Fuck E.J. Dionne. Fuck 'im. Fuck his weenie ass, Bush justifying, afraid to be liberal self!
Wondering why I'm so pissed off?
So I'm driving home today about 5:30ish. NPR's on the radio, and I'm listening to their coverage of Terri Schavio's death when Dionne comes on to debate this issue with David Brooks. Brooks says more or less what you'd expect. Summarizing the socially conservative and "socially liberal" positions on this issue. Making the right sound more reasonable than it is, misrepresenting the left, yada yada yada. Then Dionne is asked the biggest softball question I've ever heard. To paraphrase:
"We just heard President Bush talk about the 'culture of life' and how when there is any doubt we should 'err on the side of life.' How would you respond to that?"
Now if Dionne had two brain cells to rub together, he might have mentioned the Let 'Em Die Bill the President signed while he was still governor of Texas. If Dionne had just one brain cell, he might have asked why Bush couldn't "err on the side of life" when it comes to sending U.S. Troops to fight and die in Iraq. And if Dionne's brain had been replaced entirely by a deck of cards and an abacus, he still might have wondered what a "culture of life" has to do with executing hundreds of people in Texas, or mocking Karla Faye Tucker as Bush signs her death warrant. E.J. Dionne did none of these things.
Instead, Dionne answered this softball of softballs by telling the world he agrees with Bush on physician assisted suicide. He then launched into a lecture on the difference between Schavio's case and assisted suicide which was so boring my dog fell asleep. At no point did he attack Bush, Brooks, the Republicans or the religious right.
Never since John Kerry has anyone so perfectly illustrated why liberals lose. Dionne was handed an easy attack on an issue where 70-80% of Americans disagree with the President, and rather than capitalize on it, he made sure we all understood he was a "reasonable liberal" who would never attack the President without first pointing out every single way in which the two of them agree. Can you imagine a Republican being such a douche?
So fuck you E.J. Dionne. Fuck you for helping the Republicans fuck America. Fuck you for going on the radio and pretending like nothing is wrong. It's so called liberals like you, E.J. Dionne, who enable the rape of this nation. And you can go to hell.