“RUBBERBAND MAN”

Just kidding; it was “One of a Kind (Love Affair)”. But that’s not important now.

And neither is this, the latest piffle from Senior White House Whiffle-izer Valerie “Executive Vice President of Grove Parc’s management firm Habitat Company when federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex a bottom-of-the-barrel 11 on a 100-point scale” Jarrett:

“It’s rather telling when the Republican Party forces out a moderate Republican and it says, I think, a great deal about where the Republican Party leadership is right now. I think it’s becoming more and more extreme, and more and more marginalized.”

Exactly backwards.

The Party supported Dede Scozzaflewoverthecuckoo’snest. They didn’t “force her out”. The voters did that with low poll numbers.

Listening to voters is “marginalizing” and “extremist” according to Jarrett.

But this is worse:

“What the president has said consistently is, he is going through a very rigorous process. George, before he puts our men and women in harm’s way, he wants to make absolutely sure that he has a strategy. This isn’t just a matter of how many troops are sent over, although that is a very important component.”

“before he puts our men and women in harm’s way”?

He already did, lady. Wake up:

March 27, 2009

Good morning. Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

This marks the conclusion of a careful policy review that I ordered as soon as I took office. My Administration has heard from our military commanders and diplomats. We have consulted with the Afghan and Pakistani governments; with our partners and NATO allies; and with other donors and international organizations. And we have also worked closely with members of Congress here at home.

The situation is increasingly perilous…Many people…So let me be clear…a return to Taliban rule would condemn their country…women and girls…blah blah blah…So I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future. That is the goal that must be achieved.

I have already ordered the deployment of 17,000 troops that had been requested by General McKiernan for many months.

He told us he already had a “comprehensive, new strategy”. That was over six months ago. Was he “unsure” when he sent those 17,000 troops “into harm’s way” previously?

He said he had all the answers when he was campaigning in the primaries. He said he had all the answers when he was campaigning in general election. He said he had all the answers six months ago when he “concluded a careful policy review”.

And now you say he needs more time just to figure out what the questions are? What’s next? A pr campaign of “new and improved” strategies cobbled together from Billy Mays outtakes? “But wait…there’s more!”

As Steyn said, the Drifter-in-Chief is not denouncing the “long years of drift”, but his own long months of drift. He’s essentially calling for “do-overs”, a concept for children’s games, not adult geopolitics. I’m not talking about the reconsideration, but his failure to accept responsibility.

And his top advisor still thinks she’s a rebel, an outsider, transgressively “Speaking Truth to Power”. It’s nutty. It’s flaky. It’s juvenile. And mostly, it’s dangerous.

Stop it. Stop campaigning. You won, just like you said, and just like you wanted. Grow up. In a hurry would be nice.

And please stop the Brutal Spinning. America comes first.

“Then Came You”.