Blue on blue: Liberal saint attacks leftist Messiah
posted at 4:58 pm on March 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Or, “Why the Democratic Primary Needs to Continue for as Long as Possible.”
There is no credible reason to conclude that Obama would have acted any differently in voting for the authorization [to go to war in Iraq] had he been in the Senate at that time. Indeed, he has said as much. The supposed intuitive judgment he exercised in his 2002 speech was nothing more than the pander of a local election campaign, just as his current assertions of superior judgment and scurrilous attacks on Hillary Clinton are a pander to those who now retroactively think the war was a mistake without bothering to acknowledge Senator Clinton’s actual position at the time and instead fantasizing that she was nothing but a Bush clone. Obama willfully encourages and plays off this falsehood…
As a consequence of Obama’s dereliction of duty on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [Ahem. -- ed], a feckless administration has had absolutely no oversight as it careens from disaster to disaster in Afghanistan, including the central governments loss of control over 70 percent of the country and yet another bumper crop of opium to fuel the efforts of the Taliban and their terrorist allies. Of course, if you don’t hold hearings, conduct oversight, make recommendations or sponsor legislation, then you have no record to explain or defend and you are free to take whatever position is convenient when attacking those who actually did address issues. Meanwhile, on the campaign trail, Obama holds forth on Afghanistan, chiding the administration and our allies as though he’s a profile in courage and not someone who has abandoned his post in establishing accountability…
Obama’s gyrations on Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran are not the actions of one imbued with superior intuitive judgment, but rather the machinations of a political opportunist looking to avoid having his fingerprints on any issue that might be controversial, and require real judgment, while preserving his freedom to bludgeon his adversary for actually taking positions as elected office demands. It is hard to discern whether Senator Obama is a man of principle, but it is clear that he is not a man of substance. And that judgment, based on his hollow record, is inescapable.
I excised the part where he basically calls him gutless for skipping the vote on whether to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Would the Messiah pull a move like that just to avoid being put on the spot politically? Yeah, maybe.
Exit question: Whom does this damage more, Obama or Holy Joe? Wilson thinks he has Absolute Moral Authority by dint of his anti-war martyrdom for the left but he’s served his purpose in that regard. All he is now, really, is a shill for Hillary, challenging the “true” anti-war candidate who also happens to be the repository incarnate of all forms of AMA. Isn’t this the point where the left, chanting “Yes we can,” politely ushers him offstage?
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Holy Joe needs his high-ranking job at the State Department in the Clinton Administration, and Obama is getting in the way.
Realist on March 4, 2008 at 5:01 PM
C’mon, let the Hildebeest win TX and OH!
doubleplusundead on March 4, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Shriek go crawl back under your rock Joe. Please. Take your wife with you.
funky chicken on March 4, 2008 at 5:04 PM
I suggest sending him on a fact finding mission to find out whether Obama really smells like frankincense and myrrh. But only if it wont cut into brunch time at the Heinz-Kerry’s and shoots with Annie Leibovitz.
Western_Civ on March 4, 2008 at 5:04 PM
I loved that story. Egomaniac trophy husband, pathological liar and self-aggrandizing tool Joe Wilson taking Barry to the carpet as a small-time local hack who doesn’t know what he’s talking about regarding Iraq. That’s soooo tasty. Like honey poured over brown sugar and covered in whipped cream. I’m geting a headrush from the pure sweetness!
Vote Sauron 08 on March 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Damn that was harsh! Here come the hate!
Agrippa2k on March 4, 2008 at 5:09 PM
He’s nailed it though, hasn’t he?
The problem is that the Obama crowd is so empty headed that rational arguments aren’t going to sway them. He’s the freaking messiah, people!
landshark on March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Racist!
BuzzCrutcher on March 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM
I do like the imagery of Obama as a man without fingerprints. He is the un-Hillary, whose fingerprints were literally on the Rose Law Firm billing records.
So, if you’re a Dem your choices are an invisible man or a congenital liar.
Choose or lose!
Buy Danish on March 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Damn that Hannity. I convinced my brother to go vote for Hillary tonight and he went and called Hannity’s show and Shawn told him not to waste his vote on Hillary but to vote his conceince.
