CNN has been doing their part for the Democrats for years, but really stepped it up this month by airing a terrorist propaganda video of snipers in Iraq shooting American soldiers. They defended the decision to air the video as a desire to show the “unvarnished truth” of war. It seems the “unvarnished truth” of partial birth abortion, the record-setting Bush economy, and other truths that might cause voters to look favorably on Republican policies don’t need to be shown.

Oprah even chipped in to the effort this month by having Bush-bashing book author Frank Rich on to discuss “Truth in America” and the Dixie Chicks on to discuss their movie, Shut Up and Sing.

I learned from the Oprah show that the Dixie Chicks’ free speech has been stifled mercilessly by some red state types so you probably haven’t heard, since they have been silenced and all, but the Chicks don’t care much for President Bush, or for war (or for the fans who made them multi-millionaires). The Chicks interview, airing less than two weeks before the election, painted a picture of a scary America in which citizens were not allowed to express their displeasure with the mean Republicans getting our kids killed in Iraq and letting people drown in Katrina.

I don’t know whether or not Democrats will pull off their expected control shifting wins this time around (though my prediction is they won’t), but I do know that if they don’t, they will have one heck of a problem spinning the failure as anything other than a complete disaster considering all they had going in their favor this time around. If Nancy Pelosi fails to get that office suite she is counting on, what Democrats will have to worry about more than how they will spin the loss though is how they will hope to win in the future.

If they want the advice of a member of the opposition, then I am glad to oblige. If Dems aren’t successful this time around, next time they might want to try (1) running on an actual agenda, (2) running against someone who is actually on the ballot (hint: George Bush is not), and (3) refusing the help of far left kooks. My prediction is that the candidates that followed those tips this time around will be the ones celebrating on November 7. It just remains to be seen whether enough of them were Democrats to allow Nancy Pelosi to start slinging those fabric swatches.