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April 08, 2005
Clark vs. Perle -- D.C. Smackdown
Full disclosure: Houtopia volunteered for Wes Clark's brief presidential campaign, and is an unabashed fan.
We're a day late on this one, but we couldn't pass up an opportunity to highlight Dana Milbank's WaPo piece on retired General Wesley Clark's showdown with exiled neocon Richard Perle before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday.
Perle, who has been largely discredited for his role in the WMD/Iraq fiasco, and has retreated to his French villa (its fine to bash France, but Provence is so lovely in Spring), and Clark reprised their 2002 pre-invasion match to somewhat different effect.
In 2002, Clark cautioned against a hasty invasion of Iraq, while Perle (with help from GOP committee members) mocked and belittled him. Turns out Clark was right. Who looks foolish now?
When In Doubt, Blame Somebody Else
First off, The Daily Delay points out that today is Tom Delay's birthday. Head on over and send him your fondest wishes. We won't go there.
Today's Houston Chronicle and NY Times have the latest on Brother Delay's continuing crusade against the "Judicial War on Faith." This just days after Delay basically threatened judges for their "activism" in the Terri Schiavo case -- a particularly nice touch, considering the recent violence against members of the bench in Chicago and Atlanta.
Even fellow Texas Republican John Cornyn, who, a few days ago on the floor of the U.S. Senate, disgracefully justified violence against judges, distanced himself from Brother Tom on this one.
You've got to hand it to Mr. Delay -- he shows an impressive singularity of focus. Continuing ethical allegations and bad press swirl around him, but he's still hunting that liberal bogeyman. Nothing will distract him from doing the Lord's work.
The protagonist of the Passion of the Tom charges blindly on.
Posted by houtopia at April 8, 2005 11:09 AM