Let’s take a quick look at his record and count the times that events have proven Dave Burris flat wrong:
George Bush would make a better President than Al Gore = Wrong!
Attacking Iraq is a good idea = Wrong!
The occupation will pay for itself = Wrong!
We’ll be greeted as liberators = Wrong!
Tom Delay’s leadership is good for the Republican Party = Wrong!
Deficits don’t matter = Wrong!
Rergulations are anti-consumer = Wrong!
Government should be shrunken to the size where it can be drowned in a bathtub = Wrong!
George Bush would make a better President than John Kerry = Wrong!
Tax Cuts for the rich will pay for themselves = Wrong!
Joanne Christian would be a decent State Senator = Probably Right!
Alan Levin will run for Governor = Wrong!
Blue Water Wind is a good idea = Right!
McCain/Plain would be better than Obama/Biden = Wrong!
These are only the ones I know about. He has probably been wrong about much much more.
I know Dave will try to run away from some of these wrong positions he has taken over the years. For instance, Dave might try to claim that he was against the Iraq war. That would be a lie.
I’ve given this a lot of “delathought” and I remember berating Dave for his wrongness for as long as Bush has been in office.
It has been a long time and for most of it, Dave was riding hight because events appeared to endorse his wrongness. But now, with the economy in tatters I don’t think he should be half as smug and self satisfied as he is.
Dave has a record I could almost forgive if he was one of the many half-wits and morons that comprise the right side of the Delaware-blogophere. But Dave is smart, so his ongoing wrongness is a very great sin indeed.