A few weeks back, CIA director Leon Panetta faced criticism for saying, half-jokingly, that Dick Cheney was “wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.” In fairness, Dick Cheney probably isn’t that crazy. But this guy is:
With this excerpt, to quote the Simpsons, Beck (and guest) “cross[] that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish super-villainy.” Literally. Previously, the explicit and acknowledged dream of exploiting disaster for political gain has been reserved to the likes of Watchmen‘s Ozymandias, and V for Vendetta‘s Norsefire. That’s how much Beck *sniff* loves his country.
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It’s all ego.
Some people on the right are so angered that Democrats won, and want so badly for their controversial policies to be vindicated, that they’re willing to sacrifice life and country for it.
Posted by Oneiroi | July 1, 2009, 3:18 pmSpeaking of comics, A., have you ever read the graphic novel Give Me Liberty? It wields allegory like a blunt instrument, but it has its moments. At one point, the beleaguered President gets a maniacal gleam in his eye and tells his cabinet, “We need a war, ladies and gentlemen…the big kind.”
Posted by James F | July 1, 2009, 5:35 pm