It's so simple it's amazing they haven't come up with it yet. Here are some of the things unified Democrats need to say. Here is what I think the Democrats should say:
We can never and will never trust George W. Bush, Dick Cheney or Donald Rumsfeld again. Democrats feel that we have to get out of Iraq as quickly as possible. We were tricked into voting to give Bush the power to start a war because of the presentation of manipulated and false evidence resulting in the biggest con job since the Trojan Horse.
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George Bush and Dick Cheney are liars and the lies began even before they took office with a criminal manipulation of our election process. We need to take over the House and Senate in November 2006. At that time, we will shape legislation to start an immediate withdrawal of troops out of Iraq. Within a year of that time, we will be completely out of Iraq. All we are doing now is playing make believe. Our self proclaimed "War President" who pretends that God talks to him, of course he does that for votes, loves playing pretend GI Joe rather than spending time thinking about real solutions. He is incompetent, he lies and he is anything but a leader.
We will do our duty and initiate investigations to see the depth at which Bush and Cheney sunk. This White House gives nobody any answers and has the audacity to expect our blind trust and allegiance. Well, we know the quote, even if George W. Bush doesn't. Fool us once, shame on you, fool us a second time, shame on us. If it is found that Bush and Cheney lied to trick us into a war, we will initiate impeachment hearings for high crimes and misdemeanors against the United States of America and its citizens.
We will repeal all the Bush tax cuts, every penny, and we would look to give tax reform to the middle and upper middle classes because when they get tax reduction they spend it and it provides adrenaline for the economy. There is no reason why the wealthy should pay 15% on dividends while hard working middle class workers are paying 28 to 30%. We will also reinstitute the Estate Tax because we must maintain all the resources and infra-structure we inherited.
We will pass legislation prohibiting assault weapons and will require licensing for hand guns, no matter what state they are purchased in.
We will keep the federal government out of the bedrooms of Americans and concentrate and what we are elected to do.
As far as torture, we will never use it because it does not work. It should be illegal as it degrades the United States of America in the eyes of the world. However, in order to stop and missile headed for one of our major cities, all Democrats would take the steps necessary to prevent that catastrophe. We would admit what we did before Congress and let Congress decide the outcome. What this administration does as standard procedure is as pathetic as their lack of success in Iraq and finding bin Laden. Bush and the rest of his administration are not only liars but they are also decrepit failures.
Whatever the Democrats do, keep John Kerry far away from this kind of message. His colors and lack of strength are why we are in this mess.