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Bush Attacks Obama From Israel

Dan Grobstein pointed out that Bush in Israel quoted isolationist Sen. Borah as saying, in 1939, "Lord, if only I could have talked with Hitler, all this might have been avoided.'' The quote was used to denigrate Obama's plan to talk to our enemies. There is some controversy about whether Borah ever said any such thing.

So much for politics stopping at the water's edge. Wonder whether Shrub will have the courage to imply Obama is an appeaser in front of an American audience.

Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if I could only have talked to Hitler, all this might have been avoided." We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history. (Applause.)

Also Obama responds to Bush accusations of 'appeasement']

Elsewhere: One hopes that Chris Matthews will remember how to conduct an interview the next time an alleged government official is on his show: Matthews slams radio host defending Bush 'appeasement' jab. Matthews talked with right-wing radio host Kevin James who defended Bush’s comparison of Obama’s foreign policy position with the appeasement of Hitler. James doesn't know what appeasement means.

And this, children, is why you should pay attention in history class. These guys really do just memorize the talking points, don't they. I mean, even my 8th graders know you should never give an answer if you don't know its meaning.

The same advice might even go for Bush. Does he really want to open the can of worms of who helped Hitler during WWII? Frank Rich suggests maybe not...

In a political speech to the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset), George W. Bush "implied that Mr. Obama would have enabled the Nazis even more foolishly than his own grandfather, Prescott Bush, did in the 1930s when he maintained "investment relationships with Hitler’s Germany," as Kevin Phillips delicately describes it in "American Dynasty."

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  • This must be politically incorrect, or in bad taste, or something, but how about a list of things that are younger than McCain... and then turn the list into a song!
  • The New Republic writes about Hillary: What Went Wrong (assuming anything did)
  • ABC News:

    As previously reported by PSACOT, various poseurs (Shrub, Shooter, McCain, Chertoff, Rummy, Condi) purporting to understand "national security" have absolutely no idea what the term means or how to promote, preserve, or protect it:

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