More venom from Terry Mcauliffe and his party

TownHall.com ^ | 8/14/02 | David Limbaugh

[kattracks]

Please don't doubt for a second that there's a calculated method to Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe's madness in ruthlessly attacking President Bush at his party's summer meeting in Las Vegas. He's sending up trial balloons. The Democratic Party is testing out various claims, from the ridiculous to the outrageous, to see what may fly in the 2002 and 2004 campaigns. The party can't credibly claim that McAuliffe is a maverick out there on his own. He admitted he had vetted the speech with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and, you guessed it: former President Bill Clinton. And as far as I know, not one Democratic heavyweight has done the honorable thing and denounced McAuliffe for his remarks. The Democrats will stoop as low as they have to -- and as they believe they can get away with -- to unseat congressional Republicans and recapture the White House.

McAuliffe said that Bush had mismanaged the economy, tilted the White House to help corporate interests and cynically made 9/11 the cornerstone of the Republican 2002 election strategy.

Cynical? There is nothing cynical, much less wrong with Republicans campaigning on Bush's adroit handling of the war on terrorism. It would be foolish and irresponsible for them not to. The Republicans, by touting Bush's war performance, aren't politicizing the war. But Democrats, by seeking to stall the inevitable military campaign against Iraq are -- and that's inexcusable.

I'll tell you what is cynical. The Democrats have been lying in wait since shortly after Sept. 11 to rake Bush over the coals on every conceivable issue, including his prosecution of the war, whenever the political landscape would permit it. As time has passed they've grown increasingly emboldened to oppose him outright, while pretending all this time to have supported him.

But even now they're being careful in how they frame their assaults on Bush's war effort. Instead of saying he blew it in Afghanistan by not killing Osama bin Laden -- though a few, such as Senator Kerry are saying that -- they are trying to commingle domestic and foreign policy issues, in order to taint Mr. Bush's war record with our economic problems.

McAuliffe, referring to the supposed bipartisan unity following Sept. 11, said that Bush had wasted "an extraordinary opportunity" to take the nation through difficult times. "George Bush squandered our trust, he ignored the mandate, and he wasted the opportunity."

This is quite clever, but abundantly disingenuous. McAuliffe is saying that Bush has blown it as a war leader because he could have used his political capital as a war president to remedy our economic woes. Nonsense. The Democrats opposed Bush's domestic agenda every step of the way. And they fought most vigorously against the proposals that had the best chance of stimulating economic growth: tax cuts.

But attacking Bush on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts was still not enough for McAuliffe since he knows that Bush's popularity is mostly based on the public's enormous trust in his integrity and confidence in his leadership. So to diminish the people's faith in Bush's character would be an even greater coup. That's why McAuliffe stuck the knife in further. Bush's "own past," said McAuliffe, "leaves him unable to lead on this issue (corporate reform). How can he restore confidence to Wall Street when he has engaged in the same practices he condemns today?" It just doesn't matter to this white-collar thug and rhetorical hitman that nothing he said about Bush is true.

There's more. Next, McAuliffe had the effrontery to chide the Bush administration for being "adrift, with polling numbers as their only compass and high approval ratings as their only destination." Coming from one of Bill Clinton's closest confidantes, this statement's chutzpah speaks for itself.

McAuliffe's hysterical invective shows how desperate the national Democratic Party is in the face of Bush's continued popularity, despite the cratering stock market and with a war on Iraq about to begin. Being bankrupt of constructive ideas themselves on the economy (these are the people who even oppose tax cuts during a recession) and more so on foreign policy, their only strategy to regain power is to escalate their signature politics of personal destruction. So, they'll continue with these trial balloons of slander against Bush, Cheney and evil corporate Republicans in general until something works and they are restored to power. But this time, it's not going to work.

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[ladyinred]

I hate these lying antiAmerican scum.
There, do I sound mean spirited enough?

