Boortz on the “Democratic Ba’athists”

Thursday, December 8th, 2005 11:25 am by Neal

Neal Boortz has this statement on how national, Democrat politicians are responding to President Bush’s recent progress reports on Iraq:

George W. Bush has finally been giving speeches talking about the progress in Iraq. Yes, there is good news, and there has been for some time. So the president makes a speech detailing the progress, but Democrats can’t have that. Because you see, good news in Iraq benefits America, and by extension, the president. That simply cannot be allowed to stand in the modern Democratic Party (except Joe Liebermann.) The Godfather has it right. Good news for America is bad news for Democrats. Good news for Democrats is bad news for America. Is that any way to run a political party?

First up in the doom and gloom offensive is Jack Murtha, Congressman Cut And Run. Speaking out after Bush’s speech, Murtha said “I’m showing you that I don’t see the kind of progress he sees. … I don’t know that you can call him dishonest, but certainly, the public is not buying it.” We also heard from Nancy Pelosi yesterday, who said that “From day one, Bush has misled the American people. He didn’t know what he was getting into or didn’t know how to go about it. He wanted to go to Iraq in the worst possible way, and he did. Just because he says things are improving there doesn’t make it so. It is not happening. We are not succeeding. … Nothing that has transpired so far has made Iraq more stable.” That about says it all…the Ba’athists in the Democratic Party still want a full surrender.

But you have to read between the lines on this one. It’s not that Democrats don’t think we’ll win in Iraq, it’s that they don’t want us to. An American victory in Iraq would be vindication for George Bush. The left’s hatred of Bush runs so deep, they’re willing to abandon our troops and Iraq to the Islamic terrorists just to win political points. The Democrats politicization of this war is shocking and outrageous.

Excellent points. My only disagreement is Boortz’s contention that “the left’s hatred of Bush” is behind their absurd attempts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I think it goes deeper than that: I think their hatred is for America and her culture. This hatred is the only thing Iraq has in common with Vietnam: the left’s hatred that America, and everything she stands for, might win.

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