That phrase above has been used a lot and seeing how I've been watching a lot of basketball lately I have found it to be used quite regularly by TNT to describe the playoffs. Well I've found another area it can be applied to and that would be this latest post from Steven Den Beste. It's long and it's a whopper but it tells the truth of the matter that we all need to know, especially for this upcoming election. And the greatest truth doled out here is as follows:
The Truth Is that in the last two years one of the strongest currents in international diplomacy and rhetoric has been Tu Quoque. If you are vulnerable to a certain criticism, preempt that criticism by accusing your enemies of that same failure before they accuse you. One benefit is that you may muddy the waters enough so that the entire accusation is devalued, and even if you don't, when someone accuses you of that same failing it makes them look feeble and reactive.
One word: Bingo. If there is one thing I have learned in all my dealings and arguments with liberals and the "Left" is that they are guilty of this more than anything else (lack of common sense running a close second). I used to describe the afflication as "Projection" (not knowing whether or not that is actually the term psychologists use) but I see it has a different name and is true none the less. Frankly it is a cowardly argument. Instead of facing up to the faults and doing something about it the Left simply forces it on someone else (namely the GOP) even though it isn't true, and that is simply cowardly. No way around it. And this is the problem with the Left. They over analyize and politicize so many things that they lack the clarity of mind to act. Their party is in shambles and right when the American people need vision we get arguments that the current administration can't cut it and they can do better. In fact I don't think I've even heard that they can do better all that much anymore. Just that this administration can't cut it. Alright...show me why and show me how you plan to work against those forces outside (and even within in some cases) our border that seek to destroy us. Simple as that. Stop arguing the equivalent of "they suck" and show me vision. Show me what would be done to protect my security that you have never shown before. Show me you won't run like in Somalia or possibly Iraq. Show me you won't do anything at all in the case of the first WTC and Cole bombing. Show me you won't appease the UN when it costs us our security. Show me that instead of Tu Quoque and then I might believe the Left might have something to offer. In the meantime though, I'm not holding my breath and neither should anyone else.
And may God continue to bless the United States of America.
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