Conservative Contradictions: The Right-Wing Assault on Obama Over Iran
The other day, TNR’s Michael Crowley effectively captured the contradiction at the core of the conservative assault on Obama over Iran:
So Now Obama Really Is Moses?
For more than a year conservatives have ridiculed the alleged belief that Obama’s special rhetorical powers can do anything, including parting the waters. Now they’re all clamoring for him to change he course of Iranian history by leveraging what Paul Wolfowitz calls “his enormous political prestige.” In other words, by giving a fancy speech.
Similarly, Christopher Orr noted that conservative Andrew McCarthy situates Obama at both extremes of the spectrum — “fanatical ideologue” and “bloodless pragmatist” — according to whatever suits his present assault. (Obama is either A or B. In either case, he’s wrong. It’s a way of attacking Obama no matter what.)
In general, it’s not just that these anti-Obama conservatives have no real arguments, it’s that their full of shit. As Orr noted elsewhere, for example, leading assaulter Charles Krauthammer has slammed Obama, both on Fox and in the WaPo, for referring to Khamenei as Iran’s “supreme leader.” Just days before, though, Krauthammer himself referred to Khamenei as “the supreme leader.”
The point is, it doesn’t matter what Obama does. For these conservatives — Krauthammer, McCarthy, Kagan, Bennett, Wolfowitz, etc., as well as Republicans like McCain and Graham — Obama can do no right. He could launch an all-out military attack on Iran, of the sort the neocons have been pushing for, and they’d still find fault with him for something, and they’d still assault him with all the ideological and partisan fervor they could muster.
It’s what they do. It’s who they are.
And Obama should just ignore them.
(Cross-posted from The Reaction.)
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12 Responses to “Conservative Contradictions: The Right-Wing Assault on Obama Over Iran”
On Face the Nation, McCain said he was happy with Obama's latest response to the crisis in Iran. Contrary to the BS and lies spewed by liberals during the 08 elections…McCain is a reasonable person.
Stop adding him to the list of crazy neocons…he isn't a neocon.
Shannon,
It’s no use.
There’s just no talking to Michael when he’s hysterical like this.
In general, it’s not just that these anti-Obama conservatives have no real arguments, it’s that their full of shit.
Maybe it's just me, but saying someone is full of shit doesn't sound like much of a real argument either.
Bomb, bomb, bomb. bomb Iran
“McCain is a reasonable person” “he isn't a neocon.”
Oh, perhaps McCain was just being “hysterical.”
TSteele–when are you going to put the good ol' hand of reason to the upside of Sticking's head?
Do you really want your editors being this abusive and think this ain't going to start flying in the posts too?
they’d still find fault with him for something, and they’d still assault him with all the ideological and partisan fervor they could muster.
Something tells me that no matter what any conservative says, this same statement would apply to you and how you react to them.
And Obama should just ignore them.
Perhaps you should too.
We know that conservatives don't like Obama, but now the liberals appear to be turning on him as well. This Newsy report highlights how the liberal media seems peeved at Barak, primarily over health care reform.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/leaving_the_fold
I do believe McCain was half joking and half realizing that Iran will not stop its nuclear program when he said that. But hey, lets just toss his entire Senate career out of the window when judging him.
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YOU'RE not doing yourself a favor by stating that “… their full of shit” when you rightfully mean “… they're full of shit”.