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Here is how Salon chose to preface this article: Sidney Blumenthal is joining the Hillary Clinton campaign as a senior advisor, and this is his last column for Salon. Take the time to read it, but I want to key in on the first three paragraphs:
Under crisis conditions of an extraordinary magnitude political leadership of the highest level will be required in the next presidency. The damage is broad, deep and spreading, apparent not only in international disorder and violence, the unprecedented decline of U.S. prestige, and the flouting of our security and economic interests but also in the hollowing out of the federal government’s departments and agencies, and their growing incapacity to fulfill their functions, from FEMA to the Department of Justice.
The more rigid the current president is in responding to the chaos he has fostered, the more the Republicans still supporting him rally around him as a pillar of strength. His flat learning curve, refusal to admit error and redoubling of mistakes are regarded as tests of his strong character. Whatever his low poll ratings of the moment, his stubborn adherence to failure is admired as evidence of his potency.
The patently perverse notion that weakness is strength is the basis of Bush’s remaining credibility within his party. His abuse of presidential power is seen as his great asset rather than understood as his enduring weakness. But when the president assumes all the responsibility, he also receives all the blame, which becomes unitary and unilateral. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson stated the constitutional principle in the 1952 Youngstown Steel case: “When the President takes measures incompatible with the expressed or implied will of Congress, his power is at its lowest ebb. Presidential claim to a power at once so conclusive and preclusive must be scrutinized with caution, for what is at stake is the equilibrium established by our constitutional system.”
This from a man that served under Bill Clinton. The policy regarding terrorism was Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Since George Bush took office, we have seen Europe elect leaders that are pro-America, pro-democracy. We are popular.
As JWF points out Sydney is working for a woman who ” cannot answer a simple question and abandons principles at the drop of a hat.” We can not afford to turn a blind eye to terrorism, and wave the white flag when things get tough. All the poll numbers in the world didn’t help those people on 9/11/2001.
I think this country can and will do better than another Clinton in office!
More reaction at Memeorandum
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November 15, 2007 - 10:22 AM on November 15th, 2007
House Passes Anti-War Bill
�House Democrats pushed through a $50 billion bill for the Iraq war Wednesday night that would require President Bush to start bringing troops home in coming weeks with a goal of ending combat by December 2008.”
November 15, 2007 - 11:04 AM on November 15th, 2007
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November 15, 2007 - 11:38 AM on November 15th, 2007
Counter-intelligence withered on the vine?
Here’s the situation: TSA Suspicious Incident #177,reports that the pilot and crew reported four passengers targeted the bathroom and tampered with the mirror. Annie Jacobson reports: (U//FOUO) On 24 October 2007, crewmembers aboard a Reagan-Washingto…
November 15, 2007 - 12:30 PM on November 15th, 2007
We are Down to Hours now Rather than Days
My precious Soldier Son came online for just a couple of minutes yesterday. A message from him popped up on my computer screen that read, �24 hours!� That was all it said but I knew what he meant. We are down to hours before he starts his trek back t…
November 15, 2007 - 01:38 PM on November 15th, 2007
It’s Christmas, Dear Deer
Today’s Christmas “D” stands for Deer. Or Dear, depending on your preference.
I’m not sure when reindeer acquired the honor of pulling Santa’s sleigh. In some parts of the world (the Northern parts, mostly - curious th…
November 15, 2007 - 04:44 PM on November 15th, 2007
So Much for Democratic Fiscal Responsibility
Citizens Against Government Waste is putting the finishing touches on its pork report for the year and what they will report is not pretty. There were 8000 earmarks totaling 20 billion dollars. That is 20 billion dollars in taxpayer money that was fl…
November 15, 2007 - 05:27 PM on November 15th, 2007
10,000
TheReligionofPeace.com turns 10,000 this week! No, not ten thousand years! Ten thousand confirmed terrorist attacks reported in the media not against US military forces in Iraq or Afghanistan since September 11, 2001.
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November 15, 2007 - 07:19 PM on November 15th, 2007
Grim Milestone Ignored
A clear demonstration of the worthlessness of the MSM regarding Jihad. Hat tip JW FP: The establishment media is seemingly obsessed with “grim milestones” in the War on Terror, as the Associated Press reminds us this past weekend. But in
November 15, 2007 - 08:12 PM on November 15th, 2007
kos For Lunch
And then Karl just burps.
Earlier this week the ‘fair and balanced’ Newsweek announced that it will occasionally employ leftist blogger Markos Moulitsas as a fill-in writer. Today, Newsweek announced …
November 16, 2007 - 02:18 AM on November 16th, 2007
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November 16, 2007 - 02:25 AM on November 16th, 2007
Sen Kennedy goes to School, Gen Casey style
Sen Kennedy snarks aboutt he state of the Military, but Casey Reminds him of the cuts made by Dems in the 90s.
I guess he fogot that Clinton reduced the military by about 30%.
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November 16, 2007 - 02:40 AM on November 16th, 2007
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