Please, Shut Your Face

12:31 pm EST February 17th, 2007 | News | 14 Comments

Glenn Reynolds: "Murtha is the face of today’s Democratic Party on the war. This is bad
for the country, and likely to prove unwise politically."

jackass glenn reynolds

Why, even in the minority, do conservatives insist on giving "advice" to Democrats? Reynolds was one of the cheerleaders of this war, who called those who opposed it allies of Hussein, and insisted vehemently that we had "won" when Bush put on the flight suit. In other words, he was wrong in every way imaginable just like all the other conservatives.

And yet, these people, put up on a lofty perch by the supposedly liberal mainstream media, insist on dispensing "advice" to Democrats. They repeatedly insist that we’ve gone "too far" in opposing the war and that we risk "a backlash" for our position. Too many Democratic elected officials believe these people when by any measure it is they who now represent the most fringe of fringe opinion. It is they who think that a strategy for victory involves yelling "Victory!!!" at the top of their lungs for a war who they only continue to champion now to save face.

They were wrong in 2003, and they’re even more wrong now. And yet they won’t shut their stupid mouths.

UPDATE: Reynolds now links to an attack on Harry Reid by… Bill Frist, a man who’s tenure as majority leader in the senate was so bad he couldn’t even bother to run for president as he had planned.

AUDIO: Indeed.

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14 Responses to “Please, Shut Your Face”

  1. norbizness says:
    February 17, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    By “in the minority” do you mean law professors with Flow-bee haircuts who have been wrong on every foreign policy point for the last 5-6 years and who attempt to compensate for said wrongness by playing Tom Clancy Splinter Cell in their minds?

  2. Duros62 says:
    February 17, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    Damn, Reynolds, Malkin AND Hugh Hewett. It’s like a Trifecta of Stoopid.

  3. jerry says:
    February 17, 2007 at 4:22 pm

    Listen, the guy may be a completely reprehensible reichtard, but um, let’s leave the flowbee haircut out of this.

    Please?

  4. Evan says:
    February 17, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    Why don’t our people just start giving advice to republicans? If it’s a good lick, use it.

  5. norbizness says:
    February 17, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    I’ve got one: nominate Duncan Hunter! He’s dreamy!

  6. michael says:
    February 17, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    Why don’t our people just start giving advice to republicans?

    You mean like “don’t invade Iraq”? Tried and rejected.

  7. pedromd07 says:
    February 17, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    yea, and he averages about 4 MILLION hits a month…

    Keep using his name Ollie, maybe someone will accidentally google you…

  8. mishu says:
    February 18, 2007 at 1:09 am

    You crack me up Ollie. You remind me of those Democrats calling for the end of the Reconstruction in 1876. You know the Reconstruction? That thing where Federal Troops occupied the defeated Southern states? Well, during the Reconstruction, disgruntled, former Confederates would launch insurgent missions — kind of like terrorism. See here.

    In the South after 1865, and in Iraq more recently, the United States faced the difficult task of restoring order and helping rebuild while seeking to avoid a long and costly involvement.

    So, after a close election 1876 (popular votes went to Samuel Tilden, electoral votes went to Rutherford B Hayes, sound familiar?), the Compromise of 1877 settled the disputed election. Part of the deal was to end the occupation. Democrats, like you, were whining about the occupation and wanting it to end. They thought if the occupation ends, everyone would be satisfied and any violent insurrections would cease. So, after the Compromise, the occupation ends.

    Did it end the violence? NO! Not only that, withdrawal hastened the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, segregation and Jim Crow laws. Withdrawal of troops who protected people like your ancestors basically fucked them over. Oh the irony! Now you want to join the Democrats to screw Iraqis over like the Democrats of yore screwed your ancestors. Let selfish myopia rule the day!

  9. Oliver Willis says:
    February 18, 2007 at 1:50 am

    Pedro, your theory is apparently that traffic/viewership is equal to being correct. By that measure, we should all be worshiping American Idol. I’m fine and dandy with my traffic, especially if I’m true to myself and aren’t a shill. I could whore out like Glenn Reynolds, but I’m frankly too good for that.

    Mishu: I have no idea what brand of crack you’re smoking.

  10. mishu says:
    February 18, 2007 at 2:01 am

    I “cracked” open a history book. You should try it too. You might learn something.

  11. Oliver Willis says:
    February 18, 2007 at 2:09 am

    You’re comparing slavery to the Iraq war. That makes absolutely no sense.

  12. Hollywood_Freaks says:
    February 18, 2007 at 3:08 am

    Pedro: Absolutely hilarious.

    Mr. Willis: What Reynolds said is not advice. It’s his opinion on whats bad for a political party.

    And seriously… enough with the “quotation” marks.

  13. Lupus says:
    February 18, 2007 at 10:43 am

    “A man WHOSE tenure”. Sheesh…you really should know that, Oliver.

  14. calling all toasters says:
    February 18, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    Mishu: 1876 was 131 years ago. Did you happen to notice any changes in the Democratic or Republican parties since then? Didn’t think so. Here’s a hint: do you think that African-Americans supported slavery and Jim Crow? No, don’t answer right away. Take your time so you can fake ignorance like Instapudding.