Republicans Emulating Democrats, part 2
The primary for US Senate in Ohio is heating up. As you may know, we interviewed challenger Bill Pierce last weekend.
As election day approaches, two-term Republican Senator Mike DeWine is reaching out to…the liberal media by joining the chorus of Rumsfeld critics. Nice approach Senator. This is sure to shore up your base.
Like any good challenger would, Bill Pierce is on the attack,
The lessons not learned by DeWine come from the 1962 to 1974 era when politicians in Washington tried micro-managing and second guessing the military. Without a day spent in a military uniform and without membership on the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Senator Mike DeWine has become a critic of the nuances of our War on Terrorism. To make matters worse, he felt compelled to make his views public.
Discussion and disagreement is fine, but the participants must choose their venues carefully. For Mike DeWine to disagree with Rumsfeldâ??s management of the War is all right, but to do so publicly does nothing more than â??aid and abetâ?ť the enemy â?? a lesson he should have learned from Vietnam. Our enemies look for that public discord and when they find it within the same Party they become heartened even more.
Senator DeWine could not have expected to achieve any strategic military benefit from his public criticism of Rumsfeld, nor could he have expected any change in the direction of the efforts. However, he likely expected that his attack would distance himself from the Administration in a mistaken attempt to make himself appear more attractive to Ohio voters for the November general election should he pass the primary next week. His actions fall clearly within the classification of pandering. To pander for votes at the expense of our efforts to succeed in our War on Terrorism, to aid and abet our enemies, and to further put our troops in harmâ??s way is simply shameful of a sitting United States Senator.
William G. Pierce, P.E.
April 29th, 2006 at 9:37 am
Thanks, guys. This is getting around OH blogs pretty well. The papers, of course are ignoring it.
April 29th, 2006 at 9:43 am
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