Thursday, May 15, 2008

Lookout! Obama is Outraged (Again)

The Democrats are all outraged... somebody must be telling the truth about them again.

George Bush went to Israel's 60th anniversary of statehood celebration and criticized unnamed persons (referred to simply as "some") whose desire to negotiate with terrorists and tyrants, according to Bush, is akin to the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s. Obama assumed that Bush was talking about him... egomaniacs assume people are always thinking about them. He was instantly joined by a chorus of wailing Democrats (Pelosi, Clinton, etc.) in the largest display of feigned indignation since their collective patriotism was supposedly questioned during the 2004 elections.

Why is it that when someone speaks out against the appeasement of terrorists and failing to support Israel, the Democrats (Obama in this case) are so sure that the speaker is talking about them? I vaguely remember a case when a Hollywood starlet threatened a lawsuit because she was sure that the promiscuous backstabbing villain in a fictional movie was based on her. Like the Democrats, she knew that she fit the description but should have been embarrased enough to keep quiet about it.

Here's what Bush said: (link to entire transcript - you won't find Obama's name in the speech)
Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century.
Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history. (Applause.)
Some people suggest if the United States would just break ties with Israel, all our problems in the Middle East would go away. This is a tired argument that buys into the propaganda of the enemies of peace, and America utterly rejects it.
I ask those who criticize Bush, do you agree or disagree with him on this point? If Obama agrees with him, why would he repeatedly state his desire to negotiate with Ahmedinijad? If he disagrees, why would he take offense in the belief that Bush was talking about him? Was he really just upset that the rousing ovation inspired by Bush's speech made it clear that he's on the wrong side of the argument with regard to the support of Israel?

No comments: