Media spins failure to invoke cloture as “Republicans blocking Senate debate on Iraq resolution”
The blogosphere is buzzing this morning about various news reports of “Republicans blocking the Senate from debating” on the non-binding Warner-Levin amendment expressing opposition to the President’s surge plan.
Random thoughts on the anti-war left, their rhetoric and how some would rather see us lose
I’ve written about this issue before, but wanted to expand on my thoughts some as I read some comments at a political forum today that suggested that the Bush administration’s supporters were deliberately ‘blaming Democrats’ for how things were going in Iraq and for the erosion in support for the war because they ‘don’t want to put the blame on Republicans. My slightly modified (for clarity) response to one post is reposted below:
Toldjah So: Media continues march against confrontation with Iran
On Saturday, I wrote about how the media is already making its case against confrontation with Iran by setting up strawman arguments against the administration and framing the debate based on things the administration has not asserted. Here’s what I said in the last full paragraph of that post (emphasis added):
Media construct strawman argument on Iran, try to tear it down
This piece at RealCities.com is just one of many which builds a strawman argument that the President has not made about Iraq, and attempts to tear it down. Let’s take a look at the opening two paragraphs (emphasis added):
Arkin keeps stepping in it
Sometimes you need to understand when to say “when.” Aparently, author of yesterday’s anti-troop rant, is not backing down. Check out his latest diatribe: