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24Jun/113

Hillary Clinton questions the patriotism of Libya war critics

Respect mah authoritye!

No really, she goes there ;

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is questioning the priorities of lawmakers criticizing the U.S. intervention in Libya.

She's asking bluntly, "Whose side are you on?"

Which prompts AllahP to ask, "What’s next, MoveOn.org running ads needling Boehner for being a hippie?".

Now I'm sure the MBM will just be all over this, since, as they so often declare, they are driven by a quest to expose "Hypocrisy".  But I wouldn't hold my breath...

If you're wondering how Secretary Clinton is being hypocritical in her remarks, well, let's all just take a trip down memory lane, back to 2006 to revisit some of her past pronouncements on similar matters:

"Since when has it been part of American patriotism to keep our mouths shut?" - Hillary Clinton 2006

"Blind faith in bad leadership is not patriotism" - Hillary Clinton 2006

And one of my all time faves:

"Dissent is the highest form of Patriotism" - Hillary Clinton 2006

So just as I often call on the President to revisit his professed criticisms of "The Imperial Presidency" from the 2008 campaign, so too would I remind Mrs. Clinton to heed some of her own advice from the recent past.  Or, you know, read the myriad bumper stickers affixed to the back of countless Volvos and Subarus in the DC area or the tony NY suburbs where she lives.

But I'll give Hillz her props; at least she didn't call the Congressional critics a bunch of RAAAAAAAACISTS!

[Cross Posted at The Conservative Commune]

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4Sep/093

Meanwhile, back in the real world private sector

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In what can be viewed as extrapolation of Enoch’s earlier post on the growing number of opportunities in the public sector, I thought that I’d provide some information on the state of affairs in the private sector; just so that we could all relish the Hope-n-Changey goodness of it all!

You know, it’s a good darn thing that our betters in Pelosi’s Politburo Congress passed the spendulus bill, otherwise unemployment might be heading north of 9%...

Oh, wait…

I’d like to make it clear that none of us here at POWIP, nor in the greater sphere that comprises the conservative side of the nation’s political spectrum are relishing the continued economic struggles of our economy at large and many of our fellow Americans in particular.  Unlike our many of counterparts on the port side of the ideological divide, who took great pleasure in reporting military setbacks in Iraq and who desperately tried to paint every economic metric reported on during the Booooooosh! Years as a signpost on the road to ruin, we are simply pointing out matters of fact and trying to tie up the loose ends that are largely unaddressed by the MSM.  And, to a small extent, we are using these facts to underscore the many of the reservations that opponents of the spendulus had at the time of it’s passing, as well as the hubris laden conceit of Obama administration official who pronounced, and still try to talk up with weasel words, just how many jobs they have created/saved and how that legislation has succeeded in turning the economy around.

And I won’t even start on the “shovel ready! ” connivance, or the combined hypocrisy of repeating that along with the “Jobs! ” and “Science! ” mantras while shutting down the already running F-22 production lines and the successful, and never more needed, missile defense programs.  I’ll reserve the right to rant about that ‘til another time…

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