Podhoretz receives right-wing honors.
By on Feb 11th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Podhoretz receives right-wing honors.
Last week, the right-wing blog Powerline announced that it was naming Norman Podhoretz’s latest book, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, as the “Powerline book of the year.” According to Powerline, Podhoretz’s book is a “passionate defense of the Bush Doctrine” that “dwarfs in scope and ambition just about all of the works published on current events in 2007.” Podhoretz will be honored in Manhattan tonight with a $25,000 donation in his name to Soldier’s Angels and a dinner featuring Henry Kissinger. Peter Beinart explains the severe flaws of Podhoretz’s book here.
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It hasn’t been a long struggle. Just since the 40’s when Israeli Apartheid began~
February 11th, 2008 at 11:49 amWow!!! Sounds like a truly epic work… of fiction…
Unfortunately for Norman, Bush will be waiting for the “Illustrated Classics” edition…
February 11th, 2008 at 11:51 amPudhurtz receives “right wing honors” ; a home-made men’s public rest room replica and little black book filled with male prostitute names , addresses and phone numbers………
February 11th, 2008 at 11:51 amPeter Beinart explains the severe flaws of Podhoretz’s book here.
no need Peter, this says it all:
“World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism,”
lol, cons have such cute little buzzwords. i think their whole lives are built off of bumper stickers and cute little slogans… oh what a simple way to live.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:51 amWhy does the right wing resemble Monty Python more every day?
February 11th, 2008 at 11:53 amThat PETER BEINART article is fanatastic. It’s so easy to smack these Neocons.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:53 amIt’s amazing how these guys define “struggle” downwards.
Fighting the Nazis, that was a struggle.
Outlasting the Soviets without actually fighting, that was less of a struggle, but still one nonetheless.
Fending off a few throwbacks in caves with boxcutters? Come on.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:54 amWhy does the right wing resemble Monty Python more every day?
Comment by Shayne — February 11, 2008 @ 11:53 am
Because Monty Python had a great handle on the idiocy inherent in narrow-view establishment organs.
February 11th, 2008 at 11:57 amScooter Libby qualifies as a warrior to these warped men.
Talk about projection…..If they acknowledge the abject failure of the Bush strategy these power fiends would have to jump off the nearest cliff.
-GSD
February 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pmWhat’s truly pathetic about these folks is that, for all their sturm und drang, they’ve got the wrong stinkin’ country (twice)! And it could hardly be more obvious:
http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
February 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pmpodwhoretz, a neoturd architect, is being treated like he founded America.
Look, the American Taliban just had their CPAC ‘blow each other moment’ and now need to cap it off with gifts & salutations.
Religious extremists aren’t all Muslims, my friends…they’ve been in power for nearly 8 years.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm“Bakersfield PD”, GSD?
“If the Captain ever took a good look at his life, he’d jump off the nearest cliff…” … line spoken by Brian Doyle Murray.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pmAnd as a gesture of our appreciation, a 12 inch gold putz that will remind you of the fcking you and Bush did to America.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:13 pmGAG ACK BARF!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pmJust last week Chertoff was spweing the line that we’re falling back into “pre 911 mindset”. And it’s really disturbing. I used to think that these people were just caught off gaurd and shell shocked by 911. But the Jew/Israeli hatreds have existed for generations. And it’s a shame that it has infected our wonderful country.
Your average American has had enough of Mideast meddlings. And if they knew more about how much our foreighn policy is controlled by Israeli it might very well change some things. So I hope they continue to give awards to radical killers like Podhoretz and Kristol~
February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pmThe gilded (electrified) toilet seat would be my award for this neocon mofo.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pmlol, cons have such cute little buzzwords. i think their whole lives are built off of bumper stickers and cute little slogans… oh what a simple way to live.
Comment by Fan of Man — February 11, 2008 @ 11:51 am
Unfortunately, these bumper-sticker slogans are the type of message that resonates with many American voters who don’t have the attention span or the inclination to digest the reality of international politics.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm#10, BillinChicago, thanks for the link describing our benevolent Saudi friends.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pmThe Powerline guys are a couple of buffoons. They have a pretend comments section where a few sycophants are allowed to post. They were praised in a leaked White House memo for repeating whatever message the White House told them to repeat.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pmi think their whole lives are built off of bumper stickers and cute little slogans… oh what a simple way to live. -Fan of Man
I’m still pissed that one of the newest two word slogans was ripped off this blog…
‘Think Condi’
Now, if it was ‘think, Condi’, I’d support it.
CPAC = Conservatrons Projecting Absurd Consequences’
February 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pm“unfortunately, these … whadjusay? I thought I heard someone mention Britney Spears, so I didn’t catch your comment.”
