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Paul Gessing cites the iconoclastic Bruce Bartlett’s column that the Ds have become so shrill as to alienate the broad middle. Bartlett states:

From what I read on the blogs these days, most Democrats believe that their party's single biggest problem is that it is not tough enough. Their solution is to be ever more shrill and hysterical in attacking Republicans. As a Republican, I think this is wonderful. It just makes Democrats look like kooks, and forces moderates to vote Republican.

This is part of my point in my Let’s Be Careful Out There blog. Sure, Iraq II is being waged in – let’s call it – an “extra-constitutional” manner. All US wars since WWII have been so waged. I certainly see why someone would call all these wars “illegal,” but to me illegal is something someone gets put in jail for. Do we really – and plausibly – want to see Bush, Cheney, and all MCs who voted for the Iraq War Resolution in jail? Hmm, well, yes, they can do less damage there, but when engaging the mainstream, this notion I suspect sounds “shrill and hysterical.”

If we don’t communicate with people in terms that they understand, then we’re really not interested in communicating, are we?

-Robert Capozzi

Posted by Robert Capozzi on June 29, 2006 07:02 AM |

Comments

As satisfying as it would be to see that day, I sincerely doubt putting Bush et. al. in jail would do much good. The voters would just elect a new version of the old thing, and life would go on as it has.

What we need is a government that can do little harm even if the worst of scoundrels occupied the oval office: one with little or no money.

Posted by: Tarvok [TypeKey Profile Page] | June 29, 2006 03:03 PM

Free-for-all (frfr-ôl) -- n. A disorderly fight, argument, or competition in which everyone present participates.

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