Says Joe Klein in Time. The columnist that the left probably hates more than any other in America, again tries to get it through that a left-wing agenda will not play well in the US. Meanwhile Kerry and his pals are trying to force a US retreat in Iraq.
Kerry gave an eloquent speech to a group of left-liberal activists on the day of Bush's Baghdad trip. "It is not enough to argue with the logistics [of the war] … or the manner of the conflict's execution or the failures of competence, as great as they are," Kerry said, to wild cheers. "It's essential to acknowledge that the war itself was a mistake." It was an appropriate act of contrition, but then—as is his awkward wont—Kerry overreacted and called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by the end of the year. It was a proposition that garnered all of six votes on the Senate floor when Senate Republicans gleefully submitted Kerry's idea to a vote later in the week.
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What can the Democrats do? They can play politics or be responsible. The political option is to embrace "cut and run"; call for an immediate withdrawal, as Kerry did; and hope the public is so sick of Bush and sick of the war that it will punish the g.o.p. in the fall. But embracing defeat is a risky political strategy, especially for a party not known for its warrior ethic. In fact, the responsible path is the Democrats' only politically plausible choice: they will have to give yet another new Iraqi government one last shot to succeed.
I think Klein has been trying to warn the Democrats for quite a while an this. They aren't listening, though.
The left may have strong objections to Joe Klein, but their visceral hate for Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin far exceeds their disdain for old wishy-washy Joe. After all, he’s actually trying to wise them up before it’s too late to pull back from another election day shellacking.
Zell Miller tried the same thing two years ago, but the angry mob just won’t listen to any of the voices of reason trying to save them from themselves. Dems are going down hard, their eyes are shut, their ears can’t hear, their minds are closed, and they’re marching in near lockstep off the precipice.
Gaius, you’re correct, Dems are not in any mood to listen to anyone, and that includes being willing to bite the hand that feeds them. It’s to the point Dems would rather destroy their party than entertain even the remote possibility they might be wrong. And, they won’t be on their best behavior when the cold hard realities of the second week in November roll around to dispel their illusions.
We’re living in troubled times folks, it’s a good idea to be prepared.
Troubled indeed.
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I saw on TV today that the latest push is a ‘cut and jog’ campaign. I don’t remember which senator was on TV, but the Fox News reporter grilled him pretty hard. The senator’s position was basically ‘we’ve got to get the message through to the Iraqi government that we won’t be there forever.’
Like Bosnia? Macedonia? Kosovo? Sinai Peninsula? Korea? Germany? Japan? England? Italy?
Or more like Vietnam? Lebanon? Somalia?
Really good point, Blackhawk. Hey my son asked if I could forward your email address to him. Let me know.
Gaius, roger that. He should be able to find it on AKO.
I’ll tip one back for him tonight.