Posted on 12/06/2005 7:52:59 PM PST by ncountylee
Strong antiwar comments in recent days by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have opened anew a party rift over Iraq, with some lawmakers warning that the leaders' rhetorical blasts could harm efforts to win control of Congress next year.
Several Democrats joined President Bush yesterday in rebuking Dean's declaration to a San Antonio radio station Monday that "the idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong."
The critics said that comment could reinforce popular perceptions that the party is weak on military matters and divert attention from the president's growing political problems on the war and other issues. "Dean's take on Iraq makes even less sense than the scream in Iowa: Both are uninformed and unhelpful," said Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.), recalling Dean's famous election-night roar after stumbling in Iowa during his 2004 presidential bid.
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel (Ill.) and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (Md.), the second-ranking House Democratic leader, have told colleagues that Pelosi's recent endorsement of a speedy redeployment, combined with her claim that more than half of House Democrats support her position, could backfire on the party, congressional sources said.
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And how hard could it be to put the dumbocrats in their places? They say such stupid, contradictory and incoherent cr*p that it should be easy to minimize and humiliate them for the Nevelle Chamberlain wannabes that they are.
John Kerry - pleeeeeease! That's easy pickin's. Make him the poster boy for dumbocrat idiocy and political opportunism.
LibertarianInExile wrote: Awwwww, looks like the Hillary "Let's pretend we're not nutjob lefty" wing is fighting with the Dean "Let's be PROUD of being nutjob lefties" wing again. How sad!
Exactly. We need to continually tie Howie and Hillary together as one entity. We need the Republican leaders (and not just the radio talk show hosts) to step up and repeat the following phrase every day and at every opportunity.
"The Howard Dean/Hillary Democrats."
Ping
I agree to a certain extent, but the Republicans are in a mess because they are without leadership and Bush is their ultimate leader. They've gladly ridden his coat tails for the last four years and should know that a fractured party will only result in disaster for the party.
Bush should be working overtime with the Senators and Representatives he trusts to strategize and reign in the negativity and lies the MSM is spreading. Remember the Clinton's "war room" and their rapid response team? Hell, it was effective and they were defending the indefensible!!!
The Bush administration should implement something similar to help stop the daily unanswered tidal waves of lies and negativity. Using the bully pulpit to demand media accountability when lies are repeated ad nauseam is a great place to start, but first his communications department needs overhauling. He can start by replacing Scott McClellan, whom the press corp treats with intolerable disrespect.
Ultimately it is up to the President to get his party in line and behind him. Sometimes I think he is oblivious to how bad the situation has deteriorated and he needs to wake up before it's too late. Paging Karl Rove..... Help!!!
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