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VDH's Plain Talk

Victor Davis Hanson has lots to say, but this really strikes the nail:

Yet when war did come, at least their frenzy ceased and the nation closed ranks to defeat the enemy. So when Gen. Clark implies that President Bush knew in advance about 9/11 or when candidates Kerry and Dean insist that the effort in Iraq is characterized by deceit, illegality, and corruption, they and all those who repeat their slurs have crossed the line, and will only earn the wages of a George McClellan who likewise slandered Lincoln as a warmonger, lost the election, and then rightly ended up in bitter retirement.

It is time for Clark, Dean, Kerry and the rest either right now to advocate legislation to stop the war and bring the troops home — or to simply be quiet and support the effort of our soldiers. Any further hysteria about purpose rather than quibbling over tactics, and the American people will rightly conclude that such Democratic invective hurts America and helps its enemies, whose entire strategy of assassination and terror is aimed at appealing to the anti-war movement in the United States.

I can't help it. Anyone who recollects George McClellan in relation to this ill-considered anti-Democracy movement has their head on straight. It's just a foretaste of what's coming if the Democrats nominate Dean, which they almost certainly will. I think it's within the realm of possibility that there won't be a single blue state in November, 2004.

Posted by Demosophist at November 7, 2003 10:09 PM | TrackBack