I really am sick of the noisemakers in the GOP. It is why, while my positions on most issues have not changed over the past few years, my allegiance to the Republican Party is all but over. Perfect example- this Power Line post mocking John Kerry:
On his visit to Iraq, Senator Kerry apparently got something like the silent treatment from the troops who are “stuck” there. WDAY’s Scott Hennen quotes a message from a friend serving in Iraq:
This is a true story….Check out this photo from our mess hall at the US Embassy yesterday morning. Sen. Kerry found himself all alone while he was over here. He cancelled his press conference because no one came, he worked out alone in the gym w/o any soldiers even going up to say hi or ask for an autograph (I was one of those who was in the gym at the same time), and he found himself eating breakfast with only a couple of folks who are obviously not troops.
What is amazing is Bill O’Reilly came to visit with us and the troops at the CSH the same day and the line for autographs extended through the palace and people waited for two hours to shake his hand. You decide who is more respected and loved by us servicemen and women!
I don’t even like Kerry, yet I am just sick of this carping nonsense. Add to it, Kerry didn’t even insult the troops- the spin machine and noice machine turned his flubbed line into an insult. Regardless, Kerry isn’t the reason we are in this mess, and Kerry, unlike the Powerline folks, is actually over there trying to do something about it.
But, with the current GOP and their noisemakers, that really doesn’t matter. What matters is they have a meme that works for their political advantage, and mocking a Senator who chose to spend his holidays with the troops is perferrable to actually discussing the sad realities on the ground, created in part by the pigheaded cheerleading and know-nothing pontificating of the Powerline and their ilk.
I don’t like John Kerry, but I will take him over over the Powerline. I guess that means the terrorists are winning here at Balloon Juice.