The Straw Man Takes A Beating

I listened to President Bush's speech before the Israeli Knesset. His admonition of those who would negotiate with terrorists was spot on.

I didn't detect any reference to the Democrats or Barack Obama. In fact, I thought he was making a thinly veiled reference to Jimmy Carter, who had recently taken it upon himself to engage in talks with Hamas leaders.

Now it seems that Obama has decided to take Bush's words as a personal attack against himself. Even Obama's enablers, the mainstream media, are promoting the idea that Bush was criticizing Obama. They further state, over and over, that it was "a terrible thing to say" to a foreign audience......that appeasement of tyrants and terrorists is a bad thing. I don't know how they come up with that, but that's what all the leftists in the media have been saying.

Obama says that he has never suggested that we should negotiate with terrorists. If that's true, then how can he argue that Bush was referring to him? Perhaps Obama feels obligated to criticize anything Bush says, even if he supposedly agrees with him.

Consider this, however, from the Barack Obama campaign website:

"Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions."

Perhaps Obama doesn't consider Iran's President Ahmadinejad a terrorist even though he provides training and weapons for terrorists.

In any case, my advice to Obama: limit your criticism of George W. Bush to legitimate issues. That will keep you busy enough. Making up things to complain about simply brands you as a whiner and will ultimately diminish your margin of victory in November.

That's right.....I think Obama will win the election. And he can thank the Republican Party for that.