Lindsay and Kelly Play Politics

Lindsay and Kelly are at it again, trying to gain a political advantage rather than promote a united front on another attack.

I feel sorry for Senator Graham because he once appeared to be an honest and reasonable man, Since he has not had a frontal lobotomy it must be agonizing for him to be playing his current role of Republican attack dog and Obama antagonist. But, he is up forre-election in avery conservative state so God forbid he reveal any reasonedthought or bipartisan tendencies. As for Ayotte, we all know she goes along with whatever Graham and McCainask her to do.

In many ways their logical prestidigitation and factual alchemy represent the current state of the Republican party's intellectualintegrity. The standard MO seems to be -- jump to a conclusion, speak before facts are available and rush to judgment.

Graham's first pronouncement regarding theBoston bombers were that they must be sent to Gitmo and tried as enemy combatants. To please the far right he immediately assumed that the brothers were the sharp point of the coming jihadist invasion, soldiers of a foreign army. Careful Senator, don't let the facts of the case get in the way.

 Graham and Ayotte are attorneys who should, and i'm sure thet did, know that under US law a civilian citizen connot be prosecuted in a military court. Graham has obviously decided that he can't get re-elected without appearing tough on terrorism and all the betterif he can make it foreign terrorism. Ayotte per usual wants to please her mentors.

What is it about the Republican primary electorate that makes Senators who should be independent thinkers with intellectual honesty and a penchant for considered thought turn to extreme demagoguery and false rhetoric?

After being called out by the news media, on their demand for a military tribunal, Mccain, Graham and Ayotte have quietly reversed their position. Of course, being outraged on TV and then contrite in newspaper interviews is still a net gain with the base.

Unfortunately the consequence of these cavalier and premature pronouncements is that they change the tone of the dialogue from patriotic to political, never a helpful circumstance.