Why I Won't Vote for Democrats, Pt. II

Few men or women elected in our history—whether executive or legislative, state or national—have been sent into office with a mandate more obvious, nor instructions more clear:
Get us out of Iraq.
Yet after six months of preparation and execution—half a year gathering the strands of public support; translating into action, the collective will of the nearly 70 percent of Americans who reject this War of Lies, the Democrats have managed only this:
The Democratic leadership has surrendered to a president—if not the worst president, then easily the most selfish, in our history—who happily blackmails his own people, and uses his own military personnel as hostages to his asinine demand, that the Democrats “give the troops their money”;
The Democratic leadership has agreed to finance the deaths of Americans in a war that has only reduced the security of Americans;
The Democratic leadership has given Mr. Bush all that he wanted, with the only caveat being, not merely meaningless symbolism about benchmarks for the Iraqi government, but optional meaningless symbolism about benchmarks for the Iraqi government.
The Democratic leadership has, in sum, claimed a compromise with the Administration, in which the only things truly compromised, are the trust of the voters, the ethics of the Democrats, and the lives of our brave, and doomed, friends, and family, in Iraq.

So says Keith Olberman of MSNBC. Please read his entire commentary about the Democrat's lack of testicular fortitude. The only thing I don't understand is why Mr. Olberman is surprised by this. Ditto Jon Stewart at The Daily Show http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=87456&ml_collection=&ml_gateway=&ml_gateway_id=&ml_comedian=&ml_runtime=&ml_context=show&ml_origin_url=%2Fshows%2Fthe_daily_show%2Fvideos%2Fmost_recent%2Findex.jhtml&ml_playlist=&lnk=&is_large=true and Stephen Colbert at The Colbert Report http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/index.jhtml and Taylor Marsh at The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/bloody-tuesday-on-capitol_b_49182.html.

The Democrats continue to allow Bush to frame the dialogue. They continue to use his language and imagery. They continue to underestimate the public's disgust with "do-nothing" politicians. The people sent them to Washington to do one thing: end this war. They shouldn't be allowed to ask men and women to fight the battle "over there" if they don't have the courage to fight in the corridors of the Capital.

UPDATE: Add Harry Shearer to the shocked and outraged punditocracy of the left. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/the-congressional-democra_b_49201.html