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Dem Whip admits what we’ve always known: Good news for America = Bad news for Dems

Here’s your obligatory “Feel free to question their patriotism” disclaimer. From the Washington comPost:

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to press for a timetable to end the war.

Clyburn, in an interview with the washingtonpost.com video program PostTalk, said Democrats might be wise to wait for the Petraeus report, scheduled to be delivered in September, before charting next steps in their year-long struggle with President Bush over the direction of U.S. strategy.

Clyburn noted that Petraeus carries significant weight among the 47 members of the Blue Dog caucus in the House, a group of moderate to conservative Democrats. Without their support, he said, Democratic leaders would find it virtually impossible to pass legislation setting a timetable for withdrawal.
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Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would present a mixed analysis of the success of the current troop surge strategy, given continued violence in Baghdad. But of late there have been signs that the commander of U.S. forces might be preparing something more generally positive. Clyburn said that would be “a real big problem for us.”

There you have it, from the jackass’ mouth: Success in Iraq is “a real big problem for” Democrats. But hey…they “support the troops”, right?


July 31, 2007 - Posted by crushliberalism | Iraq, defeatism, moonbats

13 Comments »

  1. They are more concerned with politics and power than what is right for America. They would be happier if things turned terribly wrong in Iraq which is dispicable. Whose side are they on anyway?

    Comment by smrtas1 | July 31, 2007

  2. Exactly right. By the way, welcome! :-D

    Comment by crushliberalism | July 31, 2007

  3. [...] have been saying this for a long time now.  The Democrats in congress want America to be defeated in Iraq.  Their sole [...]

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  4. I so agree w/ you, Crush. When I read this article, I thought that both the Whip and the Washington Post were idiots: the Whip for not realizing the implications of his statement and the Washington Post (notoriously left slanted) for not burying this rather than emblazoning it. But, then again, I don’t think it’s any surprise that liberals cannot see the inherent fallacy of good for Iraq, good for America, bad for us logic. They will probably say it’s all a big military industrial conspiracy if the report is positive. Notice in the article that it focuses on the individual preparing the statement, not the state of affairs in Iraq– as if he could have the audacity to consider “preparing” a positive statement or “at best” a “mixed statement”. So at best is at least some negative for America. I hate to get Ad Hominum but liberalism really does seem more and more like a mental disorder to me.

    Comment by Thinkfree | July 31, 2007

  5. Thanks for the input and for the kind words, Think! :-D

    Comment by crushliberalism | July 31, 2007

  6. Well, you now it’s a raging success since every day a soldier dies, hundreds of Iraqis die, and the last report was more negative because big issues are not being met. Perhaps there will be progress soon so we can get out, though. One can only hope.

    Then again, yeah, success in Iraq would hurt chances of stopping the war and help Republicans and others for the war. Makes sense, really.

    Comment by wailin | August 1, 2007

  7. Well, you now it’s a raging success

    Huh? I work better with English, Merriam-Webster.

    Thanks for proving my point, though: Good news for America is bad news for liberal jackasses.

    Comment by crushliberalism | August 1, 2007

  8. Ah yes, because a typo clearly shows jackassery and lack of knowledge. The only jackass here so far is you, and I wonder if you really don’t understand what I said (which is truly tragic) or just don’t want to actually accept that things aren’t great over there for the moment. By the way, three more soldiers died today in case you didn’t now. <– See what I did there? Hope that doesn’t throw you off.

    Wait for the report, then decide if it’s good for America or not. Mixed news is hardly good or bad, even in speculation.

    Comment by wailin | August 1, 2007

  9. Ah yes, because a typo clearly shows jackassery and lack of knowledge.

    I referred to liberal jackasses, and you took offense to that, too. Did I say YOU were a liberal jackass? Let’s see: thus far you’ve gotten defensive about the terms “moonbat” and “liberal jackasses”, though I have not called YOU either of those terms. So WHO is the one who is easily offended?

    By the way, three more soldiers died today in case you didn’t now. <– See what I did there? Hope that doesn’t throw you off.

    Yep, I see what you did, and no, I wasn’t thrown off. You rejoiced in the deaths of American soldiers. Pretty sick, dude. You continue to prove my point with each subsequent idiotic comment.

    I’m outta here, folks. Enjoy!

    Comment by Crush Liberalism | August 1, 2007

  10. Obviously it did throw ya off. I rejoice that they are no longer here facing the pain in the ass that is life, of course. They died doing a job, after all. Who i feel bad for are those they leave behind.

    You’d have to really try to offend me. Trust me.

    Comment by wailin | August 1, 2007

  11. nice post! you have to wonder how a democrat’s mind works…

    Comment by Black Coffee & Bourbon | August 1, 2007

  12. Thanks, Mr. Bourbon…and welcome! :-D

    Comment by Crush Liberalism | August 5, 2007

  13. I’m kinda new to this website so I didn’t pickup on the fact that Wailin’ was a liberal, or do you prefer progressive?

    However, when you said , “I rejoice that they are no longer here facing the pain in the ass that is life” then I knew it must be a lib. Libs are so pessimistic and can’t seem to stand any kind of good news and just hate life in general even in this the greatest country in the world.

    Good luck Wailin’.

    Comment by tnjack | August 7, 2007


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