Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Cal Thomas-My Favorite Columnist

I do not think that anyone can say enough about this man and his ability to twist words to serve his own agenda, namely discrediting anything Democrats do or say. Once again it appears in his recent column on June 30 in which he discusses the comments of Karl Rove.

Thomas:
Rove added, "Conservatives believed it was time to unleash the might and power of the United States military against the Taliban . liberals believed it was time to submit a petition."
Democrats cried foul, and worse, but Rove wasn't talking about Democrats, not all of whom are liberal. He was talking about liberals - and he was right, at least about some of the more prominent ones.

Mr. Thomas begins by arguing that all Democrats are not liberal and Rove was only referring to the "liberal" ones. Thomas's ability to discern Rove's comments as meaning Conservatives include both Democrats and Republicans, while Liberals are only those pesky left-wing, tree-hugging, Volvo-driving, peace-loving, Democrats is impressive. Or maybe he really does not mean this...

Thomas:
Rove didn't mention Democrats, so if the Democratic leadership responded to his critique of liberals, I guess those feigning outrage must be considered liberals.
Just to complete the connection between the liberals and the Democratic Party...

Going from liberals as a one extreme part of the Democratic Party to "just to complete the connection between the liberals and the Democratic Party" is impressive in the span of one column, and just another example of why Cal Thomas is my favorite columnist.

The vote "to adopt a joint resolution to authorize the use the President to use the United States Armed Forces against anyone involved with the attacks of September 11th, 2001 and any nation that harbors these individuals" passed 420-1 in the House, and 98-0 in the Senate.