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September 26, 2007
Our Thoughts Exactly
We have already written about the irrelevance (in our judgment) of Republicans' attempts to use a controversial recent Move On ad to whip up sentiment against Democrats. Our take is sure, the ad was in poor taste, but most Americans didn't see it, don't care about it, and long ago made up their minds about the Iraq War anyway. Just as General Petraeus' testimony had no impact on public opinion, neither did the Move On ad.
Still, we were simultaneously annoyed and amused by the GOP's attempts to score points off of Move On, led in the U.S. Senate by none other than the junior senator from Texas, John Cornyn. The Senate passed a resolution condemning the ad, and today the House followed suit. Congratulations to these august bodies. They have each managed to waste taxpayers' time and money passing items which have no impact, not just on the untenable situation in Iraq, but on any substantive policy issue at all. On that count, we're annoyed.
We also got a chuckle, however, out of this pathetic attempt from Republicans to divert attention, any attention, from the unmitigated clusterf&*# that is Iraq. Note to Republicans: if this is all you've got, your party is in a world of hurt. Given your crap fundraising numbers over the last year, we're sure you are least hoping to collect a few nickels over the Move On dustup. Good luck with that and the rest of your plans; you're gonna need it.
Beyond annoyed and amused, however, we were also just plain pissed. How dare these self-righteous Republicans, who have made their bones smearing their opponents, all of a sudden scream with holier-than-thou outrage over a single newspaper ad? Don't get us started. But since we are trying to acheive inner harmony these days, rather than carry on with piss and vinegar, we'll leave it to a far more high-profile person to channel the rage. We think he sums it up pretty well.
Posted by houtopia at September 26, 2007 10:18 PM