It might as well be 2004 again with these guys. The new, old face of the GOP, Dick "Dick" Cheney gets a full half hour this Sunday on "Face the Nation" (WFT?), Condi Rice and crazy Pete Hoekstra says that terrorists are a greater threat than the Nazis were (some 11 million dead in the Holocaust would argue otherwise), and it's all fear all the time for the GOP. Mitch McConnell has taken to making hair-raising floor speeches.
Their aim? To convince Americans that our legal and penal systems aren't capable of handling some 200 Guantanamo detainees. Right. Becuase America doesn't know how to incarcerate people.
The bullshit has to be seen (and heard) to be believed.
The best response, hands down, has been Hilzoy's:
Former NSC head of counterterrorism Richard Clarke has a more serious response:
"This video and the recent Republican attacks on Guantanamo are more desperate attempts from a demoralized party to politicize national security and the safety of the American people. But what is more disturbing is their brazen use of imagery and the memory of 9/11 to score political points. Thousands of Americans tragically died that day, and for the GOP to think it can win elections by denigrating their memory is disgraceful. "The difference between these Republican videos and the very terrorist propaganda that seeks to damage our society is negligible. Each attempt to stoke the embers of fear in order to disrupt American life. Just as al Qaeda videos should be viewed as misguided rants from a small group of marginalized radicals, so too should these Republican videos be equally dismissed. As opposed to what the GOP thinks, the American people are not that naïve."
"This video and the recent Republican attacks on Guantanamo are more desperate attempts from a demoralized party to politicize national security and the safety of the American people. But what is more disturbing is their brazen use of imagery and the memory of 9/11 to score political points. Thousands of Americans tragically died that day, and for the GOP to think it can win elections by denigrating their memory is disgraceful.
"The difference between these Republican videos and the very terrorist propaganda that seeks to damage our society is negligible. Each attempt to stoke the embers of fear in order to disrupt American life. Just as al Qaeda videos should be viewed as misguided rants from a small group of marginalized radicals, so too should these Republican videos be equally dismissed. As opposed to what the GOP thinks, the American people are not that naïve."