William Amos on March 4, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Bingo Landshark. Bingo. We have a winner.
cannonball on March 4, 2008 at 5:20 PM
AMA?
The_Freeze on March 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM
No fingerprints. He’s as hollow as a chocolate Easter Bunny.
cannonball on March 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM
A week ago the Plames thought their guaranteed future darling positions were all but lost, but wait… The governor just called with a stay of execution, for now.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 5:21 PM
= Absolute Moral Authority. Got it.
Just like Cindy Sheehan, pre-Speaker Pelosi.
The_Freeze on March 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM
It’s funny to watch supporters of both Obama and Hillary go after the opposing candidate with terms and accusations until now reserved for George W. Bush and his administration, apparently under the idea that the type of attacks that ginned up the irrational hatred of all things GWB will work just as well when directed at Barak or Mrs. Clinton.
All it’s doing right now is making it less and less likely either candidate will be able to put the normal Democratic coalition back together again come November (which puts them in the same boat as McCain and the Republicans right now). But it wouldn’t be much of a surprise, if Hillary does manage to come back and win the nomination while alienating Obama’s African-American supporters, to see the Clinton machine try to paint McCain and his supporters as the 21st Century’s version of George Wallace and the KKK come the fall, in an effort to scare people into voting for Hillary.
jon1979 on March 4, 2008 at 5:25 PM
This guy is a world class tool. Uh… however… great rant dude.
Sugar Land on March 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM
And Joe Wilson would know all about that.
Esthier on March 4, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Interesting, an argument worth persuading more Shrilleries to come to the Glaciers beckoning call and force a brokered democratic convention. August cannot come sooner….., well, not really.
Kini on March 4, 2008 at 5:32 PM
This democrat party implosion is just getting better and better. Wow. Just wow.
Rational Thought on March 4, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Wilson…Wilson…isn’t that the guy who told everyone he could that his wife was a spy, then claimed that she was “outed” as part of an evil, warmongering, imperialist cabal run by Vice President Cheney (playing the part of Dr Evil), and his sidekick Karl Rove (as #2)? Yeah, I think that was the guy.
Funny, I thought he had his 15minutes of fame already. Can we ignore his yipping?
Yes we can
scottm on March 4, 2008 at 5:35 PM
If that isn’t the pot calling the kettle BLACK. I KNOW jojo Wilson is NOT a man of honor, nor character, nor wisdom, nor substance, nor….
jimbo2008 on March 4, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Talk about unintentional irony. That’s like Madonna writing “It’s hard to discern whether Lindsey Lohan is a woman of morals, but it is clear that she is not a woman of chastity.”
Pot > Kettle > Black (waits for an Obama supporter to call me racist now).
thirteen28 on March 4, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Yep. Hate to agree with Wilson about anything, but when he’s right, he’s right.
AZCoyote on March 4, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I’d still do his wife at the drop of a hat. Crazy or not.
LtE126 on March 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Just be sure to note that it’s a case of stopped clock 2x/day.
thirteen28 on March 4, 2008 at 5:44 PM
I wonder what darling position they were guaranteed to be complete liars and national bask stabbers. National Security advisor? Ambassador to France?
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Sweet treat for after my dinner. :)
ThePrez on March 4, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Translation “It is hard to discern whether Senator Clinton is a woman of principle, but she is a woman of substance”.
Entelechy on March 4, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Unless it’s a 24hr clock
LimeyGeek on March 4, 2008 at 5:54 PM
If Joe Wilson could be politely ushered off a stage, he’d have been gone a long time ago.
JM Hanes on March 4, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Joe Wilson attacking Obama just makes me like Obama more.
SoulGlo on March 4, 2008 at 5:59 PM
I love it when people try to act like they don’t have a vested interest in saying what they’re saying. It’s so cute.
Hey, Joe. We all know you’re doing this to get your job back in the White House. Why don’t you run along, make yourself useful, and ask Valerie to explain her apparent purgery before the Congress?
Seixon on March 4, 2008 at 6:00 PM
While Wilson’s assessment of Obama is spot on, the irony of the ex-ambassador’s questioning any candidate’s principles, substance,or ethics, for that matter is beyond chutzpah.
