The DSCC has released an effective ad today about Bush’s sudden change in rhetoric. He no longer wants his policy to be "stay the course." Now, in all honesty, it is quite progressive, psychologically speaking, that Bush has finally come to his senses. I mean, haven’t we all been asking ourselves if he is living in a state of denial about how bad things really are? But here is the question of the month: do you really believe that Bush has seen the light and is beginning to understand that their strategy for Iraq’s democracy is in serious straits? Do you honestly think that he is changing his policy because less than 40% of America supports it? (Ok, that’s two questions but I couldn’t resist.)
This is what voters have to ask themselves, especially those who have been recently disenchanted with how the war has been going, before they punch that electronic vote and re-elect those rubber-stamp republicans fighting for their incumbency.
I am leery of this sudden shifting of long-standing policy because we are sitting two weeks out from a significant midterm election in which there is likely possibility that Bush will lose the House and maybe the Senate. With this as the backdrop, this seems a last ditch effort (one of many it seems) to save the sinking ship. It’s totally slapdash. And seemingly ephemeral – After the election, especially if the GOP retain one or both of the houses, how likely is it that he’ll fall off the wagon and return to his old policies for re-shaping the Middle East? Besides, is there anything that this guy has said or done that gives me cause to believe him now? Hell no.
Enjoy these two ads.
This is the ad pre-change. You can see what a heavy weight this policy was around their necks.
This is the ad post-change. (Notice that they lie about never having "stay the course" as a policy.)
