With things looking up for a change, this has been a rough patch of time for the Democrats. They have been suffering from Election Shock Treatment; which means the success of the Iraqi elections has shocked them into the realization that they may have to seek treatment, because of the trauma induced by the growing suspicion that President Bush has been right all along: right in the decision to go into Iraq; right in the decision to hang tough in Palestine; right in the belief that Muslims and Arabs may also want freedom; that elections there can be held, and succeed.
Liberals are always hot for democracy once the struggles are over: It's in the struggles themselves they slip up.
It is one thing to refuse to give credit to Bush for the remarkable events unfolding in the Middle East, but liberals take it a step further. Jumping on the bandwagon now after fighting tooth and nail against the very policies that got us here is almost too much to bear.
Claiming credit in retrospect for things you opposed at the time is a new high in chutzpah, or, if not that, in delusion. But delusion is what people retreat to when reality is much too traumatic. "Here's the great fear that I have," said comedian Jon Stewart once the Iraq elections were over. "What if Bush, the president, ours, has been right about this all along? I feel that my world view may not sustain itself, and I may, and again I don't know if I can physically do this, implode."
In light of the incredible events of the past week, it is even more true.
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