Ya think????!!!
Posted on 12/06/2005 9:29:25 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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 withdrawal, combined with her claim that more than half of House Democrats support her position, could backfire on the party, congressional sources said.
These sources said the two leaders have expressed worry that Pelosi is playing into Bush's hands by suggesting Democrats are the party of a quick pullout -- an unpopular position in many of the most competitive House races.
"What I want Democrats to be discussing is what the president's policies have led to," Emanuel said. He added that once discussion turns to a formal timeline for troop withdrawals, "the how and when gets buried" and many voters take away only an impression that Democrats favor retreat.
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Duh! oh and YiPPIE !!!!
The DNC need not fear any backlash. I'm sure all the enemies of America who happen to have poll access will still vote for them.
As for the patriots, of course, we have seen the enemy and it is DEM.
Huh! Hey you DemoRats and MSM lurkers. You all nominated Dean and Pelosi and know you must sink of swim with them!
Rove Wuz Here
This has to be a serious problem for the RATs in order to show up in the Washington Compost.
Darn it, nobody was supposed to tell them
Translation: Oh S#!t, Dean spilled the beans about what we really think.
Ya think????!!!
The dems are scaring themselves ping!
Why? All the media funded polls say Americans hates the way Dubya has fought this war and they want us out of Iraq. Haven't they seen the polls?
No backlash here. I haven't voted Democrat since 1967. LBJ cured me of that. Show me one I can trust and I'll get back on the band wagon.
My stepson left 7 days ago for his second tour of Iraq. John Kerry is saying we should pull out of Iraq. Howard Dean is saying we can not win. What these two men are saying gives support and aid to the people that are trying to kill my son. They are willing to endanger my son for their political gain. Their words will kill American soldiers. They have blood on their hands. They are without honor or shame. They are not fit to shine my sons boots.
Must be some RATs told the Washington Compost they are afraid this will hurt them in the 2006 election. If any PUBs said it, the Compost wouldn't believe it or print it.
All the scum think about is a backlash at the poll. They've been pushing their BS, seeing who can lie the loudest and all they care about is a backlash at the polls. What about the troops they defame? What about the country? They care about neither. They are all despicable scum.
The MSM doesn't want their sponsor (DNC) to lose ground, that's all.
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