Democrats: "Bush to Blame for Georgia"

You can tell when the democrats feel that they are losing on a particular issue when they resort to their old stand-by: "Blame Bush"

The link features Senator Daschle, but I heard the same line at least three times on various shows today. The line goes somethings like this:

"We've been focused too much on Iraq and not enough on these other issues. Obama would have focused on them and possibly prevented the invasion of Georgia."

This line might work for Americans who are hearing about the Georgia/Russia issue for the first time. Since they haven't heard of it before, it's easy to assume it must be new to the Bush administration as well. But of course the Bush administration has been involved in this situation, and doing the very diplomacy that Obama says he would have done. Additionally, McCain has talked consistently about this issue, so even if the Bush administration has been negligent, clearly McCain has not. Finally, this might be a good time to point out that the democrats have controlled congress for the past 1 1/2 years. What exactly have they done to prevent this?

Oh, but I ask too many questions. I forgot the talking points. If Obama was president, this never would have happened, and neither would have 9/11, hurricane Katrina, or the housing bubble.

Wrong Rating: 1 out of 4 (spin)

McCain: "Countries Don't Just Invade Other Countries"

I recognize that each of us at times mis-articulates his position. "Mispeaking" is a fact of life, although the term is often abused and sometimes just means, "I said something I wish I didn't."

So, I try not to be too hard on politicians when they say one thing a little wrong, if I understand what they were trying to say based on other things they've said. I think sometimes we get carried away in the little things that trivialize the political debate. But with that said, I couldn't let this one slip by, as to my subjective ears, it seems this might be bordering on crossing from just "mispeaking" to "wrong". Decide for yourself:



Regardless of your opinion on the war on Iraq, you have to admit that sounds at least a bit hypocritical.

I'm sure he meant "Countries don't just invade other countries... unless they really want to."

Wrong Rating: 1 of out 4 (spin)