"It's one thing to say that your party needs to sharpen up its message on foreign policy. It's another thing to give credibility to the GOP's accusation that our party is not serious about national security. Speaking in Iowa, Evan Bayh parrots the worst of the DLC talking points:
"Many Americans wonder if we're willing to use force to defend the country even under the most compelling of circumstances," Bayh said. "The majority of Democrats would answer that question that, yes, there is a right place and a right time. We don't get to have that discussion because many people don't think we have the backbone.We've got a few voices out there who would be a little bit more on the fringe," Bayh said. "Unfortunately, too often they define the entire party."
No, Senator. Too often, the GOP's spin machine and their all-too-willing accomplices in the media allow these so-called "fringe" figures to define our party. One wonders who Bayh is referring to, anyway? Is he talking about the 99.5% of the House Democratic Caucus that voted to authorize the war in Afghanistan after 9/11? Or is he talking about the Democrats who warned that the Iraq War was an ill-advised and ill-timed diversion from the campaign against Al Qaeda?"-from the post on MyDD by Scott Shields.
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