The Cone Project for 4/27/08

Cone's in Full Whine Mode today with his N&R column about how Obama Rama is being called to account for his poor judgement and his character flaws.

With an amateurish attempt at sarcastic contrivance to distract from the whiny construct he's adopted on this issue of late, Cone's obvious goal is to deflect opinion away from the increasing vulnerability of The Chosen One. As usual, he only fools the Usual Suspects and sycophants.

Here's a clue, Cone: Attitude, character, and judgement DO matter in the selection of the right person to be our President, whether you like it or not. Obama's gotten a pass on these matters from the media, other Dems/Lefties/"Progressives"/Nutroots/You for WAY too long.

Krauthammer effectively summarizes the real issue, and in the process emasculates one of the favorite whines of Cone and the Gang about criticism of Obama:

"Obamaphiles are even more exercised about the debate question regarding the flag pin. Now, I have never worn one. Whether anyone does is a matter of total indifference to me. But apparently not to Obama. He's taken three affirmative steps in regard to flag pins. After 9/11, he began wearing one. At a later point, he stopped wearing it. Then last year he explained why: Because it 'became a substitute for, I think, true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security.'

Apart from the self-congratulatory fatuousness of that statement -- as if in this freest of all countries, political self-expression is somehow scarce or dangerous or a sign of patriotic courage -- to speak of pin-wearing as a sign of inauthentic patriotism is to make an issue of it yourself. For Obamaphiles to now protest the very asking of the question requires a fine mix of cynicism and self-righteousness.

But Obama needs to cast out such questions as illegitimate distractions because they are seriously damaging his candidacy. As people begin to learn about this just-arrived pretender, the magic dissipates. He spent six weeks in Pennsylvania. Outspent Hillary more than two to one. Ran close to 10,000 television ads -- spending more than anyone in any race in the history of the state -- and lost by 10 points.

And not because he insufficiently demagogued NAFTA or the other 'issues.' It was because of those 'distractions' -- i.e., the things that most reveal character and core beliefs."

Hmmm...."the self-congratulatory fatuousness of that statement."

That describes virtually everything Cone writes.

Why does JR still give this guy a column?