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To: Road Walker who wrote (290517)	6/12/2006 6:55:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572345

What the polls show is largely the result of President Bush's incompetent performance in Iraq, rather than the emergence of a convincing Democratic national security message or group of candidates respected on defense. When it comes to national security, I've always felt that voters don't listen through their ears. They listen through their gut. They vote based on a visceral sense of whether a candidate understands we have real enemies and is ready to confront them. I will never understand the American fear of attack and the need for a strong defense? We've been attacked three times [including 9/11] in over 200 years. "Democrats should be full-throated in their critique of Bush," Mr. Beinart said in an interview. "He has done terrible things. But Democrats are involved in a two-sided struggle: one is against Bush, and one is against Islamic totalitarianism. They are two separate things. You have to have an answer to that second problem." Everyone is quick to tell the Dems. what they should do. Frankly, I don't think the Dems can do much. This country had a love affair with Bush and the GOP. Like jilted lovers, they want little to do with their former lovers and even less with a new lover. Besides, the US is a conservative country. I think its something with which we liberals will have to come to terms.