Rudy Can Fail

I just love Rudy Ghouliani's new TV ad...the one wherein he lisps on about how the only way to deal with terrorists is to stand up to them. Really? As opposed to...what? Laying down in defeat? The inference is deafening.

And the ad goes on with Rudy managing to again to link his name to Ronald Reagan's (this time around every republican candidate not only has to puff up and display their Christ credentials...but also compete to see who is most Reagan-like. Call it Bushie blowback). Rudy recalls misty-eyed how those savage Iranians, quaking with stark terror, released the embassy hostages within an hour of Reagan taking the oath of office. As if somehow...by the simple act of being elected...a republican dealt ISLAMOFASCISTS a serious defeat!

I'm positive the Iranians were living in fear of a craggy, Grecian-formulaic old man and ex B movie actor and capitulated immediately rather than face his elderly wrath. That makes much more sense than the notion that they held the hostages to the final minutes of Carter's time in office as a way to humiliate the peanut farmer. Or that the invasion of the country by Iraq might have made them more receptive to dealing with the USA. I'm impressed with Rudy's ability to not only rewrite history...but to sell the people what they think they want to buy.

Yesterday Senator Mitch McConnell was my least favorite Republican of the Day...today it's the ever ethical Rudy Ghoulani.