Right flubs Gettysburg story – twice

[Playinghardball]

…It’s worth noting that Fox isn’t the only one raising a fuss – conservative outlets have been complaining about Obama “snubbing” Gettysburg for months.

There are, however, some angles to this the right has overlooked. First, there have been 28 presidents since Lincoln, and 27 of them did not commemorate the anniversaries of the Gettysburg Address – and this includes Reagan, who did nothing on the 125th anniversary, and never visited Gettysburg as president. (The exception was William Howard Taft.) Obama, in other words, is doing largely what nearly all of his predecessors have done without controversy.

Second, I’m trying to imagine the uproar from some of these same conservative critics if Obama did go to Gettysburg to mark the occasion today. We can all probably imagine the predictable rhetoric: Obama thinks he’s Lincoln! The arrogance! Why is he trying to politicize a cemetery? ….

Making matters slight worse is, well, this…..

More here: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/right-flubs-gettysburg-story-twice

[Rex]

1. Dammed if he does, dammed if he doesn't.

Repukes still believe they can 'win' whatever fucking stupid agenda they have going, if they can make sure never to work with Obama and always lie about his record. It seems to be an epic failure on their part since everyone and their dog hates the GOP now...so of course they will keep pushing their stupid agenda believing it is working from the dismal results.

Pretty soon, Repukes will begin to believe they can fly like superman. Every failure is a stunning success.

[beachbum bob]

2. what makes the batshit crazy

so much fun is how much we can actually poke fun at it...