I want to shed some "lyte" on irony. The Republican party and the rabid right have officially outlawed irony in their party platform, so they are free to do whatever they want, say whatever they want, and they never have to worry about those silly things called facts or that annoying thing called reality.
If you needed another red flag of just how desperate the Republicans are for leadership, wrap your head around this: guess who's name is being bandied about as a potential presidential nominee? Wait for it....Dick Cheney. Now, give yourself a minute to let the blood rush back to your brain.
A far-fetched scenario? Again, read paragraph one. There was a column in the Wall Street Journal, yes, the Wall Street Journal, that suggested that Cheney would be an totally awesome candidate in 2012. He could run on his outstanding national security record. Okay, so sleeping at the wheel while 9/11 happened on your watch is NOT considered a black mark on your record of national security.
I need some Motrin. Every time I think that the Republicans have reached their limits on irony and hypocrisy, they come up with something like this. Of course, they are thinking that Afghanistan will be Obama's Vietnam. Conveniently forgetting that they were the ones that went there in the first place and then forgot about it when Iraq became the central front of the war on terror (their words, not mine).
Apparently they don't take responsibility for anything and they want to pin every mess they created on the guy we elected to clean them up. And this is the party that advertises itself as the party of accountability and responsibility. They also think they can package Cheney as a change agent. Yeah, what a refreshing change to elect an old, conservative, white guy. Who gleefully advocated such inspiring things like torture and secret prisons. That's change only a Republican could believe in.
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