Dionne: Slowly Sidling To Iraq's Exit-GOP Candidates leaving *

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082800850.html

By Election Day, how many Republican candidates will have come out against the Iraq war or distanced themselves from the administration's policies?

August 2006 will be remembered as a watershed in the politics of Iraq. It is the month in which a majority of Americans told pollsters that the struggle for Iraq was not connected to the larger war on terrorism. They thus renounced a proposition the administration has pushed relentlessly since it began making the case four years ago to invade Iraq.

That poll finding, from a New York Times-CBS News survey, came to life on the campaign trail when Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.), one of the most articulate supporters of the war, announced last Thursday that he favored a time frame for withdrawing troops.

Shays is in a tough race for reelection against Democrat Diane Farrell, who has made opposition to the war a central issue. After his 14th trip to Iraq, Shays announced that "the only way we are able to encourage some political will on the part of Iraqis is to have a timeline for troop withdrawal."

[PSPS]

1. These are all "death bed conversions"

and if these criminals pull it off, they'll jump right back in line behind Der Furher after the election.

[ShockediSay]

2. Flip Floppers

can always flip back into the flop flock

[Demeter]

3. NO GOP Will Actually Come Out For Withdrawal

because their lives wouldn't be worth a nickel. Nor will they impeach the bastard--too much blackmail material exists.