Posted on 06/27/2006 3:54:02 AM PDT by IrishMike
It was just a few months ago that the Democrats were riding high, salivating over their chances to seize control of Congress in the 2006 election. The war in Iraq was going badly, torture at Gitmo was up, the Abramoff scandal was headline news and presidential advisor Karl Rove was on his way to the big house. Despite the robust economy, the mainstream media did its part and kept that information out of the headlines, so things couldn't have been better.
What a change a few months can make.
The Democrat's main campaign theme, "a (Republican) culture of corruption" took a hit when Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) took a poke at a policeman and another when William Jefferson (D-LA) took $100,000 in cash. Apparently the culture of corruption doesn't follow party lines.
In the end, McKinney was not indicted, but neither was Rove for his role in "outing" CIA desk-jockey Valerie Plame. Too bad for the Dems. Rove, the engineer of the president's two election victories, is the guy the Dems love to hate, as evidenced by congressman John Murtha's (D-PA) (one of the leading spokesmen for the Democratic Party's "cut-and-run" strategy in Iraq) recent disparaging remark about Rove - something to do with air-conditioning and girth.
Speaking of cutting and running, while the Democrats would love to rally voters to support their "plan" to set a date on which all the U. S. troops would come home, the sun would shine and we could all enjoy milk and cookies, it seems that when put to a vote, not even the Dems in the House and Senate can agree that such a "plan" is preferable to the president's plan to finish the job.
The House passed a resolution 256-153 to reject an arbitrary date for withdrawal.
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