Candy Crowley: "Rev Up Security Moms"-Save Us President Daddy (by digby)

[kpete]

Save Us President Daddy

by digby

Please just shoot me now. The media has gone insane. Suzanne Malveaux just asked Candy Crowley how the voters in 2010 are going to rank the president's response to this failed terror attempt. It's a stupid question, but the answer really takes the cake:

Candy Crowley: I think the fact that we have seen him for two days in a row is the White House recognizing that this is perhaps more important --- the safety of the American people ---than jobs at this point. It wouldn't take much to rev up security moms who were so important in 2000 and 2004. So I think what voters judge is, sort of, the record. So it won't be today, but then what did he do? How safe did he keep us?

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That's ridiculous. Did Candy wake up this morning and think it was 2003? The plane didn't go down. Nobody died. The perpetrator is some young, screwed up loser who tried to set his pants on fire. The only "security mom" who cares more about that than the fact that she doesn't have a job is a well paid television celebrity.

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Unless we actually have a terrorist attack, I think we can feel fairly confident that the 2010 election will be about the economy. This failed attempt was a wake-up call, but it's not the equivalent of the Pearl Harbor. And this media revival of Daddy Keep Us Safe is nothing but a cheap sideshow.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/save-us-president-daddy-by-digby-please.html

[bluestateguy]

1. Back to the buffet, Candy

nt

[Mojorabbit]

2. That was well said. nt

[FrenchieCat]

3. The news make up the news!

[Ikonoklast]

4. She must have got the fax with the new meme from the RNC.

Just trying out a new talking point, just to see how it polls.

Besides that, she is a blithering idiot that never has had one thing of import to bring to a discussion.

[blogslut]

5. If Ms. Crowley wants to be treated like a child

...then perhaps she should be clued into a common bit of parental wisdom:

Kids often react based on the clues provided by Dad. If Dad freaks, the kids freak. If Dad remains calm, the kids go to sleep dreaming of rainbows and butterflies.

Candy Crowley is a simpleton with a platform.

[bertman]

6. "A simpleton with a platform". Perfect description, but she's just doing her job. She's a parrot.

There are so many simpleton parrots with platforms nowadays that it's depressing. Thank Dawg for Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz, who are less "parroty" than the rest.