Sticking up for his principles, my a**.
He is, as we say in Louisiana, crawfishing [walking backwards] like crazy now that the magnitude of the faux pas is being realized.
But crawfishing is even worse from a political standpoint.
The details of the issue ... how long the plans were in existence, who the promoter of the mosque might be, whether it is close enough to GZ to matter, First Amendment, etc....don't make a pissant's worth of difference to an electorate that has the attention span of a gnat. All they will remember is O! supported the mosque at GZ, then crawfished when he realized his mistake. No amount of spinning and explaining will do any good for all it does is draw attention to the issue.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Especially at a time when Iran's nuclear weapons program looms. What credibility will he have when he deals with it? The Iranians are gong to think of him as the equivalent of a Jerry Lewis in charge of the most powerful nation on Earth.
Political poison, and when mixed in with bad polls, Michelle Antoinette's wastrel ways, Rangel and Waters, a really bad combination, esp. as November approaches.
O! does not seem to do well under pressure. I suspect some high-ranking Dems are going to have a chat with him.
But forget about GZ mosques, the real issue we will face is Iran and its nukes. There is no doubt in my mind that there will be no US attack on Iran's nukes, but there will be one by Israel. They have no choice, Iran presents an existential threat.
Can its military do it? I don't know. To some degree, no doubt.
But it will unleash chaos: Hizbollah terrorism throughout the globe, huge spike in oil at a time when our huge offshore oil production has been devastated by O!'s idiotic moratorium. The rigs are gone elsewhere, they cannot wait. The drillers have declared force majeure, and moved on. Very few waited for the legalities to play out. The market responded with its feet. Getting them back will take months, if at all. In the meantime, a substantial part of our domestic oil production is reduced, La. and Texas economies take a huge hit and national security is compromised - all in the name of spin.
My god, what a disaster he has been. |
