How can we support a Democrat who supports this stupid ass war?

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http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050228&s=corn

While these Democrats appear unable to synchronize their withdrawal proposals, other senior Democratic senators--for policy and political reasons--do not want the Democrats to become the pullout party. On Meet the Press, John Kerry refused to endorse Kennedy's plan. Carl Levin, a critic of the Bush Administration, said discussion of early troop withdrawals "is putting the cart a little bit ahead of the horse." Joe Biden has blasted the White House's handling of the war but declared he would vote for up to $200 billion to support the military mission in Iraq. He says talk of disengagement is "premature." Evan Bayh, decrying Kennedy's proposal, remarked, "I think to cut and run at this juncture would be a terrible mistake."

The Democrats' leaders in Congress have tried to straddle the issue, promoting what might be called an "exit-strategy strategy." Both Senate minority leader Harry Reid and House minority leader Nancy Pelosi have called on Bush to develop an "exit strategy." Neither has suggested starting or scheduling the removal of troops. Responding to the State of the Union address--in which Bush rejected "an artificial timetable for leaving Iraq"--Pelosi criticized the President for having "no clear plan...for ending our presence in Iraq." She then listed the "key elements" of a "credible plan": accelerating training of Iraqi security forces, speeding up reconstruction in Iraq, intensifying regional diplomacy. This was what Kerry pushed during the campaign. Pelosi said nothing about troop levels. Days after that, Kennedy noted that the schedule for removing troops should be negotiated with the new Iraqi government, with 2006 as a "goal," not a "requirement."

......AND, there are TOO MANY democratic senators and congressmen who want to avoid being called "the pullout party", and too many democrats who insist that we must 'finish up what we started', whatever the fuck that means.

How am I supposed to support Ms. Clinton and Mr. Lieberman who think the situation in Iraq is moving along nicely? How can THEY support the maniacs and their insane slaughterhouse policies?

I hope Mr. Dean will echo his anti war themes again FEARLESSLY and without worrying about silly things like protocol, appeasement, victory with honor and all that other bullshit while so many people are dying pointlessly.