Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews on Bush-Mccain 9/11 response

Gov. Sarah Palin linked the war in Iraq with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, telling an Iraq-bound brigade of soldiers that included her son that they would "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."
Really? The people who "planned" the 9/11 attack? They're in Pakistan, governor, where your beloved president allowed them refuge. The people who "carried out" the attacks of 9/11? Most of them are now dead, but the few remaining are in Pakistan, not Iraq...she is saying that the people who planned and carried out the attacks on 9/11 are in Iraq. They're not. No sane person believes they are. More to the point, Kristol knows that on 9/11 al Qaeda in Iraq didn't exist in any meaningful form. His president helped create them by invading so incompetently a security vacuum sucked them in. AQI is simply a franchise spawned by 9/11 and the Iraq invasion. To say that entity - created entirely after 9/11, was somehow responsible for 9/11 is piffle.

Memo to Kristol: you may think Palin is sophisticated enough to grasp the high-level fantasies and abstractions that you have devised in your own head to defend the indefensible. But she isn't, buddy. She has a degree in sports journalism from the University of Idaho, and went to several colleges in several years. She thinks Leo Strauss is a brand of jeans. She doesn't have a clue what she's talking about. Remember: she doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is and heard about the surge "on the news."

This is your lipsticked pitbull, buddy. Own it. And all the immense incuriosity, minimal education, and fact-resistant ambition that comes with it.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/kristol-defends....
We have gotten used to Bush's decision-making style. Minimal input, instant decision, refusal to ever think again, and disdain for any process of thinking things through or ever having second thoughts. Just gut - and instant leaps. This description of how she made the absurd decision to run for vice-president is particularly chilling:

GIBSON: And you didn't say to yourself, "Am I experienced enough? Am I ready? Do I know enough about international affairs? Do I -- will I feel comfortable enough on the national stage to do this?"

PALIN: I didn't hesitate, no.

GIBSON: Didn't that take some hubris?

PALIN: I -- I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can't blink.

So I didn't blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.
Never blink, never think, just go with your gut. Pure ambition. Minimal thought.

If you loved the last eight years, you'll love President Palin. I wonder: did they ever ask her the last, routine, basic vetting question:
Is there anything more you need to tell us that might potentially damage or embarrass the campaign?
Did they even ask her? If they did, did she say no? I have a feeling this question will be critical in the coming weeks as this hologram of neocon fantasy comes into sharper relief.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/george-w-pali-1....

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[afireinside244]

1. no, 9/11 wasn't an inside job.

2. learn how to spell "monetary".

[geryx]

And you actually saw this yourself? I watch Maddow daily (O'Reilly as well, if you're wondering), and I never saw her 'giggling away' what you refer to as 'sexist attacks'.

And Palin wasn't attacked for being a woman. She was attacked for being a freaking idiot. And that's coming from a registered republican.

[unfortunatebeam]

@abro420me long vid? :\ not really...it's like a little over 7 minutes, whatevs...

[unfortunatebeam]

@nrthdude1 oh I see. you're one of those who apparently believe that any criticism of a woman at all is "sexist". Oh yes, how "gutless" of Maddow for not calling them out for you know, god forbid, criticising a woman, not to mention women who are public servants and happen to have massive power and influence. Get fucking real. What interest is it for Maddow anyway to serve and protect Sarah Palin especially? Just because they're both women? How stupid and backwards...

[pattaya95]

gee what a fair and balanced show.. :)

no wonder why foxnews kicks their ass

[nrthdude1]

Maddow is disgraceful.

I was amazed as she giggled away at Keith Olberman & Chris Matthews' constant sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton.

I mean she said absolutely nothing during all of it.

I have no respect for her, and a lot of my friends were appalled by her continued silence when Palin was attacked.

She's a self-serving, gutless joke.

[eljefereal]

You mean the lizard people from Minnesota?

[EagleEyeKiller]

9/11 was an inside job.

STAND UP TO THE MONATARY SYSTEM

[bucktotim]

9/11 was an inside job

Bush = Traitor, Murderer and War Criminal

[ctrphield]

True.