Senator Joe Lieberman (Dem., CT) and senator Jon Kyl (Rep., AZ) have relaunched the Committee on the Present Danger, first created by Scoop Jackson in 1950 as a bipartisan effort “to educate Americans about the growing threat of Soviet communism.” Here’s a quote from their op-ed in the Washington Post:
“In this third incarnation, we intend to focus the committee on the present danger our generation faces: international terrorism from Islamic extremists and the outlaw states that either harbor or support them. The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks awoke all Americans to the capabilities and brutality of our new enemy, but today too many people are insufficiently aware of our enemy’s evil worldwide designs, which include waging jihad against all Americans and reestablishing a totalitarian religious empire in the Middle East.”
Read the whole thing. Lieberman is almost the only sane Democrat left standing. He was only able to muster 5% of the vote in the primaries, which is an indictment of the Democrats, who have become beholden to all the crazies who imagine that Iraq is Vietnam.
I didn’t used to like Joe, cuz he spoke out against violent, pornographic Hollywood movies and because he was the first and one of the only Democrats to speak out against Bill Clinton during the despicable Republican impeachment jihad, both moves which offended my social libertarian sensibilities. But now I love him. It’s so rare to see a liberal Democrat who is aware that we are at war, and who isn’t afraid to say so. Here’s another quote:
“In this war, our enemies do not distinguish between Democrats and Republicans. All Americans are the targets of their hate, because all Americans share the values they detest, the purpose that has defined America since the founders declared our independence — to secure our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Why can’t guys like Joe Lieberman and John McCain win their partys’ nominations? There is something seriously wrong with our nominating process. If the Democrats hadn’t been so consumed with Bush hatred that they were willing to compromise their delusional principles in order to have a shot at beating Bush, we wouldn’t even have gotten Kerry. We would have had Dean.