The Absurd Season

Again with the supid, inane questions for Democrats:

So, what's your plan for Iraq? As if it matters. The Democrats, even if they win back both bodies of Congress, have very little say regarding foreign policy.

All they have is the power of the purse.

The Absurd Season:

The period before any significant election has been called 'the silly season' for years now, and for good reason. Take the run-up to the 2004 election, for one recent example. The occupation of Iraq was spiraling into chaos, American soldiers and Iraqi civilians were dying in ever-escalating numbers, the nightmare of Abu Ghraib had stained us all, and what did that election turn on? The Vietnam War and gay marriage.

That was just silly, but in many ways, what is happening as we creep toward the 2006 midterms goes beyond silly into the realm of the astonishingly absurd.

Republican officeholders and pundits get on the television day after day and ask the single dumbest question one can ask regarding Iraq: 'What is the Democrat's plan for fixing the occupation?' This isn't a dumb question on the surface, because of course the Democrats absolutely must have a plan. This is a dumb question because, as things stand today, it doesn't matter a whit what the Democrat's plan is.