my butt with this one by creating a new tag, “humor”. Some of this is obviously satiric, namely the parts that offend you. I’m also going to use the term ‘communist’ herein in a fashion that may be offensive to pretty much everyone. The only people I do apologize to are readers from eastern Europe and south-east Asia who had the misfortune to live under it.
The muse has told me this shall be a little long, too. Be warned.
Regular readers know that I regard all those to the left of Genghis Khan with a suspicious and beady eye when it comes to politics . It makes life easy; basically everyone is suspect.
Wolfe eyes suspected communists and thinks about
eating them. source: Gary Kramer, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, via The Wolf Den at fohn.net
I’ve had some dismay over the Democrats winning, because, well, bluntly, the terrorists can spin it as a win, so polarized are our politics. And they don’t deserve to win. They’re a bunch of idiots with no real plan, no clue what they’re doing.
Of course, the problem is that the Republicans are a bunch of idiots with no real plan, no clue what they’re doing.
And the Republicans appear to have achieved what was long thought impossible: be more corrupt than the Democrats.
Oh, and I’ve had dismay over the Democrats winning because they’re even bigger communists than the Republicans.
Now, back to the terrorists spinning this as a win: I’ve been reluctant to say so, because I think it’s politics in the style of LBJ: “My opponent will incinerate the earth”, except in this case it’s possibly worse: “My opponent will surrender the earth to the terrorists and let them incinerate it”. OK, not as punchy, but pretty bad.
Also, it’s simply not true. The top 3 issues in voters’ minds were all related to corruption, competence and terrorism. Iraq — even of the “cutting and running variety” — was down at number 4.
Yet, the expected has happened. Terrorists have rejoiced. Except two funny things have also happened.
First, Bush blinked and accepted Rumsfeld’s resignation. Whether he fell on his sword or was pushed, same deal. I think it’s greatly to the President’s credit that he did so only after the elections. A lot of Republicans are bemoaning the fact that if he’d done so before the elections, they’d have won a lot of tight races and might still control the senate.
Let’s say that’s true. If it’s not, it makes no difference when Rumsfeld resigned. If true, the President put country ahead of party. Good for him. [I thought you were going to say nice things about Democrats, not the President -ed.]
Man, this thing about saying nice things about Democrats is harder than I thought. Have I done it yet? Let’s see, I called them idiots with no plans, stupid, corrupt communists… oh and I referred negatively to LBJ’s anti-Goldwater campaign… Oh! I said something nice about the President. He’s a Democrat, isn’t he? [No. --ed.]
What, pharmacare, open borders, the most massive expansion of the laughable Federal Department of Education since Jimmy Carter — he’s not a domestic Democrat in wolf’s clothing? [He seems it, but he really isn't. Especially on foreign policy. And you still need to say something nice about Democrats --ed.]
Saying he expanded the U.S. Department of Education isn’t a nice thing about Democrats? [No, because a) he's a Republican, and, b) you referred to them as laughable --ed.]
Hey! I’m on to you, ed guy! The US Department of Education’s URL is www.ed.gov! You’re from them aren’t you! Wolfe eyes ed, thinks about eating him. [(escapes) --ed.]
Still he had a point. Nice things about Democrats.
I like Nancy Pelosi’s fur… I mean hair?
Second, serially, as Al Gore is allegedly wont to say, a lot of people, including this wolf, believed that Nancy Pelosi was going to appoint the corrosively corrupt Alcee Hastings to Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. She’s not. Good.
Why not appoint the ranking Democrat? Good question. That’s Jane Harman, like Pelosi, a female congresscritter from California. This wolf honestly suspects that were Harman a man, she’d be appointed by Pelosi. Yeah, I’m accusing Pelosi of sexism, and being catty. Which in turn is sexist, and wolfish of me.
Anyway, long story short, it looks like the new Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee will be Silvestre Reyes. What, that’s a name? [yes -- ed.].
You’re back again? (wolfe growls [(vanishes) -- ed.])
And Congresscritter Reyes, a man who voted against the Iraq war and opposed the administration said something very interesting:
In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias.�
This is exactly the signal the Democrats need to send. Pin the war on Bush all you wish, but signal that the US will not be defeated, will not ‘cut and run’. That latter, of course, is a nifty campaign antidote to whatever Republican goes for the Presidency in ‘08, but it’s also got the virtue of being good for the country.
There we go. Nancy Pelosi didn’t appoint a corrupt guy, and Representative Silvestre Reyes said something pretty smart.
Two nice things about Democrats. [I knew you could do it --ed.]
You again!?
Oh well, now I can go back to being mean about them and chasing communists. (howls at the moon… is interrupted by a thought).
Wait! Both Nancy Pelosi and Hilary Clinton have nice fur.
I mean hair.
There! Four nice things about Democrats!
-wolfe