Americans will not elect losers of a war in 2008. They have never elected a known McGovernite. Even McGovern agrees. see below
Nearly every day since the MSM declaration of a quagmire 72 hours after our invasion of Afghanistan, most of the liberal press and the Democratic Party have said and done for free what our Islamist enemies would gladly have paid big money to have them say and do.
Does this necessarily mean that most liberals are unpatriotic and/or want our enemies to prevail against their own country? No
But the effect of their rhetoric and votes on enemies, potential enemies, allies and would be allies is to embolden the former and discourage the latter.
Wouldn’t we love it if we saw our enemies on TV 24/7 saying that they can’t win and that they would quit if only they got their leaders in a position to surrender?
This is not new for the mainstream media or the Democratic Party. They conspired to lose the war in Vietnam by false reporting after Tet in the 60’s and betraying an ally that was winning in 1975.
They regularly objected to any assertion that the USSR was evil and opposed aid to freedom fighters against communist aggression.
They appeased Iran and the Palestinians.
Their view of bin Laden is that he needs to be captured and tried in with Miranda rights in a Ninth Circuit court, rather than that America fight the Islamist jihad that bin Laden inspired that is being waged against us worldwide, so as to prevent future 911s. They still think they can cause our enemies to stop hating us through appeasement.
Their bushlied rhetoric since the 2004 campaign and continuing has inspired more Islamists to join the fight than anything bin Laden has done since his disappearance from all but once a year cameo roles in syndication.
The MSM and the Democratic Party has American blood on their hands.
Even when I was Democrat from 1980-2000, I loathed the weakness most Democrat leaders showed to the world, and it’s the reason I always knew we would lose presidential elections until Reagan policies vanquished the Evil Empire. Its why, even after the Cold War was won, that Clinton needed Perot assists to win two elections. It’s why Kerry lost, despite the MSM 24/7 365 campaign against Bush for all of 2004.
The Dems have also been responsible for regulations that have inhibited the building of any new oil refineries or nuclear power plants and of opening up new areas for oil drilling in our country since 1978. How much would the USSR have paid and Iran and al Qaida pay today for us self inflict such harm to ourselves?
A perfect example of the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Democratic Party was on display when that party’s excuse for a so-called “hawk” went on Meet the Press and argued for defeat based on Bush war mistakes in the past, never once addressing what would be the consequences to America. It was all about discrediting Bush, not America’s interests.
The Democrats’ greatest fear is that Bush gets credit for an American victory in the war. As Rush Limbaugh says, the press and the Dems are so invested in defeat that it is impossible to imagine what circumstances on the ground in Iraq before January 20, 2009, would cause them to join in any celebration for the great accomplishments of our troops.
For the Dems to admit victory would doom them as the discredited brazen and pathetic party they have become.
Last week, even George McGovern himself stated that he doubts any anti-war candidate could win the presidency. He remembers the disaster of his own campaign’s landslide defeat, despite his “Come Home America” theme. He also knows of Bill Clinton’s post 911 praise of Iran as his favorite progressive regime on Earth in 2003.
Given the hostility of the Dems and the MSM to Bush and our war effort, it is a near miracle that we have accomplished so much and didn’t surrender years ago. We have the troops and the spine of their Commander in Chief to thank for that and for the fact that we can faintly see the possibility of victory now.
Bush held firm in January after the 2006 election losses and has held firm now. There have been no more 911s since 911. Given the very unlikely that 67 senators would ever override a veto of a cut in war funding, Bush can fight this war till he leaves office.
Bush is defeating the wimps at home and the enemy abroad.
Our 2008 nominee to replace Bush and our congressional candidates will abandon the President at their peril. Americans elect winners of wars, not those that promise or bring about defeat.
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I really, and I mean really, don't understand the "logic" of crapweasel frigtards like Snowe and Smith (OR). I mean, do they honestly think the surrender-monkeys in their blue states are going to give them a pass if they toss Iraq (and Bush) under the bus?
Or do they really think surrender and (humiliating) defeat are A-OK in this instance? And are they seriously willing to live with the all-but-certain consequences of said failure (a large, oil-rich base from which Jihadistan can start to re-assemble the Caliphate)?
I'm not sure which is worse - one implies rank stupidity, the other suicidal tendencies. Neither of which are attractive traits for members of the world's most deliberatitely arrogant body.
The only hope these sorry excuses for leaders have to save their borderline worthless seats in the House of Lords is victory in Iraq. And every time they open their mouths they make said victory less and less likely. Well done, geniuses. Well done.
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