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1. Count Every Vote- This was the mantra of the Al Gore campaign after the 2000 presidential election, when they were hand counting votes in 3 highly Democratic counties, while at the same time trying to disqualify military votes. In effect they were trying to change the rules of the election after the election had taken place, which violated federal election law. A liberal Florida Supreme Court ruled in the favor of the Gore Campaign until the U.S. Supreme Court put a stop to it. To this very day, liberals actually believe George Bush stole the election.
2. There is a vast right wing conspiracy- There is a far right wing in the Republican Party, but it is a small fringe element. However, there is a far left wing in this country and it is a large part of the main stream of the Democratic party. Remember when Hillary Clinton went on the Today Show and responded to the allegation of an affair between her husband (President Clinton) and an intern (Monica Lewinsky) as untrue and blamed it on a Right Wing Conspiracy? Over the past ten years Tom Daschle, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Mario Cuomo, Richard Gephardt and Jesse Jackson have been the loudest and most influential voices in the Democratic party. Are any of these people Moderates? Also please note, there is a liberal bias in the media. You might make the argument that there is a vast left wing conspiracy.
3. This is a tax break for the rich- This is class warfare at it's finest. If a person earning $40,000 a year gets a 10% tax reduction and a person earning $1,000,000 per year gets a 1% tax reduction- the person earning $1,000,000 will get a much greater tax break. Tom Daschle and Richard Gephardt once stood next to a car in front of the Capital Building holding up a muffler. They made a statement that a proposed George Bush tax cut would allow the rich to buy a new car and the average American to buy a muffler. This is a strategy Democrats use on every Republican proposed tax cut. They stop everyone from getting a reduction in their taxes by using class warfare. Please note, tax reductions are not an entitlement program.
4. There is no liberal bias in the media- For close to 50 years the news in America was controlled by ABC, NBC and CBS. In the last 20 years CNN came on to the scene. This is pretty much comparable to the BBC in Europe and AL Jazzera in the Arab world today. It was in the last 6 years when Fox News and other cable news networks were born to give a more balanced approach to news analysis. However, if you look at the major networks today, they are still run by the left. Tim Russert, the President of NBC News, at one time worked for Mario Cuomo. The top players at ABC News are Peter Jennings, George Stephanopolous, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts- hardly conservatives. Lets not forget the statement the President of ABC News made after September 11th. CBS News has Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer- more non-conservatives. All you have to say about CNN is that it was created by Ted Turner. In print media there is the Los Angeles Times in California, The New York Times in New York and The Atlanta Journal Constitution in Georgia. These have been the major newspapers in our most populous cities for many years and their reporting has a liberal bias.
5. Republicans want to cut school lunch programs- This was the attack leveled by Democrats against the Republicans during a budget battle in 1995. Democrats proposed a double digit increase in funding for school lunch programs, while Republican proposed a more modest increase. To put this in perspective, you must ask this question. How many people get a double digit increase in their pay each year? Democrats called the Republican proposal a cut and charged they wanted to starve children, because the proposal was less than what Democrats proposed. Please note, the Republican proposal called for an increase in funding. The media printed the story, never challenging it, even though it was not true. This became famous for when does an increase become a cut- only in Washington DC.
6. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky- We all know the truth here. There is nothing to be added- except that it was not a vast right wing conspiracy.
7. Republicans are mean spirited and want to throw the poor out on the street- This was a charge leveled by Democrats against Republicans when they proposed time limits for receiving welfare. Polls show that the majority of Americans believe in time restrictions for welfare recipients. Republicans know that to escape poverty it takes education, hard work and discipline. The greatness of this country rests in its freedom and that within one generation a person can rise from poverty to obtain great wealth. Allowing endless dependency on an entitlement program has trapped many in poverty. Why would Democrats want to keep anyone dependent on an entitlement program like welfare? How many people on welfare vote Republican?
8. I support the military- It has been well documented that when it comes to voting for military funding- liberals would much rather spend money on social programs. First you must understand their rational. Approximately 10% of the population in the United States is poor, which is about 30 million Americans. There are approximately one million Americans serving in the military. If only 1 in 5 of the poor vote, that equals about six million votes as compared to one million votes from the military. There are two relevant questions here. What percent of the poor vote Republican? How close was the 2000 Presidential Election? This leads directly to the answer of why would liberals rather appropriate money to social programs than to the defense of our country. Please note, the defense of our country is a primary, if not the primary responsibility of our government. If we don't protect the country, we may not have a country or our freedom.
9. Privatizing social security is risky. Contribute $300 a month to Social Security and you may get $1,800 a month when you retire. Sound like a good deal? There was a story about Dick Gephardt's mother living on Social Security and having numerous checks she had written returned for insufficient funds. Gephardt politicized the event by stating that this was an example of why Social Security should not be privatized, because if it were not for Social Security his mother would have been much worse off. Please note that the S & P 500 has returned more than 10% over it's lifetime. Therefore- if you invested $300 a month in an S & P 500 mutual fund for 40 years at the end of that time (enter these numbers into any compound interest calculator) you would have approximately 2 million dollars (Please note that these are conservative numbers). This means you could withdraw almost $200,000 or 10 percent a year and never exhaust your money. Break that down and it is $20, 000 a month. Social Security does not sound so good any longer. Please be advised that the key to obtaining wealth is systematically investing for the long term. There is no quick sure fire scheme to getting rich. If Gephardt's mother had been investing in mutual funds her entire life instead of Social Security- she would have been much better off at the present. Also, please be advised that privatizing Social Security helps the poor the more than anyone. The rich invest money in 401K plans. The poor, the clerk at a convenience store or a customer service representative doesn't have excess funds to invest and so their only investment vehicle is Security Security, which in reality is just a bond fund.
