That question, "why do they hate us?" was a popular refrain immediately following 9/11. But, it's a good question to ask Democrats today about their feelings toward George W. Bush.
Anyone who listens to the callers on C-SPAN's Washington Journal gets an earful of vitriol on a daily basis. So, this morning, that was the issue - is the Democratic party an angry party? Callers preferred euphemisms such as "passion", but the "passion" was definitely there. One caller spewed about how the Supreme Court "stole the election from us", how GWB went AWOL during the Viet Nam war, and how he was a drunk driving cocaine abuser. Funny stuff.
Later in the show Frank Luntz was a guest, and he preferred the word "contempt". According to him, Democrats cannot believe GWB is president. He quotes Hillary Clinton as saying GWB is taking the country backward. Oh puleeeze.
But, there was one caller who hit on something. He described a question he liked to ask Democrats, and he said they really had to think a while before they could answer. Here's the question:
If you had to choose between two things:(1) Bin Laden gets captured, and it assures George Bush's reelection; or
(2) Bin Laden doesn't get captured, but he arranges another terrorist attack in which 3,000 Americans are killed, and that assures George Bush's defeat in November '04;
Which would you choose?
Ouch!
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