Have Dems given up on talking about ending Bush's war?

[amerikat]

My friend Alice asked me to post this on DU. Thanks.




2008 Price of The Bush War in Iraq
By 70-year-old grandmother, poet



For struggling Americans --

a Three-TRILLION-Dollar splurge.

For Halliburton cronies --

huge sweetheart deals converge.

For over 4,000 U.S. troops –

a solemn funeral dirge.

For old-time pols –

fixation on a surge.




As Iraqis shout us OUT,

we ARE their scourge.

As ever more Al Qaeda

in Afghanistan resurge,

No More McSame, McBush,

the people urge

as the TOTAL White House Group

they vow to purge.



-- As Americans in vast numbers

now collectively converge

with their once-in-a-lifetime

vote for transformation to emerge,

McLost-it-in-November becomes

a Grand Old Party dirge --

as a strong and risen people

lead their history-making SURGE!



© 2008, Alice Connally Fisk [e-mail]



VOTE DEMOCRAT 2008

OUR TIME HAS COME



YES! OBAMA/BIDEN



NO! BUSH/McCAIN

[Cleita]

1. I have noticed that so far, no one has brought it up except Cindy Sheehan. n/t

[stillcool]

8. I didn't watch today..

but I watched all the speeches yesterday, and I am certain that the war was brought up. I guess if it's not on the soap opera shows, it didn't happen?

[GammaRay]

2. They gave that up after we elected them.

To most of them we're just "idiot liberals" as Obey calls us.

[texastoast]

3. I'm not

And I just might get a little pinkly active if we don't see some "change" real soon after January 20.

There will be no "we don't have enough votes" excuse then (my humble prediction).

And that war had better end.

[spanone]

4. it's a sad, pathetic world that let's bu$h* and cheny walk away free and wealthy

[orleans]

5. i don't know but apparently we've given up trying to keep republicans

out of our convention. tweety was just interviewing romney

[Michigan Soldier]

6. The surge worked...so what?

Does that mean we went for the right reasons anyway???? OK. We as Democrats were wrong about the surge. But W has been wrong all along on attacking Iraq. I guess most Democrats think we need a good exit so that we dont embolden the terrorist. But I do notice that Obama is now calling for a slower withdrawal.

I read someone say that we voted them in so they got what they wanted. I have to agree. The party is slowly turning their backs on us and our demands. That is why some are moving towards the Green party.

[spanone]

7. the surge was only for political reconciliation. hence, the surge did NOT work.

[stillcool]

9. what a hoot..

Is that why we're still there? Too bad Joe Lieberman is the one vote that makes the Democrats have the majority.