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What Are Those Democratic Flower Children Smoking?
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - Sunday, September 23, 2007
Author: Ross MacKenzie
So now Gen. David Petraeus has reported on Iraq, and the question is: Are the Democrats overgrown flower children?
Think about it.
Even before Petraeus ‘ congressional appearance, key Democrats
were on the ramparts dissing the general most of them had voted to confirm as the Iraq theater commander - implying he is a ventriloquist’s dummy for President Bush, a liar , and worse. . .
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - in a pre-emptive strike - implied Petraeus ‘ coming remarks were written by the White House, and so dismissed them as “the Bush Report.” Clueless Pelosi added: “The facts are self-evident that progress is not being made.”
• Again, prior to Petraeus ‘ testimony, Sen. Joe Biden termed him “dead flat wrong.”
• Sen. Barbara Boxer told Petraeus to “take off your rosy glasses.”
• SEN. CHRISTOPHER Dodd declared that despite the Petraeus report of moderate progress since the troop buildup (or “surge”), he favors cutting off funds for U.S. troops beginning next spring. His presidential campaign spammed an e-mail declaring: “The fact that there are questions about Gen. Petraeus ‘ report is not surprising, given that it was brought to you by this White House.”
• Sen. Barack Obama , noting “the same false promises of success that got us into Iraq,” said he wants to begin withdrawing troops at the rate of 8,000 per month. The only question about the lost Iraqi cause, he said, is “how do we clean up the mess?”
• Sen. Hillary Clinton told Petraeus , “The reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief.” She found the administration’s proposed rate of troop drawdown - to pre-surge levels by next summer - “too little, too late, and unacceptable.”
AND LET us not overlook two other manifestations of malign thinking in the fever swamps of the Democratic left:
(1) A Sept. 9 New York Times editorial proclaiming “Gen. Petraeus has his own credibility problems,” stipulated, inter alia, this: President Bush “isn’t looking for the truth, only for ways to confound the public.” Or: Both Bush and Petraeus are liars .
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This whole charade just puts me over the edge!! What hypocrits.....OMG, how I loathe the Democrats, just evil people without a conscience!
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CodePink protestors hold signs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday,June 29, 2010, as Gen. David Petraeus testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to be confirmed as President Obama's choice to take control of forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)