Meanwhile, Fudgie's Still Smokin' Arkansas Polio Weed...

Andrew really wants to have Barack Obama's fucking child. - Christopher Hitchens

Our favorite clown - Andrew Sullivan - takes time out from his creepy Sarah Palin obsession to pucker up and plant a wet one on Barack Obama's hindquarters:

Why I Remain Bullish On Obama

He's taking the usual slew of tactical hits as his opponents try every single line of attack and pound every day, squeezing every ounce of agitprop from the news cycle. His numbers are gliding downward (although not by much), his foreign policy gains are structural and have as yet no tangible results, a critical Mid-East ally, Israel, is doing all it can to destroy his credibility with the Muslim world, his health insurance reform is still not passed, the debt is simply staggering (and the GOP's willingness to blame it all on him is as shameless as it can be convincing to those who know nothing and think less), etc etc.

And yet I remain absurdly confident that he is on the right path...

..........

I think Obama's handling of the economic crisis has been about as good as it reasonably gets; I think his handling of Iran is equally adroit; I find his relentless emphasis on reality in Afghanistan a good sign; I suspect the only way to get health insurance reform is the way he has attempted; I think the stimulus was necessary and sufficient; and I think unemployment will be coming down when he runs for re-election. On those issues I differ with him on - accountability for war crimes and civil rights - I can see the cool and cunning logic of his moves so far. The depth and complexity of the problems he faces remain immense. Perhaps he will prove incapable of surmounting them. But his persistence matters here. And we are not yet a year in.

He is strategy; his opponents are tacticians. And in my view, their tactics are consigning them to a longer political death than if they had taken a more constructive course. I could be wrong on all this, of course. History makes fools of us all. But this is my take as of now. And my relief at his being there remains profound.

That's about as laugh-out-loud as it gets. For smug complacency combined with vacuous sycophancy and intellectual dishonesty, Andrew Sullivan simply has no peers.

I suppose I could waste a few hundred words on Obama's "structural" foreign policy gains, his handling of the economy, the leadership he's shown in dealing with issues running from healthcare to Afghanistan, but what's the use? Andrew wants to have Barack Obama's child, and that's really all there is to it. The worm even refuses to hold Obama and the Democrats to their promises that directly affect the rights of the LGBT community. It's just beyond pathetic.

Hey Andrew, Barack Obama doesn't have to have a strategy when folks like you will desperately excuse anything and everything in hopes of receiving a nod of approval from The One.

And by the way, this is a perfect example of why you've been reduced to hawking self-published coffee table books at The Atlantic.

Comments

[TmjUtah]

About eight out of ten of the 52% are rapidly approaching that magic raccoon moment...

"I can get out of this trap. I just have to chew off a leg to do it."

The other two out of ten are Susan Sarandon and Mr. Sullivan, or variants thereof.

[Simon]

"a critical Mid-East ally, Israel, is doing all it can to destroy his credibility with the Muslim world"

This is my pick for the most silly statement.

Let's break it down -
Barry came to office spouting a lot of hopeychangey about how he was going to bring peace to the middle east
since then done nothing - except blather in Cairo showing what a good bloke he is
the Israelis feel they are in a strong position - with the Palestinians falling apart and all, and are showing no willingness to change their position to their detriment
and there we are - ball is in Barry's court - let's see what he does - my prediction - bugger all until late in his term when he will throw out a bit of blame as to the lack of progress on whichever scapegoat it is politically expedient to do so at the time

Glutes interprets that situation as "a critical Mid-East ally, Israel, is doing all it can to destroy his credibility with the Muslim world".

I suppose the most simple way I can put it to Sullivan is - the crucial issue here isn't Barry's popularity with the 'Muslim world', but rather the Middle East peace process, and to expect Israel to do anything other than protect its own interests is just ludicrous.

Is this guy a political correspondent or a little girl writing a social column in the school newspaper ?

Big glutes, small brain.

[Dennis The Peasant]

Tmj-

Even Chris Matthews is starting to call Obama's governance "Carteresque". If you can't keep that buttsmoocher on board, you are in big trouble.

Simon-

Fudgie hates Jews. Period.

[Randy]

Sullivan is probably hoping that, if he sucks up long and hard enough, someone will sponsor a special bill granting him permanent residency or citizenship.