Hyperbole Amerikkka, Bereft of All Her Charm
John Dean’s telling Josh Marshall that (emphasis mine):
Nixon was under deep suspicion of covering up the true facts relating to the bungled break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, not to mention widespread rumors that he had engaged in abuses of power and corrupt campaign practices. Today, Bush is under even deeper suspicion for activities far more serious than anything Nixon engaged in for there is evidence Bush has abused the laws of war, violated treaties, and ordered (or approved) the use of torture and political renditions, which are war crimes.
In dwelling on their unquestionable fetishes for talking about torture and all the Constitution-trampling and Reichstag-burnings going on in Amerikkka, the anti-American Left cannot meet the demands of the rhetoric because they have already shot their wad —morally, logically, and linguistically. They cannot top themselves. They cannot plausibly out-Nixon Nixon with Bush —but damned if John Dean won’t try! After all, Americans have long been taught that Nixon is the epitome and definition of the super-corrupt warmonger and Imperial President. I can’t imagine how this sell-out could have found himself trying to rehabilitate Nixon by comparison. Nixon must now no longer be the ”war criminal” he always has been to the Democrats because, fancifully, Bush the Younger is an even worse one.
These Leftists fall into such rhetorical outhouses because they have too little character to drop the cudgels they wrongly believe have gotten them this far. These issues they fetishize —Valerie Ghraib, Abu Plame, Gitmo, “warrantless wiretaps” — are only fundraising and propaganda tools. That needs to be understood absolutely. These filthy cowards will smear anybody with any lie they can think of if they have some partisan advantage to gain from it. They believe they won 2006 that way —and they think they’ve got the Bush Administration saddled with the worst reputation in the history of this country. But just look at what they’re doing! They’re losing in both houses of the Congress to someone they say is a war criminal! These heroes of the Mandate of 2006 must be wretched liars to persist with their worthless condemnations if they can’t even defeat Bush.
Never mind that other Presidents besides Bush have authorized torture and rendition and whatever else. There’re elections and headlines and taxpayers’ money to be won! These historically ignorant hypocrites on the anti-Bush Left have got a lot of extra [outrage] and [dissent] and [moral revulsion] to burn, but don’t go without pants just yet, folks! The truth will hunt you down.
Our country is, in fact, becoming burdened by a Leftist element that believes in nothing but hatred, contrarianism, anarchy, and degeneracy. Every now and then, someone like John Dean will come along and whore himself out to that sentiment because he’s doing penance. But the people at that end of the spectrum don’t really believe in what America stands for. They just want to tear things down and spread ignorance.
