Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Like Little Children
The Democratic Party Blog is inhabited by children. That is the only way to explain the simplistic view of the world embodied in a post like this:
Tonight in his speech, president Bush plans to bring up Osama bin Laden:
The only way our enemies can succeed is if we forget the lessons of September 11 ... if we abandon the Iraqi people to men like Zarqawi ... and if we yield the future of the Middle East to men like Bin Laden.
Bush doesn’t get it. There’s an easy way to make sure we don’t “yield the future of the Middle East” to bin Laden: catch him.
Okay, raise your digital hand if you think that, somehow, President Bush doesn’t realize that we need to capture bin Laden? Raise your hand if you think that there are any people in his administration who don’t find capturing bin Laden to be an important goal. Raise that hand really, really high if you actually think that capturing bin Laden is anything resembling a simple task.
Now, here’s the really important one: raise your hand if you think that capturing or killing bin Laden will end our war against militant Islam or magically bring peace and prosperity to the Middle East.
Capturing bin Laden is an important strategic goal, but it is hardly the only goal and would most certainly not mark the end of the campaign. Jesse Berney, who authored that original post on the Democrats.org blog, is indulging in a simplistic attack that brings absolutely no real thought to the task at hand. Like a terribly clever child, he seems to think that his quip rises to the level of actual critique.
Update: Somehow, this post by Michelle Malkin seems to fit in with the overall mood of my post.
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There are some DUers who seriously believe that Bush is in league with Bin Laden, or at least has him in custody and won’t admit it. Hell, there are some crazies that think Bush was in league with Osama before 9/11. But for the actual Democratic Party to imply that Bush has some reason not to catch Osama is just more proof that the Howard Dean’s regime is completely nucking futs.
Everything I’ve heard from the democratic party and supporters (for as long as I can remember) has been simplistic arguments, teetering on the edge of being childish and hardly ever thought out.
I suppose its easy to blaim anything you dont like on anyone your dont like regardless of whether or not they actually played a role.
I still don’t understand putting Dean in charge. I mean, let’s be honest, he didn’t do so well as a candidate and his name still carries a joke with it wherever he goes. Hell, on American Dad (is that the name of the show?) they did a whole bit about the Dean meltdown during one of the shows. It was absolutely hilarious.
Dean was, for the GOP, the gift that keeps on giving. The more he energizes the far left, the more he alienates the center.
Just proves what I’ve always said: Democrats are dumb. I hate Democrats and Howard Dean.
Jim, the Democrats are playing the role of spoiler and have been doing so for the last four years.
For example, they don’t want change to Social Security, so instead of offering their own plan or any reasonable debate, they just whine that it’s a bad idea. That isn’t constructive, it’s just sitting in the middle of the road and hoping that you’re a big enough speedbump to stop any changes to the system.
You are a funny man, Matt.
Although I really miss the big hair.
My wife told me, “You’re not that funny. Don’t get a swelled head.”
Good to know she’ll keep me grounded.
It’s been pointed out enough times that youth tend to be liberal and the older you get, the more you tend to become conservative. Part of that is the acquisition of your own wealth you suddenly find worth conserving. Part of it is having kids, and so realizing that the world is inhabited by more than just 20-something idealists who can enjoy oversexualized contexts.
Simply put, however, I do think there is much about left/liberals (and so also the Democrats) that truly can only be described as “immature”. And conservatives are, by comparison, far more mature and cognizant of how the world works.
Which is why I tend to advocate programs, platforms, and methods that should result in the maturation of society…