WTF Is It Now?!?

Exploit and attack
The party of no new ideas brings back 9/11, 24/7.

AmericaBlog reports: The House debate on their "Iraq resolution" has nothing to do with an Iraq policy. It's only about politics. Big hat tip to Think Progress. They got [Majority Leader John] Boehner's memo and it's posted on their site. TP also summarized the key points:

1. Exploit 9/11. The two page memo mentions 9/11 seven times. It describes debating Iraq in the context of 9/11 as imperative.

2. Attack opponents ad hominem. The memo describes those who opposes President Bush's policies in Iraq Democrats as sheepish, weak, and prone to waver endlessly.

3. Create a false choice. The memo says the decision is between supporting President Bush's policies and hoping terrorist threats will fade away on their own.

Boner's memo also says that rethugs have to remind the public that republicans are "aware of the stakes and dedicated to victory, versus [the Democrats, who are] without a coherent national security policy that sheepishly dismisses the challenges America faces in a post-9/11 world."

Yeah. Like almost handing our ports over to the UAE, refusing funding for searching cargo containers, and cutting funding to the Ground Zero cities. Oh, wait, that was the republican party. Huh.