Re: When Will the Democrats Wake Up?

Mitchell Holman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Darn, I was all set to set you straight. Nice article
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> Dallas Morning News
> 11/11/03
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> 'When will the Democrats wake up?' 
> 
> The Bush-bashing by the Democrats is heating up as we 
> draw closer to the 2004 elections. Yet, in spite of 
> this, two more Republican governors – one in Kentucky, 
> and another in Mississippi ­– were elected last week. 
> 
> This proves that Democrats just don't really understand 
> what's important to the average American who remembers 
> how bad things were four years ago. 
> 
> Sure, the Bush administration is creating a debt (even 
> larger than Ronald Reagan's) that will take generations 
> of Americans to pay off. And it's true that things appear 
> to be getting worse – not better – in Iraq and are beginning 
> to have a somewhat Vietnamesque appearance with American 
> soldiers dying at an alarming rate. Oh, and yeah. No weapons 
> of mass destruction found yet. 
> 
> And it is true that warlords control all of Afghanistan 
> except for Kabul and some major highways. And it's also 
> true that NATO and the United Nations are now less effective 
> due to our mostly unilateral military intervention into Iraq, 
> which lessens stability worldwide. And, OK, the much-touted 
> Bush plan for $15 billion in AIDS assistance for Africa in 
> the end will really only amount to a fraction of that being 
> delivered. And, yes, it's a fact that the Bush administration 
> wants to starve Amtrak out of existence (though it carried a 
> record number of Americans this year), while $87 billion is 
> just the tip of what's needed in Iraq and Afghanistan in the 
> future. 
> 
> And, of course, I concede that the Bush administration did 
> manage to convert all the worldwide good will following Sept. 
> 11 into a general distrust, if not outright hatred of the 
> United States throughout the globe. Yes, all these things are 
> unfortunate. 
> 
> But, as Democrats seem to forget, all of these things remain 
> inconsequential in comparison to President Clinton's sexual 
> relations with Monica (even though it was two consenting adults). 
> When will the Democrats wake up? 
> 
> Mark W. Meyer, Haltom City, Texas 
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