Abu Wabu

Item: Andrew C. McCarthy comments at The Corner on Dick Durbin's laughable appearance on MTP. One nugget out of many:

Durbin's "right of counsel" claim is a joke — and one you'd think Democrats would be too embarrassed to keep repeating given the number of Obama administration lawyers who, along with their former firms, spent the last eight years volunteering their services to America's enemies. Under the Bush commission system, the terrorists already had U.S. taxpayer-funded military lawyers and were, in addition, permitted to retain private counsel — and there was no shortage of American private lawyers (such as several at Attorney General Eric Holder's firm) who have taken up these cases. If there's anything these terrorists have gotten plenty of, it's top-flight legal representation.

Item: Darleen at pr has a giggle over the left's disingenuous, uh, well, okay: fucking-dishonest-as-usual reaction to the RNC's latest video production, which goes something like this:



Click calls for the waaaaambulance:

First off, we can probably question why little Ms. Andie’s editorial is listed in the “news” section of Politico. Secondly, we can then wonder where Ms. Andie was when Her Lord and Savior Obama was (using her metric of OUTRAGE over teh sexism) much less subtle in calling Sarah Palin a pig and flipping the bird to Hillary Clinton.

Also discussed: why some conservatives are such, ahem, pussies when it comes to accepting the distortions and lies of the left, designed as they are to dictate the rules of engagement. My policy on that issue has always been very simple: fuck 'em. And boy, do they ever whine about that.

Item: This news at Free Republic ought to get the monkeys screeching:

Following the same career path as President Obama, "O.B.A.M. Nude," which stands for "Occidental Births a Monster," is an independent film that tells the story of a freshman named O.B.A.M. at Occidental College in Los Angeles. O.B.A.M. snorts cocaine and smokes marijuana and makes a deal with the devil in exchange for getting into Columbia University. O.B.A.M. becomes a community organizer in Chicago and attends Harvard Law School and ultimately is elected President of the United States.

Del Vecchio says the movie is meant to make people think and stir emotion [just like that Pelosi Galore short, hardy har. ~ Ed.].

"We wanted to expose Obama as man who is looking to turn our country in a socialist direction. My greatest concern about our president is that he wants government to control people's lives."

That last point? That's just ridiculous. Obama doesn't want government to control people's lives. That's too big a job to leave to government; Obama wants to control people's lives Himself.


Item: Via Michelle Malkin: Obama Channels John Kerry (who fought in Vietnam)

Shorter Obama:

I am against preventive detention (Bush’s), except when I am for it (mine).

I am for transparency (”torture/”interrogation memos), except when I am against it (”torture/”interrogation photos).

I am against the power to order enhanced interrogation techniques, except when I assume that power myself.

I am against “extended re-litigation of the last eight years,” except when I am doing it.

These are not contradictory, Obama tells us. They are judicious cases of striking a balance between civil liberties and national security.

Item: Salon's Jeff Greenwald loves Sparock Obama:

Anyone who followed the early "Star Trek" with regularity knows how charismatic Spock was. If there were two characters I wanted to be as a young man, they were Spock -- and James Bond. Both displayed total self-confidence, and amazing problem-solving skills. Both traveled to exotic destinations, and were irresistible to women. And both shared a quality that my generation lacked completely: composure.

Substitute "I" for "my generation" and "lack" for "lacked" and I'd say Jeffrey has it bang on. Composure? Non. Hysteria? Oui.

Item: Power Line is taking on Obama on several fronts, the most recent being his supporters' knowing acceptance of his blatant dishonesty.

It has long been noticed that Obama's slipperiness had been accepted by the left during the Hope-and-Change campaign when He took positions, for example and notably, NAFTA and foreign trade generally, on both sides of an issue. They were willing to cut Him slack in most cases precisely because they just assumed that, of course!!...He was lying....to someone...about the issue. Since each side could reasonably assume this --- the unions that when He made free-trade noises when He assured Canada (and then lied about THAT!) that He wasn't protectionist, and the rational liberals when He pandered to the unions on NAFTA in Ohio, for example --- they could all support Him thinking He was lying....but to the other side!...."Don't worry....we can trust Him because He's lying" was, in effect, left-wing Hope.

Anyone who has listened to the Messiah for more than a minute knows he is lying to someone. Even his supporters know it; in fact, especially his supporters know it. The relevant question is just as Power Line states: to whom is Obama lying?

That's easy: everyone. And everyone knows it.

Item: Speaking of lying, Pajamas Media: How the Cheneys have exposed Obama's lying hypocrisy on all things Bush:

Dick Cheney, with help from his daughter Liz, has crystallized the insane nature of our national debate regarding detainee policy. He has called President Obama’s bluff on numerous issues related to terrorist detention and interrogation; Obama, to the chagrin of his supporters, has blinked.

Charles Krauthammer labels this “the Obama three-step,” whereby Barack will first “excoriate the Bush policy,” then “ostentatiously unveil cosmetic changes,” only to finally “adopt the Bush policy.” President Obama likes to talk about the “false choice” between our values and our security, but the disparity between his words and actions is gargantuan.

Since his inauguration, Obama has either reversed or triangulated himself on nearly every Bush-created national security program that he once lambasted as a candidate. Whether it is the Patriot Act, FISA, surveillance programs, wiretappings, email intercepts, rendition of terrorist detainees, indefinite detention of terrorists, withholding the writ of habeas corpus to terrorists, or employing military tribunals for al-Qaeda prisoners, Obama no longer hyperbolizes these programs as fascistic and contrary to our ideals. You see, he’s in charge now — so they can’t possibly be lawless anymore. On all of these issues, Obama has adopted the very same Bush approach he once castigated as reckless and pointless to our security.