{"id":968,"date":"2003-12-23T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2003-12-23T18:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/lord-of-the-right-wing\/"},"modified":"2003-12-23T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2003-12-23T18:04:59","slug":"lord-of-the-right-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/lord-of-the-right-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Right Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lorddaily reality check<\/a><\/p>\n

Rep. Tom DeLay appeared on ”Meet the Press” yesterday determined to end the year with a bang, not a whimper. He called the war in Iraq ”exciting,” and compared Democrats to morons, hippies and (gasp!) the French. …<\/p>\n

REP. DeLAY: You know, the Democrats want to balance the budget by raising spending and raising taxes. The Soviet Union had a balanced budget.<\/p>\n

Apparently sensing he hadn’t gone far enough with his comparisons to morons, hippies and the French, DeLay kicked his rhetoric into a higher gear later in the show and compared Democrats to communists because they’re pushing for a balanced budget. …<\/p>\n

[E]mploying false economic logic and engaging in bitter name-calling has been a hallmark of 2003. President Bush promised in his inaugural address to “change the tone in Washington,” and he has – under the Bush administration, things have transformed from typical partisan bickering to outright political garbage-throwing.<\/b> <\/p>\n

Anyone who opposed the president’s ill-planned rush to war was labeled a traitor. <\/p>\n

Anyone who dared question the president’s overstatements of intelligence information was labeled a traitor and a wimp.<\/p>\n

Anyone who opposed tax cuts was labeled a tax-and-spend liberal. And a traitor.<\/p>\n

And the list goes on.<\/p>\n

Duhbya’s single greatest lie may have been “I am a uniter, not a divider.”<\/p>\n

This is from www.bushrecall.org (part of moveon.org, I think). On the lighter side, be sure to check out the clever “Lord of the Right Wing” animation — http:\/\/flash.bushrecall.org\/<\/a> (thanks to MR). mjh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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