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RedditPermanent Minority. Organizations that purport to speak for Democrats, like the Democratic Leadership Council, are still employing people like Marshall Wittmann, a former GOP staffer and top official for the Christian Coalition. On December 2 Wittmann was quoted by the Washington Post saying that those who support an exit strategy from Iraq are "offering surrender"--a pure regurgitation of a dishonest right-wing talking point.
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