Ace calls out Greg Sargent's liberal hubris over Sarah Palin (Updated)

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Ace calls out Greg Sargent, a member of the Washington Post's all-liberal blogging team, for mocking Sarah Palin over her comment that the Obama Administration should have accepted help from "the Dutch" when it was first offered:

Now, that's the way he wrote it -- "the Dutch," in sneer-quotes.

Don't miss Sarah Palin's take: She faults the Obama administration for not soliciting the help of "the Dutch," who are "known for dikes and for cleaning up water and for dealing with spills"

Bwah-hah-hah-ha! "The Dutch!" Have you ever heard something so crazy?

Well, actually, dude, we have. From a "Dutch" "minister," in fact.

What does this mean? It means that Sarah Palin was talking about something he'd never heard before and was using sneer-quotes to indicate what an absurd idea he thought it was.

In other words, he was ignorant, and used his own ignorance against Sarah Palin.

I find that happens a lot with the left...

But 53 days after it was offered and would have been much more effective, Obama finally decided to do as Gov. Palin suggested and accept "the Dutch" offer. The leftists just can't stop making fools out of themselves over The Arctic Fox.

Related: Michelle Malkin on why it took Team Obama more than 50 days to just say yes to "the Dutch."

Update: Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston, made the same point as Sarah Palin:

“What's wrong with accepting outside help?” Visser asked. “If there's a country that's experienced with building dikes and managing water, it's the Netherlands.”

Even if, three days after the rig exploded, it seemed as if the Dutch equipment and expertise wasn't needed, wouldn't it have been better to accept it, to err on the side of having too many resources available rather than not enough?

BP has been inundated with well-intentioned cleanup suggestions, but the Dutch offer was different. It came through official channels, from a government offering to share its demonstrated expertise.

Unfortunately, "expertise" is a concept beyond the comprehension of liberals, who in their childish ignorance, mock that which they fail to understand.

- JP