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Ezra and the War On Straw

by John Cole|  June 8, 20043:22 pm| 4 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

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Ezra can’t read.

A.) I did not call you idiotic. I called your attack on Rumsfeld. As Democrats are the smart people, I am sure you can figure out the distinction.

B.) The attack I called idiotic was a series of links and an assertion of general incompetence of the current administration. IN your words:

“Exactly what, may I ask, are these people doing all day?”

C.) If he had bothered to follow the links in the post (alas- he was too busy seeking victim status to peruse all the links), or to read the Tagorda post and the entire transcript, he would note that Rumsfeld was talking about the collective effort in the War on Terror. Had Ezra read that (better yet, comprehended it), he would not make flippant statements like:

“I actually suggest reading the whole quote as it proves that Rumsfeld is quite aware of what needs to be done in the war on terror. Oddly enough, he’s not doing it.”

He would clearly understand that the quote references the global fight, the collective fight.

Make sure you read the rest of the silliness that Ezra passes on as informed commentary by hitting the Continue reading “Idiotic? Hardly,” and recognize how Ezra’s opinions aboutthe current war in Iraq overshadow anything that was actually said in thetranscript provided by Tagorda.

Projection, Ezra. Projection.

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4Comments

  1. 1.

    Bitter Mastermind

    June 8, 2004 at 4:06 pm

    Well I guess your obsessive ranting at pandagon worked, cause I actually came and looked at your site! (Now if you’d just write something substantive and thoughtful, rather than making dumb blonde jokes…)

    It is nice to see a conservative site that’s still trying to post something related to contemporary politics. After Bush lawyered up, I thought all y’all had gone on vacation or had became photo bloggers.

    Best of luck.

  2. 2.

    Russell Warldow

    June 8, 2004 at 4:34 pm

    [contemplating Bitter’s comment…]

    Purple.

    That’s the color I’m guessing the sky is in your fantasy world, Bitter.

  3. 3.

    A fine scotch

    June 8, 2004 at 5:00 pm

    Actually, Russell,

    /borrowing from Bob Dylan

    The grass is blue
    and the sky is chicken.

    /borrowing from B.D.

  4. 4.

    Ricky

    June 8, 2004 at 6:07 pm

    Green.

    Envy.

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