Well, after months of waiting I figured it was past time for me to fire a shot across the bow of one of the most annoying left wing loud mouths on the web; the Wicked Witch of the West herself, Arianna Huffington.
I recently decided to subscribe to her free rag of a blog/website so I could get a view from the left in my email each day without having to actually read too much of MSNBC or the Daily Kos seeing as how overexposure only results in the need to scrub ones brain afterwards.
For you who have no idea who the half-witted and ill mannered Wicked Witch of the West is, here is my take on her.
Ms. Huffington is a naturalized citizen of the US and a native of Greece, she describes herself as a "former right-winger who has devolved into a compassionate and progressive populist", she has authored many books on the subjects of feminism, politics, Picasso, she ran as an Independent for California Governor and was soundly defeated by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. She somehow collected an amazing 1% of the popular vote in a special election that saw all kinds of fruits, nuts and flakes come out of the woodwork.
To her credit, and yes I have to give her credit, Ms. Huffington bucked the system and all the naysayers and created the Huffington Post which is now a wildly successful liberal hang out. Each week, well over 1000 crazy left wingers prove their ignorance of the facts and lack of historical depth by blogging on “Huff-Po”; they make a habit of spewing their vile hatred at the Bush, McCain, Palin, Ronald Reagan and anyone else they feel is worth demonizing. Basically it’s a Blog site that MSNBC’s Keith “Meltdown’ Olbermann would be proud of and likely wished he had thought of.
Arianna was a liberal who in 1986 met and later married a Millionaire oil man, later Republican Congressman, Michael Huffington. Some contend that the marriage was more out of out of convenience for both of them seeing as how she ended up serving briefly in Washington DC as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy (a rather low level advisory post)and he, her ex-husband, states Arianna met him in San Francisco and later married him for his money and clout with the knowledge that he was bisexual. Knowing that her husband was about to be forced from the closet and would then lose his powerful status as a Republican Congressman Huffington divorced him in 1996.
Let’s just say that once you read Ms. Huffington’s Blog you will find she is a very bitter woman bent on spreading as many lies, spin, misery and mayhem as she can. She hates Republican’s (especially Judea/Christian conservatives) and I dare say that much of her hate is due to her doomed marriage. Arianna Huffington is not only a self indulgent liberal attack dog she is also a devoted “spiritualist” who has said publicly many times that she “comes from the 4th dimension of political and religious time and space.”
In her Blog today Ms Huffington wrote the following in regards to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and her recent interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson. (See my commentary in red)
“Sarah Palin may not have known what the Bush Doctrine was, but we're getting a pretty good idea of what the Palin Doctrine is. Or will be -- because it's still currently under construction. And what is it going to look like? Let's just say, it's going to seem familiar. According to London's Daily Telegraph, the architects of the Palin Doctrine are a group of people who have been singularly wrong about virtually everything in the last decade -- the neocons, who have been briefing Palin for weeks.”
Barnhart Blog commentary – Sarah Palin was wrong about what Arianna? The surge, killing terrorists first before they try to attack us, the high cost of bailing out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae would be to the economy, how bad things would get after Democrats controlled congress and did nothing for two years? There are many different Bush doctrines, whether they were all executed properly please tell me which one Palin was wrong about. Truth is she wasn't.
“As predicted, the fact that she didn't know anything wasn't a bug, it was a feature. She's perfect for the neocons: likeable on the outside, a blank slate on the inside. To borrow from an old cliché, if Sarah Palin didn't exist, the neocons would have had to invent her.
Barnhart Blog commentary - Arianna seems to be jealous and wrong. Sarah Palin hit every question on the mark with no hesitation and she never let Gibson rattle her. In fact, ABC had to edit the interview to make Gibson look tough, instead the endeavor came off as rude and insulting.
“In fact, this is how one former White House aide describes her: "She's bright and she's a blank page. She's going places and it's worth going there with her."
Barnhart Blog commentary – Who Arianna? What aide? Who are they? Surely you could dig up some “screwball” speech writer from the Carter years like Chris Matthews to give you his opinion instead of quoting an anonymous “White House aide” as you source. What…was Scott McClellan or Richard Clarke not available?
“Of course, the place her neocon mentors hope she's going is the White House. Given their dismal track record, they're smart enough to figure that the American public wouldn't be too keen on letting them in the front door again, so they are trying to sneak in hidden behind Palin's skirt. The Trojan Moose approaches. The Daily Telegraph details how the neocon talent scouts spotted their political Eliza Doolittle back in the summer of '07. The love connection began, appropriately enough, on a love boat:
"Sources in the McCain camp, the Republican Party and Washington think tanks say Mrs. Palin was identified as a potential future leader of the neoconservative cause in June 2007. That was when the annual summer cruise organised by the right-of-centre Weekly Standard magazine docked in Juneau, the Alaskan state capital, and the pundits on board took tea with Governor Palin. So nice to meet you, Governor. And don't forget, cucumber sandwiches and preemptive invasions on the Lido Deck at four!”
Barnhart Blog commentary – Arianna can you please quote a source for once that does not have a liberal bent to it and can they please say who their sources were, just once?
