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What this poll also shows is that John Murtha is wrong. Yet, he doggedly continues to make that statement. Murtha must know by now that he is making a false statement.

A recent ABC poll revealed that 57% of the American people want our troops to remain in Iraq until the country is stable and able to stand on its own. With 57% of the American people wanting us to finish the job and not abandon Iraq, Ms. Marsh must know that she, too, is not being honest.

The old adage of "if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it," is at work here. Hard line leftist Democrats will continue to lie even in the face of overwhelming numbers to the contrary, in the hopes that some will believe the lies.

The latest "scandal" is that the president allowed international calls from known terrorists to American citizens to be tapped without first obtaining a wiretap court order. Often, these calls would come in with no time to run to a judge and get permission. We may never know how many lives have been saved by the quick action of our intelligence gathering agencies. In fact, the law only covers phones calls that start and end within the United States. Even the New York Times, which "broke" the story after having it for a year, admits that Bush broke no laws. But the leftists are in a frenzy declaring that Bush is not a "king" and must follow the Constitution.

The timing of this latest "bombshell" from the troubled Times is suspect. The good news from Iraq was threatening to overshadow the leftist agenda. Congress was going to be voting on renewing the Patriot Act, and there is a little book that James Risen has coming out. National security means nothing when a leftist has a new anti-Bush book to peddle. Success in Iraq must be shouted down.

The Democratic Party is in a sorry state. The hard working, blue collar party that my father was devoted to is dead. It has become a whining, lying, self-serving, white-flag-waving disgrace. Sooner or later all the lies will catch up with them. The successful election in Iraq made reasonable Americans ask themselves how the situation in Iraq could be so hopeless when so many smiling, happy people were proudly displaying their purple badge of honor. If Bush has no plan for Iraq as the Democrats insist, then what is it that is at work in Iraq right now? The president's poll numbers are on the rise and we can expect the leftists to get even more desperate and shrill. Even the tainted New York Times can't help them now.

President Bush is no longer on the defensive. When on the offensive, he is at his best and he becomes the man the leftists seem to fear and hate the most and the American people love. The leftists no longer have the stage all to themselves. They have become so frantic they now must team up with newspapers to discredit the president of the United States and assist the enemy once more. The battle is on for the "hearts and minds" of the American people and the leftists seem to be losing.

The truth is as simple as a finger that has been dipped in purple ink.

The complete BBC poll on Iraq (web site)
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