But his prescription is pitiful, even for him. He says he wants "[a] congressional election with lots of new faces and a scare for many returning veterans" but who does he favor? Why the Republicans who have given us this mess of course. The man has truly lost his mind. He can't even maintain his logic through the course of one column. On the other side I'll show you how if you look at just one Broder column from a month ago, that Broder is absolutely lacking in sense. But make no mistake, this is about Broder getting called on his nonsense by bloggers and not getting his Deanful respect. He yearns for the return of the the unchallenged Beltway. But those days, like Tara, are gone with the wind. The country has declared its independence from the wisdom of the Beltway. That means you too Broder.
Who are the "new faces" Broder favors?
The center is beginning to fight back. Michael Bloomberg, the Republican mayor of New York, is holding a fundraiser for Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Democrat running as an independent [read Republican] against the bloggers' favorite, Ned Lamont. His election is important, as is Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee's in Rhode Island, because both would signal that independence is a virtue to be rewarded. Similarly important, though less publicized, is Republican Sen. Mike DeWine's race in Ohio. DeWine is an ally of McCain & Co. in forming a center for the Senate; his opponent, Democratic Rep. Sherrod Brown, is a loud advocate of protectionist policies that offer a false hope of solving our trade and job problems.
Ahhh. McCain. The love affair is renewed. Cohen and Broder and all the Beltway here they come to worship at the feet of Saint John. Hey Rudy, you don't stand a chance. The Maverick has them locked up.
And that in turn would set the stage for a 2008 election in which the two branches of the independence movement -- Republican and Democratic -- could compete in a campaign that would, for a change, show a "decent respect" for the intelligence of the American people
Sorry Broder, no respect for you. Nobody cares what you say anymore. Your foolish inanities are too vivid and too revealed now.
For example, you want McCain and Lieberman and DeWine to run the country do you? Then retract this columnl:
But once the hope for victory is gone, the issue remains: What do you do? The answer from Bush and from Olmert is: Carry on. Do not waver. And do not question the logic of prolonging the agony.
History suggests that is not always the right answer. The United States has failed to achieve victory in two of its recent wars -- with very different results.
. . .The point is that history and economics have their own logic. A military mission that fails to yield a victory does not always presage disaster. Today, virtually no one argues that we should have continued fighting the North Koreans or the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese.
Can we think about the costs of carrying on, without an end in sight, against Hezbollah and the insurgents in Iraq?
Your favorite "independents" were the main cheerleaders of the Iraq Debacle Broder. They continue to be. Joe Lieberman insists Bush has a "good plan" for Iraq. John McCain wants to send in more troops that we don't have.
You silly old man, you have no idea what you are writing about and frankly, it becomes apparent you never did. Can you even keep two thoughts in your head together anymore? It is obvious that you wrote this column out of personal pique at the rough treatment you received from bloggers. Cloak it in your Beltway BS as you like but we know. Like Bush, Broder has been exposed. And like Bush, there is nothing there, but pettiness and insecurity. Independence? You loathe independence. This is what you tempter tantrum is all about.
Oh by the way Broder, it may interest you to know that you are not the only person from the Midwest, why King Kos himself is from Chicago, the City of the Big Shoulders. Or did you decide Chicago is not the Midwest anymore?
