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Blinded to Common Enemies
By David Limbaugh, www.davidlimbaugh.com
November 3, 2005
Political parties, by definition, engage in politics--obviously. It's what they do. But the Democratic leadership is so singularly driven by partisan politics that they appear incapable of recognizing our common enemies. They sometimes even seem disinclined to stand behind America when Republicans are running it, for fear of strengthening the latter's standing.
For example, instead of recognizing the potential avian flu pandemic as a common enemy and joining President Bush in combating the problem, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy, to name a few, reflexively chose to castigate Bush for not reacting soon and forcefully enough to prepare the nation. Their remarks were hysterical, and grossly political--even for them.
Their reaction was virtually indistinguishable from their reaction to Katrina. They were simply unable (or unwilling), through their donkey-stained lenses, to see the hurricane as the common enemy and marshal their efforts toward finding solutions. The national disaster provided too grand an opportunity to demonize President Bush.
They read of 2,000 American deaths in Iraq and think, "President Bush's deceit, imperial adventurism and mismanagement of the war have caused 2,000 Americans to die." I doubt it ever occurs to them that the casualties, though utterly tragic, have been for a noble cause--one they daily undermine.
It is even less likely that news of American deaths evokes in them a visceral contempt for our common enemy, the bloodthirsty murderers, responsible for them. Such an emotion doesn't square with their delusional "Bush lied" template.
For full article:
http://www.davidlimbaugh.com/mt/archive/2005/11/new_column_blin...html
By David Limbaugh, www.davidlimbaugh.com
November 3, 2005
Political parties, by definition, engage in politics--obviously. It's what they do. But the Democratic leadership is so singularly driven by partisan politics that they appear incapable of recognizing our common enemies. They sometimes even seem disinclined to stand behind America when Republicans are running it, for fear of strengthening the latter's standing.
For example, instead of recognizing the potential avian flu pandemic as a common enemy and joining President Bush in combating the problem, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy, to name a few, reflexively chose to castigate Bush for not reacting soon and forcefully enough to prepare the nation. Their remarks were hysterical, and grossly political--even for them.
Their reaction was virtually indistinguishable from their reaction to Katrina. They were simply unable (or unwilling), through their donkey-stained lenses, to see the hurricane as the common enemy and marshal their efforts toward finding solutions. The national disaster provided too grand an opportunity to demonize President Bush.
They read of 2,000 American deaths in Iraq and think, "President Bush's deceit, imperial adventurism and mismanagement of the war have caused 2,000 Americans to die." I doubt it ever occurs to them that the casualties, though utterly tragic, have been for a noble cause--one they daily undermine.
It is even less likely that news of American deaths evokes in them a visceral contempt for our common enemy, the bloodthirsty murderers, responsible for them. Such an emotion doesn't square with their delusional "Bush lied" template.
For full article:
http://www.davidlimbaugh.com/mt/archive/2005/11/new_column_blin...html
