Posted on 11/03/2006 12:56:39 AM PST by goldstategop
The comments made by Sen. John Kerry this week, disparaging the intelligence and abilities of U.S. troops serving in Iraq, were revolting. But they hardly were surprising.
The latest remarks by Kerry follow those by his colleague, Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin in June 2005 when he compared American troops to "Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime – Pol Pot or others – that had no concern for human beings."
There are two motivations for cut-and-run Democrats to make outrageous comments like these.
One is that they are so unprincipled in their quest for power that they will stoop to any level to undermine the war in Iraq so as to use it as a political issue to reclaim control of Congress. Compare that to the Republicans who Democrats have criticized for running ads warning of the dangers of Islamic terrorism.
The Democrats have campaigned against President Bush, comparing him to Hitler, and openly hoped for bad news from Iraq to boost their political standing. (Remember the morbid glee they expressed in their countdowns to the 1,000th and 2,000th American fatalities in Iraq?)
Republicans campaign against Islamic terrorists and get criticized by the media and Democrats alike. Oh – and they also get attacked for being "too patriotic." Shame on those flag-waving Republicans and their pro-troop rallies!
There is another reason, though, that Democrats have increasingly hoped for failure in Iraq: For some of the more liberal elements of the Democrat Party, a military victory in Iraq would run counter to the notion of pacifism that their core base embraces.
Democrats who want your vote for Congress next Tuesday are caught between a rock and a hard place.
They want you to look at them as tough-on-terrorist patriots who will ensure this country's safety. But many liberal Democrat activists despise the military, and so Democrat candidates can't appear to be too gung-ho about American military success stories.
This explains the dichotomy of Democrats who celebrate any declines in the enlistment rate as examples of a failed foreign policy by Bush and the Republicans – but who then also go and do all they can to kick military recruiters out of towns and away from colleges.
They insist that if people love this war so much they should go fight in it, but then they try to stop people from enlisting!
In 1972, John Kerry was campaigning and attacked the composition of an all-volunteer military when he wrote, "I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown."
Interesting. So if we are following this correctly, the draft is bad, but so too is an all-volunteer military.
If we were to inject the truth serum sodium pentathol into Kerry's arm we'd see the truth that Democrats have worked so actively to hide from the American people.
Most of the Democrats in leadership positions frown upon the military. They look at it as an unseemly collection of the underprivileged who fight unjust wars as part of the imperialist drive by the military industrial complex.
These Democrats trust the corrupt United Nations more than they do the administrations of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush.
That's something that Americans must come to understand between now and Tuesday's elections. No matter how much you may be mad at the Republicans for their shenanigans with the immigration issue or federal spending or even how they are prosecuting the war on terrorism, it is absolutely unacceptable to give Democrats control of Congress at a time like this.
Those of you who want to teach the Republicans a lesson do so at the risk of your own country – and deep down inside you know that to be true.
Trying to teach the Republicans a lesson Tuesday is stupid. The Democrats want America to LOSE. That's all that should affect your judgment - and your vote when you go and pull that lever on Election Day.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Didn't you hear, losing is winning!
Part of those 'reach the Pubbies a lesson' is the anti-immigrant crowd. As some articles in FR have shown, having a Democratic control congress just guarantees us to have a 'comprehensive immigration policy', which no doubt will be signed by W.
Lest you forget..
Hillary! is the she in shenanigans.
My faith in God drives my actions. It is NOT an excuse for inaction. Those who sit on the front porch as the flood waters rise proclaiming: "The Lord will provide." are in for a big surprise. The Lord provided us with a mind and a body and the will to do the right thing. Use them.
I hope Ken Mehlman releases the october surprise today
http://www.cafenetamerica.com
The Democrats don't even want democracy or capitalism in America. Why would they want it overseas?
It's Kerry who gave us the October suprise. Karl Rove hypnotized him to act stupider than he usually does. /sarc
It's the House Republicans that have the most sensible immigration policy. And they're the ones who should be punished? I hope not.
In 1972, John Kerry was campaigning and attacked the composition of an all-volunteer military when he wrote, "I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown." ...........................................follow the trail. Based on his 72 statement Kerry apparently thinks the volunteer military is made up mainly of minorities,and this week he calls military personnel stupid ! Hey NAACP I think Kerry just insulted you !!!
Teaching them a lesson is like voting Dem because the Repubs don't go far enough on Abortion!
Pray for W and Our Troops
I see it as just the opposite. Scan through the posts and you will notice that the open border blue blood republicans have been calling the secure border crowd "DUummies" especially after Bush signed the fence bill. Their goal is to anger to secure-the-border republicans enough to actually not go vote and give the dems the control. I have been told this via freeper mail (by a participant)and in USENET by other so-called "republicans. They want the conservatives to stay home and even publically try to discredit their posts with the goal of getting them angry at conservatives.
Hmm... I just noticed something, Stepan12... you refer to those who believe coming to the US without papers are "anti-immigrants". Telling!
Look again! You're quoting the wrong person. I italicize another person's remarks for a reason.
ok, I see. Sorry. I will repost it to him/her
I see it as just the opposite. Scan through the posts and you will notice that the open border blue blood republicans have been calling the secure border crowd "DUummies" especially after Bush signed the fence bill. Their goal is to anger to secure-the-border republicans enough to actually not go vote and give the dems the control. I have been told this via freeper mail (by a participant)and in USENET by other so-called "republicans. They want the conservatives to stay home and even publically try to discredit their posts with the goal of getting them angry at conservatives.
Hmm... I just noticed something, paudio... you refer to those who frown on illegals as "anti-immigrants". Telling!
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