"Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda." --Irena Briganti, spokesbeing for Faux NewsThis really shouldn't come as any surprise to, well, anyone, really. But it's especially funny when you keep in mind that Ann "send Democrats to Guantanamo" Coulter is whining about the breakdown of discourse in politics. Gee, I wonder how that happened.
Still, this statement is rather shocking in its directness. It isn't so much a new low as a new level of bluntness from Murdoch's frothing attack-pundits, who seem to have a preference for brown shirts. If you believe in the right to dissent, the importance of open debate, or even the First Amendment -- and dare to say something about it -- you're promoting terrorists.
Welcome to the Imperial States of America. Papers, please.
Of course, we had to expect this. Now that liberals, progressives, and pretty much anyone who isn't a slavish neocon is fighting back, the culture wars are going to heat up. It's heartening to see that, if nothing else, that NuCon forces are showing all the subtlety and wit they've been known for since they Gingrichized political discourse in America. Keep it up, boys and girls. Bush's numbers haven't dropped as far as we'd like yet.
(/) Roland X
E Pluribush Nukem
(Out of many neocon lies, comes smackdown)
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