Reply #5: Dems are still on their turf when they offer denials or defensive. . .

[pat_k]

. . .answers. And the notion that Dems are weak on national security has nothing to do with the perception that the Democratic Party is weak.

The Democratic Party is perceived as weak because they repeatedly fail to take up and fight the "good fights" on principle -- even when those fights may be the "charge of the light brigade."

It's good to have these critical facts in your pocket, but the MOST effective thing they could do to challenge their "weak Dem" image would be to demand impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2283155&mesg_id=2283155">More. . .