MoveOn Already

I've beaten this dead horse plenty already, but this bit is too dead on. I'm hardly a fan of Joe Scarborough, but he gets this one right:

This week's Moveon.org dust-up reminded me of that time when we Republicans led with our hearts and got pounded in our faces. We loved bathing in self-righteous indignation. Our base loved it too. But the practical results were always the same: we scared little children, household pets and crossover voters. It was a really great way to alienate the voters we needed the most.

Whoever dreamed up the ad questioning the loyalty of Iraq's top soldier would have fit in great with those of us who drove the political agenda in 1995 -- and guaranteed Bill Clinton's re-election in 1996. While I'm sure Move On's ad locked down the base in Manhattan and Madison, Democrats need to be more concerned with wooing voters in Tampa and Toledo.

To quote Joe's post one more time:

How many times do we charge up the hill and run straight into enemy fire before we figure this shit out?

It depends, I suppose, on whether your goal is to "speak truth to power" or to end the war. So far, MoveOn, and the Dems, are choosing to posture.

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