Opportunity Lost

Marcy Kaptur, a Congresswoman from Toledo, Ohio has squandered an opportunity to create a national debate about Osama and the Islamic Revolutions around the world.

A few days ago, she compared Osama to the US' Founding Fathers. Many people, myself included, found that analogy to be extremely distasteful, if not patently offensive. Unlike most folks that make idiotic comments, she decided to revisit the issue. This was a wonderful opportunity to clarify her position and to begin a rational and logical debate.

But instead, she reiterated her position, spoke gleefully about how this gave her a better platform from which to criticize Bush and then whined about how she was getting slammed in the media and public opinion. But there was no attempt to start a public debate.

The Democrats sometimes wonder aloud why no one seems to take them seriously. Maybe if they debated rather than continously taking a hardline rhetorical position we would be able to take them more seriously. Allen Colmes has figured it out. Why can't the rest of them get it?