By SnifflesOops, that headline is wrong. Of course we meant Stanley McChrystal. No reason to get him and MacArthur confused, except for the fact that they're both lamebrains and, as of tomorrow, may both have been sacked by a President whom they dissed.
But we can't read President Obama's mind, so we don't know what he's going to do. We're just trying to figure out what would be more fun: To see the general fired, or left in place to twist slowly in the wind. Until we make up our minds about that, here are a few random thoughts on the McChrystal Kerfuffle.
We cats are awfully tired of people trying to undermine and/or de-legitimize a decisively elected Democratic President. Whether it's the teabaggers and their crazy "birther" notions or this bat-eared jackass who's going to get called on the carpet in the White House tomorrow, these guys are the ultimate sore losers, and we're sick of them.
This "MacArthur 2010" story has so overwhelmed the punditocracy that we wonder how in the world Nikki Haley is going to roll out her new national profile tomorrow morning. Who's going to have the 7:10 slot on the a.m. shows available? It'll be all McChrystal, all the time.
President Obama has been fond of invoking the memory of Abraham Lincoln over the last three years. Tonight, then, we remind him of a Civil War general whom Lincoln probably waited too long to fire — but who, once sacked, turned around and ran for President himself in 1864. As the Democratic candidate, no less! (Hint: It's another "Mc" name. Weird!)
Never mind firing Mr. Blabbermouth, can we just court-martial him for the Pat Tillman cover-up?
Finally, we're fondly reminded of feisty Harry Truman's private response on General MacArthur's intransigence. ("I'm going to fire that son of a bitch right now!") Sometimes profanity is very satisfying. Let's put it this way: As President Obama recently said of the Gulf Oil spill, whether or not he gives McChrystal his walking papers, we cats hope he kicks his ass.
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