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DNC: "“The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists"

By Philip Klein on 10.9.09 @ 10:50AM

I thought Michael Steele's reaction to the Nobel announcement was awful, because the only real way to respond to this award is mockery. But whatever milage Democrats may have hoped to have gotten from Steele's ill-considered statement, was more than negated by this absurdity from the DNC Communications Director Brad Woodhouse: “The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists – the Taliban and Hamas this morning – in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize."

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martin j smith| 10.9.09 @ 11:23AM

There are several resaonable responses one is"whatever you say" and the other is: "Don't throw stones in glass houses". I would suggest a reference to Obama's polciy towards Iran,failure in Afganistan,higly problematic policies towards Israel. If the Democrats want to go that route that is fine--one can also add problematic policies vis a cxecho and Poland--but I do not know it it is worth the bother. So it really depends on what is most advantageous.

S.L. Toddard| 10.9.09 @ 12:43PM

The great American patriot, stalwart Obama critic, indefatigable champion of the American Constitution and tireless defender of our Civil Liberties Glenn Greenwald writes:

Remember how, during the Bush years, the GOP would disgustingly try to equate liberals with Terrorists by pointing out that they happened to have the same view on a particular matter (The Left opposes the war in Iraq, just like Al Qaeda and Hezbollah do! or bin Laden's criticisms of Bush sound just like Michael Moore's! ). It looks like the Democratic Party has learned and adopted that tactic perfectly ("'The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize,' DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO"; Republicans are "put[ting] politics above patriotism," he added).

Apparently, according to the DNC, if you criticize this Prize, then you're an unpatriotic America-hater -- just like the Terrorists, because they're also criticizing the award. Karl Rove should be proud. Maybe the DNC should also send out Joe Lieberman's 2005 warning that "in matters of war we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation’s peril." Hamas also thinks that Israeli settlements should be frozen -- a position Obama shares. So, by the DNC's Rovian reasoning, doesn't this mean that Obama "has thrown in his lot with the terrorists"?