Dumb Headline Department
December 29th, 2008 - 9:30 am
From CNN: “Obama Could Inherit Gaza Crisis.”
I realize that the Israel/Palestine situation is a recent development and like totally the fault of George McHitlerburten, but is CNN really quite certain everybody over there won’t start instantly behaving when Obama takes the oath of office?
I haven’t read the article yet, but wonder, are they referring to the Obama who was recently elected head of Hamas? Or the Obama recently elected Prime Minister of Israel? Or is there some other Gaza Crisis that is an American president’s to inherit, or not?
tim, they’ll just have to wait until Barry lowers the seas, halts Global Warmening, and heals the lame.
After that go after the little stuff, like the Mid-east and Blackwater.
You just gots to have priorities mi amigo!
CNN 01/20/09: Scientists report that colors are brighter, food tastes better, pillows softer. laundry smells better and Mondays are now found to be full of cheer, but death still refuses to take a holiday as Obama ascends to his throne.
They’re just setting the stage for the forthcoming memes:
The Gaza crisis he inherited from Bush. The war in Afghanistan he inherited from Bush. The mess in Iraq he inherited from Bush. The mortgage and financial crises he inherited from Bush. The recession he inherited from Bush. The bailouts he inherited from Bush. The deficits he inherited from Bush. Etc. Etc.
Original Sin her inherited from Bush.
It’s a little-known fact the serpent who tempted Eve was really Karl Rove.
Um, whereTF did that extraneous “r” come from? I never misytpe!
Freudian slip, McGehee. You really did mean “her,” since you think women are the root of all evil.
No, it’s the want of women that’s the root of all evil.
All of my evil, anyway…
He may inherit the Illinois Senator appointment crisis as well. What will Barry do?
Obama will have a hard transition from the “I’m above this nonsense” campaign mode (which worked well) to the “Oh shit, I actually have to say something” mode of actual governance (where I think he’ll do better than Bush, but still piss off a lot of his followers–which is no freaking surprise.)
In this instance, going back to the “I’m above this nonsense” mode is probably the smartest thing to do. But like all his predecessors, he won’t do the smartest thing. Having a “no comment” stock answer in regard to Israel and Palestine (and the rest of the region) might allow for a new kind of failed policy in the Middle East rather than our openly-incoherent failed policies of the past. That’s the kind of change I’m looking for.