Well ..........
Posted on 12/14/2005 9:49:38 AM PST by truthandlife
Bill Kristol, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, said Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) are "crazy” if they believe that Americans don’t want to win in Iraq.
Kristol, appearing Wednesday on Fox News Channel, made his comments in response to a press conference called by the Democrats prior to President Bush’s speech Wednesday on the progress in Iraq and the war on terrorism.
Reid and Levin, looking grim during the press conference, both droned about how the president’s plan to "stay the course” in Iraq does not give hope to Americans living in the United States.
"This nation roots for success,” Kristol said. "If the war goes badly, they’ll blame President Bush, and rightly so. But they [Reid and Levin] looked defeatist, like they are half-rooting for failure.
"They are so grudging in their praise for Bush and the Iraqi people who are turning out to vote in this week’s elections at a great personal sacrifice, that I think Americans will reject or dismiss their comments completely.”
Kristol said the Democrats are foolishly and appallingly pinning their hopes on future setbacks in Iraq to help drive down President Bush’s approval numbers, which have been rising in the past few weeks.
"Politically, patriotically and from a human point of view, I don’t understand why these Democrats don’t lay off the politics and just watch the voting over the next few days,” he said. "Americans are rooting for victory – for our soldiers and for the Iraqi people.”
like they are half-rooting for failure. HALF?
It is literally intolerable for us to be successful in Iraq, as far as the left and the Democrats are concerned. Any outcome other than defeat will destroy them for years, and maybe permanently.
Good going Dems. You've painted yourself into a hell of a corner.
HALF-rooting for failure??? More like salivating over it with great anticipation.
it truly is a sad state of affairs when democrats actively and purposely root for the bad guys simply so they can regain power..they have no idea what's best for the country, our troops or the people of iraq..they just want to be elected..they remind me of a pi*sed off two year old throwing a temper tantrum..
I don't know how the voting will go tomorrow. But I'm quite sure that the Democrats will express disappointment that the results are what they are. "Clearly, with an outcome like [fill in the blank] we can say for sure that Bush's strategy has failed."
Is there an echo in here?
When the Dems go on the attack like this they are scared to death because they know this has been successful and it will show tomorrow. Dems need to lie as usual to potray something that is a lie.
corner.
Indeed. Even if you get your wish - YOU LOSE.
Your grandkids will spit on your graves if we lose iraq and the WOT. But we won't since we have W for three more years.
Sure, they want it both ways.
They're going for full penetration...none of this half-rooting stuff for them.
Well, they've already tried to sabotage the election by having someone plant a fake story in the media about a truckload of phony ballots turning up. God only knows what they'll try next.
The other half is for disaster
I thought they said that only our military did that.
-PJ
The Dems want to recreate their "victory" in Viet Nam by engineering another catatrophic American defeat with concommitant losses of American lives and money to no purpose.
They have called in all their evil allies of the past - the Fondas, the wacko pacifist religious groups, the University freaks, and all the other associated wackos to attempt to achieve this. They are committed to insuring defeat in the media and public opinion as we are winning on the ground over there.
The Democrat Party, like the Evil Empire, needs to be destroyed.
Just the thought of Hillary as Commander in Chief, being led by the nose by this Dumb, Dem Party is beyond comprehension. No matter how you cut it or what she says...This is her party, they're marching to her drummer....along the edge of a cliff.
So true.
If the "American People" dont' want this war, as the Dems say, why don't they vote that way in Congress?
Why don't they vote to de-fund the war?
Congress holds the purse strings.
Vote up or shut up, Congressional Dems!!
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