Posted on 01/03/2006 7:22:45 AM PST by Valin
In a stunning new statement, the enormously influential left-wing blogger Markos Moulitsas attacks the very basis for the war on terror, attributing American efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks not to national security concerns but to...conservative cowardice. In a piece entitled "Why are conservatives so afraid?", Moulitsas argues that conservatives simply aren't man enough to stand up to another terrorist attack, and therefore infringe on American civil liberties to save their own skins. "These blowhard pretend to be macho," Moulitsas writes, "even as they piddle on themselves in abject terror from every 'boo' that comes out of Osama bin Laden's mouth."
This is not the statement of some fringe blogger. Moulitsas is closely connected to the Democratic party leadership; according to a recent article in the Washington Monthly, Moulitsas speaks regularly with the staffs of Rep. Rahm Emmanuel, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (and occasionally with Reid himself). Moulitsas also, shortly after the 2004 election, addressed the Senate Democratic caucus on the issue of making blogging part of the Democratic political strategy. He is not speaking as an outsider when he writes:
When our nation was founded, we had men of real character and courage fighting for their nascent America, one in which liberty and freedom trumped the authorative tendencies of the monarchy. Patrick Henry gave words to those efforts: "Give me liberty or give me death!"
My, how far we have fallen, with an administration that parlays the incessant fear of its supporters into increased authoritativeness [sic] to the point where he now resembles the very despot we fought in our war of independence.
And his supporters bellow, as they cower under their beds:
"Here's our liberties, just spare us from death!"
These blowhards pretend they are macho even as they piddle on themselves in abject terror from every "boo!" that comes out of Osama Bin Laden's mouth. They like to speak about how tough they are, even though they send others to fight their battles and couldn't last a day in places like Iraq, or Sudan, or the El Salvador of my youth, or any other war-torn nation....
The breathtaking cowardice of the 101st Fighting Keyboardists knows no bounds. They hide behind the American flag and our genuinely brave men and women in uniform. It's bad enough that they wouldn't deign to join the boots in the ground in Iraq. But now they make a mockery of our Constitution, for the very values that motivated our Founding Fathers to put their lives on the line to combat the unchecked powers of the British monarchy.
Moulitsas's statement drew a positive response from his readers, some of whom see a useful political strategy in it. "Oooo, I LIKE this meme!" one wrote:
It has a Wesley Clark flavor to it. If you guys are so tough, why are you prancing around looking for a place to hide from the big-bad terrorists? Ooooo, SCARY! Poor little Americans, pissing themselves because some guys took out a couple of buildings. We all have to get our survival plans ready in case they attack again. Let's give all our hard earned Freedom to Big Daddy George so he can tell us when we can use the john. Geez, Louise, you'd think Katrina would have snapped them out of it but the fraidy cats are still scared of those brown people with box cutters. You're more likely to get swept away by a hurricane and where will Big Daddy George be then? Clearing brush on his ranch.
The author should be advised that big cities are the main terrorist targets ... and are overwhelmingly Blue Nation. If a bomb wiped out a few million citygoers, it would only help Republicans in future elections... nevertheless
Republicans want to prevent another attack. Why oh why could that possibly be?
He is quite right. We Conservatives have been very unwilling to do what needs to be done. I suppose we are just too wimpy to confront the Final Solution to the Liberal Problem...
While at a deer camp, I got into a heated argument with a vocal liberal, who had been drinking heavily. When discussing national security, his point was that a terrorists attack would never defeat the US. He believed that even a nuclear attack on a large US city would just be a blip. The US would keep rolling on. In thinking about such an attack, I believe that he might be right.
Civil rights comment. I am not worried with Bush in office. I would be scared to death with a Clinton type in office. A corrupt individual with unlimited power could possibly bring the US to her knees.
I'm not afraid, Gus, I'm angry!
Please, please Democrats run on this as a platform.
If only they would run on this, 2006 could be a great year.
Dear Kos,
Read your article.
You may have a point, and it's time that we ALL back up our words with action.
Bring your DD214, and you and I can go down and reinlist together.
I see the rats continuing to full implosion. Their attack machine is alive and very sickly. This Moulitsas dude is clearly insane.
And Sam Alito is on his way to confirmation for the Supreme Court.
"It's bad enough that they wouldn't deign to join the boots in the ground in Iraq."
I get this often. If I bother to respond at all it is to tell them that AFAIK, they just don't accept 47 year old cancer patients for active duty.
"the enormously influential left-wing blogger Markos Moulitsa"
Who? I've never heard of this guy.
Yeah, we should go back to the glorious days of the Klinton Administration, in which Alpha Male Klinton watched a series of terrorist attacks and did nothing, other than enjoy Monica's attentions. He proved what a tough guy he was over and over and over. On the other hand, draft dodger Hitler-wannabe Chimpy Bushit proved what a worthless coward he is by actually trying to stop any future attacks. How dare he!
I'm so confused. I thought George Bush was an out of control blood thirsty dumb as a rock cowboy war monger. Clearly I need my memes refreshed.
Say what? You never heard of Markos Moulitsa?
It's Bravarian for Micky Mouse.
warmest regards!
Let me get this straight...."We are not weak on defense! You are weak on defense because you are a scardy cat!!!"
Wow.
Of course! If we were really courageous, like Code Pink, George Soros, and Kos, we would view the prospect of innocent people being murdered for the benefit of Islamic fascists/totalitarians as nothing to worry about!
Dear Kos: You're a damned idiot.
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