A rather large target

It strikes me that this isn't the best tactic at this point: Attacking those who initially supported the war, but have lately -- after looking around at the situation in Iraq, the bombings in Annan and London, and the indictment of "Scooter" Libby -- um...begun to feel they might have been sold a @*^&ing bill of goods.

"Reasonable people can disagree about the conduct of the war, but it is irresponsible for Democrats to now claim that we misled them and the American people," Bush said in his prepared remarks.

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In his prepared Alaska remarks, Bush noted that some elected Democrats in Congress "have opposed this war all along.

"I disagree with them, but I respect their willingness to take a consistent stand," he said. "Yet some Democrats who voted to authorize the use of force are now rewriting the past. They are playing politics with this issue and sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy."

In the Senate, 29 Democrats voted with 48 Republicans for the war authorization measure in late 2002, including 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, and his running mate, John Edwards of North Carolina. Both have recently been harshly critical of Bush's conduct of the war and its aftermath.

I mean, we're talking a lot of people here.

WASHINGTON Nov 12, 2005 — Two crucial pillars of President Bush's public support perceptions of his honesty and faith in his ability to fight terrorism have slipped to their lowest point in the AP-Ipsos poll.

Scolding, oh, 63 percent of the country. They are flailing at every turn.