- Joe Bumpersticker to toasterhead
February 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pmLeave it to Republicans to constantly pat eachother on the back for evil deeds.
Into the same receptacle Ann/Jonah went in…
February 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pmYep. The Jews gotta kill more Arabs!
February 11th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI don’t see any difference between Podhoretz and Hitler. Both of them support genocide.
gen·o·cide n. The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pmIf Podwhoretz is calling the next war WWIV, does that mean that Bush started WWIII in Iraq?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:40 pmWhy isn’t that fat old creepy war criminal, Kissinger, rotting in a prison cell? The fact he hasn’t been struck by lightning is proof there is no God.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pmAmazon will probably put this book under “Fiction”
February 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pmWhy are the neocons so anxious to be in a World War? It’s as though they are trying to talk the American public into it.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:53 pmmary ~ Answer is:
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February 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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+ Israel * AIPAC
See thread above….
Why are the neocons so anxious to be in a World War? It’s as though they are trying to talk the American public into it. -mary
Because when Rapture, or End Times come, they want to be first in line to God’s soup kitchen.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pmNothing like asking the son of Jewish immigrants , his unbiased and impartial thoughts on “Islamofacism” ; was the entire Mossad booked …………?
February 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pmThe fact he hasn’t been struck by lightning is proof there is no God. -JP
Its said that only the good die young. The evil, apparently, hangs around feeding off peoples fears.
February 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pmThis man is a NAZI and he needs to stop published this garbage. Any idiot can write about trying to take over the world, but we can’t do it. People like this moron who crave power for the sake of power are dangerous and will only lead to a failed State. You can’t go around trying to bully other countries because it will eventually lead to others wanting to hit first. Just look at the history of countries who tried to rule the world. They are mostly weak or third rate countries now. e.g. Eyjpt, England, Italy, all failed and all are barely able to defend themselves.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:04 pmNazicons who are the real fascists are calling Islam fascists?
Do they even know the meaning of the word fascist? Obviously not.
They are Islamic radicals, or theocracy if you will.
Bush and the Nazicons are the fascist, cripes I just hate Bush new speak.
Buck Fush
February 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pmPutzhertz is just a guy who got bullied when he was a kid, and now he is projecting his anger towards his own personal boogeyman – Iran and Islam in general.
I imagine most right wing cry babies, you know, the ones who cower under their beds at night worried about getting their heads chopped off, had the same kind of childhood.
It’s a shame that some cowardly old man has such influence. But hey, the Israeli’s do run our foreign policy.
February 11th, 2008 at 1:26 pmHow about Podhoretz use his brain to figure out how to get out the messes we are in first?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:31 pmFrom Juan Cole:
http://www.juancole.com/2008/02/cole-in-salon-blowback-from-gops-holy.html
February 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pmDo they even know the meaning of the word fascist? Obviously not.
Comment by Buckie Boy — February 11, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
Add this to a growing list of labels hurled as insults so often that fewer and fewer people know the literal meaning of the word.
When I was a kid, we were smack dab in the middle of the Cold War, and the word “Communist” was used as a label intended to damage the reputation of whomever it was flung at (or “Commie” or “Pinko” — you get the idea). The word soon because just a name to call anyone you didn’t like — the meaning of the word became irrelevant, and many people who used it couldn’t define it if their lives depended on it.
Then Reagan and his neocons took the word “liberal” and managed to give it the same treatment. It seemed to become a dirty word overnight, to the amazement of us liberals. It was generally used to describe your political opponent — whether he was really liberal or not.
“Fascism” has had negative connotations since the 1930’s, but it’s now making a comeback now that it can be conflated with Islam.
“Fundamentalist” is now used by many to describe those who commit acts of terror in the name of their religion, or those who condone such actions. It’s really silly, because the fundamentals of Islam (as well as the fundamentals of Christianity and Judaism) do not call for violence. “Crackpot extremism” would be a more accurate term to use for religious fanatics who feel compelled to blow things up and kill large numbers of people.
The list continues to grow, and people’s motivation to use a dictionary continues to shrink. What term will be next?
February 11th, 2008 at 1:54 pmIn his early yes, norman podhoretz was a caterpillar named Steve.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pmGiven the intellectual prowess, in-depth analysis, and rational reasoning behind the authors of Powerlineblog.com, I give them more credence for their opinions and analysis than any blogger on thinkprogress.org.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmVerbalKint calls the powerlineblog authors “buffoons. Perhaps s/he should take a look at their bios. Clearly VerbalKint is outmatched.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm41 – “hysterical, sycophantic ninnies” is what I think he was trying to say. In that respect, the powerliners have outmatched nearly everyone.
February 11th, 2008 at 2:53 pm