Billmon (Whiskey Bar): Bring it On (says the Bugman)

[Dudley_DUright]

I know it's not like Tom DeLay to think before he speaks (or while he speaks, or after he speaks, for that matter) but you really have to wonder what was going through that spark-plug sized brain of his when he said this the other day:

Two liberal interest groups announced plans yesterday to spend $100,000 on television advertising designed to inhibit DeLay's effectiveness as the House's second-ranking leader, but DeLay reacted defiantly as he made stops in his suburban Houston congressional district.

Asked his reaction to the ad campaign, DeLay said, "Bring it on."

I don't imagine I'm the only one to notice that the Bug Man's taunt had a distinctly familiar ring to it:

There are some who feel like -- that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring 'em on. We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.

George W. Bush
Remarks to Reporters
July 2, 2003

I don't know what it is with the Texans, but they do love to talk trash -- even when they don't have the slighest clue what kind of mess they've gotten themselves into. Right now I'm picturing Shrub and the Bug Man up on the wall at the Alamo, looking out at Santa Anna's army as line after line of soldiers move into position for the attack.

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[DavidDvorkin]

1. They would not have been at the Alamo

Billmon makes the common mistake of thinking that these guys really are macho. He rightly condemns their macho swagger, but he should also condemn them for the their posturing, for the fac that the swagger is a false front.