Under the political rules in play during the last administration, Republican Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Michigan would have had to resign by now, he would have been called a traitor by any number of administration officials, and the hotheads over at Free Republic and Little Green Footballs would have put out contracts for his death by hanging.
Why? Well, this is what Hoekstra said yesterday on Fox News (the irony continues):
Asked by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace if it is fair to blame the Obama administration for the attacks, the Michigan Republican replied “”Yeah, I think it really is.”
Interesting. Hoekstra is the Republican equivalent of a Barney Frank, someone the other side thinks is a clown but who has real influence and power in his caucus. So here you have this powerful clown politicizing terrorism and our national security now, when it would have been a crime against the state if Barney Frank had blamed the Bush Administration for the equivalent Richard Reid shoebomb attack 48 hours later.
A little side note by the way, since we are now talking about blame: this Nigerian flame crotch got his VISA to enter the United States from …… guess who……. the wonderous America loving terrorist hating Bush Administration.
Yeah, I really hate Republicans.
[Update for the sarcasm or subtlety impaired: I am not called Pete Hoekstra a traitor. I am saying Pete Hoekstra would have called himself a traitor if this were 2002 rather than 2009.]