Now And Then

Come with me my friends as we join Mr. Peabody for a ride on the "Way Back Machine". Today's destination, courtesy of many friends including Captain Ed, is 2007 where Sister Toldja has the results from a poll that found....

Do you personally want the Iraq plan President Bush announced last week to succeed?

Overall: 63% Yes 22% No 15% Don’t Know

Democrats: 51% Yes 34% No 15% Don’t Know

She had reported just the week before on a Fox News poll that had similar results.

Fox’s question was revealing: “Regardless of how you voted in the presidential election, would you say you want President Bush to succeed or not?” Democrats said “not,” 51 percent to 40 percent - where the public at large wanted success by almost two to one.

Climbing back into the way back machine again, we go to this 2006 poll that Patterico found. It said.....

I think we all know the answer to that — but here’s some hard proof. Reader jimboster passes along a 2006 poll (.pdf) that proves the point. Check out question 10 — and pay particular attention to how the answers break down by party:

Recall that in August 2006, we were in the thick of a war whose outcome was uncertain. And Democrats didn’t want Bush to succeed.

To be honest and fair....it was not right then and it is not right now. However, you Democrats did, in a small way, bring this upon yourselves. Your vapors now, in light of your actions then ring awfully hollow.