Tim Blair

Often dubbed by his enemies as the Darth Vader of the White House

Well, now, wait a minute! I thought this administration was the Fourth Reich, not the Empire! C'mon people, get your metaphors straight!

I deal with these types of inane comments all the time, when, in fact, the truth is this: if Cheney or Bush wanted to scare people, they could be using the almost daily stories of depraved sensibility and outright blood-thirstiness of the wider Arab world. For example, they could be pointing out the DVD copies of hostage beheadings are best sellers in the Arab world, and not only in the lower class markets.

The fact that these idiotic journalists dismiss a very likely scenario as scare mongering reveals the vapidity of their thoughts and their agenda.

Funny thing is, should someone smuggle a bomb into the US, the self-same journalists would run page one pieces on how the hopelessly incompetent US administration missed the obvious evidence pointing to such an attack as a distinct possibility, just as they did in their stories about the 9-11 commission.

Senator John Edwards who,ememies claim,made obscene amounts of money while a trial lawyer advocating on behalf of dubious claimants.

Its possible that one of the diving factors for this type of journalism is fear (although to be honest its not really "journalism"). So horrid is the reality that some journalists are powerless other than to resort to this sort blame. Its culturally more comfortable and allows them to feel they have some level of control, deluded though it is. A real journalist would of course have the required personal mastery and strength to countenance and coolly analyse the reality. Marion Wilkinson unfortunately is just another reactionary female journalist driven by fear and emotion.

If Cheney is Darth Vader, then John Kerry is C3PO, and John Edwards is Jar Jar Binks.

And let's not forget Senator Tes "Jabba The Hut" Kennedy!

Sorry, preview is my friend!

"And let's not forget Senator Ted "Jabba The Hut" Kennedy!"

I guess if Cheney is Darth Vader, that must make Bush Emperor Palpatine...why, the Left always knew it, Bush is seeking an American empire, and this analogy proves it!

(I'm using "prove" here in the Lefty sense, i.e. "if I only believe it strongly enough, it will be true".)

Overheard prior to the debate:

Grand Moff Rove: If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.

Darth Cheney: Escape is not his plan. I must face him. Alone.

(Hey, it was either that or 'Dick Vader'!)

Then George Bush would be the Emporer?

It would be cool to see him kill terrorists with lightning bolts from his hands!

And if this awful scenario should ever happen in Marian Wilkinson's neighborhood, God forbid, will her corpse be the one with the surprised look on its face?

No, smoking skeletons don't have much in the way of facial expressions.

How can Bush scare children when he is accused by the left of playing with plastic turkeys.
if bush wanted to scare children, he might try posting pictures of Ms Wilkinson in kindergardens.

Anyone remember when the Left's problem with Bush was that he was too nice to children, because he actually finished up his reading session when 9/11 happened?