Brad Woodhouse, the Taliban & the Politics of Appeasement
In this morning’s Politico, Ben Smith quotes liberal uberactivist Brad Woodhouse as criticizing Michael Steele. Not surprisingly, Mr. Woodhouse doesn’t have his facts straight, which is what he does for a living at the DNC. Here’s the objectionable part of Mr. Woodhouse’s quote:
“The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists, the Taliban and Hamas this morning, in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize,” DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO.
Actually, Mr. Woodhouse doesn’t have his facts straight. It wasn’t Republicans who said that the Taliban could play a significant role in Afghanistan:
Bowing to the reality that the Taliban is too ingrained in Afghanistan’s culture to be entirely defeated, the administration is prepared, as it has been for some time, to accept some Taliban role in parts of Afghanistan, the official said. That could mean paving the way for Taliban members willing to renounce violence to participate in a central government, though there has been little receptiveness to this among the Taliban. It might even mean ceding some regions of the country to the Taliban…
Mr. Woodhouse has a storied history as a fringe leftist activist, not the least of which was his being the president of fringe leftist group Americans United For Change, aka AUFC. Mr. Woodhouse also was a spokesman for the DSCC. Now he’s moved on to being the spokesman for the DNC.
Someone needs to remind Mr. Woodhouse that it’s a president from his party that’s cozying up with the Taliban. If Mr. Woodhouse has a problem with the Taliban and American politicians, perhaps he should remind President Obama that he shouldn’t be going soft on that terrorist organization.
This is what happens when an extremist like Mr. Woodhouse makes over-the-top, derisive statements about his political rivals without considering the unintended consequences of such statements. Then again, thoughtful people wouldn’t mistake Mr. Woodhouse with a rocket scientist.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog