One of the bad things about war is the cheap jingoism and leader adulation it brings out. The Right does this more, but it seems more embarassing when the Left does it. Here‘s Mother Jones‘ Kevin Drum:
Radley Balko compares Drum to Britney Spears circa 2003.
Even worse, here‘s MSNBC self-professed “progressive” and “liberal” host Ed Schultz fiercely defending the war. From the first part of the video:
First of all, Ed, that is Bush talk. It’s almost verbatim Bush talk. But worse, is “the President’s word is good enough for me” stuff. Watch the Schultz section a bit longer, and you see him saying we ought to trust the President when he says “No Ground Troops” and then yelling at liberal war critic Jeremy Scahill, “Is he YOUR President? Is he YOUR President?!”
No, Schultz and Drum, I’m not just going to trust the President. In part because he’s consistently been misleading on this war, even denying it’s a war. I’m just grateful that much of the Left’s pundits have been skeptical of Obama and his war, and I hope the likes of Drum and Schultz drop their “stand-by-your-man” schtick as soon as possible.
It certainly didn’t serve the Right well when the partisan enforcers tried to excommunicate those who questioned that Bush, simply because he was the “right man,” would do the “right thing.”
