Nolo Contextere

A favorite tactic of the right is to defend their statements (e.g., calling for the assassination of a democratically-elected foreign leader) by claiming that they've had their statements "taken out of context."

Here's what Jack Cafferty said on Wolf Blitzer's 'Situation Room' yesterday:

I’m 62, I remember the riots in Watts, I remember the earthquake in San Francisco. I remember a lot of things. I have never, ever, seen anything as badly bungled and poorly handled as this situation in New Orleans.

Where the hell is the water for these people? Why can’t sandwiches be dropped to those people who are in that Superdome down there? I mean, what is going -- this is Thursday. This storm happened five days ago. It’s a disgrace, and don’t think the world isn’t watching. This is the government the taxpayers are paying for, and it’s fallen right flat on
its face, as far as I can see, in the way it’s handled this thing.

And here's what Michelle Malkin had to say about Cafferty's statement today in its entirety:

"Cafferty is fuming because Bush did not drop sandwiches into the waterlogged, chaos-racked Superdome. I kid you not."

Context can certainly be refreshing, can't it?

See the video of Cafferty's appearance courtesy of Crooks and Liars and get even more context:

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