Even if those proposals draw the 60 votes needed to overcome a Senate filibuster — a level that has eluded Democrats this year — any real strictures on the president would face a veto, frustrating war critics and raising the prospect that roughly as many American troops might be in Iraq a year from now as were there a year ago.

The Demorats are upset because it might appear that the so-called Surge is having an affect:

BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 (UPI) — Al-Qaida militants in Iraq have taken heavy losses in two joint U.S.-Iraqi raids north of Baghdad, the U.S. military reported Thursday.

The Demorats have made essentially no comment whatsoever on the despicable “General Betray Us” posts on MoveOn.org — see the photo above, direct from the website itself.

The Demorats have made no comment on the fact that the NY Times discounted its customary rates for the MoveOn.org advertisement:

Moveon.org confirmed it paid $65,000 for the full page ad headlined “General Petraeus or General Betray Us.”

The New York Post ran a story on Thursday asking why the basic rate of $181,692 for such an ad was discounted.

The Demorats (Clinton & Biden) have also taken cash from Oscar Wyatt, accused of making millions of dollars of kickbacks to Saddam Hussein:

Since the mid-1990s, they’ve cut checks totaling more than $670,000 to national committees and candidates for federal office, including donations to the earlier campaigns of four current presidential candidates in addition to Richardson: Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Sam Brownback of Kansas.

Hell, that’s expected of them lousy Republicans — but those HONEST Demorats?

The Demorats can’t pull off an Iraq exsanguination in order to please their Far Left Rank:

The Democrats, meanwhile, have rallied against the plan. But they find themselves in a box – lacking the votes to pass legislation ordering troops home by spring but tied to a support base that wants nothing less.

“We will continue the fight,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday.

The Demorats aren’t playing well in their own sandbox:

John Edwards isn’t exactly a shrinking violet when it comes to criticizing Hillary Clinton, or bringing up the Clintons’ past scandals – recall his “the Lincoln Bedroom is not for rent” speech. In fact, that speech came on the 23rd of August, just a few days before the whole Norman Hsu mess exploded on the nation’s front pages.

The Demorats don’t believe there is any kind of terrorist threat, believe in the goodness of Islam, and believe in hamstringing our nation’s ability to defend itself:

The Demorats (mostly Hillary) stepped in the Hsu fundraising fecal material:

Until recent weeks, Hsu was a darling of Democratic politicians, donating at least $600,000 himself during the last four years and raising far more than that from associates.

Among the candidates to whom he donated was Obama — a total of $7,000 in 2004 and 2005. Obama recently gave that same amount to charity. Hsu’s associates have given Obama at least $12,600 more.

The biggest recipient of his largesse was Clinton. Aides to the New York senator estimate that Hsu raised $850,000 for her presidential campaign. The Clinton campaign announced earlier this week it would return the $850,000 to 260 donors.

But wait; didn’t the Demorats pledge to run the most ethical Congress in history — like Bill Clinton pledged to run the most ethical presidency in history?

One bright spot in this rant of pessimism; at least the “celebrity” (and I use this word VERY loosely with the la-hoo-zer Kathy Griffin) Demorat hod carriers are still stupid and offensive:

Griffin, at the 59th annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards held recently, was honored for having the Outstanding Reality Program, overtaking ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” after several attempts.

“I guess hell froze over,” Griffin announced. “A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this. He had nothing to do with this. Suck it, Jesus! This award is my god now.”

Aaahh — at least the Demorat Left is nothing if not predictable. Inane, yes, but predictable.