Satorum accuses DEMS of Politicizing war???

As Ariana Huffington says, that's beyond chutzpah.

First, here's Jim O'Toole from the P-G:

In several interviews as he toured Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Republican accused Democrats of politicizing the war issue, and sending messages that, he said, encouraged perceptions by the nation's enemies that the United States lacks resolve.

In doing so, the Republican echoed the analysis of GOP figures, including Vice President Dick Cheney, that Sen. Joseph Lieberman's defeat by an anti-war candidate in the Democratic primary in Connecticut showed a lack of resolve on national security.

Now this must've been in the day's Republican talking points. Because I heard Rudy Giuliani say roughly the same thing on Sean Hannity's radio program. The amazing part was when, not more than 20 seconds after accusing the Democrats of politicizing the war on terror, Rudy added that the war on terror "was why I campaign for Republican candidates."

But there's more.

The DCCC snagged an e-mail from the former mayor that says:

Today, President Bush faces a similar challenge. In the middle of a war on terror, we need to remain focussed on furthering Republican ideas more than ever before. We can't turn back now.

Then he asks for money.

Then there's Dick Cheney. The NYDaily News writes about the Dark Lord of the Sith:

Sen. Joe Lieberman's loss to an anti-war upstart will only encourage Al Qaeda and other enemies of the U.S., Vice President Cheney said yesterday.

"The thing that's partly disturbing about it is the fact that, [from] the standpoint of our adversaries, if you will, in this conflict, and the Al Qaeda types, they clearly are betting on the proposition that ultimately they can break the will of the American people," Cheney said.

Even more chutzpah to come. This is the ultimate. Take a look at this article.

US President George W. Bush seized on a foiled London airline bomb plot to hammer unnamed critics he accused of having all but forgotten the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Weighed down by the unpopular war in Iraq, Bush and his aides have tried to shift the national political debate from that conflict to the broader and more popular global war on terrorism ahead of November 7 congressional elections.

The London conspiracy is "a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation," the president said on a day trip to Wisconsin.

"It is a mistake to believe there is no threat to the United States of America," he said. "We've taken a lot of measures to protect the American people. But obviously we still aren't completely safe."

His remarks came a day after the White House orchestrated an exceptionally aggressive campaign to tar opposition Democrats as weak on terrorism, knowing what Democrats didn't: News of the plot could soon break.[emphasis added]

Of course they deny that the current talking points had anything to do with the plot in Britain. But these are the same guys who lied about WMD. Why should we believe them now?

There's one interesting point left to make - it's from the same piece:

But Bush's Republicans hoped the raid would yield political gains.

"I'd rather be talking about this than all of the other things that Congress hasn't done well," one Republican congressional aide told AFP on condition of anonymity because of possible reprisals.

"Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play big," said another White House official, who also spoke on condition of not being named, adding that some Democratic candidates won't "look as appealing" under the circumstances. [emphasis added]

Yea. That's right. It's the DEMOCRATS who are using the "war on terror" for political gain.

The DEMOCRATS.