Winning Formulae
It's rhetorical question time again!
Tell me, which do you think is the platform that will capture the 2006 mid-term elections?
This one, characterized by:
***Designating a crooked and impeached former federal judge as the next Chairman on the House Intelligence Committee;
***Sending open letters to President Bush demanding (1) "transitioning the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter-terrorism, training, logistics and force protection" (which is precisely what we've been doing for the past three years), (2) "beginning the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq before the end of this year" (a pell-mell retreat), (3) "working with Iraqi leaders to disarm the militias and to develop a broad-based and sustainable political settlement, including amending the Constitution to achieve a fair sharing of power and resources" (the former of which we're already doing, the middle of which has already been done, and the latter of which is none of our damn business if the elected Iraqi government is to be sovereign in anything other than name only), and (4) "convening an international conference and contact group to support a political settlement in Iraq, to preserve Iraq's sovereignty, and to revitalize the stalled economic reconstruction and rebuilding effort" (surrendering Iraq to Iran and Syria).
Oh, yes, and firing Donald Rumsfeld. That'd solve ALL our problems, huh?
***Apply the Bush Doctrine to our Middle Eastern friends in Baghdad and Islamabad instead of our enemies in Tehran and Damascus.
...or this one, focused on national security, spending, with tax cuts and a potential battle over judges thrown in as well.
The latter platform seems to be having the desired effect:
And will be in an even better position two months from now.
They say you can't beat something with nothing. How much less so with "worse than nothing"? For that is what passes for a Donk "Contract with America" is being recognized as, with Election Day coming over the horizon.
And not a moment too soon.
UPDATE: Cal Thomas has some more rhetorical questions:
Thomas' questions are doubly rhetorical, actually, because we both know the obvious answers as well as the equally obvious Donk spin that will be applied to them. How fortunate for us all (including the Donks) that it doesn't matter what they think, a biennial reality that is scheduled to make another appearance on November 7th.
Tell me, which do you think is the platform that will capture the 2006 mid-term elections?
This one, characterized by:
***Designating a crooked and impeached former federal judge as the next Chairman on the House Intelligence Committee;
***Sending open letters to President Bush demanding (1) "transitioning the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter-terrorism, training, logistics and force protection" (which is precisely what we've been doing for the past three years), (2) "beginning the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq before the end of this year" (a pell-mell retreat), (3) "working with Iraqi leaders to disarm the militias and to develop a broad-based and sustainable political settlement, including amending the Constitution to achieve a fair sharing of power and resources" (the former of which we're already doing, the middle of which has already been done, and the latter of which is none of our damn business if the elected Iraqi government is to be sovereign in anything other than name only), and (4) "convening an international conference and contact group to support a political settlement in Iraq, to preserve Iraq's sovereignty, and to revitalize the stalled economic reconstruction and rebuilding effort" (surrendering Iraq to Iran and Syria).
Oh, yes, and firing Donald Rumsfeld. That'd solve ALL our problems, huh?
***Apply the Bush Doctrine to our Middle Eastern friends in Baghdad and Islamabad instead of our enemies in Tehran and Damascus.
...or this one, focused on national security, spending, with tax cuts and a potential battle over judges thrown in as well.
The latter platform seems to be having the desired effect:
As Republican House members return home from three weeks in their districts, the news is mixed, according the House insiders. But the news is also more positive than negative. While a number of House seats are in play, GOP House members who were down as much as ten points before returning home, are coming back to Washington with polling data that shows many of them back on solid footing with their constituencies."
I think there is rightly a lot of anger about the way Iraq and the Middle East is looking," says one House member from the upper northeast. "But I think my poll numbers - and those of my colleagues - had a lot to do with being complacent and hesitant to deal with the issues full on. I went home, worked my butt off, and feel like I'm in a better position than I was a month ago."
And will be in an even better position two months from now.
They say you can't beat something with nothing. How much less so with "worse than nothing"? For that is what passes for a Donk "Contract with America" is being recognized as, with Election Day coming over the horizon.
And not a moment too soon.
UPDATE: Cal Thomas has some more rhetorical questions:
When gas prices rose to near record levels this summer, it was supposedly due to the incompetence of the Bush Administration. Gas prices have now dropped to well under $3 a gallon where I live. If it was Bush's "incompetence" that caused the spike, does he now get credit for the decline?...
August employment figures again show a healthy economy due largely to what Democrats call "irresponsible" tax cuts for the wealthy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, total non-farm payroll employment increased by 128,000 last month, with the unemployment rate staying at a low 4.7%. Does the President get competence points for this?...
The war on terror scored an important victory last weekend with the arrest of al-Qaida's #2 in Iraq, Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi. Iraqi and coalition forces issued a statement that said the arrest has caused al-Qaida a "serious leadership crisis." Will Democrats and their media allies praise the Bush Administration for this sign of competence in fighting the Iraq War?
Thomas' questions are doubly rhetorical, actually, because we both know the obvious answers as well as the equally obvious Donk spin that will be applied to them. How fortunate for us all (including the Donks) that it doesn't matter what they think, a biennial reality that is scheduled to make another appearance on November 7th.
posted by JASmius at 8:43 PM
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