Tunnel Vision

A thousand points of darkness.

As part of a series on “The candidates and your money,” Fortune Magazine asked Senator John McCain what he perceived as the single greatest economic threat to the United States. McCain’s reply, after several seconds of staring “into the void,” was “radical Islamic extremism.”

  Raw Story

Our greatest economic threat. Still channeling W. Do their earpieces pick up the same frequency?

The Fortune interviewer goes on to say that [top McCain strategist Charlie] “Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue” that McCain would also be helped by “another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. ‘Certainly it would be a big advantage to him,’ says Black.”

And for eight long years they have been calling us lunatic conspiracy theorists who suggest that the current administration just might have had some responsibility in the 9/11 attacks, because they didn’t come right out and say these kinds of things. Of course, Black isn’t the first GOP whack job to say it out loud and without shame.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Another Gladiator* Speaks Freely

During an appearance at a Long Island bookstore last month, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was asked by a member of the audience why the United States has not been hit again since 9/11.

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"This is ... one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration," Gingrich continued. "The more successful they've been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that we're in danger. And therefore, the better they've done at making sure there isn't an attack, the easier it is to say, 'Well, there never was going to be an attack anyway.' And it's almost like they should every once in a while have allowed an attack to get through just to remind us."

  Raw Story

Yes, perhaps they thought 9/11’s spectacular failure to stop an attack would have been enough, when coupled with their constant fear-mongering supported by the corporate media. And then it would have been hard to make the claim that they were the only ones capable of keeping us from another attack, wouldn’t it?

But thanks to Newt for reminding us how the top GOP minds work.

*Operation Gladio

And the "Final Jeopardy" Answer Is...

Things you wouldn't expect Newt Gingrich to say.