Wednesday, January 21, 2004

The Democrats Response to the State of the Union 

Weak. Weak. WEAK.

The Democrats had the perfect opportunity to nail Bush to the wall on domestic affairs. Namely the economy and the realities of millions of Americans who are out of work (and have been for a very long time).

The Democrats had the perfect opportunity to nail Bush to the wall over the fact that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

The Democrats had the perfect opportunity to nail Bush to the wall over the record deficit.

The Democrats had so many opportunities to nail Bush to the wall.

And they didn't.

The Democrats lost in 2000 because they didn't organise to make sure that there was no way Bush could be elected. The Democrats blew the California recall--TWICE--because they didn't take the threat seriously and didn't mobilise to defeat the effort before it got past the signature-gathering phase.

Have the Democrats just simply forgot how the game is played? Don't you think that if Newt Gingrich had the kind of information discrediting the Clinton Administration that Nancy Pelosi and Tom Daschle have against Team Bush, that Gingrich would have used it to beat Clinton's credibility to a bloody pulp?

If the Democrats don't get their shit together wit' a quickness, we're going to have four more years of Team Bush. That won't be good for Americans and it won't be good for the planet.