Tactics and Substance in the 2004 Elections GoogleNews: Howard Dean

August 23, 2004

by J

Atrios on Fire Lately

Atrios has been on fire lately. Reverse chronologically (and my paraphrases):

Yes, they really were incompetent and corrupt re: the Iraq war and that was predictable

On Bush's incoherent anti-free speech mumblings

There's a difference between the Swift Boat Liars for Bush and MoveOn

And best of all: Yes, we're justifiably angry at the liberal war supporters
As for being angry? Well, yes, I'm angry. No matter what war one imagined was going to be fought, whether it was "Ogged's war" or "Tom's war" or "Jack's war," this was the Bush administration's war. They cynically used it it as a political ploy for election 2002. They went after everyone who opposed it. They still sell "Freedom Fries" in the House cafeteria. Their lies for justifying the war were dissolving in realtime, even as they came up with more. Yes, I am angry that otherwise intelligent people climbed aboard this twisted and nakedly cynical endeavor which was clearly a fraud from start to finish. But, no, I don't question the motives of all who did - just the ones who believe that by being wrong they were proven right.

Posted by J at August 23, 2004 09:44 PM
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