The Dem Response

I missed most of Dingy Harry's bit, but the part I caught intersected with the thing that jumped out at me about Pelosi's response; they both invoked the "F" word (Faith) and, for that matter, G-d himself, very prominently. I'm biased, obviously, but Nancy Pelosi invoking the Almighty seems akin to sending Hillary Clinton into a bowling alley to guzzle Budweiser with the locals.

And their "support for the troops" followed a pattern I used to lampoon when the late Senator Wellstone exhibited it; it all came down to another entitlement, for Pelosi; a new GI Bill, another new spending program. Not that that's not important - the veterans of this war deserve no less than those of WWII, although the situation is very different. But entitlements don't win wars - and at the moment, winning is what our troops need. Part of that is presenting a front to the terrorists that they won't find encouraging.

They both flunked, on that count.