Friday, 11 August 2006
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain
Contributed by Bill Faith

Democrats as Myopic Doves, Again
Charles Krauthammer

With the defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut, antiwar forces are poised for a takeover of the Democratic Party. Tuesday's exhilarating victory, and the elan and electoral legitimacy gained, may carry the newly energized Democratic left to considerable success in November.

But for the Democratic Party it will be an expensive and short-lived indulgence. The Iraq war will end, as will the Bush presidency. But the larger conflict that defines our times -- war on Islamic radicalism, more politely known as the war on terrorism -- will continue, as the just-foiled London airliner plot unmistakably reminds us. And the reflexive antiwar sentiments underlying Ned Lamont's victory in Connecticut will prove disastrous for the Democrats in the long run -- the long run beginning as early as November '08.

[Read on.]

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 11, 2006 at 02:39 AM in Bill Faith, Dem Dumbness, Joe Lieberman, Ned Lamont, Peacenik Stupidity, Politics | Permalink

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