The Defeat that Really Concerns the Democrats

The problem with being "character-challenged," a pathology that afflicts the Democrat Leadership, is that you lose your ability to see beyond your own selfish interests. The "big picture" is not service, and leaving a legacy of freedom and stability for generations to come... but rather a collage of polls, sound-bites, and talking points focused on nothing noble... just that which will return them to power... no matter the cost.

The Democrats frenzied concerns are not for our security, but rather the securing of the elections of 2006. They take no joy in Iraqi elections or a robust economy because good news for America is bad news for their ambitions. With negativity and defeatism their banner and battlecry... they die just a little with each of our victories... and choke on each morsel of positive news.

Mohammed Atta hated America so much that he invited his own destruction in order to strike out against us. The Democrat's efforts to destroy the Bush Administration may be temporarily cathartic to their pain, but weilding a sword of negativity and revenge becomes a burdensome endeavor... a poison whose ills afflict the perpetrator as much as the victim.

Reid, Pelosi, Dean, and the rest probably began their careers with unselfish ideals and hopes for our nation. But somewhere in the political struggle they lost sight of even the most basic and primary tenets of patriotism, loyalty, and service to country. Their methods are good neither for the country nor their Party, but there is nothing reasonable in their fanaticism.