PRESIDENT GORE UPDATE
Even Jonah Goldberg over at the National Review has noticed that in firing O'Neill and Lindsey, the Bushies are doing precisely what Al Gore said they should do. According to CNN, the boys handed in their resignations "at the request of the president". Ok, let's apply a little syllogism to that:
1) O'Neill and Lindsey were requested by the president to resign
2) Al Gore was elected president in November of 2000
therefore
3) Al Gore fired them!
It's that simple! (it works the other way too, as a way to prove that Gore was elected)
Gore's been on a streak of being right about things lately. He was right about the Democrats in congress and Iraq, vindicated by the woodshed-episode the appeasing Dems experienced in the midterms. He's been shown to be right about the Bush economic team. And he'll be just as right about a lot of things in the near future.
Goldberg suggests that this move was part of Bush's genius:
He went to the UN, as the Democrats urged, but is now trying to verbally undermine the inspections.
He came up with a vision for Israel, as Democrats urged, but has completely abandoned the situation, rather to push for an oil-war in Iraq.
He (eventually) supported a Homeland Security department, as Democrats urged, but then he turns around and appoints Henry Kissinger to chair the 9-11 commission.
He got rid of O'Neill and Lindsey, as Gore and the Democrats urged, but which tax-cut-crazy, fantasy-land, Laffer-curve-worshipping ideologues will he appoint to replace them?
Phil Gramm? Jack Kemp? Steve Forbes? . . . Ken Lay?
Even Jonah Goldberg over at the National Review has noticed that in firing O'Neill and Lindsey, the Bushies are doing precisely what Al Gore said they should do. According to CNN, the boys handed in their resignations "at the request of the president". Ok, let's apply a little syllogism to that:
1) O'Neill and Lindsey were requested by the president to resign
2) Al Gore was elected president in November of 2000
therefore
3) Al Gore fired them!
It's that simple! (it works the other way too, as a way to prove that Gore was elected)
Gore's been on a streak of being right about things lately. He was right about the Democrats in congress and Iraq, vindicated by the woodshed-episode the appeasing Dems experienced in the midterms. He's been shown to be right about the Bush economic team. And he'll be just as right about a lot of things in the near future.
Goldberg suggests that this move was part of Bush's genius:
This could be another classic example of the Bushies flummoxing their opponents by doing exactly what they say. Other examples include: Democrats: Go to the UN, Bush: Goes to the UN; Democrats: You must have a vision for Israel, Bush: My vision is Arafat must go; Democrats: You must have a department of homeland security, Bush: here is my department of homeland security....That's lovely, but once Bush scratches the surface of each of those Democratic demands, he doesn't follow up worth a shit. Just like we learned from the Dilulio letter, the Bush administration is nothing but an empty shell of politics. Look at what Bush did:
He went to the UN, as the Democrats urged, but is now trying to verbally undermine the inspections.
He came up with a vision for Israel, as Democrats urged, but has completely abandoned the situation, rather to push for an oil-war in Iraq.
He (eventually) supported a Homeland Security department, as Democrats urged, but then he turns around and appoints Henry Kissinger to chair the 9-11 commission.
He got rid of O'Neill and Lindsey, as Gore and the Democrats urged, but which tax-cut-crazy, fantasy-land, Laffer-curve-worshipping ideologues will he appoint to replace them?
Phil Gramm? Jack Kemp? Steve Forbes? . . . Ken Lay?
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