Zogby Polls & The GSP

I have been a participant in Zogby polls for over 5 years now, and I always enjoy participating in them. The latest news from Zogby is that Congress has hit an all time approval low of 14%. I can't ever remember giving them anything other than a poor performance rating, but if they had anything lower, I'd opt for that classification now.

The Democrat Pajama Party began last night with a march to a "Peace Rally", and plenty of photo ops, even though this was not a political ploy according to the head Dems. Once again they managed to do little other than firm up the Republican opposition to their blatantly partisan ploy.

Since the Republican Party is also referred to, amongst other names, as the GOP, or the Grand Old Party, I would like to propose a new moniker for the Democrat Party:

The GSP: The Grand-Standing Party

There should be no doubt in any Americans mind that our primary objective is to get out of Iraq as soon as possible - the definition of possible being the crux of the issue. If the government were to operate as a truly representative assembly of the people, then this is what they'd do:

SHUT UP & WHEN YOU CAN'T - OBFUSCATE

If the welfare of the United States was the primary concern of the Democrat Party, they would walk the same walk, and talk the same talk as the President - at least in the majority of cases, even though they disagreed. A democracy is a thing of beauty, but politicians are incredibly stupid. If there are disagreements, they should be handled behind closed doors and not played out in the press. If we want to set a target date to start withdrawing troops, fine let's do it - but you don't broadcast it to the enemy. You give the enemy what any intelligence officer would advise you to give: disinformation.

That, however, is not the way of the GSP. I have often said in conversations with opponents of our efforts: "If Bill Clinton were the one who had sent troops into Iraq, the Dems would be 100% behind it." Answers have varied from, "he wouldn't have done it", to "he would have built a better coalition", but I have yet to hear - "Oh you're wrong, the Dems would have opposed it even then." Of course, as soon as I finally do here that reply, I'll know I'm speaking with another BS practitioner.

If it weren't for their overwhelming desire for political advantage, and the power that goes hand in hand with it, maybe the Dems would actually start acting like they want us to win the War on Terror - at least the ones who think there is a war. There really is little hope for those who subscribe to the Breck Boy's theory that The War on Terror is just a bumper-sticker phrase.