Context is for traitors

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.

An e-mailer points this one out. I must have been distracted.

Obviously the words "Never forget" mean nothing to Chris Matthews:

In a speech to political science students at the University of Toronto yesterday, the host of the CNBC current affairs show Hardball had plenty of harsh words for U.S. President George W. Bush, as well as the political climate that has characterized his country for the past few years.

"The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing," Matthews said.

"If we stop trying to figure out the other side, we've given up. The person on the other side is not evil -- they just have a different perspective."

As the e-mailer says, "the 'other side' isn't al Qaeda -- it's Democrats."

Well, yeah. But that doesn't stop the Malkins from shamelessly pimping 9/11* tugging at the heart strings once again: They post a picture of people jumping out of the south tower on 9/11. Never mind that Iraq had noth--

Ah, screw it. I'm really getting tired of having to remind people. Here's some perspective: Whether it's al Qaeda or the Democrats, the Malkins have no interest in knowing their 'enemy.' They traffic in innuendo, hyperbole, and out-and-out lying, creating a caricature which would make WWI-era propagandists proud. Maybe their straw-man strategy works in the war of rhetoric, but it's no way to escape a real-life quagmire.

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*Eat it, Three Bulls!