Another Drawn With the Sword

Is the New York Times trying to do its usual liberal shilling on the eve of the election with this front page story? The gritty, gut-level account of a medic doing his job in Iraq makes red-blooded Americans like me feel staid, not withdrawn. Especially in contrast to the fallout from John Kerry's titanic misspeak, knowing what the soldiers are going through - and knowing that they believe in this war - it's hard to justify second-guessing them with a vote for John Murtha's Democrats. Something not dissimilar occurred four years into our own Civil War, when Union soldiers voted overwhelmingly for Lincoln. Despite being indecisive in the actual ennumeration of votes, it's hard not to believe that many voting at home followed the lead of him who had borne the battle.