Cowardly Democrats

Earthside Comments: The establishment Democratic Party is so cowardly, so spineless that even when as many as 63 percent of Americans now support full or partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, they will not publically support the Peace Movement in this country. As bad as Bush is, one of the great enablers for the policies and decisions of the 'Master of Disaster' is the elitist Democratic Party ... because they will not oppose, they will not challenge, they will not stand fast on any matter of principle. They are so afraid that Karl Rove will call them "unpatriotic" -- that they continuously let Bush and his cronies get away with murder (1,912 U.S. troops killed for a lie on the orders of Bush). Until rank-and-file Democrats and progressives cut the apron-strings with the establishment, pro-war, cowardly Democratic Party ... Bush's reign of error will go on. It is up to us to demand change.

Link: Poll: Fewer Than Half Think U.S. Will Win in Iraq | CNN

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday indicated fewer than half of Americans believe the United States will win the Iraq war, and 55 percent of those surveyed said it should speed up withdrawal plans. ... The results followed others this week that found only 32 percent of those interviewed supported President Bush's handling of the war, 63 percent supported a full or partial withdrawal and and 54 percent favored cutting spending on the conflict to pay for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Link: Top Democrats Won't Attend Anti-War Rally in Washington | Knight Ridder Newspapers

"There are a lot of people here who are wondering, where are the Democrats?" said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic House member from Maine who's now the national director of Win Without War, one of several groups that are organizing three days of protests against the war in Washington starting Saturday. "The Democratic Party has an identity crisis on this issue. We need voices. We need leadership," Andrews said. "But fear is driving them." The rally comes at a time when a growing number of Americans want a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, a proposition that both President Bush and many leading Democrats reject.

Comments

[Fred Charles]

I am so ashamed and embarassed for Pres. and Laura Bush that the Bush daughters don't support their dad the way they should, and haven't volunteered for service in iraq. I'd bet my life the President has told them they should, because Pres. and Mrs. Bush aren't hypocrites, they are God-fearing, sincere Christian soldiers, and they wouldn't ask other parent's kids to make that sacrifice if they weren't asking their own kids to join the Crusade to transform the Arabs into decent, honest white-type people who know what toilet paper is and we have taught thempeople haw to use it! Praise Jeassus!
sincerely,
fred charles
Micisuke, fl