Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Sleeping with the enemy
E.J. Dionne opines (in "Anti-Bush Moderates"):
Actually, Dionne is leaving out the worst part of the administration's behavior.
Cleland was one of the Democrats, back in the days when we didn't understand that the Bush regime was of the radical right, who compromised with the Republicans on taxes and the war. They savaged him anyhow.
Meaning that it makes no sense to try to deal with this administration, no matter how nicely they talk.
Because if they'll rip a triple amputee veteran who tried to compromise with them for being a traitor, what do you think they will do to you? Something that this year's crop of Democrats (and the UN, the Europeans, and the Iraqis) would do well to keep in mind...
Ask a Democrat about 2002 and it won't take long before the name Max Cleland comes up. Cleland is the former Georgia senator who lost three limbs in Vietnam. Because he favored some union and civil service protections in the homeland security bill, Cleland was attacked in a vicious campaign ad showing pictures of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Cleland lost, and Democrats are still furious over the treatment of this war hero and political moderate.
Actually, Dionne is leaving out the worst part of the administration's behavior.
Cleland was one of the Democrats, back in the days when we didn't understand that the Bush regime was of the radical right, who compromised with the Republicans on taxes and the war. They savaged him anyhow.
Meaning that it makes no sense to try to deal with this administration, no matter how nicely they talk.
Because if they'll rip a triple amputee veteran who tried to compromise with them for being a traitor, what do you think they will do to you? Something that this year's crop of Democrats (and the UN, the Europeans, and the Iraqis) would do well to keep in mind...
