The American Spectator

p> MORALE VICTORY br> Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Why So Glum? : /p>

Yes. Let’s not panic. To me, things are not even going all that badly, but maybe I am not tuned into the Washington wavelength. I saw the cavalry arrive in New Orleans on Friday morning and it looked pretty good to me.

When I heard der schlickmeister (bow to Rush) deliver his broadside against Bush’s policy in Iraq it occurred to me that his ear was failing him. Why go after Bush just when it looks like we are breaking the back of the bad guys, the Iraq Army is kicking in, and we are moving toward a vote on the constitution? Sort of like declaring WWII a disaster after the Battle of the Bulge. Bad timing.

p>Bush has Reagan’s advantage: He simply doesn’t care what they think in the more rarefied reaches of the mainstream/Democratic press. Nor should we. br> — Greg Richards /p>

“The shrieks heard from the Democrats these days puts me in mind of one of my most deeply held beliefs about politics, to wit: Rather than being shaped by principles or by interests, most political issues are shaped by mental illness, namely the need of some citizens to be perpetually angry.”

I love these words; they are so apt at this time!

p>I believe President Bush will be seen as a success, and it time will be seen as a great success.