Lizard Brains

[babylonsister]

Lizard Brains
by Joyce Marcel | November 20, 2008


The blogosphere exploded on Tuesday with the rumor that President-Elect Barack Obama might ask Sen. Hillary Clinton to be our next secretary of state.

Immediately, pro- and anti-Hillary comments lit up the Web. Personally, I can't wait for her to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but in the meantime, welcome to the next eight (I hope) years, where fractious Democrats, liberals, progressives, libertarians and even a few conservatives -- opinionators each and every one of them -- create a cacophony of comment over every move Obama does or doesn't make.

This is why I'm bewildered by a comment made by conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan last week. "There is joy to be had in being out of power," she said. "You don't have to defend stupid decisions anymore. You get to criticize with complete abandon."

What stupid decisions did you have to defend in your influential column, Peggy? Perhaps invading Iraq? If you thought that was dumb, why didn't you speak out before more than 4,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were killed, numberless people were wounded or displaced, and our national treasury was looted? What other wisdom did we miss from the woman Brian Williams nominated this year for a Pulitzer Prize?

But perhaps this illustrates one of the interesting differences between liberals and conservatives. Liberals argue over almost everything. They're the ones who gave us the phrase, "circular firing squad."

But for the past eight years, conservatives have marched in lockstep to defend the indefensible. Just about everything that President Bush and his administration have done has been endlessly praised, defended and echoed. In fact, in their arrogance, Republicans have described Bush's actions -- to an increasingly skeptical populace -- as creating its own new reality.

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[Demeter]

1. Is Peggy Admitting to Being a GOP Operative, While in the MSM?

Isn't that a conflict of interest, worthy of dismissal?

[wryter2000]

2. Lizard brains?

Doesn't this belong in Cooking and Baking?

[Cronopio]

3. "You don't have to defend stupid decisions anymore."

If there was a prayer of a chance that this would teach you not to defend stupid decisions in the future, that would be cause for celebration.

But you know that's just not going to happen, do you Peggy? You're still just a liar for hire.