Posted on 06/22/2006 12:36:45 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
Just a few weeks ago, some Republicans were openly fretting about the war in Iraq and its effect on their re-election prospects, with particularly vulnerable lawmakers worried that its growing unpopularity was becoming a drag on their campaigns.
But there was little sign of such nervousness on Wednesday as Republican after Republican took to the Senate floor to offer an unambiguous embrace of the Iraq war and to portray Democrats as advocates of an overly hasty withdrawal that would have grave consequences for the security of the United States. Like their counterparts in the House last week, they accused Democrats of espousing "retreat and defeatism."
That emerging Republican approach reflects, at least for now, the success of a White House effort to bring a skittish party behind Mr. Bush on the war after months of political ambivalence in some vocal quarters. As President Bush offered another defense of his Iraq policy during a visit to Vienna on Wednesday, Republicans acknowledged that it was a strategy of necessity, an effort to turn what some party leaders had feared could become the party's greatest liability into an advantage in the midterm elections.
The approach might yet be upended by more problems in Iraq, as Republicans were reminded this week with reports about two American servicemen who were abducted, tortured and apparently killed. Some polls show a majority of Americans continue to think that entering Iraq was a mistake, and pollsters say independent voters are particularly open to the idea of setting some sort of timetable for withdrawal, the very policy Democrats have embraced and Republicans are now fighting.
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(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
In otherwords, wishful thinking from the editors of AL JAZZERA-- er- THE NYT's- didn't come true.
(We thought we had them backing off their strongest issue, and now they return to national security.)
What Bush has done, along with some good news from the front, is to remind EVERYONE that the Democrats are UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED for the U.S. when it comes to national security.
Or...the NYT and other anti-American libs might have the cut-and-run label firmly fixed to their tails for the Nov. elections, thus ensuring the defeat of Democrats and the denial of their dream to retake the House and Senate. Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth that will then ensue! Give Democrats enough rope and they will always hang themselves. The US citizens in the red states do not identify with Kerry and Pelosi, period.
"apparently killed" is used when describing the murder of the two military guys who were kidnapped.
Gee, the NYT cannot accurate describe whether or not something is alive or dead!
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