THE CONVERSION – AT 8:55 A.M. ET:   Little by little, Barack Obama is moving in the direction of BUSH (!!) AND CHENEY (!!!!).  Of course, he won't admit it, and neither will his disciples.  But during his UN speech yesterday he actually described the Islamic State as "evil."  Remember when Bush used language like that?  The Dems had fainting spells, practically accusing President Bush of unspeakable crimes.  But, hey, it's Barack.  He knows evil when he sees it.  And then there's this bit of major-league hypocrisy.  From The Politico: 

NEW YORK — Less than two months after President Barack Obama’s administration called for repeal of the Congressional authorization for the 2002 Iraq war, he is formally citing the 12-year-old measure as a basis for newly expanded airstrikes against the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant.

Since June, Obama has been sending official war-powers notifications to Congress about the campaign he authorized against ISIL. Administration aides have repeatedly cited the 2001 war authorization against Al Qaeda and the Taliban as grounds for strikes in Iraq.

Some administration officials had indicated in background comments that Obama might invoke the Iraq war authorization if the bombing campaign spread to Syria, but he officially did so in a letter to Congress Tuesday. The authorization cited the measure only with a reference to its Public Law number, 107-243.

COMMENT:  I mean, can't Obama get his own law?  Are we running out of paper?  Just the idea of Obama using Bush's law is hilarious, if it wasn't so serious.  Maybe it's intentional.  Polls show that Bush is now more popular than Obama.

We'll know that Obama is ready for the full conversion when he puts on a ten-gallon hat and establishes his vacation White House in an oil field.  Then he'll mutter, "Let Hillary try to run to the right of this!"

September 25, 2014