Obama tougher on terror than Bush-Cheney

Cynthia Tucker has never been shy about blaming in order, whites then Republicans.  In this op-ed piece she describes a comment by Tom Price (R-GA) as...

illogical and hypocritical half-a-cent’s worth to the meme

I don't know about you, but I had to look up the word "meme", it is not in Webster's New World Dictionary. But I did find it at hyperdictionay.  The definition is....

Definition: /meem/ [By analogy with "gene"] Richard Dawkins's term for an idea considered as a replicator, especially with the connotation that memes parasitise people into propagating them much as viruses do.

Memes can be considered the unit of cultural evolution. Ideas can evolve in a way analogous to biological evolution. Some ideas survive better than others; ideas can mutate through, for example, misunderstandings; and two ideas can recombine to produce a new idea involving elements of each parent idea.

The term is used especially in the phrase "meme complex" denoting a group of mutually supporting memes that form an organised belief system, such as a religion. However, "meme" is often misused to mean "meme complex".
Use of the term connotes acceptance of the idea that in humans (and presumably other tool- and language-using sophonts) cultural evolution by selection of adaptive ideas has become more important than biological evolution by selection of hereditary traits. Hackers find this idea congenial for tolerably obvious reasons.

So I guess the word applies, Tucker is saying that Price's statement is somehow the replication of a parasitic person.  I get it, it's bullshit, but I get it.  Price's quote was....

Likewise, Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) called on Mr. Obama to “recognize that we are at war with a murderous enemy who will not relent because we heed political correctness, acquiesce to international calls for deference or close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.”

A relatively worthless comment that by no means earns true wrath.  Tucker rattles, taking the standard swipes at Bush and Cheney.  She then finishes with .....

Obama has his own maxim: Speak softly and carry a lot of Predator drones.

Remember that these are the words of the op-ed columnist, not the President.  What they suggest, when combined with the title "Obama tougher on terror than Bush-Cheney" is that it is good tough policy to deter the enemy by shooting at him with remote control drones. 
To the pragmatist, a remote control response is part of a program, and one of the least effective parts at that.  Drones require intelligence and ground operatives to be reliable.  If a program is limited to this type of retalliation, it is best described as a weak parallel to the actions of President Clinton and his ineffective use of cruise missles.
Cynthia would never admit it but a program where the use of Predator drones is primary, is cowardly.

Obama tougher on terror than Bush-Cheney

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