If I hadn’t been following the Wilson charade of citizen-statesmanship all along, the details spelled out of the subversion of the State Department and the CIA as described in Kenneth Timmerman’s Shadow Warriors clinches what a worm he is. What a deluded and self-aggrandizing bastard he is. Both Wilson and his wife should be serving sentences for their blatant perjury.
onlineanalyst on March 4, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Blue on blue, please let us see tons of red, flowing blood!
SouthernGent on March 4, 2008 at 6:05 PM
What he said.
Brass Pair on March 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM
If Joe Wilson could be politely ushered off the stage, he wouldn’t be Joe Wilson.
Jim Treacher on March 4, 2008 at 6:21 PM
I want to see a puddin’ wrestling match between Michelle O’ and Valerie Plain. Then we can discus substance.
Hening on March 4, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Great book!
Glad you’re here!
Domino on March 4, 2008 at 6:26 PM
I cant stand Wilson. Cant stand him.
Dash on March 4, 2008 at 7:04 PM
So he’s the opposite of the Jew eating Rabbit?
ihasurnominashun on March 4, 2008 at 7:06 PM
I have absolutely no idea why anyone is paying attention to anything Joe Blow Wilson has to say, think, belch, or fart. Him and his shrewish wife Valerie “Secret Agent 33 1/3″ Plame had their fifteen minutes of fame about two years ago. They are like a bad cold. You want them to go away, but they just keep hanging around. It is high time for them to go to where they both belong, namely into obscurity.
pilamaye on March 4, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Obama must feel like he just had an extended visit with his proctologist.
meci on March 4, 2008 at 7:16 PM
A new silky pony?
Kini on March 4, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Poor Joe. Still trying to be relevant?
Branch Rickey on March 4, 2008 at 7:49 PM
It’s bought-and-paid-for goons like Joe Wilson and Ed Rendell that keep me for ever voting in the primaries for Hillary, even though it may be tactically wise to do it.
The Dem Party needs a new start.
petefrt on March 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Come on folks,Joe Wilson was an ambassador.Which means he’s got the brains and morals of a slug.
E.Tex on March 4, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Mr. Plame ;) is quite obviously Teh Raceizt for even criticizing Obamamessiah. St. Joe is a throwaway now as the Plame affair has been milked by the uber left for all it could deliver.
Does Joe need another 15 minutes?
44Magnum on March 4, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Truer words have never been spoken! Dead on Analyst!
SoldiersMom on March 4, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Heh…
eanax on March 4, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Game over for Hillary Clinton
THE RATS ARE LEAVING THE SINKING SHIP and there isn’t a bigger rat than Joseph Wilson.
It is absurd that a man who “investigated” yellow cake by hanging out at the American embassy in Niger to talk about judgement.
It is absurd for a man who lied about his connections to the White House (Cheney had nothing to do with his “get Bush” mission) and the role of the White House in his outing as a fool to talk about the need for oversight and accountability.
Most importantly, for Joe Wilson to call anyone a political opportunist looking to avoid having his fingerprints on any issue that might be controversial, and require real judgment, while preserving his freedom to bludgeon his adversary for actually taking positions That’s actually an endorsement of Obama when coming from a traitor like Joe Wilson- failed career bureaucrat.
highhopes on March 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM
When the Republicans will stop being cowards and start attacking Hussein Barack?
Wait a minute, maybe it’s not election year yet.
This is the best piece I have ever read.
Good job Joseph C. Wilson!
You have the guts big mouth Republicans lack.
Indy Conservative on March 4, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Who the hell dusted Joe Wilson off???
D2Boston on March 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM
This is like my b-day and xmas all rolled up into one. I love watching these idiot Dems biting, clawing and back-stabbing oneanother. On another note, Obama’s speech right now is so devoid of substance I keep waiting for someone to finally appear and admit we are ALL on Candid Camera…this has to be a joke, right?
HawaiiLwyr on March 4, 2008 at 11:51 PM
So, if Wilson is now slamming BO, I guess that means the Saudis want Hillary?
18-1 on March 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
The last paragraph was worth slogging through the rest of the anti-war hyperbole to get to.
Captain Scarlet on March 5, 2008 at 6:24 AM