The President’s Speech

As you listen to the twaddle being spouted by HRH Pelosi and her ilk following the Presidents speech last night keep this in mind: It is not their fear that the plan will fail that motivates the opposition, it is the fear that it might succeed.

The Democrats cannot afford to have Bush prevail in Iraq. A victory in Iraq will only help the party out of power in the next election. The goal is to drag out the quagmire in Iraq for another two years to use it as capital in the next election cycle.

How can you say that Rumbear? Well, let’s look at the facts.

Recall the election in November? Cindy Sheehan? The Democrats ran on getting the troops out of Iraq. Indeed, Cindy Sheehan disrupted the press conference of Rahm Emmanuel (D) Ill. as recently as January 4th with chants to bring the troops home.

Yet, after the election we got a lot of shoe shuffling and retrospection. Hmmm, if we bring the troops home what will be the issue for the next two years. Well maybe that’s not the best “strategery” for our party. So we had leading Democrats shifting gears and calling for more troops. Remember that? Well, now they got it and guess what, they are no longer for it. Go here for a full round up of those who were “for the troop surge before they were against it”.

A cynic might postulate that the Democratic position is simply; If Bush is for it, we're against it. Clearly, it is not about what’s good for the country, and it’s about what’s good for the Democrats. Quite simply, a failed war benefits them, a victory does not.

We have platitudes from Harry Reid and HRH Pelosi that the “First 100 Hours” is coming…leadership is just around the corner….just wait until we start that clock…..oh boy, are you gonna see some action……a plan, yeah, that’s the ticket, a plan!

President Bush gave a speech as a leader last night. He laid out his solution. There’s the old adage, lead, follow or get outta the way.

Meanwhile…….Tick Tock, Nancy Baby, TICK TOCK.