Arianna: "Will The Dems Ever Learn? It's The National Security, Stupid"

[ClusterFreak]

Sorry if this is a dupe...but this needs to be read and kicked, BIG TIME!!!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/will-the-dems-ever-learn_b_7002.html

[Inland]

1. Not bad points.

At least Bushies have a national security theme--its not going to work and has been a disaster, but you can't beat something with nothing.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Here are 4 paragraphs:

"Will the Dems Ever Learn? "It's The National Security, Stupid"
After an interminable week of silence on the administration's shockingly inept handling of the Katrina tragedy, Democratic leaders finally spoke out, with Harry Reid questioning whether the president's vacation hindered relief efforts and Nancy Pelosi labeling him "oblivious, in denial, dangerous."

But missing was a direct critique of Bush's greatest vulnerability -- the tens of thousands of men and women and the hundreds of billions of dollars that he is squandering in Iraq instead of using them to really protect the homeland, including from Katrina and its aftermath.

In a stinging Wall Street Journal analysis of the administration's lethally slow response, the first two reasons given for "why the U.S. didn't adequately protect and rescue its citizens" were 1) "the absorption of FEMA into the gargantuan -- and terrorism-focused -- Department of Homeland Security" and 2) "a military stretched by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which made commanders reluctant to commit active-duty units nearby."

That's the major, big picture point Reid and Pelosi should be making, instead of picking nits over whether Bush would have made better decisions in D.C. instead of Crawford. Pelosi called him "dangerous," but didn't tell us why he's really dangerous. He's dangerous not just because he's in denial about the job Brownie is doing but because his policies are making this country less secure with each passing day. "

[Mass]

3. Said by a millionaire that does not need anything..

My answer: "It's about people Stupid".

She is right that National Security is part of the picture, but many Dems have spoken on this issue, and for sure, the media has forgotten to talk about them.

[ClusterFreak]

4. I agree with that, absolutely.

But it's also the people who aren't being protected after Katrina, and I think that's what she's driving at. She should have specifically stated that, but I still like what she said.