September 10, 2007
Best thing I've read this morning...
Hugh Hewitt (or Dean Barnett; it's not clear):
....There’s a local TV show that I appear on. Practically every time I’m on, the host, a good egg even though a pronounced lefty even by Boston standards, asks me how Republicans are supposed to stand by this war effort and still prevail in 2008. I always respond the same way: They aren’t. In all likelihood, 2008 will be a disaster for Republicans at the ballot box. But we, the rank and file of the Republican party, expect Republicans to risk their comfortable offices in order to see the war in Iraq through to a satisfactory conclusion and to continue the war against the forces of Jihad. Let the political chips fall where they may.Posted by John Weidner at September 10, 2007 06:51 AM
Whenever I repeat this sentiment, the host and the other two guests who are usually also liberal, look at me like I have two heads. They obviously suspect some ploy is afoot. But I mean it. And so do most other Republicans. A party that won’t see this thing through isn’t worth supporting, not in political defeat and even more so not in political victory.
Actually written by Dean Barnett (though Hugh's update at the bottom of the post is probably what threw the by-line to him, but you can tell from the SoxBlog email address that it was, in fact, Barnett). It's telling, no doubt...
Updated.
I liked it because it is a point where my thoughts were not really focused. It's a bit hard to say, "Yes, let's do the right thing even if it throws the election to the scoundrels who want to do the wrong thing."
Posted by: John Weidner at September 10, 2007 12:01 PM"I'd rather lose an election and win a war." John McCain said something like that. I'm not a McCain guy, but that's the kind of language I expect to hear out or anyone qualified to be president.
Bush has been asked about a million times how long US troops would remain in Iraq. It might not be the most politically astute thing to say, but I would have loved to hear him say, "Well, at least until January 20, 2009."
Posted by: Mike Plaiss at September 10, 2007 01:25 PM
