Victory in Sight!

The right is in full-on pony mode over Iraq now, between Bush's latest speech and the upcoming Petaeus White House report. See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and wherever else unmitigated bullshit is sold.

It seems that every time Bush ratchets up the absurdity, the war party ups their buy-in. The actual news might not do justice to their fantasies, but what the hey, that's the liberal media for you. I'm not sure how much insight anyone else can bring to this, when it comes to probing the mysteries of American conservatism. Once you've started serving up the Kool-Aid you really can't go back, I guess. All you can do is more insist that the horrible scene unfolding around you has to be the prologue to a better world. Perhaps their strategy is to grind us down though the sheer relentlessness of their own tiresome foolishness. I know I hardly feel like trying to respond to them on the merits of their arguments anymore. What evidence do we have that reality-based analysis has any impact on them anyway?

It's a howling crescendo of self-delusion, and the only question is, once it all finally explodes, which way will the blast travel?

Labels: general rightwing looniness, Iraq

  ¶ Posted by Paul Curtis 11:28 AM 2 comments

  The Power of Spam

Crazy right-wing chain e-mails take over our media, one small-town paper at a time.

To be fair, I think a lot of that stuff originates in the Wall Street Journal editorial offices.

Labels: five before chaos, general rightwing looniness, Media

  ¶ Posted by Paul Curtis 4:37 PM 5 comments

  Newt Gingrich Thinks You're Stupid

If this Washington Times op-ed is any indication:

The Hamas victory in Gaza is a warning that World War IV (as Norman Podhoretz has called it) is going to be long and hard. It is also a warning that the West is currently losing that war.

These defeats are not a function of the courage and will of the American people. In a June poll sponsored by American Solutions, 85 percent of the American people said it was important to defend America and its allies. Only 10 percent were opposed. On an even stronger question, 75 percent said it was important to defeat America's enemies. Only 16 percent disagreed.

So the hard left in America is only 16 percent. It is outnumbered almost 5-1 by those who would defeat our enemies.

Never mind the childishness of the "World War IV" thing. Is this what Newt's new organization is blowing its money on? Have they polled the number of Americans who are against bad stuff? What about the number who support happy things? Those results should be pretty telling, I'd imagine.

Labels: general rightwing looniness, Newt Gingrich

  ¶ Posted by Paul Curtis 7:51 AM 3 comments

  Michelle Malkin, In a Nutshell

"Will President Bush speak out against the treatment Miss USA received in Mexico?"

So, yeah, I'm back from a nice long holiday weekend. More to come soon...

Labels: general rightwing looniness, Michelle Malkin

  ¶ Posted by Paul Curtis 10:24 AM 0 comments