Little girl cried because Obama wants us out of Iraq

Possibly the dumbest story I've read on the National Review Web site in a very long time. But quite indicative of the right wing in this country.

Yes, it's sad that a little ten year old girl cried over Obama's presidential victory (apparently, she was concerned that if we withdrew from Iraq then it would suggest that the war was for nought - insightful girl, as she agrees with around 60% of the American public). But this child's tears are also quite irrelevant to a debate of Iraq policy, or any policy whatsoever.

Republicans are truly the master of the irrelevant analogy and the misleading metaphor. Only conservatives could come up with the idea of using a tax cheat as their national mascot for tax policy - hyping a guy who does better under your opponent's tax plan to promote YOUR tax plan. Absurd, idiotic, certifiably insane, but also brilliant in that, from a conservative's viewpoint, facts and reality don't matter. It's all about spinning the lie and winning the voter, whatever it takes.

Thus we examine a ten year old girl's tears in order to discuss Iraq policy and Barack Obama's position on the war. It's touching, to be sure, and absolutely irrelevant. A perfect recipe for Republican politics.