"The silence of many prominent Democrats reflects their conclusion that the president is on treacherous political ground and that attacking him would permit the White House to dismiss the criticism as partisan politics-as-usual, a senior Democratic aide said."-from today's New York Times article, "As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis." Responding to this article, Booman raises the only really important issue for the opposition party right now, how to carry on at this particular moment in our nation's history:
"This Democrat isn't silent. It's far past time to rely on 'the give enough rope' strategy. The President and his administration have now officially hung themselves. And ignoring the dead, dangling body won't help rescue one person, or give a baby fresh diapers, or rebuild one inch of the Gulf Coast. The time to attack, and to attack forthrightly and on moral principle, is now.
If Hillary, or Biden, or Richardson, or Gore, or Feingold, or anyone else wants to be the Presidential nominee in 2008, they better not be silent now. Now is the time to stand up and REPRESENT the people that have been screwed by Reaganomics and BushCo. Now is the time to put the pressure on for dropping this nonsense about social security reform and the estate tax and making the tax cuts permanent. Fight damnit. Fight.
Get out the garlic and the silver cross, and put an end to this undead agenda. The first Democrat to show some leadership will be the Democrat with all the momentum going forward."
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