Bush Slams Moveon.Org

In today's press conference, President Bush had this to say about the Moveon.org advertisement in the New York Times which slimed General Petraeus:

Q What is your reaction to the MoveOn.org ad that mocked General Petraeus as General "Betrayus," and said that he cooked the books on Iraq? And secondly, would you like to see Democrats, including presidential candidates, repudiate that ad?

THE PRESIDENT: I thought the ad was disgusting. I felt like the ad was an attack not only on General Petraeus, but on the U.S. military. And I was disappointed that not more leaders in the Democrat Party spoke out strongly against that kind of ad. And that leads me to come to this conclusion: that most Democrats are afraid of irritating a left-wing group like MoveOn.org -- or more afraid of irritating them than they are of irritating the United States military. That was a sorry deal. It's one thing to attack me; it's another thing to attack somebody like General Petraeus.

UPDATE: Senate Votes to Condemn Moveon.org Ad

By a vote of 72-25 The U.S. Senate approved the following resolution:

Question: On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934 )
Vote Number: 344 Vote Date: September 20, 2007, 12:36 PM

Statement of Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.

The roll call for the vote is here. Voting no, or not voting, were all the Senate Democrats running for President as well as the most of the sourpuss defeatists like Harry Reid and friends.

You'll hear the left wing spin machine in overdrive trying to say that efforts like the Swift Boat Vets expose of John Kerry are just as bad. However, it's important to point out that General Petraeus is NOT a political candidate running for office, but an apolitical military commander.

The fact that so many Democrats, in obedience to a hard core left wing group, vote against a resolution of support for a General which many of them voted to confirm is the latest and clearest sign of the corruption of duty which afflicts that once proud party and it's leaders.