Can the Democratic Party Really Be So Hateful?

Can the Democratic Party Really Be So Hateful?

Yes, they can. They are so blinded by hatred that they cannot appreciate how they are viewed by mainstream Americans when they say things like this.

"This is a president who has been unwilling to provide his presence to the families who have suffered, but thinks nothing of flying to Baghdad to use the troops there as a prop," said Joe Lockhart, former spokesman for President Clinton.

"The trip highlights how insecure Iraq is and shows how we need to get our allies in to get the American face off the occupation," said Jamal Simmons, a spokesman for Democratic candidate Wesley Clark, a retired Army general.

"The president did the right thing by visiting the troops yesterday, but this visit won't change the fact that those brave men and women should never have been fighting in Iraq in the first place," said Courtney O'Donnell, a spokesman for Democratic front-runner Howard Dean.

Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat whose campaign recently has faltered, said: "The president's trip to Baghdad was the right thing to do for our country. ... But, when Thanksgiving is over, I hope the president will take the time to correct his failed policy in Iraq that has placed our soldiers in a shooting gallery."