To the North Conway League of Women Voters: Fool Us Twice
Good evening everyone, and thank you for inviting me to speak to the North Conway League of Women Voters tonight to explain why you should vote for me, a Democrat, rather than the other guy. I am most grateful to for this opportunity to tell you what I think about the issues, rather than having Karl Rove tell you what I think. Karl’s remarks here on Monday night made three things clear: First, the war in Iraq is the overriding issue in the 2006 campaign for Congress. Second, Karl has decided to see if he can fool enough of the people a second time into believing that America's national security is at stake in Iraq. Third, Karl has decided that his team’s winning strategy will be to define the electoral choice as cut-and-run (us) versus stay-the-course (them). I have three things to say about this. First, to cut and run precipitously from Iraq would be terribly costly, risky, and irresponsible. Second, so would staying the course, which means we are in a lose-lose position. ...