It's time to start questioning Democrat patriotism

I'm still riled up about the Fox News poll that just came out, showing that 20% of Democrats think the world would be better off if the U.S. loses the war in Iraq.


Let me just put this out there: I deeply question the patriotism of anyone who feels that the world would be better off if America loses the war in Iraq.


The Democrats keep yelling about how "not unpatriotic" they are despite their being no real challenges from Republicans about their patriotism. Perhaps there should be.


Earlier this year, the Democrats used the troops' welfare as a bargaining chip: threatening the funding of the war only to make an empty political statement. By showing the world the Democrats were against the war in Iraq, they are damaging the efforts there. They did this knowing they had no chance of passing their retreat bill. They only did so in order to make a vacuous political statement. They've once again done the same. Instead of renewing the wildly popular SCHIP program before its expiration this past Monday, they have staked out a position: they'll hold hostage the millions of poor children on the program, refusing to give them medical care unless the Republicans agree to expand the program into the middle class families who largely have health care - and, of course, they pay for it with a regressive tax. They've made no secret that they're doing this once again to make a vacuous political statement They did this to generate a campaign issue for their members. It's pretty sickening that they're denying medical care to poor children simply in order to make a political statement.


So yes, I do have to question the patriotism of some of these Democrats. When you're threatening to take funding away from troops in the field, when you're threatening to take funding away from poor children's health insurance simply to make a political statement, it clearly says you care more for your own political future than helping the groups of people in this country we must support the most.