Most of the Third Way site so far consists of self-congratulatory press releases, but there is at least one item of interest: a report, rather kinkily titled "Boots on the Ground", by Aaron Scholer, a staffer at Third Way. Scholer appears to be a protege of Joe "Mad Dog" Lieberman, prominent cheerleader for war and spokesman for God. Lieberman seems to have been one of the main sponsors of Third Way. Scholer doesn't mention God in his report, thank God, but war is front-and-center.
"Boots On The Ground" (BONTHEG, for short) urges that the US Army needs to be expanded -- by about 100,000 troops. And why? well, among other scary scenarios, what if we're still tied down in Iraq and have to "handle a confrontation with Iran"?
This mastery of euphemism suggests that Scholer can expect a distinguished Washington career. Translated into English, of course, what BONTHEG is saying is, Let's build up the Army so we can start a war with Iran, alongside the one we're already fighting with Iraq.
The funny thing here, for many of us, is that these rarin'-to-go conference-room commandos are supposed to be "new" Democrats. In fact, of course, mythical "bomber gaps" and "missile gaps" and the like have long been a staple of Democratic demagoguery, running all the way back to Woodrow Wilson's "preparedness" campaign, the overture to American involvement in the First World War. The Third Way donkey is running true here to long-standing form.
So, Democrats -- what's new?
this scholer chap
how's he tie his boots ?
my 2002 jack off party card
option reads
" new dems can
redeem pledges
post 9/11
"get
one set neo kold body armor
for each klint-hedonic blow me husssle "
hey
got to hand it to em
they remain the same old
non prof knee walkers
george meany
affectionately called
" our very own frosted flakes "