"What an Arrogant Jerk"

I stopped reading Andrew Sullivan when I could no longer stomach his self-serving myopic focus on one irrelevant issue. I went back to The Daily Dish today to read his assessment of the speech by his "conservative candidate." Here are a few of the highlights:

Some of it was so pompous and self-congratulatory I almost gagged.

One thought sprang into my mind immediately: what an arrogant jerk.

This was also, it seems to me, a very liberal speech. Domestically, there was no problem the government couldn't help solve.

... and no firm commitment to seeing the war through in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is obviously what worried me the most. His goal in Iraq is to bring the troops home. Three words: not good enough.

This is a man who clearly wants the U.S. out of the region where our future is at stake, and who believes that simply by taking office, other powers can somehow pick up the slack. Memo to Kerry: no other powers can pick up the slack. They don't have the troops or the technology or the will. His strategy is pure defense. This sentence is his strongest threat: "Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response." So let's wait, shall we?

And he goes on to say about the president:

I'm glad that Kerry has decided to use the FMA against Bush, as he should.

The damage that president Bush has done to the delicate but vital boundary between religion and politics is one reason I cannot support him for another term.

Somehow, despite being very critical of everything Kerry said on the single most important issue of this election, Sullivan concludes:

They have found the right stance in general, but they may not have found the right general for the stance. Bush, in other words, may remain the luckiest man alive. (emphasis mine)

Me, I think I'll go back to not reading Andrew Sullivan any more.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 09:08 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment