Or at least in a way that gets carried by the media. Maybe this is more a shift in the media’s bias (now that the FCC ruling is done with and looks to be struck down by Congress) than in Democratic rhetoric, but whatever the cause, at least finally some criticism is getting disseminated. It’s all about the “Bring them on” quote he made a few days ago, daring Iraqis to kill U.S. soldiers:

Dick Gephardt: “We’re losing soldiers every day, and he is not putting together the international help and the international coalition to deal with this problem. He doesn’t deal with other countries well, and there’s an arrogance, there’s a state of mind in thinking that drives people away rather than bringing them in to help us…. He’s president, you don’t taunt the enemy…. You try to keep our troops safe, you try to help them in what they’re doing …. This phony, macho business is not getting us where we need to be.”

Sen. John Kerry: [The comment was] “unwise, unworthy of the office and his role as commander in chief, and unhelpful to American soldiers under fire.”

Sen. Frank Lautenberg: [The comment was] “irresponsible and inciteful…. When I served in the Army in Europe during World War II, I never heard any military commander — let along the commander in chief — invite enemies to attack U.S. troops.”

Howard Dean: [The comment was] “incredibly reckless rhetoric…. These men and women are risking their lives every day, and the president who sent them on this mission showed tremendous insensitivity to the dangers they face.”

I still haven’t heard anyone paying attention to Bush’s comment on how “God instructed” him to invade Iraq.