Hard Being Right

I put special in quotes because his comments are borderline short bus special. Crass comment I know, but it does cover completely his inept and loosely connected (if at all) points.

All this vitriol for the president was spurned by his interview with Politico. Two questions in particular have received the highest scrutiny. The first was a yes or no question asked to the president in regards to him not playing golf and if that was related to the war. The president first said, “Yes” then defined, I’m summarizing his answer by saying he doesn’t feel its right to be seen playing golf and has stopped playing as much in solidarity of the troops.

The second question and the one that seems to be taken WAY out of context was

“Mr. President, turning to the biggest issue of all, Iraq. I wonder if you — various people and various candidates talk about pulling out next year. If we were to pull out of Iraq next year, what’s the worst that could happen, what’s the doomsday scenario?”

DOOMSDAY is emphasized here for a particular reason. The president was asked a question based on the worst case scenario. His reply was well put together and thought out:

Doomsday scenario of course is that extremists throughout the Middle East would be emboldened, which would eventually lead to another attack on the United States.

The biggest issue we face is — it’s bigger than Iraq — it’s this ideological struggle against cold-blooded killers who will kill people to achieve their political objectives. Iraq just happens to be a part of this global war. Iraq is the place where al Qaeda and other extremists have made their stand — and they will be defeated. They’ll be defeated through military action, but they’ll also be defeated as this young democracy takes hold. They can’t stand to live in a free society, that’s why they try to fight free societies.

The United States pulling out of Iraq or pulling out of the Middle East or not maintaining a forward presence would send all kinds of signals throughout the Middle East. And it would shake everybody’s nerves, and it would embolden the very same people that we’re trying to defeat.

I post this, because over on the other side of the fence Keith Olbermann said and I quote:

Mr. Bush has predicted that the election of a Democratic president could “eventually lead to another attack on the United States…”

In the above reply to the question where did the president predict anything? He was asked, point blank what he thought would happen if we pulled out of Iraq and he gave his opinion. Am I missing something here? So the logic leap thats going on here is:

Because Hillary and Barack both oppose the war and favor leaving. The president saying leaving will embolden the terrorists and lead to an attack (IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO). It must mean that the president is saying anyone who wants to leave Iraq (the dems) will cause another attack on America?

I’m sorry, but what else is the president suppose to say? If McCain wanted to leave Iraq the president still believes leaving would embolden the terrorists. So really whats happening here is Keith not really having a requirement to maintain any illusion of balance in his op-ed show is lying to make a blog and another rediculous “Special Comment” to throw on the pile of garbage that comes from him mouth.

Go read the transcripts at Politico, then if you’re a Nielson family turn off MSNBC and never turn it on again.