Have you ever noticed how careful the right wing is about using the same kind of language, no matter what issue they're talking about?
Last year, for example, everybody from Rafael Cruz Jr. to Ron Johnson to John McCain to John Boehner — we could go on — got their marching orders to call the Obama Administration "lawless." We're not sure whose byline that memo went out under, although we suspect Roger Ailes's.
So it struck us when Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's biggest pain in the ass after Vladimir Putin, said today would "go down as one of the darkest days in world history." Why? The Iran nuclear deal, of course.
Our first thought was, goodness gracious, such histrionics — and from a guy who probably already has The Bomb. Our second thought was, hey! Where have we just heard that word "darkest" before?
Ohhhhh, we know. It was Raffie Cruz Jr., talking to silly Sean Hannity about the Supreme Court. The Court's rulings on Obamacare and marriage equality, Cruz frothed, made up "some of the darkest 24 hours in our nation’s history."
Pardon us while we grab our fans and our smelling salts. But as we roll our eyes at these right-wing drama queens, we can't help but note the use of language. No doubt in our furry minds: These guys are all on FOX "News's" email list, and the memos don't stop at the border. We cats HISS.
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