Double Standards Incorporated

-By Jake T. Snake

Just ran across this piece of rancid shite at Powerline titled Barack Milhous Obama posted July 3rd and had to share it with you all. It boggles the mind that anyone on the right would have the 100 ton stones to make a peep about Obama using executive privilege after 8 years of the Bush administration using it to hide how much toilet paper Dick Cheney ordered for the shitter in his secret bunker and a multitude of crimes against humanity. I am speechless...  What is interesting is that the post compares Obama to Nixon in his use of executive privilege, presumably because Nixon has historically been cast as a crook. Funny that they seem to forget he was also a repukeblican't, like them.

Like most of the tripe that has been dug up by these asshats to smear the man it is trivial bullshit. I may periodically disagree with his policy stances, but do believe at the end of the day he is an honorable man. There really is no comparison between a human resources issue and the murder of 100s of thousands of people through an illegal war that also wasted billions of dollars that my great grandchildren will be paying back...but hey! if you want to try to make that case have at blog monkeys.

 Reminds me of a family member who is a 20%er telling me last weekend that Obama was a bad president, because he took his wife out on dates and the security cost the taxpayers a good chunk of change and people are suffering.  First time he ever cared about that I can tell you. Hmmm... yes...clearly that is the rabbit hole all our money has gone down recently, nothing to do with disappearing palettes of cash in the desert, big checks to Blackwater and defense contract cost overruns. I may be falling for a line of shit, but I kind of like that the president seems to genuinely enjoy spending time with his wife.

Believe me when I tell you that I have had conversations with actively psychotic people that were more cogent and rational than those I have had with die hard repukeblicant's of late. Their nonsense is becoming stupider and stupider and I did not think that was possible.I find myself repeatedly saying things like "Can we stop talking about personalities and discuss policy". They are acting like a bunch of teenagers discussing who the hottest boy is in the new issue of Tiger Beat, which would be OK if the economy wasn't circling the drain etc..

Later today I was trying to read the paper in peace and I have to deal with this turd floating to the top of the media bowl again (you know those ones that won't go down no matter how many times you flush?). Sarah Fucking Palin surfaces again (pun fully intended)to let us know it is time for a career transition. Still, as annoyed as I am by her at a personal level I think it is great news for Obama and the democratic party. The queen of the hidden agenda has not revealed her grand scheme yet. Not that we will know even after she holds another press conference to tell us what it is, given that the lies and deceptions always have several layers. Then there is the eternal head scratcher of whether her inconsistencies are intentional deception or just plain ignorant and proud moments.

We have not received a statement from Gus Hall's campaign yet and so Whiskey Fire has taken no official position at this juncture on the 2012 election. I tried to reach Thers at home, but his answering machine said something about hiking the Appalachin Trail with a friend from South America.

Comments

[Davis]

After years of observing Idiot America (thank you, Mr. Pierce!), you'd think that they just can't top themselves again, but that press conference has to be seen to be believed. Non-stop insane gibberish.

[Scott Supak]

Ah ha!

...actively psychotic people that were more cogent and rational than those I have had with die hard repukeblicant's of late.

It just dawned on me. Repukeblican'ts are passively psychotic!

[SteveB]

There really is no comparison between a human resources issue and the murder of 100s of thousands of people through an illegal war that also wasted billions of dollars that my great grandchildren will be paying back...but hey! if you want to try to make that case have at blog monkeys.

What "human resources issue" are you referring to? Is that the Obama administration's latest excuse for not releasing the torture photos, or logs of White House visitors, or using the "state secrets" claim to quash lawsuits against the telecoms that participated in illegal wiretaps?

Don't you think being outraged about this stuff when Bush did it and then passing it off as a "human resources issue" when Obama does it also a double standard?

[Jake T. Snake]

SteveB,
The Nixonian note was sounded again in the Obama administration's response to Republicans who are pressing for information on the firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin. It appears that Obama's firing of Walpin was both illegal and politically motivated, and his aides are circling the wagons, hoping the issue will go away without their having to provide information to Congress.
(Per Powerline on July 3rd)

[SteveB]

Thanks, Jake. Just a suggestion: give a link to the post itself, since they post a lot (of shit) over there.

And I have to say that the Obama administration's penchant for secrecy makes the Nixon comparison a fair one. Which doesn't mean the guys at Powerline aren't hypocritical assholes.

[KK]

disappearing palettes pallets of cash

Fixed.