Note to Liberals: Relax and Have a Martini

By Zamboni

We cats just want to say: We are lefties. And we're not upset.

It's just amazing to us that if there's one group that's more worked up than the Obama birth-certificate conspirators — who failed today in the Supreme Court — it's some of our fellow liberals. They're apparently concerned that President-elect Obama isn't appointing enough of "us" to his Cabinet and executive team.

To which we cats say: Do you have any idea how bad things have been the last eight years? And how long it's going to take the country to recover?

Obama's not going to turn around the Bush-wreaked damage in a second — in fact, he can only begin by stanching the bleeding, not outright healing the wounds. But even more important, he's not going to turn the country around with ideological purity. That's what got the other side in such trouble, remember?

Here's one example. Appointing Senator Clinton to the State Department, and keeping Robert Gates at Defense, gives President-elect Obama political cover to pull our troops out of Iraq. Just try to imagine how the Republicans would pillory a team of down-the-line Iraq war opponents. We can hear the hue and cry now: "You don't support our troops! You're putting them in danger! You're soft on our national security!"

Instead, a withdrawing from Iraq under the aegis of initial war supporters takes those swords right out of the neocons' hands. We cats think that's smart politics.

It's also nice to know that President-elect Obama — unlike Bush — is confident and comfortable enough to have people around who disagree with him. In our book, that's change we need.

So, instead of wasting time hissing, let's all curl up in the sun and take a nap.

UPDATE: We cats had a wonderful nap, thank you.

And we just remembered an insult that Republicans would be sure to hurl at the Obama Administration if it tried to withdraw from Iraq without bringing centrists into the tent first: "You're waving the white flag of surrender!"

Hmmm... we've heard that revolting little accusation before. Remember where?

Asking folks who voted for the war in the first place to help end it now makes such stupid, Palin-esque comments unutterable.

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