Leon and his redstate syncophants seem to have opened their eyes... and they don't like what they see.
In his diary "Victory at All Costs" Leon is crying 'they must be defeated / victory at all costs' to cover the black eye the right got after the rally / march turnouts this weekend... he's sounding like a fragile frightened man.
Update [2005-9-26 23:53:38 by SteveK]: Checked diary for comments and he's really catching it from the left and suprisingly no one's been sent to the PILE yet.
bits and pieces after the break
Leon: I think The Big Ditch is swallowing us all. If you guys quit doing them, I promise I won't ever do a counter-protest.
Victory at All Costs By: Leon the Red(stater)
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... As I watched the most anti-American elements of society rub shoulders this weekend... I came to realize that these people are not in this fight for the war. They are in it for political victory.
Really, Leon? How observant.
...the moral repugnance writ legal ushered in during the 70s did not occur in a vacuum, but rather was washed in on a wave of euphoric success by an almost identical crowd of misbegotten America haters, flush with the thrill of their victory over the "establishment" in Vietnam.
We America haters... They "establishment" Right!
And
if their success is not to repeat itself, we must not allow them to succeed again. They must be defeated at all costs. Their message must be discredited.
This must never happen, no matter the cost.
Next - Specific charges aimed at
they/them/those.
... the anti-war movement, with all the unsavory elements that it included - many of the same elements we saw on display this weekend. They root for America and her allies to lose. They openly advocate victory for our enemies. Anything that might go wrong anywhere in the world is America's fault, and America must be made to pay. Their method of operation was to cast dispersion and disparagement on anything that represented the American system, including the American system of Judeo-Christian morals and any person who could be identified with America... Nevermind that their accomplishment was the disgrace of our country and our government, they were at the front of a movement that had done something. And so the political "winners" were defined for another generation.
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To discredit them, we must be victorious. We must press on in spite of their rabble-rousing. We must prove that we will not be deterred by the stench of the unwashed, or the spectacle of tie-dye en masse...
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It's time for victory to be pursued at all costs. By whatever means necessary...
I would cross-post this on redstate but I was sent to the PILE for complimenting 'steiff' 'Thomas' and 'Tbone'