once again, we are seeing a total lack of leadership by the Democratic Party on the Iraq issue ... the American people are way ahead of the statements being issued by the Democratic Party and most of its elected "leaders". It's one thing to applaud Democrats for their repeated criticisms of bush's mishandling of Iraq, but Democrats seem to be offering virtually no alternatives ...
go ask 5 people what the Democratic position on Iraq is ... i expect you'll receive a very muddled answer ... the tide has turned in Iraq ... the American people are not going to wake up one day and decide this was a really great idea afterall ... support for bush's insanity is rapidly declining and it's time for Democrats to get out in front on this issue ... otherwise, the Party is irrelevant on one of the most critical issues we face ... totally f%^kin irrelevant ... this is not the kind of leadership to restore Democrats to a majority status ...
here's a link to the latest polling:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050118/ts_alt_afp/usiraqpolls&cid=1506&ncid=1473a Washington Post/ABC News poll showed that 55 percent of Americans felt the Iraq war was not worth fighting, against 44 percent who thought it was.
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Respondents also disapproved of Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq by a 58 to 40 percent margin, and 57 percent of the 1,007 adults surveyed by telephone from January 12-16 were not confident that the upcoming elections in Iraq would lead to a stable government.
Similarly, a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll published in the nationally distributed newspaper showed that Americans believed it was a mistake sending troops to Iraq by a 52-to-47 percent margin.
Also based on a telephone survey of 1,007 adults, taken January 14-16, the USA Today poll found that respondents were now more or less equally divided as to whether the United States should keep, increase, reduce current troops levels in Iraq.the important point of this last poll is the trend ... it will not be going back up ... are Democrats just afraid to engage politically on Iraq? do they really believe that a military solution is helping the people of Iraq? do they not understand that "we have met the enemy and they are us"? do they really still believe that internationalizing the military force will somehow appease the "insurgency"? do they really still believe internationalizing the force is an option?
the Democratic Party needs to take a real stand ... it's clear where the American people are headed on the issue; it's clearer still that Democrats have had more than enough of this insanity ... c'mon Democrats, it's time to come out against continued occupation ... it's time to be bold ... it's time to call for withdrawal ...