Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Senate Democrats are ‘Crazy’
Bill Kristol, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, said Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) are "crazy” if they believe that Americans don’t want to win in Iraq.
Kristol, appearing Wednesday on Fox News Channel, made his comments in response to a press conference called by the Democrats prior to President Bush’s speech Wednesday on the progress in Iraq and the war on terrorism.
Reid and Levin, looking grim during the press conference, both droned about how the president’s plan to "stay the course” in Iraq does not give hope to Americans living in the United States.
"This nation roots for success,” Kristol said. "If the war goes badly, they’ll blame President Bush, and rightly so. But they [Reid and Levin] looked defeatist, like they are half-rooting for failure.
"They are so grudging in their praise for Bush and the Iraqi people who are turning out to vote in this week’s elections at a great personal sacrifice, that I think Americans will reject or dismiss their comments completely.”
Kristol said the Democrats are foolishly and appallingly pinning their hopes on future setbacks in Iraq to help drive down President Bush’s approval numbers, which have been rising in the past few weeks.
"Politically, patriotically and from a human point of view, I don’t understand why these Democrats don’t lay off the politics and just watch the voting over the next few days,” he said. "Americans are rooting for victory – for our soldiers and for the Iraqi people.”
Bill Kristol, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, said Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) are "crazy” if they believe that Americans don’t want to win in Iraq.
Kristol, appearing Wednesday on Fox News Channel, made his comments in response to a press conference called by the Democrats prior to President Bush’s speech Wednesday on the progress in Iraq and the war on terrorism.
Reid and Levin, looking grim during the press conference, both droned about how the president’s plan to "stay the course” in Iraq does not give hope to Americans living in the United States.
"This nation roots for success,” Kristol said. "If the war goes badly, they’ll blame President Bush, and rightly so. But they [Reid and Levin] looked defeatist, like they are half-rooting for failure.
"They are so grudging in their praise for Bush and the Iraqi people who are turning out to vote in this week’s elections at a great personal sacrifice, that I think Americans will reject or dismiss their comments completely.”
Kristol said the Democrats are foolishly and appallingly pinning their hopes on future setbacks in Iraq to help drive down President Bush’s approval numbers, which have been rising in the past few weeks.
"Politically, patriotically and from a human point of view, I don’t understand why these Democrats don’t lay off the politics and just watch the voting over the next few days,” he said. "Americans are rooting for victory – for our soldiers and for the Iraqi people.”
