Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Will somebody give Harry Reid a little slap upside the head?
On C-Span, just heard the Minority Leader respond poorly to one of the most important questions facing voters this upcoming election.
At a press conference roll-out of the Democratic national security message for '06, a reporter served up a softball question, asking Reid what he thought of the administration's claim that there hadn't been an attack on the U.S. since 9/11 because we are fighting in Iraq.
Reid should have knocked it out of the park, of course, with something like, "That's ridiculous. In fact, Bush's blundering, unnecessary war in Iraq has INCREASED the risk that we will be subject to terrorist attacks on our soil for decades to come. We have MORE terrorists here and planning to come here as a result of the fiasco that is Bush's Iraq."
It's an easy point to make. Kind of rolls off the tongue, almost like it was written by some visionary communication strategist or something.
Instead, Reid proceeded to say that he gives thanks every day that we haven't been hit again, referred to the litany of 9/11 Commission recommendations that Republicans have voted against, and tossed out that old Kerry '04 classic: "We're not as safe as we should be."
When are Dems gonna learn to stop sounding like Republicans? Reid sounds exactly like the dinkwad-in-chief, who continually says "we're safer, but not yet safe."
Understand this Dems: If you are unable to forcefully and directly rebut the claim that Bush's military action in Iraq is preventing terrorists from coming to our shores, you will lose and deserve to lose.
At a press conference roll-out of the Democratic national security message for '06, a reporter served up a softball question, asking Reid what he thought of the administration's claim that there hadn't been an attack on the U.S. since 9/11 because we are fighting in Iraq.
Reid should have knocked it out of the park, of course, with something like, "That's ridiculous. In fact, Bush's blundering, unnecessary war in Iraq has INCREASED the risk that we will be subject to terrorist attacks on our soil for decades to come. We have MORE terrorists here and planning to come here as a result of the fiasco that is Bush's Iraq."
It's an easy point to make. Kind of rolls off the tongue, almost like it was written by some visionary communication strategist or something.
Instead, Reid proceeded to say that he gives thanks every day that we haven't been hit again, referred to the litany of 9/11 Commission recommendations that Republicans have voted against, and tossed out that old Kerry '04 classic: "We're not as safe as we should be."
When are Dems gonna learn to stop sounding like Republicans? Reid sounds exactly like the dinkwad-in-chief, who continually says "we're safer, but not yet safe."
Understand this Dems: If you are unable to forcefully and directly rebut the claim that Bush's military action in Iraq is preventing terrorists from coming to our shores, you will lose and deserve to lose.
