E.J.'s Wishful Thinking

Slowly Sidling To Iraq's Exit
Many GOP Candidates Part Company With Bush

By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006; Page A15

By Election Day, how many Republican candidates will have come out against the Iraq war or distanced themselves from the administration's policies?

August 2006 will be remembered as a watershed in the politics of Iraq. It is the month in which a majority of Americans told pollsters that the struggle for Iraq was not connected to the larger war on terrorism. They thus renounced a proposition the administration has pushed relentlessly since it began making the case four years ago to invade Iraq.

That poll finding, from a New York Times-CBS News survey, came to life on the campaign trail when Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), one of the most articulate supporters of the war, announced last Thursday that he favored a time frame for withdrawing troops.

Shays is in a tough race for reelection against Democrat Diane Farrell, who has made opposition to the war a central issue. After his 14th trip to Iraq, Shays announced that "the only way we are able to encourage some political will on the part of Iraqis is to have a timeline for troop withdrawal."

E.J. you Democrats are really funny, you get agreement from some of the most Liberal, most political, and shakiest Republicans and suddenly the entire Republican Party is crumbling in their support for the war in Iraq. You cite McCain's statement as if it is some sort of revelation. Taking the statements of an unstable, arguably psychotic Republican Presidential Candidate in waiting as representative of anything other than that pip-squeak's own ego is delusional.

Democrats have nothing to offer America except complaints. I keep hearing about this great "Democrat Plan" but as far as I can tell, there is nothing but rhetoric. Why is it that Democrats want so much for America to be defeated? Why do Democrats hate America so much? Why do they mention each American Soldiers death with such relish?

Notes for Democrats: Whining is not a governing policy. Hatred of President Bush is not a qualification for leading the nation. Cowardess is not a qualification for command of our military. Cut and Run is not a strategy for success. "Over the Horizon" redeployment of troops in Iraq to "Okinawa" is not even sane, nor is it "Over the Horizon."

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