{"id":8383,"date":"2006-09-05T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T19:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/8383.html"},"modified":"2006-09-05T15:22:01","modified_gmt":"2006-09-05T19:22:01","slug":"silly-us-we-thought-appeasement-was-an-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/silly-us-we-thought-appeasement-was-an-insult\/","title":{"rendered":"Silly us, we thought ‘appeasement’ was an insult"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember, Newt [tag]Gingrich[\/tag] has characterized himself as one of the more serious, idea-driven leaders in the conservative movement, despite all evidence to the contrary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the September 1 edition of Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes, discussing a speech by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, during which, in the words of an August 29 Associated Press article, Rumsfeld “likened critics of the U.S. war strategy to those who tried to appease the Nazis,” Fox News political analyst and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) stated that he agreed with Rumsfeld’s comments, adding that the comparison between Iraq war critics and Nazi appeasers was “not an insulting comment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, of course not. This was simply an instance in which the Secretary of Defense was equating critics of the war in Iraq — a group that happens to include the majority of Americans — with those who wanted to appease Hitler. Why would anyone find that “insulting”?<\/p>\n

In the same program, Gingrich insisted, “We’ve now found over 700 chemical warheads and weapons in Iraq, which supposedly had none, according to our friends on the left,” a comment which can only charitably be described as wildly misleading<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This<\/i> is one of the great “idea men” on the right? Newt thinks he’s presidential<\/em> caliber? Granted, Bush has set the bar pretty low, but still….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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