This goes nearly a decade back, but I find it disgusting and revealing that one of the most obvious and profound truths ever uttered by a politician was met with near-universal ridicule. I’m referring to a statement of the bleeding obvious spoken by someone I otherwise despise: Donald Rumsfeld. That the left ridiculed him for speaking the truth in a somewhat awkward manner speaks more to the willful ignorance and maliciousness of much of the left than to Rumsfeld. Here’s a more concise paraphrase of Rumsfeld’s statement:
“There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.”
Who in their right mind could disagree with this? What Rumsfeld very obviously meant, especially given the context of his statement, was that there are known threats, threats of which we’re aware of but of which we know no details. and threats we’re not even aware of.
Again, who could disagree with any of this? If you think about it, Rumsfeld was more than obviously correct. But the MSNBC (corporate-Democrat) “left” seized on the awkward wording and ridiculed Rumsfeld for it.
This speaks almost entirely to their bankruptcy of ideas and shameful desire to ridicule opponents. Rumsfeld is a liar and war criminal, but this is what they seized on? Please.
That’s utterly appalling. Let’s leave deliberate misinterpretation of statements, deliberate misrepresentation of reality, and deliberate seizing on trivialities to those on the right. We shouldn’t stoop to engaging in any of it.
Sharp and Pointed 