Posted by
Always To The Right on Friday, January 30, 2009 2:17:55 PM
Jim Geraghty likes to remind us that all of Barack Obama’s
statements come with expiration dates, including his expiration dates.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of Obama’s key allies in Congress, waltzes away
from Obama’s commitment to a 16-month timetable for withdrawal from
Iraq:
This doesn’t displease me, of course, except for the rank hypocrisy of Democrats like Clyburn during the campaign. He voted in favor of withdrawal timetables during the Bush administration. Clyburn also made headlines
by lamenting the possibility of progress in Iraq, as it would impede
his party’s attempts to impose timetables for withdrawal. Now,
suddenly, Clyburn (and Obama) care about the recommendations of the
generals on the ground and have no use for artificial timetables.
Talk about sunshine patriots! When Bush was in the White House,
Clyburn did everything he could to undermine the war effort. Now that
his ally has the job, Clyburn suddenly wants to play Wise Old Man. Feh.