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Jul. 21st, 2009 10:54 amThe Queen of Sheba (aka, David Brooks) just had an unfortunate piece of timing drop on him.
While making the equivalence here that the Democrats have taken six months to become as decadent in power as the Republicans did in 14 years, he also blurts out this:
"Machiavelli said a leader should be feared as well as loved. Obama is loved by the Democratic chairmen, but he is not feared."
Meanwhile, the actual news-reporting part of the New York Times tells us:
"The Senate voted 58-40 on Tuesday to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill, handing President Obama a crucial victory in his efforts to reshape the military’s priorities.
The victory came after the president had placed his political capital on the line by repeatedly threatening to veto the $679.8 billion spending bill if it included any money for the planes."
Who ya gonna believe? Brooks, or the Senate's lyin' eyes?
While making the equivalence here that the Democrats have taken six months to become as decadent in power as the Republicans did in 14 years, he also blurts out this:
"Machiavelli said a leader should be feared as well as loved. Obama is loved by the Democratic chairmen, but he is not feared."
Meanwhile, the actual news-reporting part of the New York Times tells us:
"The Senate voted 58-40 on Tuesday to strip $1.75 billion for seven more F-22 fighters from a military spending bill, handing President Obama a crucial victory in his efforts to reshape the military’s priorities.
The victory came after the president had placed his political capital on the line by repeatedly threatening to veto the $679.8 billion spending bill if it included any money for the planes."
Who ya gonna believe? Brooks, or the Senate's lyin' eyes?
