Taranto: E.J. ‘Baghdad Bob’ Dionne Sees Dark Days for GOP In Winning Weiner’s House Seat

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal's opinion section calls Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne “Baghdad Bob” for fun. On September 9 , as Taranto mocked Dionne's Strobe-Talbott-on-the-Cold-War routine on the War on Terror (after all that U.S. vigilance, there was never a threat). Then he turned to the special election to replace Congressman Anthony Weiner in New York's Ninth District, where Democrat David Weprin scandalized the locals with a “terrorist-y” ad of a jet menacing the New York skyline. Taranto joked: “But don't worry. If Weprin loses next week, we're sure Baghdad Bob will be ready to explain why it's really a triumph for liberalism.” Incredibly, Dionne did exactly that, writing that the NY-9 victory would lead to overconfidence, no confrontation with the ruinous Tea Party, and a Rick Perry candidacy that never collides with the reasonable middle:

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