Besides, I would much rather have a VP like Sarah Palin backing up a President like John McCain than some gutless liberal who will follow in Bill Clinton’s footsteps and allow the Red Chinese to steal our secrets, sell a night in the Lincoln bedroom for campaign donations, or fail on 13 different occasions to “call the ball” to capture or kill Osama bin Laden because they are afraid what will happen to their approval ratings in the polls.
“Not surprisingly, Palin's biggest fan is Bill Kristol, who describes her as the "specter of a young, attractive, unapologetic conservatism" that "is haunting the liberal elites."
Barnhart Blog commentary – Arianna do I detect a crush on Bill Kristol?
“Among her other Henry Higginses is neo-neocon Joe Lieberman, who is reportedly helping prep Palin for the big ball -- her debate with Joe Biden. She's already passed her first test with flying colors: being willing to link 9/11 with Iraq, something not even the president is still willing to do. Last week, she told a group of Iraq-bound soldiers that they were going to "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans." By George (Bush), I think she's got it! Congratulations, Professor Kristol, your student is coming along just fine.”
Barnhart Blog commentary – Arianna please quote for me where Sara Palin linked Iraq with 9/11 in her interview with Charlie Gibson? You can’t because it didn’t happen. Here again, you lie, twist and distort what you cannot honestly point to as fact.
Of course, the neocons know they already have an ally at the top of the GOP ticket. McCain may have been a reformer on campaign finance, but when it comes to foreign policy, he has always been solidly in the neocon club. He loves to burnish his foreign policy bona fides by talking about how he wanted to fire Donald Rumsfeld months before Bush did. But he doesn't talk a lot about how, in the days immediately after 9/11, he was part of the neocon crowd itching to get into Iraq.
Barnhart Blog commentary – Arianna, do you even know the definition of a Neocon? I don’t think you do, so let me refresh your memory. A Neoconservative (and it should always begin with a capital “N” there “Witchipoo”) is a right-wing political philosophy that emerged in the United States from the rejection of the social liberalism, moral relativism, and New Left counterculture of the 1960s. whereas, you and were a RINO a Republican In Name only and were constantly trying to minister to Judea/Christians who were not fooled by your brand of secular humanism masquerading as a very false version of Christianity.
“Just a few days after the attack, McCain was already talking about "some other countries" that helped Bin Laden. Countries like Syria, Iran, and...Iraq. And a few weeks later, during an October 18, 2001 appearance on David Letterman, McCain answered a question about how the war in Afghanistan was going by announcing that the invasion of Iraq would be "the second phase" of the war on terror (how prescient of him to know that Saddam wouldn't give up those nonexistent WMD). What's more, he tried to buttress the case for attacking Iraq by claiming that the recent spate of anthrax attacks "may have come from Iraq." Or Fort Detrick. Six years later, demonstrating how little he's learned from the debacle in Iraq, McCain hired Randy Scheunemann, a neocon darling who helped form The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq in 2002, as his campaign's chief foreign policy advisor.
As TPMMuckraker noted in July, "Of all the hawkish Washington foreign-policy types pushing both before and after 9/11 for war with Iraq -- a war that an overwhelming majority of Americans now considers a mistake -- Scheunemann, though not a marquee name, was among the most energetic and influential. And in the invasion's aftermath, he consistently opposed steps that might have helped stabilize the country." And now, according to the Daily Telegraph, Scheunemann is briefing Sarah Palin. (Arianna, I thought you were a published author hadn’t you ever heard to never begin a sentence with the words And, but, or however?)
“McCain's selection of Palin may have been reckless, but it was anything but random. The neocons' view of the world may be disastrous, dangerous, discredited, and deadly -- but it's far from dead. Their patron saint, Dick Cheney, the scowling embodiment of the Neocon Doctrine, had way too much baggage -- and way too low approval ratings -- to mount a run for the White House. That's why the Palin pick was so brilliant. On the outside, she's exponentially more likable and talented at connecting with people than Cheney ever was. But on the inside, once she graduates from the neocon finishing school, she'll be a complete and total Dick. Cheney. With lipstick.”
Barnhart Blog commentary – Arianna there are indeed “other countries” who have in them personalities that are dangerous, and readily sympathize and give money to Al-Qaeda, like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, the UAE, and others who would not hesitate to join in and help them if they could get away with it. Michael Scheuer the man who headed the CIA Osama bin Laden task force as much as confirmed it last week on my show. I dare say he is more of an expert than you will ever be. Despite John McCain not fully understanding what Michael Scheuer says motivates Al-Qaeda (which is to say "infidels" being present on what Osama bin Laden sees as sacred Islamic lands only)John McCain is still 100% more qualified to engage the enemy than most politicians and Scheuer even said he was going to vote for McCain.
Regardless, you did get one thing right… your politics and your level of intellect on the subject have definitely devolved.
On a more personal note - As for the last line of your blog in regards to … um (“Dick. Cheney.”) if you tried acting more like a lady instead of an outraged donkey all the time, you might actually… never mind I don’t need to actually write it for you to figure out the rest do I?
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