Watching the workings of the two-party system over the last dozen years is sort of like your one hundredth trip to the city zoo’s primate exhibit.

At first, it was sort of interesting watching the monkeys groom themselves, picking lice and other harmful parasites from each other’s skin. But now, after years of watching them groom, then pummel each other in some sort of symbiotic, yet oxymoronic existence, the current alpha male –We’ll call him “Dennis”– decided it would be amusing to toss a handful of scat at his zookeeper.  And because monkeys are animals with a social structure, a defined hierarchy; when the alpha male sees fit to toss a fistful of scat at his caretakers, the Alpha female –we’ll call her “Nancy”– soon follows suit.

Such is the case with the American people and the current Democratic sweep of Congress. Instead of Democrats charting a new course or a strategy for victory in Iraq, we have here a straightforward case of monkey see, monkey do.

In a harbinger of Democratic Party intent, Charles Schumer, Dick Durbin and Patty Murray, who once fawned over Bin Laden, were given plum leadership positions; while in the House, Nancy Pelosi chose to support John “Cold-Blooded” Murtha for Majority Leader. Instead of showing voters a measure of restraint for giving them control and electing responsible leadership, the alpha female supports the anti-war constituency.

During the 2006 midterm, voter dissatisfaction was at stratospheric highs. Voters tossed Republicans without much thought about what they would get with Pelosi in control. Just in case you were unclear on Pelosi’s record, here are some of her more notable votes during the 109th Congress.

Pelosi voted against The Military Commissions Act giving the President authority to detain and try terrorist suspects. Pelosi voted against The Secure Fence Act to build a border fence on our southern border with Mexico. Pelosi calls herself a Catholic, but unabashedly supports abortion. She still receives Communion over objections from many Catholics. She also voted against the Public Expression of Religion Act.  Pelosi voted against the Child Custody Protection Act , which would simply prohibit the skirting of state parental notification laws by taking a minor across state lines in order to perform an abortion. Apparently, Pelosi thinks that the right of a child to obtain an abortion trumps both the rights of their parents to supervise their upbringing, as well as the rights of states to regulate medical practices within their borders.

Pelosi voted against The Immigration Law Enforcement Act which would allow state and local authorities to actually punish immigration violations. Pelosi voted against the Pension Protection Act. Pelosi voted against the Pledge Protection Act. Pelosi voted against intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorist finances, even when conducted with sufficient Congressional oversight to prevent the unlawful disclosure and publication of classified information. Pelosi even voted against the preservation of the Mount Soledad Veteran’s Memorial in San Diego, California.

In conclusion:

Nancy Pelosi won’t protect us from terrorism.

She won’t protect the border.

She won’t protect your right to religion.

She doesn’t protect the Pledge of Allegiance.

She won’t protect your pension.

She won’t even protect monuments to the fallen.

The only thing she will protect is the ability of a child to abort her fetus, at all costs.

The Democratic Party’s only strategy for Iraq is this absurd notion of “phased redeployment”. Don’t be fooled by Democratic speaking in tongues. The only “redeployment” that will be taking place is a retreat of all US troops behind the lines to Kuwait, which as Pelosi could never understand, is a slap in the face to my 3,000 brothers-in-arms who gave their lives for freedom in Iraq.