Another DU Fisking: Part 2 

Okay, I'm back for part 2 of another exciting Fisking of the moonbats at Democratic Underground. Part 1 and a link to the original article can be found directly below this post. When we last left our misinformed friend, he was talking about how Democrats need to focus more on bashing Dubya rather than each other. Now, we come to the second half of the article, and a section entitled "The Issues." Let's begin:

I'm guessing that the central issues for the Democratic primary will be the war in Iraq (the lies and manipulations that got us in there and that wrong-headedly keep our troops quagmired there, with the U.S. isolated and hated in much of the Muslim world, Europe and elsewhere);

Wow, that was so original. "Bush is a liar! Bush manipulated us! Everybody hates us!" My favorite part of this is the fact that he thinks "quagmired" is a word. I don't know if anyone out there is a Homestar Runner fan, but I can just see that in an episode of "Teen Girl Sqad." Teen Girl #1: "Let's get some new clothes...oh no! I'm in Iraq!" Strong Bad: "QUAGMIRED!!!!" (sorry if you don't understand this allusion). By the way, the Muslim world hated us long before Bush came along, and nobody cares what Europe thinks.

...the shaky employment situation;

Somebody hasn't been reading the news...

...and the lack of funds to maintain popular social programs because Bush&Co. are spending away the treasury on war and security issues, thus saddling our kids and grandkids with humungous debt and bankrupting popular social programs in the process.

What social programs? Welfare? Affirmative action? "Oh no, if we defend our country, some people may actually have to work for themselves! NOOOOOOO!!!!!

This, while giving generous tax breaks to the already-wealthy, providing little or nothing to the strapped middle-class, and leaving plenty of children behind with their education scam.

Interesting. I seem to remember that everyone got a tax cut and the rich already pay a majority of taxes in the country. Here's a fun fact: One of the most recent tax cut programs (I forget what it was) only helped the lower class. My parents apparently didn't get anything from it because they make too much money. And my family is middle-class! Isn't that bizarre? Now, as for the "education scam," the only one I can think of is the plot to indoctrinate children into your relativistic belief system where only right wing ideals can be criticized and everyone is equal, but some groups still need a helping hand. If schools aren't doing well, don't blame the friggin' president. You could start by teaching facts instead of "tolerance."

It's also possible that several major Bush scandals will come to a ripe head prior to the election: 9/11 pre-knowledge (still being stonewalled by the Administration)...

Read Losing Bin Laden and tell me it was all Dubya's fault.

...the felonious outing by "senior Administration officials" of a covert CIA agent as a form of revenge politics, the gross lying by the Administration about the toxicity of the air in New York for months after the 9/11 attacks...

I'm sure knowing that the air quality was bad would've helped fix it. Did anyone ever even bother to ask them, or are you just assuming it was a coverup?

...Cheney's secret energy report still kept hidden away from public view...

Then how do you know about it?

...and the appalling treatment of soldiers and veterans by an administration that pretends to be a dear friend of the military.

We can't send SOLDIERS to WAR! Actually, if he's referring to the denial of compensation to Desert Storm veterans who were captured and tortured, I may agree with him on this one. That's a little scary.

THE REPUBLICANS
Bush, as in the 2000 election, has about a solid 40% base to start with - die-hard conservatives, Christian fundamentalists, angry Southern white men, etc. - who might normally be counted on to stick with him no matter whom the Democrats select as their nominee.

That was another great example of liberal tolerance. There are actually a lot of these people who would vote for a Democrat if Democrats didn't PERSONALLY INSULT THEM IN PUBLIC (Howard Dean).

So he cannot afford to alienate this base, and will continue to throw them red-meat: playing to the religious right (thus no overt sanctions for the anti-Muslim ravings of Christian zealot Gen. Boykin)...

Double-standard alert! "Let's fight anti-Islamism by calling Christians raving religious zealots! Hypocritical? They're just Christians! They deserve it! Not like peace-loving, tolerant Muslims!"

...nominating extremist judges that won't and can't be confirmed by the Senate...

You heard it here first, folks! Conservative judges are extremist, but unconstitutionally filibustering their appointment isn't!

...ratcheting up the patriotic themes, harping on gun-control and abortion and gay marriages.

"You can't cover the issues! What kind of president are you? Gun control, abortion, and gay marriage are wrong? How dare you have an opinion contrary to ours!"

Bush will count on the war situation not deteriorating much further in Iraq, and an economy that gives preliminary evidence of bouncing back.

And how exactly does this help Democrats?

Somehow, he's got to neutralize the jobs issue, the fact that 3,000,000 Americans have lost their jobs since his inauguration.

"And he's personally responsible for every single one, just like he personally executed every death row inmate in Texas!"

How he does this will be most interesting, since so many jobs have been "outsourced" abroad, especially in the high-paying tech fields, and will not be returning to the United States. The "economy" may indeed be improving for some, but the lack of well-paying jobs - and the general insecurity about keeping one's employment - could be the economic albatross around his neck. It's the jobs, stupid.

Contrasting...evidence...making...brain....hurt! Are there no jobs, or are there no well paying jobs? I thought making large amounts of money was a bad thing! If we have too many rich people, they'll get tax cuts, and then the government won't have enough money to redistribute among the lower classes and (insert random Marxist rambling here). And what's with using yet another set of scare quotes around "economy?" Are you saying that the economy ceases to be authentic if it actually improves? I guess that wouldn't fit well into the liberal paradigm.

The neo-con philosophy undergirding Bush foreign/military policy - as was emphasized openly by Bush in his recent major address on the need for Arab democratization - requires more arrogant bullying, especially in the Islamic Middle East, perhaps even more wars. But, unless Bush and his advisors are absolutely nuts, there will be no invasions before the election.

I knew it! They just see war as a political tool. "It's all a plot to get reelected! It has nothing to do with the 300,000 people buried in mass graves and the chemical weapons!" Who exactly are we "bullying," by the way? If we're democratizing, then by definition we're trying to let the Iraqis run their own government. We just have to find Saddam Hussein and subject him to an extremely cruel and painful demise first...or would that be too arrogant for you?

On the other hand, you never know with these guys; they may figure that the American citizenry wouldn't want to change electoral horses in the middle of a full-fledged war - and some incident always could be found to justify an attack on Syria or Somalia or elsewhere: "aiding and abetting the opposition in Iraq," "hiding al-Qaida cells," maybe even "caches of WMD."

"And furthermore, Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust were just incidents used to justify our involvement in WWII! 9-11 was an incident used to justify invading Afghanistan! LIES LIES LIES LIES LIES!"

Those worked once, thanks to a quiescent press...

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA....oh, you were serious? ... ...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

...and lots of lying...

"Saddam said he didn't have WMD, and Bush said he did...so Saddam must have been right!"

...so maybe they figure they can get away with it again. (A risky strategy, as the approval of Bush war policy in Iraq is way down these days since the populace seems to have cottoned to how they were manipulated into a war that threatens to have no end other than a Vietnam-like tragedy.)

"Tragedy (n): The result of bringing democracy to an oppressed nation and making the world safe with minimal casualties." This has been an entry from the Democratic Dictionary.

I think that's enough for now. I'll be back again later to continue with the next section, entitled "The Democrats." That should be fun. By the way, if you think this Fisking didn't appear too well-researched...you're pretty much right. I prefer to refute the more obvious errors in cases like this.

Posted by CD on November 14, 2003 02:46 PM
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