Like a firefighter who commits arson just so he can be the first to respond to the scene, Democrats are not only pessimistic in their collective view of society, particularly America’s, they are actively engaged in either wishing and hoping with all their might that something goes wrong, or they are doing what they can to ensure that it does.
Take race, for example. They claim to be the champions of minorities when it is the very policies they implement that keep minorities in a second class state. They keep them down purposely so they can be seen as trying to help them up…perpetually.
Now with the war in Iraq, they are doing the same thing. They are hoping against hope that they can be seen as the party who got our troops out of their post haste, thereby currying favor with radical left PACs and constituents. Who they would blame the ensuing genocide on is anyone’s guess. Well maybe not who, but how they manage to do it would be a wonder.
I can just hear the leadership of al Qaeda at their “meetings”: “We don’t need to kill all of the Americans, but we have to kill more this week so their media and politicians will report it”. Common sense says that, free speech notwithstanding, it is a bad idea to provide this sort of fodder to your enemy. Harry Reid declaring defeat to the world was no help, either.
But then Harry and the Dems went pro-active. They’re starting to realize that things may be turning for the better in Iraq. Why else would Harry be so eager to cut General Patreus off at the knees and once again declare the war is lost before the alotted time frame for his report? And why is there already a crack in the Democrats alleged solidarity that would permit a high ranking member to actually admit that a favorable report by Patreus would be “a problem” for the Dems?
Cal Thomas wrote a piece today titled, “What If We Win“?, in which he notes that House Majority Whip James Clyburn said that a good report from General Patreus would “be a problem” for Democrats.
David Limbaugh also wrote a piece called, “Democrats Can’t Handle the Good News” with the same theme.
What really must have the Dems shaking with fury is the story which ran in the usually fertile ground of dissent, the New York Times, called “A War We Just Might Win“. I’ll bet Pinch received more than few heated emails over that one! For the Old Gray Lady to break ranks in such brazen fashion must have sent shockwaves through the left side of the aisle.
It should be an interesting next 6 weeks. I wonder if any of the non blue-dog democrats will be captured on the battlefields of Iraq in the near future. There isn’t much more they can do to stop us now. Harry would really enjoy the cuisine I’ve heard they serve at Club Gitmo.
-Woody
