<p>“There was no Al Qaida in Iraq prior to our unprovoked invasion. We plowed, fertilized, and planted that field for Al Qaida. And sure enough, a whole new crop of terrorists has sprung up.”</p>
<p>Whether the first part of your statement is correct or not is subject to debate. However, that is irrelevant because the second part of your statement which reflects current conditions is correct. The Dem response to this is: </p>
<ul>
<li>fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan </li>
<li>leave al Qaeda in Iraq to flourish and continue to kill Iraqi women and children</li>
</ul>
<p>I have yet to hear any Dem candidate explain that dichotomy.</p>
Chaos and polarization is the result of partisan bickering. Neither side has tried to compromise and it is destroying Congress’ ability to get things done.
2.The Democratic solution to the economy is what?..tax more and expand the welfare system? Somehow that doesn’t seem like it would help reduce the number of people living paycheck to paycheck or on welfare.
The DoD budget has been around $500B for a while. It’s not something new.
The idea is to have LESS Americans and Iraqis dying. That’s the whole theory (and it appears results) of the “surge.”
Your last part is nothing more than a politically biased, personnal attack. Ad Hominem does not prove anything. It only makes the attacker look less able to debate.</p>
<p>Do you want to argue that we have a better choice? My vote isn’t decided, yet.</p>
<p>“The group Vietnam Veterans Against McCain attacks Senator John McCain’s heroism as a POW in the Vietnam conflict; this is making some waves in the news due to McCain’s presidential candidacy. The documentary “Missing, Presumed Dead the Search for America’s POWs” however focuses more on Senator John McCain successfully blocking the release of classified POW/MIA documents.”</p>
<p>McCain’s record will come out, if he is the nominee! McCain is a sellout. He was one in Vietnam and still is today considering his record on illegals.</p>
<p>I just put this on the Romney thread, but I guess I should have put it here. In our local paper, there’s an article about Bob Dole sending a letter in to Rush Limbaugh, celebrating the conservative virtues/values of McCain. He compares him to Jesse Helms-- actually says McCain is more conservative than Jesse was on the issues-- Wow. That says a lot.</p>
<p>“Your argument blaming your divisiveness on Bush reminds me of the old Flip Wilson line"The Devil made me do it!”</p>
<p>Be that as it may</p>
<p> are you (fundingfather) making the case that President Bush has not been divisive and if so please explain your thinking? Your silence on this matter will be an admission on your part that Bush has indeed been a divisive president.</p>
<p>Hillary is more conservative than McCain! As a life long Republican, I will be supporting Hillary in the Texas primary in March if McCain wins today!</p>
<p>Really? If you look at the issues, she and Obama just aren’t that far apart. So does that make him more conservative than McCain, too?</p>
<p>I’m not a Republican and have no plans to vote for one. I just think to say that McCain is more conservative on the issues than Jesse Helms-- well, that’s saying a lot. I’m guessing Dole meant that to be a compliment, but I just find it scary and a good reason not to vote for McCain.</p>
<ul>
<li> fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan </li>
<li> leave al Qaeda in Iraq to flourish and continue to kill Iraqi women and children</li>
</ul>
<p>fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan</p>
<p>If we leave Afghanistan the al Qaeda along with allies (Taliban) probably retake the country, once again giving al Qaeda a safe haven.</p>
<p>leave al Qaeda in Iraq to flourish and continue to kill Iraqi women and children</p>
<pre><code> If we leave Iraq the national forces of Iraq will fight and will defeat any residual al Qaeda forces in Iraq. The real problem in Iraq is not al Qaeda its the internal conflict between themselves.
</code></pre>
Sorry but I don’t believe you. No lifelong Republican from Texas would vote for Hillary Clinton. It is impossible to conclude that Hillary Clinton, in total, is more conservative than John McCain.</p>
<p>Yes, Hillary is more conservative than McCain! Yes, I will be voting for Hillary if McCain wins today. Hillary is more intilligent than McCain, has more experience than Obama and will be better with the economy than both of them.</p>
<p>tommy, my first inclination was to avoid your childish mandate, but the answer to your question is so simple to anyone with half of an objective mind that it’s worth mentioning to show how nonobjective and divisive the Dems have been on this.</p>
<p>Look at how the biggest issue of the Bush presidency was handled - the Iraq war. Rather than just start dropping bombs like his predecessor did on numerous occasions without Congressional approval, Bush went to Congress and got overwhelming approval of the effort (77-23). Then as long as things went reasonably well most Dems stuck with that vote. However, once things started to look like they were going south, they started abandoning ship with excuses like “I was duped” or “I really didn’t mean for an ‘authorization for war’ to actually lead to war”. How ridiculous and slimy.</p>
<p>If you want to look at the source of the divisiveness, look at your own employer.</p>
<p>I can believe that people will switch parties, however, I do agree that lifelong republicans would not stand for another Clinton. That would be like dems voting for Jeb in 2012. Can’t see it but stranger things can happen :)</p>
<p>BTW McCain’s career voting record gives him an 85% voting with republicans</p>
<p>“Someone has to insist the right wing to back up their BS.”</p>
<p>This is a community, Tommybill, and it’s a shame that your posts are so often abusive. I know you’ve been spoken to about it. Perhaps you would get answers and engage in a dialogue if you were more courteous. I guess you like being ignored. I’m going to add myself back to that list. It’s a shame, too, because I thought you had “got it.” Take care.</p>
<p>FF that is a good argument as far as it goes. However it is not the only issues with which Bush dealt. </p>
<p>His “base only” politics and policies prove your thinking to be weak. </p>
<p>My mandate was not childish it was simply an effort to start getting you to back up some of the lose and weak statements you are very prone to make.</p>