I was disappointed and angry at the now infamous MoveOn.org NY Times advertisement criticizing General Petraus. Not only was it an inappropriate cheap shot at a guy with impressive credentials who is just trying to do his job (and a near impossible job it is), but it gave the Republicans the perfect foil to divert attention from the facts of the case: that despite whatever progress our great military men and women might be making, it hasn't helped to heal the secterian rift between the Sunnis and the Shias. Plus, let's face it, on the creativity scale, the "General Betay Us" thing was pretty lame.
Nevertheless, it's been ironic that the most shocked and horrified among us have been that select group that have made character assasination and partisan personal destruction a very profitable art form: America's conservative talk show personalities. (Click on the link above for a humorous commentary on this subject.)
The bottom line: the Republicans lining up to criticize the MoveOn.org piece would have a lot more credibility if they also called upon Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter to halt the ugliness they spew forth every day.
Can't see that happnening.
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It's interesting Time's story points out its opinion that many Democrats are secretly happy that MoveOn published the silly ad, even though they publicly say otherwise. I hope not.
I'm glad to hear, however, that you are disappointed with the ad. You bring up a great point that it distracts us from the most important point at hand--whether we can ever get the Shia and Sunni to get along.
It's too bad that more Republican/conservative types don't stop listening to Rush/Hannity/O'Reilly for saying far worse things (in inanity and frequency). It is the quintessence of irony that Rush limbaugh would be offended by what MoveOn.org said against Petraeus.
The only difference is ; Ann is right most of time, moveon.org isn't
My greater concern:
Bush will use Petraeus as his scapegoat just as he did Tenet and the CIA. When the next administration finds Iraq entirely unmanageable, Bush will say, General Petraeus told me that things were going great. Bush has a great belief in his ability to avoid error. The rest of us should not be so naive.
Republican Senator Larry Craig is gay and always has been.
Stole from KOS
Once upon a time, everything was going great in our country -- its finances, its wars, its economy, everything! -- then some organization placed an ad in a newspaper and it was the most horrible thing ever.
It was real bad -- there was an ad. In a newspaper.
And then everything went to shit and that ad was the only thing the pundits could talk about.
The end.
It's ironic that the "experienced" democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd, took the GOP bait and voted on the bill.
Obama once again showed good judgment and walked away from it saying, “This amendment was a stunt designed only to score cheap political points while what we should be doing is focusing on the deadly serious challenge we face in Iraq... By not casting a vote, I registered my protest against this empty politics. I
registered my views on the ad itself the day it appeared."
Reference:
Obama takes walk on vote to condemn MoveOn.org ad.
"White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) cancelled his campaign schedule on Thursday in order to be in the Senate for votes. But he was one of only three senators—of either party—to take a walk and not vote yes or no on a GOP measure to condemn an ad Moveon.org ran in the New York Times against Gen. David Petraeus.
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No doubt. The democrats have gained the moral high ground!
The MoveOn.org ad was just that; an advertisment. Right or wrong, it is still an advertisement.
The ultra right, like Hannity and Coulter, have done much worse.
But, it's still an ad.
The fact that the right is making a stink about the ad shows hypocrisy at its best and Republican crying is nothing more than a big tantrum. Just like parents do, we should let the Repubs keep throwing their tantrums and we should ignore them.
Hypocrisy. Perhaps it includes those that say mean things and then complain when others do it, and those that complain about mean things and then do it themselves.
Ya Republican Senator Larry Craig is not gay and never has been gay.
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