A Democrat I can like

Candidate wounded in Iraq: Bush offers ‘shallow slogans’

An Illinois congressional candidate who lost both her legs during combat in Iraq said Saturday that President Bush has no real strategy for securing the war-ravaged nation, just political talk designed to appeal to voters.

“Instead of a plan or a strategy, we get shallow slogans like ‘Mission Accomplished’ and ‘Stay the Course,”‘ former Army Capt. Tammy Duckworth said in the Democrats’ weekly radio address. “Those slogans are calculated to win an election. But they won’t help us accomplish our mission in Iraq.”

Read more at the link above. This is the same candidate Molly Ivins mentioned in her recent column, Beyond the pale.

I had begun to wonder if there were any politicians out there with the necessary strength of character to stand up and call The Liar (©) on his bullshit.

“Well, I didn’t cut and run, Mr. President. Like so many others, I proudly fought and sacrificed,” Duckworth said. “My helicopter was shot down long after you proclaimed ‘mission accomplished.”‘

Too bad I don’t live in suburban Chicago.