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Sure, I absolutely agree that we should not be and should never have gone into Iraq, but Democrats now face a problem with pinning their hopes for taking over congress on just opposition to the war.
With his popularity low, and with public support for the war slipping lower with each american death, Lil Boots will have no option, and we will for sure see withdrawals probably starting in the spring. At that point, Democrats will have lost any chance to take over congress, because the repugnants will turn it around on them and say "see, we did it, so are you now opposing withdrawal?".
Once again the Repugs will have strategically defeated the Democrats and we will be stuck with at least two more years of a republican government. How much more damage can they do in that time, and will there be any remnant of the United States left to save by that time?
So it's apparent that pinning our hopes on a 'get out of Iraq' message is a plan for defeat. It's my belief that Democrat strategy should be based not on Iraq itself, but on the secrecy and lies this administration and the republicans in general have used on the American people to achieve and hold power. Use the 'Culture of Corruption' mantra, but use it as a general heading to emphasize all the different ways we have been hornswaggled, and let them build so that everywhere the people turn they are faced with republican lies and corruption.
And there's so much to use against them.
The reason Boy Bush opposes Kyoto? It's not the economy. They are ALL OILMEN! They'll lose money.
And how about that new word in the lexicon: Rendition. For TORTURE! Americans Torturing People. Who'd ever have thunk it? NAZIs do that, not Americans!
It won't take advanced math to count all the repug politicians caught in corruption. It's time to shove it in their faces. And if one or two dems get caught in that net, well they deserve it.
Talk about how all the corruption stems from our election laws that let lobbyists buy the loyalty of politicians, and how Conneticut(?) has passed a law requiring all elections in the state to be only publicly financed, removing the profit motive from politics. This is one thing most Americans are ready for.
I say right now that unless Democrats widen their stance against the repugnant republicans, and get off the 'out of Iraq' mantra, we will not regain control of government, and in fact become a party with virtually NO support among the people.
Now is the time when we can regain some control, and if we don't, there will, in effect be NO democratic party.
My opinion, yours may vary. Let's have some discussion. What do YOU think?
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