December 12, 2005
In Their Own Words
Senator Daniel Inouye is demanding that President Bush instruct the GOP to stop playing this ad, calling it a
...shameful and disgusting attempt to distract the American people from the problem in Iraq. It may improve the President’s political fortunes, but the American people and our troops will pay the price. I hope that President Bush realizes how shameful it is to play politics when what we really need is leadership, and that he will direct his Party to take down this ad immediately."
Let's rewrite the above statement using a few different (but strategically placed) words:
The Democrats' latest comments about not being able to win the war in Iraq and likening our soldiers to terrorists is a shameful and disgusting attempt to distract the American people from the progress being made in Iraq. It may improve Democrats' political fortunes, but the American people and our troops will pay the price. I hope the Democrats realize how shameful it is to play politics when what we really need is leadership, and that they will cease from making such damaging comments in public immediately.
See what a little creative editing can do? The problem here is, Democrats are now upset that their own statements are being used against them. It's not as though the GOP made this stuff up. Howard Dean, John Kerry and Barbara Boxer made these statements on radio and television, but when the words they uttered are thrown back in their faces, Democrats can't take it and whine about the "shameful" playing of "politics." Do the Dems really think Americans don't realize that they too are playing politics?
As Arnold Ahlert says in today's NY Post:
Democrats seem to think that when Dean says winning the war “is an idea which is just plain wrong,” or Kerry says American troops are “going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children,” they’re entitled to do so — without rebuttal. Any refutation of their viewpoint is an “attack,” while their odious two-year “Bush lied” campaign is “principled dissent.”
Their quotes betray them. They’ve had plenty of opportunity to demonstrate solidarity with a wartime president, support our soldiers in harm’s way and send a message of American resolve to terrorist thugs. With some notable exceptions, such as Sen. Joe Lieberman, they did none of it.
It’s about time they are taken to task — with their own words, no less.
Well said.
Crossposted to Lifelike Pundits.
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In the (drug induced) dreamworld of Liberalism, they've never had to suffer the consequences of their flapping mouths. They can't hack being seen as the "Cut and Run" crowd. They are trying to "nuance" their way out of the corner they painted themselves in.
Along your line of reasoning, there's a cartoon on Amy Proctor's blog (http://amyproctor.squarespace.com/)I'd like Sen. Inoye's honest reaction to. It may put his party's biggest Surrender Monkeys into perspective for him.
Posted by: PCD at December 12, 2005 03:12 PM
