Reply #18: I just did a little googling on Wittman.....

[leftchick]

Good God that man is a horror! I think it is crystal clear what the DLC is up to and who they are. I always stop and think, why isn't there an RLC?

http://www.workingforchange.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=ED439E22-F844-3D5A-2C4CE72F2CA1A3FE

DLC slanders Murtha/Pelosi as "surrendering" on Iraq
The Democratic Leadership Council has really gone over the line. In today's Washington Post, their staffer Marshall Wittman - who used to be a Republican operative and top official at the Christian Coalition - said that Democrats who are pushing for an exit strategy from Iraq are "offering surrender." This is an organization that continues to say it wants to "help" Democrats - but as we can see, they aren't interested in anything like that.
The Post quoted me responding to Wittman. I said, "It is not surprising that a bunch of insulated elitists in the Washington establishment -- most of whom have never served in uniform -- would stab the Democratic Party in the back and attack the courage of people like Vietnam War hero Jack Murtha and Nancy Pelosi for their stand on Iraq."

UPDATE: The DLC's Ed Kilgore, not surprisingly, feigns disbelief that anyone would think Wittman was regurgitating the right-wing talking points he learned how to regurgitate so well as a GOP operative. Here's what's wrong with what Wittman said, Ed - it's not that hard to understand. Wittman, like dishonest right-wing pundits/politicians, characterized a plan to withdraw from Iraq as "offering surrender." It is nothing of the sort - and characterizing it that way is disgusting and dishonest, especially from someone who now purports to speak, at least in part, for Democrats.