"Let's get critical... critical... I wanna get critical

President Bush accused Democratic critics of giving "comfort to our adversaries" in a typical "safe-audience" speech Tuesday.

Dubya doesn't seem to understand what America is all about. Teddy Roosevelt did:

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency
in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

A few Dems are standing up and, hopefully putting Bush in his place:

"Patriotic Americans will continue to ask the tough questions because our brave men and women in Iraq, their families and the American people deserve to know that their leaders are being held accountable," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

"From its inception and continuing to this moment, the absence of open and honest debate has been one of the hallmarks of this war," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

"The Bush administration's attack, distract and distort tactics reflect a Nixonian paranoia that is un-American. It's shameful that once again the Bush administration resorted to attacking the patriotism of fellow Americans rather than answering legitimate questions surrounding the president's failures in Iraq." Democratic National Committee communications director Karen Finney

posted by Stash @ 8:44 AM