alt.politics.republicans

On Aug 25, 1:15 pm, last_p...@ wrote:
> HAWK-TURNED-DOVE DEMS RALLY ROUND THE WHITE FLAG
>
> By CHARLES HURT August 24, 2007 --
> DEMOCRATS bristle when people call them
> "Defeatocrats," but they're certainly living up
> to that name.
>
> A surprising number of Democrats have
> acknowledged recently that the "surge" of
> . troops in Iraq appears to be working.
>
> This week, President Bush told veterans,
> "They're clearing the terrorists out of
> population centers; they're giving families
> in liberated Iraqi cities a look at a decent
> and hopeful life."
>
> Democrats who have demanded a
> "change of course" in Iraq are thrilled that
> their advice was heeded and that Bush's
> strategy shows signs of hope, right?
>
> Wrong.
>
> Although she admitted the military's new
> tactics are "working," Hillary Rodham
> Clinton issued an immediate response to
> Bush's speech reiterating her call to begin
> pulling out of Iraq right now.
>
> John Edwards also re-stated his call for
> withdrawal, and added that he doesn't
> even believe the surge is working.
>
> They have become the "lose at all costs" crowd.
>
> What is mind-boggling to remember at times like this
> is that Clinton and Edwards both voted in favor of
> the war in Iraq.
>
> At the time, Edwards said that Saddam Hussein
> was "the most serious and imminent threat to our
> country."
>
> Now, Clinton and Edwards want to be president
> and have to explain how they - by their own
> standards - made such a grievous error.
>
> They will tell you that the intelligence they relied upon
> was shaky. No weapons of mass destruction were
> found. They never intended the war to be so ineptly
> run. And they didn't expect it to go on this long.
>
> But the great thing about a presidential campaign is
> that all the nuances candidates use to muddy their
> record on essential issues fall away.
>
> All that are left are the simple, basic facts.
>
> In this case, it is that Clinton and Edwards voted for
> the war when it was popular. They supported it until
> their support threatened their political careers, and
> then they stopped supporting it.
>
> It's too soon to tell if their about-face was in time to
> save their own political skins. But one thing is for
> sure. It's too late for all those young men and
> women who have already paid their last full
> measure.
>
> ch...@

Good read! Yea I seen an older interview of Edwards with O'Reilly,
and Edwards said that Democrats will stay united in support of the
war. Then the wind changed, and naturally so does the Fems.