It was no surprise that Republicans reacted hysterically to the Moveon.org ad in the New York Times with the caption "General Petraeus or General Betray Us". What is baffling is the Democratic Party response. Twenty-four Democratic Senators voted with 49 Republican Senators to condemn Moveon.org for their ad. Yet again the Democrats shot themselves in the foot by going after a group that has been their biggest supporter in trying to get the U.S. out of Iraq. Obviously these Senator's did not bother to even read the ad, which took a skeptical position of General Petraeus testimony before Congress. Better to err on the side of skepticism that blindly accept facts as presented to the U.N. by another 4 star general which led to one of the most disasterous foreign policy decisions in U.S. history.
All American's need to be wary of uncritically accepting information coming out of sources controlled by the Bush White House. Bush is desparately trying to protect his legacy in history and will do just about anything to color what is really going on in Iraq today. We must be vigilant over the next 15 months until George W. Bush is out of office and can no longer do this country harm. Thank God for groups like Moveon.org which are trying to protect this country from further debacles like Iraq. I am personally disappointed that one of my elected representatives - Dianne Feinstein voted against Moveon.org. Maybe it's time to elect some real Democrats to office.
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