Joe Lieberman: Recovering Democrat

Is Joe Lieberman the only liberal thinker out there who understands how foolish it is to put partisan politics before national security? In an interview with The Hill,

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/lieberman-escalates-attack-on-iraq-critics-2007-07-31.html, he blasts his former liberal allies on their continued criticism of the president and the war. “I fear that some people take this position also because anything President Bush is for, they’ll be against, and that’s wrong,” said Lieberman, a staunch advocate of the war. “There’s a great tradition in our history of partisanship generally receding when it comes to foreign policy. But for the moment we’ve lost that.” That little quote, folks, explains it all. Liberal Democrats hate George Bush so much that they will blame him for anything, even a natural disaster, and anything he is for the will automatically be against. Hurricane Katrina? George Bush's fault. 9/11? George Bush's fault. Global warming? George Bush's fault. The sinking of Titanic? They're not sure they can prove it, but they know George Bush sank it. Liberals hate him so much that, even in the middle of a war against an evil enemy that wants all Christians and Jews dead, they can't bring themselves to admit that sometimes fighting is the only option. Because Joe Lieberman doesn't subscribe to the point of view that anything George Bush says or does is wrong, they hung him out to dry in the last election, even though he was the Democrat Party's choice for Vice President in 2000. Yet, as American voters seem to like a guy who has the courage to stand by his beliefs, he won his Senate seat as an independent. “I think either [Democrats] are, in my opinion, respectfully, naïve in thinking we can somehow defeat this enemy with talk, or they’re simply hesitant to use American power, including military power,” Lieberman was quoted as saying by The Hill. Well, maybe, but it's more likely that no Democrat wants to be caught siding with the president. Lieberman is so put off by this that he hasn't ruled out jumping ship entirely and becoming a Republican. Keep in mind, by the way, that Joe Lieberman is in no way, shape, or form a conservative. That has to say something for the direction the Democrat party is going, don't you think? Could he become the first nationally recognized liberal Republican? I wonder if there's a support group for that.....

Prince Harry To Star In War-Time Reality Show...Fergie Pissed!

Well, it was bound to happen. We all knew sending a member of the Royal family into a battlefield could get him shot. I just didn't expect it to be from a camera crew. Yes, the gallant Prince will have his own reality television show, forever capturing on film the true strength of the British nobles and their people. Some say this could make things even more dangerous for the prince...after all, terrorists are already placing bets on who will be the first to cut off a royal body part, but Harry's more annoyed by the attention than worried about his appendages. He says he's just there to fight, and judging by the picture to the left, I'd have to say I believe him. He looks more like Dirty Harry than Prince Harry. Still, I hope Harry lets the cameras roll, because it would be nice to see the royals in a flattering light again. Every time you hear about a member of the royal family, it's always something like, "Charles is having an affair," or, "the Duke of Windsor wears a dress, " or, "the prince dressed up like Hitler for Halloween." Ever since Charles and Diana split up, I felt so embarrassed for these people, and I'm not even English! So, lead your soldiers into battle, good prince, like kings of yore, and let the cameras catch all of the glory. After all, I like you Brits, but you could frankly use a little good PR, for a change. Besides, most everyone is tired of seeing pictures of Fergie on the tabloids...except for me...I think the Duchess looks pretty terrific after losing all of that weight.

Congress Advises Terrorists To Hide Until 2008

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today, as reported by David Espo of the Associated Press, that it is time to "send a message to President Bush," and also, it appears, to Muqtada al-Sadr, who is probably jumping up and down right now, waving a banner that reads Hillary '08. The message, by the way is, "don't worry, we don't have the stomach to wage war, to do whatever it takes to win no matter the cost. Just hide out for a year or so, and then, when we've left, you can go back to killing people." Actually, the quote from the AP was that "the time has come to find a new way forward in this intractable war." I guess to Sen. Reid, the "way forward" is retreat.
I know what it is, folks, and if you search deep down in the cockles of your gallop poll results, you do, too. The report twice mentions the number 3,200. That's the number of U.S. lives sacrificed since the start of this conflict, and it's worth mentioning, but why twice in an article about funding? Actually, the media have been pounding the death toll into our heads since the very beginning, as if to say, "death, death, more violent death, and sadness should be your deepest emotion! Out! Out! Out of Iraq, it's not worth it..." Well, what would be worth it? Ask the men who took Iwo Jima. 4,197 killed in action, 19,189 wounded, 1,401 died of wounds, 494 missing, and that was within just over a month. That was one battle. To me, I hear the number 3200 over four years, and I think, "That's great, the military has never been better!" Most people think, "Those poor shlubs...Damn that evil Bush!"
Ask yourself this: what if, during 1941-1945, instead of Movietone Newsreels, you had CNN telling you we have no chance at victory, and a congress that defied the President at every turn calling for less funding for soldiers and more for Spinach crops and shrimp industry losses? Well, you don't have to imagine it, because Harry Reid and his ilk are making history, folks, and aren't you proud to be a part of it? Another first for America, the first time in our nation's history when our own congress takes weapons and training from our soldiers and gives hope to our enemy. All the terrorists have to do is mark their calenders, and all our soldiers have to do is...well, give up in disgrace. Sound good to you?
Me, neither. Fortunately, it appears that George Bush has recently had a spinal transplant, and I hope it takes, because that means "veto," but the dems can always get that 2/3 vote they need, so pray hard. Sen. Reid was also quoted as saying, "I would hope that [President Bush] would be willing to work with us in coming up with some language that both (houses of Congress) could accept. At this stage, he has been very non-negotiable. So we'll see what happens." The soldiers don't want your compromise, they want funding, and as a patriot, I don't want your language, either...I want action. I want to win. Be careful, Senator, that alarm clock you're giving to the insurgency may just show up as an IED on a busy Iraqi highway, or maybe even on the mall.