Posted on 02/09/2011 5:58:54 AM PST by macquire
Got that? The official U.S. position is that Mubarak needs to go immediately, he needs to stay indefinitely, he needs to stay for a bit and then go, he needs to stay for a bit longer then go sooner rather than later, unless he decides to stay until September because he is standing in the way of the full bloom of a new Egyptian democracy, unless it turns out that he is all that stands between us and a Muslim Brotherhood takeover, because the Muslim Brotherhood are a radical theocratic tyranny in waiting, unless of course it turns out that they are reasonable moderate types we should have been talking to all along. So that's the official Obama position verbatim from WhiteHouse.gov.
The administration has now clarified its position on Egypt:
(1) "President Mubarak is not a dictator and he should stay in office..." according to Vice President Biden
(2) "... but he needs to step down immediately..." according to Secretary Clinton
(3) "... and remain President to ensure stability ..." according to Special Envoy Frank Wisner
(4) "... and he should have resigned as President yesterday ..." according to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
(5) "... paving the way to elections that must be held within three months ..." according to senior officials
(6) "... unless he waits till September, which is fine by us..." according to the State Department.
Got that? The official U.S. position is that Mubarak needs to go immediately, he needs to stay indefinitely, he needs to stay for a bit and then go, he needs to stay for a bit longer then go sooner rather than later, unless he decides to stay until September because he is standing in the way of the full bloom of a new Egyptian democracy, unless it turns out that he is all that stands between us and a Muslim Brotherhood takeover, because the Muslim Brotherhood are a radical theocratic tyranny in waiting, unless of course it turns out that they are reasonable moderate types we should have been talking to all along. So that's the official Obama position verbatim from WhiteHouse.gov.
If you're making that critical 3:00 AM call to the oval office and you get voicemail press buttons #1 through #6 for whichever Obama position on Egypt suits you best.
By the way, Paul Krugman in today's New York Times says the Egyptian riots are due to climate change. Seriously. Seriously.
Mubarak has to .. uh..stay but he has to .. uh.. go. We support him.. uh.. staying.. er.. leaving. Muslim Brotherhood... uh..
Such great leadership we have these days.
LMAO
Obamas Admisistration - 3 years in and stll foreign policy buffoons mixed with a healthy portion of Islamistism.
I think I understand triangulation, but what the hell is this, hexagonilation?
Egypt you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
I’ll be here ’til the end of time
So you got to let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
Always tease tease tease
You’re happy when I’m on my knees
One day is fine, next day is black
So if you want me off your back
Well come on and let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An’ if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know!
Should I stay or should I go?
It's the sign of an Administration which has no moral compass. Their solution is stick their collective fingers in the wind to try to figure out what is going to be the winning political position.
I heard that Steyn riff on Monday. Cracked me up. Thanks for posting.
Do you have a source link for this?
I heard Steyn on Monday. He was great, and the quote is correct as I remember it. I believe you need to be a Rush 24/7 subscriber in order to her the podcast.
Steyn also ripped Detroit, and he is taking a lot of flack on that.
Bean Counter - Great song by The Clash! Here is another - ROCK THE CASBAH - by the same group:
(Sharia don’t like it:)
Now the king told the boogie men
You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shakin’ to the top
The sheik he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruisin’ down the ville
The muezzin was a’ standing
On the radiator grille
CHORUS:
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
By order of the prophet
We ban that boogie sound
Degenerate the faithful
With that crazy Casbah sound
But the Bedouin they brought out
The electric kettel drum
The local guitar picker
Got his guitar picking thumb
As soon as the Sharia
Had cleared the square
They began to wail
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Now over at the temple
Oh! They really pack ‘em in
The in crowd say it’s cool
To dig this chanting thing
But as the wind changed direction
And the temple band took five
The crowd caught a whiff
Of that crazy Casbah jive
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the Sharia was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare
As soon as the Sharia was
Outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
Sharia don’t like it
Rockin’ the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
(Spoken throughout the last chorus):
He thinks it’s not kosher
Fundamentally he can’t take it
You know he really hates it
No. I heard it on the radio and posted a request here for anybody that had transcribed it or had a transcription of it to send it to me, which a couple of people did.
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Yup. Classic Steyn.
OK, thanks.
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LOL! There is some good stuff in there. Steyn is a treasure.
THANK YOU for finding this and posting. I heard that and it was hilarious. I looked, but did not find. So, thanks again.
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