The Republican Party That Used To Be

I think Bull Moose was hoping the Democratic Party would morph into the neoconless theoconless Republican Party he so fondly remembers. He is once again attacking Howard Dean, describing him as a "gift-wrapped office warming present to the new White House Deputy Chief of Staff". He then goes on to quote that right wing rag, The Washington Times:

"Critics say Mr. Dean hurt both his candidacy and party with some of his statements during the Democratic primary campaign. Mr. Dean said terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden should not be judged until he has had a jury trial, expressed doubt about whether Iraqis were better off with Saddam Hussein out of power, called Hamas terrorists "soldiers," and angered Jewish Democrats when he said that the United States should be "evenhanded" in its Middle East policy rather than always favoring Israel."

The Moose is dead wrong. Under Clinton and the DLC the Democrats continued to lose while selling their very soul. The continued control of the Democratic Party by Reagan Lite Clinton Democrats would have split the Democratic Party apart once and for all. I for one don't find anything wrong with anything Dean is chastised for saying in the WT article and neither does a large portion of the Democratic base. If you look at the Dean record you will find he is not the "liberal" he is made out to be and received that tag solely on the basis of his opposition to the war in Iraq. Don't forget that some of the most vocal criticism of the Iraq war came from the "old right". I'm sorry Moose, the Democratic Party is not going to become the Republican Party of your fondest memories.