Posted by
2spothipshot on Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:42:52 PM
Today on the Medved Show, Tony Snow said,(actual quote)"Accommodations and compromises consistent with principle" in answer to the notion of, what will now happen with a nancy pelosi led congress as it pertains to the presidents' steadfastness on the issues of the day.Once more with feeling please Tony,"Accommodations and compromises consistent with principle". Well, here's a quote. By me,(actual) "Accommodations and compromises are, by deffinition, absent of principle."
There's alot of ways to take this.(With a wash that wishy, one can only guess as to where it might lead.) One scenario could be: "Every time we cave from now on, don't worry, we promise it will have come as a result of conscientious handwringing that is very mindful of all things of utmost importance to you, the voters whom we again, are about to screw."
Another one might be: "While congress was led by those darned republicans who actually had principles -or at least feared the wrath of their constituents- we had to go against our own desires and sign things like 'The Great Big Wall Act of 2006' or whatever and now that we have a congressional leadership more in tune with our philosophy, we still get what we want and they can take the heat.Hmm, losing isn't all bad after all I guess."
This is the one I'm hoping it doesn't mean more than any other: "Shreeker pulloutsi, if you've got the platters, we've got the heads. Just tell us who you want and we'll serve 'em up fresh and bloody. Who? Rummy? It is done.....I know what I said last week, don't worry about it. Just promise not to savage me on tv anymore. Deal?....Deal. Good. Oh and about that tv thing, pat leahy says some really mean stuff about me, if I knock it off with the originalist judges can you get him off my back too ?...Oh good ! Now that's what I call 'A principle consistent with accommodating compromises'. Hey, I used the same words that Tony said on the big conservative guys show. Alright ! Now lets get to wackin' ! Iraq, GONE ! Bolton, GONE ! Judges, GONE ! Cheney, GONE ! Border enforcement, GAU-GU-GU-GONE-GONE----SO GONE !!!"
The reason why I loathe that last one so much is, when you can throw a friend under the bus that easy for the sake of "getting along", how hard can it be to jerk the rug out from under a bunch of guys doing a job "nobody" wants them to do ? Hugh Hewitt, a man 10 times smarter than me, says that he thinks (hopes ?) President Bush is just doing the old "rope-a-dope" on the Fransisconated one. Tonight on Hughs' show, James Lileks mentioned the fact that we've all been waiting for W to come off the ropes with a big ol' haymaker for about 5 years plus and with nothing yet, why to think we'll see it now when even doers like Reagan had a hard time getting big stuff done towards the end. Forget rope-a-dope, our president might think he has to peel himself up off the canvas, leaving him in no position to throw any punches. He doesn't believe in conservative principles anyway, so forget that. He's more like FDR than Ronaldus Magnus, it's just that like FDR, he get's the danger of the enemy so he knows the importance of winning the war. Fortunately for America, FDR didn't have to deal with constant,open,unashamed and even protected by their target, treason from ALL of THE LEADERS OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY. Funny what a difference that little detail makes. Combine that with living in Washimgton everyday and you can see how George Bush might even lose sight of the big picture. Thank God he doesn't read the daily fishwraps or the mission wouldn't stand a chance.
We CAN'T lose the war. We CAN'T demoralize the military. If they are betrayed by their own country, how effective will they be when it counts ? You can't blink in this game and we just blinked. Now that the force responsible for saving our sorry, idealistic, can't be bothered with it butts, knows it has to worry about treating mass killers in accordance with the "mcCain/graham al qeda bill of rights act of 2006", do we really want to tell them that politics and not the absolute necessity of the mission they believe in, is what determines whether or not all of there sacrifice and suffering has had any meaning ? First the election, now that. It's starting to look like the john kerry doctrine of, "(believe in country and mission)...and you wind up stuck in Iraq" is in danger of winning the day. What if it did ? Could we survive ?