December 14, 2009

Arianna Huffington, GOP agent

By: AF Editors

It can be a lot of fun to watch the far left attack the left. There was a great moment on ABC yesterday morning when Huffington accused John Podesta of sounding like George W. Bush. Here’s the quote, with a bit of extra context:

HUFFINGTON: …And remember in 2002, [Obama] gave this defining speech that in many ways is responsible for his being president, which was against the war in Iraq, when he said, “I’m not against all wars, I’m against a dumb war.” And right now, Afghanistan is the gold standard of a dumb war, immoral and unnecessary.

PODESTA: Well, I think that I find it ironic that the conservatives all embraced the [Oslo] speech. It seemed to be a repudiation of conservatism…With respect to Arianna’s point about what the threat is, I think he was fairly clear that in the context of both the speeches that he gave, that we need to go after the people that attacked us. And I think that they’ve done that. They’ve done that. You could argue about whether this is the right strategy to do that. They’re effectively using predators in Pakistan, they’re doing more in Pakistan over the last 10 months.

HUFFINGTON: You now sound like George Bush, you know that the people who — the people who attacked us are not…

PODESTA: That’s the first time I’ve been accused of that.

And possibly the last. Also, enjoy Huffington’s aggressive bashing of Larry Summers:

Larry Summers — it was so clear from your interview, George, is the wrong man to be heading the president’s economic team. His response is so lackadaisical, no sense of urgency. He keeps quoting the same forecasters who predicted, remember, that unemployment would not go beyond 8.5 percent.

Hey! She stole a GOP talking point! We’re the ones who’re supposed to remind people that this adminstration promised to keep unemployment below 8% if its stimulus passed!