The Difference between Iraq and the Democrat Congress?

Mark Levin over at The Corner on NRO had this comment:

So, the Iraqi government reportedly hasn’t met any of its targets . Has the Democrat Congress met any of its targets?

Now, being as this is the first time I’ve ever seen a need to actually quote National Review here, I thought it must be pretty clever. Biased, sure, but clever. However, Dr. Steven Taylor over at Poliblog apparently differs in his opinion, labeling it:

Dumbest Quote of the Day

By Dr. Steven Taylor

One of his readers backs him up by pointing out they HAVE raised minimum wage. I just gotta wonder WHY Dr. Taylor considers this the dumbest quote of the day? All he does is give a lead to The Daily Dish, which labels it:

Malkin Award Nominee

One post makes an observation. The combined text between the two posts responding to it is a total of zero words. You know how dumb a post with zero words sounds to me?

OK, so to tackle the question pondered, which seems to draw scorn but no ability to reciprocate, the Democrat Congress HAS raised minimum wage, and HAVE decided to allow the tax incentives to expire, and HAS funded the Iraqi war they say they oppose. So, the net effect is they have raised your taxes, given you nothing since most states had higher minimum wages anyway, and sent billions more dollars to Iraq.

There ya go Mark, Steven, and Andrew Sullivan. I really haven’t kept up with the Iraqi governmen, but I know OUR Democrat Congress has done all kinds of stuff. And if they keep at it, every Iraqi citizen will have free health care and higher standard of living than the US.

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  • http://poliblogger.com Steven Taylor

    It’s a dumb statement because one has nothing to do with the other. Levin is trying to score some snarky point about Iraq by saying that the Democrats haven’t done much during their tenure in office (by his estimation). So what? Congress could have quit and gone home for the last six months and that would have nothing to do with how we should evaluate the situation in Iraq.

    I am late on a book manuscript, does that mean, by extension, that the Iraqis shouldn’t be judged harshly for their failure to govern?

    One has nothing to do with the other–and that’s why I consider the quote to be the “dumbest of the day.”

  • Moonage

    That makes a lot more sense than just expecting people like me to assume it’s dumb because someone says it is. I just couldn’t get over how little information was actually relayed by in the combination of at least three posts. You really should take your comment here and paste it in your post. It is clear and concise, not snarky like calling it “a Michelle Moment” or something like that.

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  • http://poliblogger.com Steven Taylor

    Fair enough–and, indeed, advice taken.

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