Say the magic word

MANIFESTO

I realize that nothing the Boy Blunder does should surprise me, but his performance in Israel's Knesset yesterday (and Senator Septuagenarian's tacet approval) was really beyond the pale. Steve Benen's exegesis on the episode is best, I think:

It’s hard to overstate how pathetic Bush’s and McCain’s conduct is on this. It’s treacherous political slander at its most obvious. If, eight years ago, Bill Clinton traveled to foreign soil to take cheap and ridiculous shots at the Republican nominee during the presidential campaign, the right would be apoplectic. If Al Gore had quickly endorsed Clinton’s attacks, we would never hear the end of it. And yet, that’s exactly the dynamic we see playing out this morning.

And, of course, Senator Sanctimony (I-AIPAC) was right on board with this crap, stating that "President Bush got it exactly right." Of all people, Holy Joe should know that accusing anyone of appeasement after 1938 is political dynamite and calumny of the worst sort.

Discussion is not appeasement. Diplomacy is not surrender.