DEMOCRATS GO RIGHT---SORT OF

HAVE YOU NOTICED THE PRETEND RIGHTWARD SWISH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
It's not like an awakening in Lord of the Rings or a Matrix special effects Armageddon. More like soccer moms sighing and clucking after catching their darlings playing football. The usual slobbering of the Left has given way to "support" of the Iraq occupation. OK, "Support" might be too strong a word here; Democrats "synergize"; Liberals "nurture"; much of the base will "smile upon" a policy; the feminist wing will "be present" for things. This potpourri of "phlegmatic support for the President" is garnished with "serious misgivings", buts, goshes, and even a red radish warning or two. Their restrained passion leads me to believe that they are really afraid to do anything anywhere. AFRAID is the operative word for the Democratic Party. No matter how much they PRETEND to care, they are too afraid of everything to have a policy that might protect this country.

Even more interesting is their sudden interest in Iran. Not that they would support war, oh my God no. "Talk". Negotiation. Third party cooperation (France, Germany, and Russia come to mind although Russia is bad news in this situation). Guys with names like Vladimir, Alexi, and Andrei are running around the country giving advice on how to build nuclear weapons, evidence of heavy water, big labs, missiles, and things like that are still not enough for Democrats to actually advocate doing something, but they are paying attention. Watching people like Lanny Davis, Joe Biden, and some of the usual suspects actually talk about looking at Iran is a change. Iran is a serious business. Bush and his people are finally paying 100% attention to them. Many of us believe that Iraq was just the first step in our Mid-East policy. It is right in the middle of the bad guys: Syria and Iran. The big difference with Iran is that at least half the population hates the regime and almost 70% of the young people hate it. This is an entirely different game than Iraq and one that is even more serious for us.

The Democratic Party was behind the curve on the Iraq War. They will remain behind the curve in whatever happens in Iran. Their only hope, once again, is for U.S. failure. Oh, and Hillary's book.