Every once in a while I have a Mr. Burns moment.
I, of course, refer to the popular Simpsons villain who places his fingertips together and says in that ever so recognizable voice, "exxxcellent."
But when I do it, I'm not plotting an evil event, I'm just watching the buffoonery of the Democrat Party.
The mainstream media and the Democrats themselves have shelved the only contenders whom honestly have any chance of beating Bush for a couple of Johnny-come-lately philanderers who have flip-flopped more than a dying trout.
Howard Dean's principle "support" seems to be of the far-left extremists who don't tend to vote and who scare off centrist voters. His attacks on Dick Cheney's energy task force, while having a similar task force in Vermont while he was governor, make him out to be a hypocrite. His attacks on the Iowa Caucus as unimportant and controlled by special interests show his lack of political insight. Finally, his repeated claims that the United States is no safer now that Saddam Hussein is in custody shows his total lack of understanding as to the atrocities Saddam performed.
Wesley Clark, whose lackluster military career interspersed with activities of sheer fumbling stupidity has apparently given him some kind of authority in foreign affairs, is no better. While Clark said he would have supported the war in Iraq one day, he quickly changed his tune the next day. During his stint as NATO Supreme Allied Commander, he exchanged dialogue and hats with a war criminal whom allegedly orchestrated the ethnic cleansing that killed thousands. According to a British unit under his command, he ordered them to attack a Russian unit attempting to take control of an airport. An order, that if carried out, could have started a world war between the United States and Russia.
Two candidates, completely out of their depths; two candidates whose principle campaign method is "Blame Bush for everything, because that's what our ultra-left constituency wants to hear."-á
But that's not what America wants to hear. Americans are drawn to positive statements supporting optimism and growth. Clark and Dean focus on the negative, whatever that negative may be. Bush sets goals and leads America to a safer, better, and more prosperous tomorrow. I'll pit those two messages against one another any day.
This week, Bush will outline plans to establish a base on the moon and in a few decades, send a man to Mars. These are the kinds of things that Americans love, not more rhetoric about how millions are without health insurance, and how their administration will fix it right up. The battle of ideas has begun, and I am afraid the Democratic candidates have come unarmed.
Exxxcellent.
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