Its better to lose on any American issue, whether in war or with domestic policy, so long as the ability to govern of ones political opponent is compromised. It’s the pursuit of power out of selfish ego. Its sad that the threat against America from our own politicians are greater than any foreign entity. Very… very sad.
Iraq is a mess, and we’re there partially due to one person’s ego. But that’s water underneath the bridge. Believing (in good conscience for some, anti-Bushism for others) that a pullout is in the best interests of this nation is wishful myopic thinking.
As for the handful of democrats clapping a the State of the Union address (as someone asked about in another thread). That is partially done to honor the president as should be done. But I bet if you went back and reviewed all the televised State of the Union adddesses, and measured how much “partisan clapping” (where clearly only one side of the aisle is clapping), I’m willing to bet it’s the democrats who are more guilty. It’s more in their nature, where party loyalty outweighs individual conscience–which is what you expect in a minority party, and a party whose constituent base is made of a large range of subgroups rather than the mainstream. Futhermore, half of the claps were on fodder issues like global warming and health care. Nobody is serious about any solutions, just enough talk to get them through to the next election cycle. They were thrown out just to make Democrats smile, who want their consituents to smile. Smiling is what it is all about with these guys, not taking the hard road–taking on issues that are not popular–and doing whats in the health of this country.
The other half of the claps were about troop morale, because no one wants to get caught appearing not to support the troups.
Oh, and the solution for global warming is to put ice cubes on the sun or put up a visor between the earth and the sun. Sorry to break it you fellas.
