I Was Against Before I was For It
link Obama administration takes credit for Bush success in Iraq – Water Cooler – Washington Times.
As if they haven’t already dug themselves into a big hole, the incumbent administration is now alienating themselves from rational people. During the first year in office, every opportunity has been taken to blame the previous administration for any and all bad economic news. Oddly they are now claiming success for the improved situation in Iraq which had everything to do with the Bush gang.
Odd for two reasons. Firstly, both the president and vice president are on record as vociferously opposing any surge strategy proposed at the time. Secondly since this is a matter of public record, they now insult people by expecting that they won’t recall this. They are essentially ignoring the majority of rational people who will look at this as more evidence that the government’s credibility is totally at question.
If distortions are made of an issue which can absolutely be proven false, what does that say about any or all pronouncements and projections from the government? In an earlier comment, I made light of the tendency of the president to make policy speeches which were exactly the opposite of implementation. What’s happening is eerily familiar to the classic Monty Python skit involving John Cleese and a customer trying to return a dead parrot. In the skit, despite irrefutable evidence that the bird is dead, the shopowner Cleese, vehemently denies it. The administration is employing the old strategy when you’re being run out of town by a mob; run to the front and pretend that you’re leading a parade.
It’s one thing to roll off the odd fib, because as we’ve heard a million times, every one exaggerates, but the collective administration’s pants are on fire and have been for almost a full year. Talk about roast nuts. Maybe it’s the over representation of Harvard lawyers in the administration, who live in the artificial world of debate wherein a persuasive argument equals reality. They may wish to bolster the speech writing corps with the Monty Python guys.