Strength and Wisdom

[globalvillage]

Democrats stronger, wiser on security
By Larry Atkins

Strength and Wisdom.

It's the campaign slogan that Democrats should adopt for the forthcoming midterm elections and the 2008 presidential campaign.

In a 2004 speech, former President Clinton emphasized the theme: "Their opponents will tell you we should be afraid of John Kerry and John Edwards because they won't stand up to terrorists. Don't you believe it. ... Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. They move hand in hand."

Republicans did a masterful job of convincing Americans that Kerry and Democrats didn't care about national security. Americans were dumb enough to believe yokel former Sen. Zell Miller when he blubbered that Kerry would defend America with spitballs.

Yet it's the Bush administration that has failed miserably in the war on terror and homeland security. As the Dubai debacle indicated, the President has turned a blind eye to ports security and, despite train bombings in London and Madrid, little has been done to bolster Amtrak security. Our borders remain porous. Just last year, investigators from the Government Accountability Office easily entered the United States through Mexico and Canada with enough radioactive material in their vehicles to make two dirty bombs. The investigators got past the Border Patrol with fake paperwork.

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http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/14227515.htm

I saw this editorial in the Philly inquirer (online) today, and thought it was excellent.

Strength and Wisdom.

I love it, and agree with Mr Atkins that it's a perfect Dem slogan.
It does take both, after all.
Whatta ya think?

[LSparkle]

1. Agreed -- what we have now is all bluster without any sense

A big, nasty, stupid bully who acts before thinking. It's a good slogan and might help us overcome the image of Democrats as weak on defense. (I think especially of Jimmy Carter, who was no doubt a wise man but didn't show adequate strength and got replaced by a fake cowboy ... )