Encouragements
Four governers have made a trip to Iraq to encourage the troops and see how things are over there. Here is a report. Last year Senator Joe Lieberman made a similar trip to Iraq and upon returning had to admit progress and became a strong democratic voice for the war. To the shock of liberals everywhere Lieberman’s support for the war has not hurt his popularity. When will the left wing of the democratic party realize that not only do they not have the mainstream support, but they are losing even their left wing support on matters such as homeland security.
Maybe an even better question is when will the left wing stop tayloring their positions to the polls and take a stand for what is right, despite its popularity. Even liberals have to admit that though they might disagree with conservative policies, they admire the fact that conservative politicians are willing to stand by what they believe is right even when their position is unpopular.
Perhaps the reason that the far left wing of the democratic party is scared to stand up for what they believe in is that what they believe in is so out of touch with anything your average citizen would accept that they know if they stand up for it they will be tossed. When the average citizen realizes that this is the reason people like Hillary and Kerry straddle fences and refuse to take a stand for what they believe, they will toss them anyway.
The NY Times published this article on the NSA wiretapping. What is amazing is that 90% of the article is straight reporting of the president and atorney generals arguments for the NSA wiretapping. Of course they have to throw in the obligatory democrat commentary:
Leading Democrats said on Monday that they found the White House’s latest line of defense to be unpersuasive, with Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate Democratic leader, saying Mr. Bush’s speech reflected a refusal to “come clean” with the public. “I am eager for the Bush administration to level with the American people and participate fully and openly in upcoming Congressional hearings,” scheduled for Feb. 6 in the Senate, Mr. Reid said. “We can be strong and operate under the rule of law.”
Apparently the fact that the wiretapping is legal, constitutional, there has been a precident set for it in the past, and it is extremely necessary for the protection of the American people is not good enough for Reid. What more can he want? UN approval? Consistency with Singapores constitution? Legality according to Venezuelan law? Very simply, Harry Reid hates the president and he is demonstrating that he is willing put the American people in harms way in order to hurt him politically.