Strategery: Bush Attacks Obama and Weakens America

President Bush apparently took a long distance swipe at presidential candidate Barack Obama in Israel yesterday, debasing the notion that America should negotiate with Iran as the "false comfort of appeasement."

Bush used a particularly uncouth Nazi analogy for his Israeli audience, saying, "We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement."

Sen. Biden, Rep. Pelosi and Chris Mathews, among a throng of others, have derided this political jibe. Pelosi chided Bush for breaking the hallowed rules of mudslinging by attacking Obama from abroad, while Biden, in a passionate furry rarely found in the dreary halls of Congress, called Bush's analogy "bulls!#t".

Politicians and news pundits preoccupied with election year posturing seem to have adopted the role of referee, proclaiming this opening serve against Obama out of bounds, while overlooking the fact that the President has broken his foot in his reckless dash to the net. By rendering diplomacy politically untenable, the President has needlessly sabotaged Defense Secretary Robert Gates's strategy of developing leverage in the Middle East in order to "sit and talk with Iran, and not bomb Iran."

Instead of focusing on the ethics of mudslinging, Pelosi and the media should follow Biden's lead and address the potentially dire ramifications of Thursday's reckless hubris.

"The president's saber rattling has been the most self-defeating policy imaginable," said Biden after a number of expletives. "It spurs instability in the Middle East ... and plays into the hands of those Iranian leaders he rails against.... Since when has talking removed 'no' from the American vocabulary."

Comments

[CaseyBabes]

Gotta luv it............the Democrat party, principles, and minions, have viciously attacked President Bush from day1 of his presidency without the slightest peep from him, in fact, he's sat back and laughingly said have at it, figuratively. Former President Carter has undermined the office from distant shores, former Veep Gore bellowed "he betrayed US," and Harry plus Nancy have led all maximum efforts to cripple President Bush. Now, the President makes a pretty convincing speech in Israel reflecting this country's strong support of it, along the way takes a mild swipe at feet of clay B. Hussein Obama, and Dems burst from under the slimy rocks and whine "Foul!" Man, if only he had spoken up from day2 and knocked the dems back on their fannies this country would have benefitted immensely from it. But he did not, so we are left with a worthless Congress unable to function 'cause the Dems can keep sniping and the Repubs continue shrinking in their hovels.

[PioneerKing]

Gotta luv it.....republicans who don't have any problems with Halliburton/KBR screwing over our troops. The republicans who don"t care when republican politicians bail out failing corporations, savings and loan companies, allow corporate whoremongers from Countrywide, Enron, WorldCom and greedy CEO's on Wall Street to wreck havoc on our economy and be rewarded by government handouts/bailouts.
The republicans" big battle cries are "free market economy," "and only the republicans can be trusted to handle the economy." The reality is that our national debt and the national deficit have skyrocketed under the republicans" stewardship; while graft and corruption in government contracting has never been greater. The republicans are a bunch of hypocrites who have never practiced what they preach. Keep calling democrats and liberals names at least they are not dishonest Bush/Cheney pukes who lied about Iraq and sent America's sons and daughters to fight for a war that McCain says is all about oil. Sen. John "Keating 5" McCain's whose feet of clay are mired in the muck of lobbyists who profit from the atrocities in Myanmar and double dealing with Saudi and French defense contractors.
Name calling from unpatriotic jackasses who don't seem to care that 5,000 soldiers have been killed and more than 60,000 soldiers have been grossly maimed in Iraq - a war that is based upon lies and distortions, won't change reality. Gotta love that republican brand of dog food, now that's classy My Friends!

[sf94127]

Obama is doing a flip-flop, big surprise. Barry's website stated he is the ONLY candidate that would sit down with Iran w/o preconditions. Now that he is attacked and he can see such a position is against public opinion he is trying to retroactively change his position. Just like his retroactive repudiation of Wright, his stupid and mean wife's retroactive clarification of "proud for first time", etc., etc. etc.

Obama is toast in a general election. Barry "Glass Jaw" Obama can't take a punch and the country will get tired of his flip flops and "clarifications".

[KarateKid]

Well well, the troll is out again. What's the matter, slow night on Senator Senile's Doubletalk Express? Just got back from another voter registration night, 17 more. That's 240 in the last three weeks. While you sit in front of your computer and spew hate, some of us are out there padding Obama's vote count. But then, judging from the tone of your messages, you already know what's coming, don't you? LMAO.

[Berettasskeeter]

You quote Pelosi?? The one who went around the man responsible for foreign policy to talk with our enemies, in contravention of the normal rules of diplomacy??? Bush is the MAN, responsible for foreign affairs. Not the Congress, not ex-presidents. He has the right to set foreign policy, and the duty, whether you wish it or not. If Obama or Clinton become President, you will certainly object if any Republican does a similar end-run.
Further, the analogy is correct. Obama has stated that he will sit down with those enemies with no pre-conditions. His later statements may have repudiated that, but he still said it.
Quit carping.
Semper fi

[Snoop2]

Here is GW once again trying to scare the crap out of people. If we do not see things the way he does we are weakening our nation and helping to support rogue regimes. He wants America and its' allies to be scared so he can be the great protector crushing all those who he perceives to be a threat.
Below is some wisdom from thirdworldtraveler.com on matters such as this.

"In order to bring a nation to support the burdens of maintaining great military establishments, it is necessary to create an emotional state akin to war psychology. There must be the portrayal of external menace"
John Foster Dulles secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration

Why of course the people don't want war... That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
Hermann Goering (one of Hitlers finest)

[KarateKid]

You can see the scared ones here tonight, grabbing their crotches and acting big.

[AlexVonHussein]

Ofcourse they now think the guy want to start another war

[AlexVonHussein]

Hillary nor Clinton has said anything since then.......why the silence..

[wendelgee2]

Actually...they both have responded. Keep up.

[AlexVonHussein]

Bush is adopting Hillary strategy. ........

[apoyo]

Unfortunately, it does seem that Hillary did open the door to this kind of attack against Obama.
If she thought it right to call him naive and proclaim McCain a better commander-in-chief she gave permission for the repubs to do even worse.

[harriscrl3]

Oil went up Coincidence? I think NOT when you are the leader of the free world and open your mouth and say NONSENSE you can impact the price of commodities like particularly when you do it in a region like the middle east.

This country is run by a FOOL.

Carol

[sherbug]

So true. Why do we suppose the price of oil is so high? Bush's foreign and domestic policy is causing the rising and the falling of everything going on in this country.

What is most scary, is that the POTUS would say such a thing about his own country in any setting. I believe Bush wants to start a war with Iran so that he can use the Patriot Act to stay in office. God help us if he does.

[Gma11]

Only went up because (only partially, other factors are involved) because Bush's good friends in Saudi Arabia said no to his appeals in Saudi Arabia this week.

[altohone]

First one to bring up Hitler loses.

I must say the corporate media's presentation of this story was a joke.
McSame's statement yesterday was also ignored... well, part of the clip was played, but zero analysis.

You'd think one reporter in Bush's entourage would get off the bus and ask a few Israelis what they think.

The plethora of evidence against our "journalists" is mounting.
They've abandoned the concept of the fourth estate, despite revelation after revelation of their violation of basic ethics.

Maybe they're all saving up their "stories" for their forthcoming books?... due out in the middle of November no doubt.