THIS TIME, IN ADVANCE, IT’S A 3-PLAGE

We’ve all heard the term trifecta, most famously or maybe infamously used by our president referring to his political clout right after 9/11, and we know of the phrase “three –peat” which Lakers Coach Pat Riley unsuccessfully (thankfully) attempted to patent. But now, this week on the Faux, we did a three-plage; that is we plagiarized in advance not one or two, but three times.
First, in our article titled “The Cross Hairs, Carcass, Canvas, Caucus Dept”, we foretold of coming criticism as being taken seriously, aimed at GOP candidate Mike Huckabee and sure enough, in the latest Republican debate at St. Petersburg, Florida, for the first time really he was truly in the “crosshairs”.
We’ve also mentioned, at length actually, the duplicity of the GOP right, many of whom profess love and concern for Israel,
but . . . don’t seem all that tolerant to Jews. President Reagan’s conduct at Bitburg was one example and Richard Nixon’s anti-Semitic rantings were another; and it keeps becoming evident that if and when the GOP loves Israel, it’s way more with words than deeds. A stark example of this was just revealed in Richard Nixon’s tapes in which he had great reservations about accepting that the beleaguered nation of Israel had nuclear weapons to defend itself. This memo dates from 1969, just two (2) years after the Six Day War and with the (1973) Yom Kippur (sneak attack) War ahead. Mr. Nixon also was considering withholding the delivery of crucial phantom jets previously promised, but in meetings with Prime Minister Golda Mier, was somewhat mollified.
But more satisfying than plagiarizing and prognosticating on the political right (it’s often not that hard) is when we can do the same regarding a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist from the other side, namely Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Constitution. This was not our first time with her, but our “Guns (And This Time) No Poses” article of this past week, emulated part of her column of this week where she points out the staggeringly low homicide rate in 2007 in New York City as one relevant judge of Rudy Giuliani’s effectiveness as mayor, although, to be fair, this has kept improving under Mike Bloomberg. We’ve credited gun control, which both men favor, and Ms. Tucker gives kudos to the larger police presence funded by Bill Clinton and we’d say both have worked. Although it would be a month of Sunday’s before Rudy Tuesday gives Bubba due credit on that one.