[Peace-discuss] Liberal embarrassment

[C. G. Estabrook]

Rachel Maddow Supports Aid to Mubarak
Justin Raimondo, January 31, 2011

So you thought it was only the wackos on the neocon right who support Mubarak? 
Wrong! I'm listening right now to Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's resident ultra-liberal, 
attack Rand Paul for being "offshore" because he calls for ending the $1.5 
billion in "aid" to the Egyptian military.

  "Offshore"?

Well, uh, yes, because you see "politics stops at the water's edge," everyone in 
both parties supports the President's non-policy regarding the Egyptian events, 
and only "offshore" (read: off-the-wall) types, like the "isolationist" 
(Rachel's word) Rand Paul think otherwise.  Stupidly, she lumps in Paul with 
John "Invade the World" Bolton --- who supports Mubarak (just like the Obama 
administration, which continues to fund Mubarak's secret police thugs). She also 
noted that Paul wants to end aid to Israel --- "Of course," as she put it.

"Of course"? Really? Rand Paul's bravery in sticking his neck out on this 
sensitive issue is to be commended --- but not if you're Rachel Maddow, who has 
never --- /ever/ --- critcized Israel on her oh-so-"liberal" show.

Back when she was just another Air America airhead, Maddow invited me to be on 
her program: I declined, just because I wasn't in the mood for liberal bromides 
that day. I thought she was a hack then, and now that she's famous she's even 
more of a partisan hack than before.

What I'd like to know is this, though: why does Maddow think funding the 
Egyptian torture machine, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine, is good for 
America? How does it serve our legitimate interests? Is it "stimulus" money? 
Does she just support any and all government spending as a matter of high 
principle? Or does she really think it's a good idea for us to be subsidizing a 
regime so brutal that even the US State Department characterizes it as "repressive"?

Rachel, Rachel,/Rachel/ --- you can't be serious. The Egyptian people want us to 
stop supporting Mubarak: it's that simple. If that's "offshore," then so be it.

UPDATE:

"The Ed Show' follows the Maddow tirade on MSNBC, and there's good old Ed --- a 
protectionist China-basher with a slightly thuggish look --- demanding to know 
why the US sends $1.5 billion a year to Mubarak. Maybe he should ask Rachel that 
question. Oh, and he's pushing a poll --- you text in your vote --- asking 
people whether they think the US should cut the aid. I guess Rachel will be 
voting "yes."

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