[Paul Atreides]

[Enough is ENOUGH]

$100,000.00 => $18,000,000.00

How did the Martha Stewart story become a bigger issue than this bum's landfall? Where is the perspective here? C'mon, let's at least learn how this joker made so much money without using his political connections. If the Justice Dept doesn't care I know a lot of investors who would like to learn his secret or even hire him as their financial consultant.

[MJY1288]

Terry McAuliffe should keep on spewing his hatred, It's all they have.

They have no budget
They have no economic recovery plan
They have no LEGITIMATE leader in the Senate
They have no issues to run on
They have no accomplishments in the Senate
They have no facts to back up their claims
They have no ethics, morals or honesty

The democrats have their back against the wall and they're showing just how nasty they can be if they think they're losing power.

Allow Terry McAuliffe to spew all he wants. Most Americans can see he's not to be taken seriously, He comes across more like a 2 bit used car salesman by exposing himself for the low rent roach he is. He's hardly a respectable represenative of a National Party. He is a clueless, classless chump who is doing more to help President Bush when he goes public with these baseless attacks. The American people are smart enough to see through a HACK like McAuliffe

[SEGUET]

"I'll tell you what is cynical...."

Well I thought I'd have some fun and choose some things that I came up with myself - but if you insist, I'll just use the stuff in your list.

Glad to see your right up front in this Kool-Aid line - luv that undying dedication.

[binger]

A crook through and through...

[thegreatbeast]

Please, Friends, give the devil his due. Our enemies are very smart and very skillful. They may be repugnant creatures that can't walk in the light of day but let's be honest- they are formidable. And they fool a lot of people.
They will test you, they will test us. Be prepared because they will use every dirty method that their fertile evil minds can think of.

[ladyinred]

I have no idea what you are talking about!

[Libloather]

He's sending up trial balloons...

According to his Party's party van - he's blowin' .2 by now...

[MJY1288]

The facts are on our side and I have faith in real americans out there to see through this garbage. Ray Charles could see this President is giving his all and is certainly not ignoring the issues we common folks face everyday. IMHO President Bush has been out in front on most, if not all, the issues.

President Bush has done his best to change the tone of Washington and he has kept the promises he campaigned on. But most of all, He has restored honor and dignity back to the White House. But we will never see poll results on the core issues. We will only see poll's conducted on the fringe issues that have half a chance of hurting the President.

We have to support this president and support anyone who runs against the Democrats this fall if we have any chance of changing the direction of this country. If we repeat the mistakes of the past by self destructing because this president doesn't please us 100% of the time, we are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past... (1992 comes to mind)

[SEGUET]

"If we repeat the mistakes of the past by self destructing....."

Shouldn't that be "when" instead of "if"

[gunnedah]

What they do have is "THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA" eating right out of their little hands.McAuliffe and his liberal buddies are wineing and dining them to death and the drunker they get on this ignorance the more they brainwash the American public.

[BJungNan]

I saw this and thought it was good. Link below to rest of page.

To The Democrats in Congress:

There you go again you dirty unpatriotic democrats. You are trying to upstage the remembrance of the brave Americans who died on 9/11 2001.

After that unspeakable act on 9/11 by the terrorist, we were all united behind our country and our president. Now you Democrats are playing politics and trying to divide the American people on a day that we should all never forget and should observe as a people united. Not as Democrats and Republicans but as Americans who live in a land that has been blessed by God with freedom.

United we stand and divided we fall.

Democrats, tell Mr. Terry McAuliffe to stop trying to undermine our great president and the great people of our land and using 9/11 for political gain.

We have a president and a vice president who are honest and decent with no "hanky panky" in the oval office. After eight long years under Bill Clinton, we have been enjoying the fresh air of a new leader. I realize McAuliffe is saying what Bill Clinton wants to say but can not. We Americans who love our country don't want to hear it.

Democrats, stop playing politics with such a tragedy in the history of America. This has to be one day we are united.

Sincerely,
Betty
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