Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Kay's Freedom Fighters
Via "Avenging Angel" on Daily Kos, a link to this short Crooks And Liars video clip of Sen. Hutchison on MSNBC. In it, she's discussing the political difficulties faced by leaders who drag their countries into tragic, unnecessary and never-ending wars, even when "the economy is going as well as it has been."
Her pro-war cheer continues:
The Crooks And Liars post is titled "Kay Bailey Hutchinson hitting the mini-bar", and includes these snarky comments: "Sen. Kay Bailey must have had a few cocktails before she went on MSNBC," and "They will say anything, really—anything at all."
But I think this is really just clever wordsmithing on Kay's part. Replace "freedom" with "wealth, privilege and power", and replace "our children" with "my children". See? From that standpoint, it's an absolutely sober and 100% true statement.
Her pro-war cheer continues:
We've got to see the progress, and know that we have done the right thing, that America has stayed strong, and that we are fighting for freedom for our children, every bit as much as in any war we've ever been in.
The Crooks And Liars post is titled "Kay Bailey Hutchinson hitting the mini-bar", and includes these snarky comments: "Sen. Kay Bailey must have had a few cocktails before she went on MSNBC," and "They will say anything, really—anything at all."
But I think this is really just clever wordsmithing on Kay's part. Replace "freedom" with "wealth, privilege and power", and replace "our children" with "my children". See? From that standpoint, it's an absolutely sober and 100% true statement.
