Larry Kudlow Update

A while back, I wrote that I kind of liked CNBC's Larry Kudlow. However, he is, in fact, an asshole. A few nights ago he and that dweeb Stephen Moore from the right-wing "Club for Growth" and the Wall Street Journal debated a guy who was expounding on the economic costs of the war in Iraq. When the guy pointed out that the war was unnecessary and costly, Moore retorted," But the cost of terrorist attacks would be far greater." The guy responded, " Iraq and 9/11 are not related." Moore then says - and I can't believe he said this -

"Well if they aren't related, how come we haven't had a terrorist attack since then?" Now, how does Kudlow sit and watch this without correcting this faulty logic? C'mon Larry! I mean, I guess I know why Larry keeps quiet - because he agrees with the bullshit. But deep down, he must know it is bullshit, because he's a smart guy. But he is also a right-wing nut who will never go against "das party". Saying we haven't had a terrorist attack because of our war in Iraq is like saying the sun rises every morning because I wear my Power Ranger pajamas to bed every night.

Just for laughs, let's look at the idea that Bush has been successful against terrorism because we have not had another attack since 9/11. By that logic, Clinton was even more successful. Hear me out; Clinton was President in 1993 the first time the towers were attacked (he was President for only about six weeks at that time, so one could argue that it was the fault of Poppy Bush). After that attack in '93, we were not attacked again until September 2001. So, I guess Clinton's efforts to stem terrorist attacks were even more successful than Bush's. After all, there was no terrorist attacks for over EIGHT years. Under Bush II, we have only been terror-free for (almost) seven years.

Of course, I'm being completely unfair here. We all know that it makes no difference who is President when it comes to terrorist attacks. Terrorists don't ask which party is in office before they plot their attacks. And if you really want to blame someone, remember: Reagan did the original "cut and run" in Beirut in '83 (anyone with half a brain knows that this was the right decision. However, I will continue to bust the balls of my right-wing friends with this tidbit).