Remember the basis for this virulent hatred over Iraq. GWB and Rove with the help of the Republican congress boxed the Dems into voting for the war in Iraq, and the Dems will never forgive them.
Public support for the war was huge! The Dems had graciously provided the Repubs with all the rhetoric they needed to squash Saddam thanks to Bill Clinton's diversion from his impeachment mess. Ohhh, Saddam was such a baddie in 1998 and all the Democrats agreed.
The real reason the Democrats voted for the war in Iraq, was to keep from losing worse than they eventually did in 2002. That was the only reason for the majority of them.
To satisfy their base, now they have to come up with reasons to run away from their vote. Now they are in the position of claiming they were too dumb to read the intelligence correctly, so dim they let GWB lie us into war, or negligent in their duty by not vetting the intelligence correctly.
It has given them the terrible dilemma trying to trash our military without trashing our military! Or demean brave Iraqi democrats without trashing democracy itself.
If the Iraqis come through, and we follow an orderly troop withdrawal over the nect two years, it will make them look more foolish than the "guagmire" of three weeks to defeat Saddam. They have to defeat the war politically.
It is no wonder they hate this President!!
"To satisfy their base, now they have to come up with reasons to run away from their vote. Now they are in the position of claiming they were too dumb to read the intelligence correctly, so dim they let GWB lie us into war, or negligent in their duty by not vetting the intelligence correctly."
So true.....may I use this quote?