What is the definition of Irony? How about this; Democrats in the Senate vote in a nearly united fashion to give President Bush the authorization to go to war against Iraq, then, soon after, begin a litany of anti-war rhetoric.

Okay, that sounds more like contradiction than irony, a norm for Dems, but I’m not quite finished yet. What if that anti-war rhetoric bolstered Saddam Hussein’s courage to stand up against President Bush, thus assuring the inevitability of war? Would you consider that Ironic? Even better is when, after stabbing the President in the back, politically speaking, the Minority Leader of the Senate, Tom Daschle, comes forward to state that he is ‘’saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we’re now forced to war.”

I think we’ve hit a gold mine of irony here, if you ask me, but we’re not done yet. Months later, Dick Gephardt, the former Majority Leader of the House (who was demoted by the American people in 1994 to Minority Leader), then “borrows” Daschle’s line in desperation to try and reverse a downward trend in the polls as he attempts to win the Democratic primary by calling the President “a miserable failure.” But, lets keep mining, there’s even more gold in them thar hills.

After calling the President “a miserable failure” in two seperate debates with loud and uproarious applause from the angry, ugly left, he decides that it would be a grand idea to create a new web site, “amiserablefailure.com,” to further pander to the angry, ugly left. The mother lode to all of this shameful anti-Bush rhetoric is, of course, the fact that most Democrats fully understand that their anti-Bush, anti-war rhetoric has made the President’s job far more difficult and has likely cost the lives of American soldiers and civilians.

Even after the tragic events of 9/11, when Democrats lined up behind the President to support him as we prepared for the coming war on Terrorism, Democrats were just biding their time. They were, of course, waiting until we had reached a minimum safe distance from 9/11 before going back to old habits and launching relentless attacks against the President.

When it was time to act in Afghanistan, Democrats began their first major shift away from support of the President. While the rhetoric was still toned down at the time, many of them voiced their “concerns” over the way the campaign was being run in that country, until, of course, the Taliban completely collapsed and Al Qaeda was running for its life.

Iraq, however, became the primary vehicle for Democrats as they sought to hinder the President’s plans in the war on terror. It was here that the Neville Chamberlain liberals began to launch their anti-war rallies to support Saddam Hussein and to denounce “imperialist aggression” on the part of the United States. President Bush was demonized while a murderous dictator, one of the worst in modern times, was painted as the victim of our aggression. No wonder Hussein continued to openly defy UN sanctions and US warnings!
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Do you really think that Clark will enter into the Democratic primary and just step aside for someone who is even less proven than Bill Clinton was in 1992? In my opinion… not a chance! But, there are likely scenarios that go beyond the normal theories I’ve yet heard regarding the making of a Hillary Clinton presidency. How about this… Clinton in 2012!

How could that happen? Very simply… Hillary could become Clark’s running mate in 2004, rather than a presidential contender herself.
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There I was, fresh off of vacation, feeling good about the fact that my wife and I chose probably the best week of the entire summer to visit the beach, one week before the arrival of Hurrican Isabel. So we were back in the house, tanned, rested, and I was ready to head back to work the next day.

So, as part of my routine to get back in the “know” of what is happening in the world, I log on and begin to scan various content sites. One of my favorite, which I save for last on this occasion, is Opinionjournal.com. I always find something there worth reading, and I especially enjoy the “Best of The Web” section which comes out several times per week.

It was here that I found out about the new Gephardt site, “amiserablefailure.com,” set up to bash, you guessed it, George W. Bush. What shocked me about this site in ways that all the debate rhetoric had not was that it was such a LOW thing to do, go out and register the domain and set it up this way.

I would expect that from high school or college-age geeks, but not from one of the most powerful men in the nation. No wonder Saddam Hussein refused to believe that Bush was serious, he probably felt very confident that Democrats would so damage Bush’s credibility that the President would not dare to attack.

Fortunately for all of us, President Bush kept his resolve. And the rest is history.

However, as a person who believes in justice and fair play, I decided that it would be appropriate to create a site which spoofs Gephardt’s “amiserablefailure.com” web site. So, in just a couple of days, I registered a new domain, set up a hosting account with Bloggedup.com, and had the spoof page ready. Here is the link: [url=http://www.acompletedisgrace.com]http://www.acompletedisgrace.com[/url]

Hope you enjoy the site.

David

The first in our series of eCampaign ratings has been posted. You will find ratings for [url=http://war2004.viewpointjournal.com]the Carol Moseley-Braun eCampaign[/url] available for audience consumption. Enjoy!!