No Defense
I went to Site Meter to review my current website stats. On the page, the header showed an advertisement. The advertisement had a small photo of Howard Dean in all his Iowa scream glory, and alongside the photo it read Democrats Have No Defense.
I wasn’t shocked nor awed to learn that the political ad was from the National Republican Committee. Such a stratagy to label the Democratic Party as soft on defense issues is a long-time ploy of the Republican Party. This stratagy has been quite effective in the past, so it would seem to make sense to return to the political playbook and go with the plays that have worked.
Despite the national debt surpassing 7 trillion dollars and rising $2.34 billion each day. Despite 3 million people losing their jobs since George W. Bush entered the White House. Despite more than 500 dead American servicemen and women in Iraq. Despite the decision to make a preemptive war against Iraq rather than focusing on apprehending Osama Bin Laden. Despite Chief Inspector David Kay testifying that there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that U.S. intelligence got it wrong.
Despite all of this, the Republican National Committee and the White House want you and I to know that it’s the Democrats that have no defense.