Deceived as a strategy

GratisNet: "Some democrats are speaking out saying that the Bush Regime mislead them into supporting the misbegotten invasion of Iraq. Some pundits are claiming that such and admission, if used as a weapon in the 2006 elections would only serve to backfire on them and ultimately help the republicans.

The pundits no doubt remember George Romney and his 'I was brainwashed' comment regarding Vietnam back in 1968 and what it did to his presidential asperations. May I suggest that the conditions of Iraq 2005 and Vietnam 1968 are totally different? At the time of Romney's comment to a reporter a majority of the country did not yet believe that everything about the war was a lie. Is there even one person, outside of Cheney's office, that believes anything (let alone everything) that was claimed about Saddam's threat to us was true?

The democrats need to hammer long and hard about the deception this maladministration used to get their war on. They need to hammer long and hard about the lack of oversight, that traditional role of the congress as outlined in the constitution meant to rein it an out of control executive branch. They need to hammer long and hard about the lengths to which republicans will go to silence or discredit opponents of their policies.

Admitting to being deceived, or duped, loses much of its derogatory implication when a majority of the people feel the same way. It ceases to become a liability in 2006 as more people come to the same conclusion. This abominable regime of inveterate liars lied and deceived their way into Iraq, period. Democrats need to constantly remind the people of that fact."