Milbank: Making Hay Out of Straw Men

[GOPFighter]

Milbank documents some of Bush's more egregious claims:

"It may seem generous and open-minded to say that everybody, on every moral issue, is equally right," Bush said, at Louisiana State University. "But that attitude can also be an excuse for sidestepping life's most important questions." Milbank responds: No doubt. But who's made such arguments? Hannibal Lecter? The White House declined to name names.

"The natural tendency for people is to say, oh, let's lay down our arms. But you can't negotiate with these people. . . . Therapy won't work."


"There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self-govern. I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins . . . are a different color than white can self-govern."

This is a good read. It's nice to know some reporters see through this garbage and are pointing it out.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4757-2004May31.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Did Bush suddenly just make himself the president of white Americans

only?

"whose skin color may not be the same as ours." Ours? Whatever does he mean by that? Hey, I'm the off-white trash of the neighborhood and I think I should be told.

[mhr]

2. So Using * Logic In Louisiana, The Black Community In The South

Should have a greater share of the political power.

I wonder how that message played with the KKK crowd.

Maybe KKK Karl Rove is losing his grip?

[Jackpine Radical]

3. No, you're not getting it.

Letting dark people rule is for over there, not here.

Just like a national health plan is for those darkies over there, not for here.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Poor Bush. The man lives in the "White House," so what else did you

expect his simple mind to conclude?