Why are Conservatives Calling McCain Dumb?
From Charles Krauthammer to conservatives blogs, the growing right-wing consensus is that Charlie Gibson was just so mean and arrogant for thinking that anyone would understand the "Bush Doctrine" to be the right to pre-emptively attack any nation that might pose a threat at some point.
Their line of thinking is that the Bush Doctrine wasn't written down, so it could mean ANYTHING. It could mean, they say, the right to go into countries that harbor terrorists. It could mean, they say, not talking to leaders who don't denounce terrorism. Heck, it could mean drinking near-beer instead of alcoholic brews.
But, they maintain, only a complete simpleton would EVER fall for this so-called "trap" that Charlie Gibson set up. That only an uneducated idiot would presume that the Bush Doctrine is understood to mean the right to pre-emptive attack. So, in that sense, they argue, Sarah Palin showed an amazing grasp at the intricacies of our foreign and military policy with her meandering and stumbling as she tried to find an answer.
Because, they say, only an idiot when asked what the Bush Doctrine is, would say....
Whoopsie daisy!
So, seriously, if conservatives want to make this argument - that John McCain is less worldly and understanding of recent history than Sarah Palin, well, hey, let them keep making it. I'm not sure how this helps their candidate, but I would suppose most Democrats would be thrilled that they want to make this argument:
McCain: Less Ready Than Sarah Palin.
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Bush Doctrine: 2004 edition:
"Deterring aggression and coercion must be anticipatory in nature to prevent the catastrophic
impact of attacks using biological, chemical or nuclear weapons on civilian
population centers in the United States or in partner nations. The Armed Forces
have the capability to exercise flexible deterrent options (FDOs)"
Preemptive war,
or as we call it:
World War Forever
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2005/d20050318nms.pdf .
The Conservatives are starting to "Wakeup" and see the "Truth" for what it is.
New GOP slogan: "Just making this stuff up as we go along"
Excellent point. Apparently McCain picked a running mate that thought she could redefine the Bush Doctrine, even though she really didn't know what it meant. Democrats should run an ad that juxtaposes Palin's faltering attempt to explain the Bush Doctrine with the clip you have here with McCain's explanation of the doctrine.
Because "it takes one to know one."
That is the problem with the extensive amount of propaganda that the GOP puts out there. Some of it is going to circle back in on itself and this is one such instance.
One thing that the conservative pundits seem to be saying is that defining the Bush Doctrine is as elusive as trying to get a firm grasp on jello, just another hollow gesture from an administration that has made an art form of smoke and mirrors. Yet, nobody seems to recognize that Krauthammer and his ilk are effectively saying that in their headlong attempt to try to win the political moment and defend Palin.
This is saving Peter while inadvertently killing Paul. But isn't that the GOP in a nutshell? A veritable cornucopia of unintended negative consequences (blowback).
McCain has never been the bright marble in the draw, but he knew how to crash airplanes and get his ass shot down. Then he knew how to ride being taken prisoner and ride this poor me, for the next forty years. He knows how to lie, he's become a accomplished crook over the last twenty-six years.
If he were not in the senate and was running his wifes' company, they would be in the poor house, which is where we will all be, if he gets in the oval office. McCain is one dumb guy, but one hell of a CONMAN!
They are probably calling McCain "DUMB" because of how he proudly states that he graduated "fifth from the bottom of" his class at the Naval Academy!
The Bush doctrine, any way the wind blows, all options are on the table!
McCain's not dumb, neither were the National Socialists of the 1930s and 40s. The people who believe his half truths and lies are dumb!
`It wasn't written down' - well aren't these just the guys who are unimpressed by book-learning.
Well, the Constitution is written down - it hasn't stopped Bush from believing it means whatever he feels like at a particular moment.
Bush's
"The
National Military Strategy
of the
United States of America"
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2005/d20050318nms.pdf
Is THE BUSH DOCTRINE.
Understand????
i only knew what the bush doctrine was because i learned about in a history class several years ago. i thought that it had been written down - that it was also some kind of executive order.
They're probably calling him "dumb" for the same reason I am - his belief that human activity is contributing to the "global warming/climate change" scam rather than the sun - which had no solar storms in the month of July. The last time that happened, we had the Mini Ice Age.
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