As you may have heard, that Chinese spy balloon that back in February Joe Biden said was no big deal turns out to have been, well, a pretty big deal after all.
Chinese spy balloon gathered intelligence from sensitive U.S. military sites, despite U.S. efforts to block it https://t.co/8nQXAGMuc0
— CNBC (@CNBC) April 3, 2023
Gee. Go figure! Who’d’a thunk? Certainly not The Bulwark’s Bill Kristol, who had this to say when the Biden administration — and the MSM — couldn’t be bothered to care enough about the balloon to even raise any eyebrow:
Sometimes a balloon is just…a balloon.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 4, 2023
That tweet was already a bad idea when he originally sent it. Minimizing the threat from the Chinese government is never a good look, particularly when the Chinese government has been pretty transparent about its intentions with regard to the United States and U.S. allies in the region.
But now, in light of the new reports, it looks infinitely worse.
https://t.co/1Afe5FWkv4 pic.twitter.com/AGkmyqO183
— Extremely Careless (@Shanghaibeast) April 3, 2023
And sometimes a buffoon is just a buffoon. In Bill Kristol’s case, it’s not sometimes; it’s always.
Bill, you're on Pierre Omidyar's payroll, not the CCP's. https://t.co/xORBKYUrkg
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) April 3, 2023
Maybe officially, but Bill seems more than happy to do the CCP’s work pro bono. He’s very generous that way.
This didn't age well, did it. https://t.co/M8FUpb51pl
— TANSTAAFL6817 (@tanstaafl6817) April 3, 2023
this did not age well https://t.co/IXiBwNeU8M
— Ryan (@alwaysonoffense) April 3, 2023
Neither has Bill Kristol, to be fair. Time has not been good to his conservative cred.
The iron law of Bill Kristol being wrong about absolutely everything https://t.co/LFdqTwtr3h
— Ben (@BenJammin215) April 3, 2023
It’s certainly possible that he was just wrong about this … but even more likely that he was maliciously dishonest.
The stupid things they say and do always comes back to bite them. But they don’t care. https://t.co/E28NKDLu4u
— Meatball Bun (@bunny_locke) April 3, 2023
Some people are referring to this tweet suggesting that Bill Kristol is just gullible.
This is incorrect.
He knew what he was saying was a lie. This is just straight up dishonesty. https://t.co/w4pqBgu1wJ
— RBe (@RBPundit) April 3, 2023
This … is Principled Conservatism™.
Siri, show me a howling vacancy of a human being – a windsock made flesh. https://t.co/2ZPRiVvR1l
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) April 3, 2023
We all knew. But it never hurts to be reminded.
Sometimes a lib hack is just…a lib hack https://t.co/OFsdyAfEWB
— Corporal Punishment (@CplPunishment_) April 3, 2023
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Somebody broke Bill Kristol: You have to see his crazy Chinese spy balloon tweet
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