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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mph who wrote (41354)	11/17/2005 12:33:38 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Perhaps if you really had ideas and vision to offer, your friends would have been more successful in the past campaigns. That comment brings to mind remarks Harry Reid made today in response to Dick Cheney's speech last night. You may recall that Cheney , said on Wednesday that accusations the Bush administration manipulated intelligence to justify the war were a "dishonest and reprehensible" political ploy. He called Democrats "opportunists" who were peddling "cynical and pernicious falsehoods" to gain political advantage while U.S. soldiers died in Iraq. Reid slammed Cheney's speech, saying, “Tonight the Vice President has come out of his bunker and is speaking at a gathering of Washington DC insiders, which is closed to the press. “Unfortunately, he brought his bunker mentality with him. He is repeating the same tired attacks we’ve heard from administration officials over the last two weeks. “In the last 24 hours, 10 of our brave soldiers have been killed in far off Iraq. On such a night, you would think Cheney would give a speech that honors the fallen and those still fighting by laying out a strategy for success. “Instead we have the Vice President of the United States playing politics like he’s in the middle of a presidential campaign. “Yesterday, a bipartisan majority of the United States Senate gave the administration a vote of no confidence for its Iraq policy. We said the era of their “No Plan, No End” approach is over. “Apparently, the White House didn’t get the message. The Vice President’s speech tonight demonstrates once again that this Administration intends to “stay the course” and continue putting their political fortunes ahead of what this country needs –a plan for success. A plan for success? What? What have the Democrats offered in the way of any alternative to what the Administration is doing in Iraq? They have no plan. All they seem to do is carp, whine and attack. The democratic party is a failed and marginalized party. As long as they continue to elect people like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi as their leaders (not to mention Howard Dean), they will continue to be a failed and marginalized party.