I found a link to a Washington Times on-line article by UPI, regarding an international poll about national confidence. Afghans and Iraqis are most confident about their future among all nations polled, including the US, Europe, and Canada:
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060124-012008-3394r.htmI couldn't find this anywhere on the usual liberal media sites, no surprise. I'm sure you will hear no Democrats mentioning this until they have to get re-elected - then suddenly they'll have been pro-military all along. They'll point to this success and be very proud of the vote to give W the authority to act in Afghanistan and Iraq. Gone will be any mention of Bush-Lied, No Al Queda/Saddam connection, Blood for Oil, NSA spying, Niger Yellowcake, Plame/Wilson, casualties, bad soldier morale, no progress, no training, lawlessness, and on and on.
The success of Bush's foreign policy glares around the world, and nay-saying Democrats, through their arrogant propaganda organs in the leftist media will now suddenly change their stripes.
Bush's recent performance in his public appearances is also seriously marginalizing the moonbats. His confident, forthright, easy demeanor wins many over with every folksy quip or grin. It's great to hear him, and ordinary folks reaction to him.
I loved the Iraqi/Kurd woman's plug for him and slam at the anti-war left during his Kansas State University appearance - fantastic! I'd link to a video of it, but I can't find it anymore on major sites. She managed to work in thanks for the President, a 'shut up' to his anti-war detractors, the fact that she lost 10 family members to Saddam's regime (and retrieving their bones out of mass graves), a big plug for Iraq's recent successful election, that two women in her family were now elected representatives, and that she spoke for Sunni, Kurd, and Christian members of her family. We need to hear a lot more of this.
But you won't. Democrats have their anti-Bush playbook and they're following it step by step. The playbook requires defeat in Iraq, terrorist attacks within the US and around the world, a weak economy, open borders, high crime, and strong enemies. It's methods include treason, betrayal, backstabbing, character assasination, smears, lies, and one-sided journalism. This is the DNC/Kennedy/Kerry/Gore/Moore/Soros wing, who by the way have the biggest man-purses.
But the Democratic playbook weakness is that it doesn't count on political whores like the Clintons. With Hillary moving right as fast as she can, look for fireworks with her honest liberal friends, supporters, and peers. She'll attempt the same "I'm a moderate by gosh, honestly!" approach that served her serial-philandering husband so well. It will be interesting to see which side the media takes in that fight - a greedy, self-interested hop into the Clinton sheets (as they always have), or the supposedly cleaner sheets of their liberal overlords?
In the end, she'll be the only seemingly electable Democrat in 2008. There will be an epic showdown in the DNC, and she'll get the cash. The liberals will be trapped with another liberal candidate who has to continue her moderate facade in a national election, a female Kerry. Add to that the extremely Republican-energizing quality of another Clinton candicacy (in particular Hitlery Rotten Klintoon herself), and the Democrats would get more votes running the dead body of Jimmah Cahtah for President of the United States in 2008.
Oh wait, he's still alive? Okay, Hillary would get more votes than a LIVE Jimmah, but no one else.
Adios MF,
Doug