No I'm not talking about giving aid to al Qaeda, North Korea, or Iran. I'm talking about those on the left who continually do and say things that gives the republicans ammunition against us.
Just when we have the right on the ropes and we're just about to lay on the knockout punch here comes some group trying to help but only manages to miss them and hits us in the head with a stool.
I was never so angry with a group as I was with the gay and lesbian community during the 2004 election. The election then was about the war and Kerry was on a roll while Bush was on his way down. Then the Gays and lesbians just had to get married, not subtly but a huge, massive specticle for the entire world to see, and the right jumped on it. Nothing motivated the religious right to get out to vote more than that issue we gave them.
Now we have Bush on the ropes once again and what does Move On.Org do but come out with an ad that wasn't tactful in it's criticism of a member of the military. We had been working so hard to show that we supported the troops and wanted to bring them home safe, and all we did was send them back to the republicans who criticised the democrats for not condemning the ad, and pushing through a resolution of their own condemning the ad which had the support of many dems.
Now I'm sure plenty of you will go all hissy on me, but don't get me wrong because I appreciate what Moveon does but there are times when they act like that fraternity brother you see from time to time, and you like to hang around. But there are times when he shows up drunk at your house or place of work and embarrasses the hell out of you.
For all the talk about reframing the issues and other things, the one thing many on the left should do, especially when we have things rolling our way, is to just shut the hell up until we have control.