The Democrats inability to deal with danger...

Hat tip to Cox and Forkum for the cartoon. You can read their related commentary and links HERE. A partial excerpt, from their quote from CNN:

...While Democrats have been using public opposition to the Iraq war to argue for a change of leadership in Congress, Bush's prime-time address showed how he has been able to use the power of incumbency to command public attention and make his points. Democrats objected to the tone.

"The president should be ashamed of using a national day of mourning to commandeer the airwaves to give a speech that was designed not to unite the country and commemorate the fallen but to seek support for a war in Iraq that he has admitted had nothing to do with 9/11," Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, said in a statement. "There will be time to debate this president's policies in Iraq. September 11th is not that time." ...

[Bush spokesman Tony] Snow noted that Emanuel, Kennedy and other Democrats attacked the speech shortly after the president was finished speaking, suggesting they were the ones who injected politics. "It appears that there had been a desire immediately after the speech to go ahead and make partisan points," he said. ...

There was an excellent commentary on this at Nealz Nuze this morning:

DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY ON PARADE

...the Democrats are now all up in arms because they say he president used his prime-time speech to try and generate support for the war in Iraq. Somehow on a day like 9/11, that is supposed to be inappropriate.

First of all, it isn't the war "in Iraq." It's a war against Islamic Fascism. Iraq is merely one of the fronts in that war. A major front, granted .. but just one of many...

...You do understand the real problem here, don't you? Democrats don't want Bush reminding the nation of the threat that exists from Islamic fascists, and they certainly don't want Bush reminding the American people that he is trying to deal with that threat while Democrats talk of withdrawal and appeasement.

In short, they don't want Bush appearing to be strong while they appear to be weak.

Just ask yourself this question. If you were convinced that the threat from these Islamic murderers was real, who would you want in power to defend our country? ...

(bold emphasis mine)


I've had it with these Democrat cry babies. I used to belong to their party, but I got fed up with them long ago, and they have only gotten worse since. I changed my voter registration to "independent" when I moved to Oregon. Well last month, I picked up a voter registration form from the Republican booth at the County Fair. Today I am mailing it in and registering Republican. I've been accused of being one for years anyway, and have been voting that way, so I may as well join the party.

I don't expect liberal Democrats to be anything but liberal Democrats. But I do expect them to GROW UP, to defend America against obvious threats, and to drop the partisian bickering when we are attacked and pull together to defend us. But how can they, when the only "enemy" they see is the Republican Party, and Walmart?

There are liberals who disagree with Bush on practically everything, and yet still understand that the WOT is a cause that real liberals actually should support. Yet these folks have no voice in their own party anymore; it's been taken over by socialists, communists, authoritarians and moonbats. With such people dominating their party, it has ceased to be even an effective opposition.

The Republican Party may not be perfect, but it at least allows for some diversity of opinion in it's ranks, and seems to the only place where intelligent discussion and civil debate occurs anymore. So it's not a hard choice; it's the Republican party for me.