Democrats and Iraq

Harold Meyerson claims that George Bush is unlucky in his opponents because they are so hard to demonize, unlike the anti-war protestors that Richard Nixon faced. The people he points to are Cindy Sheehan, Patrick Fitzpatrick and John Murtha. One thing those three people have in common is that I had never heard of any of them a year ago. Probably a year from now, I will have forgotten them. The real leader of the opposition in Washington is John McCain, who happens to be a Republican who supported Bush when he ran for re-election. Although Meyerson says that Bush has little to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, I think that not having an opposition is something for which one could give thanks. That's way Bush is going to rebound in the polls and the Republicans are going to do well in 2006. The economy is strong and Wall Street is rallying. In the absence of anyone serious who really against Bush, he is going to get more popular. The fact that the media hates his guts and there are a lot of Democratic Underground type lunatics who despise him doesn't really change things. In fact, they are probably assets. Ironically Bush is mostly criticized for the things that are most admirable about him. His triumphs are that he cut taxes at home and liberated millions of people in Afghanistan and Iraq. His worst mistakes were signing bills that emasculated the First Amendment and will probably bankrupt the country sometime in the near future.

Was the entire Democratic Party Brainwashed?

The Democrats are completed focused on accusing the President of misleading them. As others have noted, this is reminiscent of George Romney, GOP Governor of Michigan, claiming in 1968 that he had been brainwashed by the Pentagon to support the war in Vietnam. Romney's candidacy imploded soon afterward. Now, it's an entire party that's taking the same line, probably with the same results. Personally I think the Democratic line here only shows themselves to be dupes, fools and cowards.

I think that Bush will be in strong shape in 2006. Larry Kudlow is on the mark when he says that Bush's support is bottoming right now. It's going to get better from here. The economy is strong, the Fed is going to stop raising rates soon and the price of oil is dropping. We'll probably start withdrawing troops next year from Iraq. George W has a tendency to peak at the right time, such as the mid-term elections in 2002, the re-election in 2004 and I think he'll do the same in 2006.