The Guardian reports that Bush administration officials refer to anti-war Democrats as “Defeatocrats”:

The speech was aimed primarily at what White House officials privately describe as the “Defeatocrats”, the Democratic congressmen trying to push Mr Bush into an early withdrawal.

If true, it’s another indication of this administration’s poisonous attitude toward dissent.

PS Maybe the White House should send a “rally squad” to the floor of Congress to shout down Democrats who criticize the war…