10. Trickle down economics does not work- Money in the hands of people stimulates the economy, whether they are rich or poor. The problem- how to you put money in the hands of the poor? Transfer of more wealth from the rich to the poor each year? This would only create greater dependency on entitlements and give lessen the incentive to achieve. Give the poor greater tax cuts? You can only cut the taxes for the poor by so much, because they don't pay much in taxes. When Tom Daschle said that the result of a proposed Bush tax cut would mean that a rich person would be able to buy a new car, without realizing it, he proved the theory of Trickle Down Economics. The person selling that car would generate income that he would otherwise not have had. Please note that if that person sells enough cars, he will gain wealth. If tax rates in this county were at 75% what would happen to the economy? The answer is that no one would have money to spend on anything except housing and food. The result would be that businesses everywhere would fail, because no one would have money to buy clothes, electronics, entertainment, repairs for their homes or cars, go on vacation..... If they did buy such things, they would have to go in to debt to do so. How would this help the working class or the poor? Please note the average taxpayer, pays roughly 50% of their income in taxes. After the attack on September 11th, Hillary Clinton said, "come to New York and spend money." She knew if people stopped coming to New York and spending money, businesses would fail and the economy in New York would suffer a great downturn, which would hurt the average working family. This is interesting considering that liberals are for tax hikes and against tax cuts. The only thing that helps the working class is a strong economy. It gives the average worker more freedom and more bargaining power. When the financial sector was booming from 1987 through 1989, workers were getting bonuses, overtime and stock options. When the financial sector suffered a downturn in 1990, it trickled down. There were no more bonuses, overtime, stock options and their were layoffs.
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11. This is a Bush recession- Liberals blame George Bush for the weak economy and say his tax cut has only made the economy worse. They point to jobs lost, the level of unemployment, the level of the financial markets and slow growth since he took office. The economy was beginning to turn around leading up to September 11, 2001. After the attack on September 11, everything changed. People did stop flying, hurting the airline industry, which in turn hurt hotels, restaurants, theme parks and tourism. There were some businesses that closed for an entire week and some in New York that never reopened. The financial markets were closed for more than a week and the financial services industry was devastated. September 11th hurt all sectors of the economy, which resulted in tens of thousands of layoffs. So how is George Bush is responsible for the poor economy? Liberals would have you forget that the attack on September 11th took place and we must never forget. George Bush is trying to revive the economy by lowering taxes. The irony here, the liberals who accuse him of hurting the economy oppose his tax cuts.
12. The banning of partial birth abortions is an assault on a woman's privacy and right to choose. A partial birth abortion is the termination of a life as a child is being born; hence the term partial birth abortion. The great divide on this issue rests with the circumstance that this procedure should be allowed. Liberals believe it should be allowed when the mother's health is in danger. Conservatives believe the procedure should only be allowed when the mother's life is in danger. Well established law states that deadly force can only be used to meet deadly force. This means that you can only use deadly force when you believe your life is in danger. If someone with the flu coughs on you, your health is danger. If someone berates you, your mental health may be in danger. If your neighbor doesn't take care of their property, it will cause you great aggravation and stress. However, there is no legal cause to use deadly force in any of these circumstances. However, liberals will allow children as they are being born to have their lives ended for the broad definition of health. Republicans tried to pass a bans on partial birth abortions with the exception of when the mother's life was in danger. However, Bill Clinton vetoed their efforts keeping in place the standard that if the health of the mother was in danger the procedure could take place. Another liberal lie with children's life as the casualty.
13. I am against the death penalty, because an innocent person may be executed. However, I am for paroling convicted felons in order to give them a second chance. Liberals say they are against the death penalty, because they fear that an innocent person may be executed. However, they argue for paroling convicted violent criminals in order to give them a second chance. There has yet to be a case where a person was given the death penalty and later found to be innocent. However- argue with a liberal and they will come up with one case. OK- so give them that one. Please be advised that there are thousands of documented cases of convicted violent criminals that were given numerous chances and then murdered innocent women and children. Cases such as Polly Klaas and most recently Carlie Brucia. Remember the 1988 election and Willie Horton? He was convicted of murder and given a life sentence without parole. However, only eleven years later, he was given a weekend pass from prison via a furlough program supported by then Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. In 1976 Governor Dukakis vetoed a bill that would have banned the furloughs for first-degree murderers. On the weekend that Horton was released, he broke into the home of Clifford Barnes. He beat Mr. Barnes, cut him 22 times and then savagely raped his fiancee twice. Call liberals soft on crime, that they care more about criminals rights than victim rights and they will call you a cold hearted right wing extremist. Is this backward thinking? If liberals truly cared about saving lives, they would not be fighting for the parole and early release of convicted violent criminals.
14. The people of New Jersey deserve a choice- This was the mantra of liberals when they replaced New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli on the ballot for Senator with less than 30 days before the 2002 election. New Jersey law bars replacement of candidates less than 51 days before an election, unless for a special circumstance, such as death of a candidate. Torricelli was losing so badly he decided to quit the race and Democrats replaced him on the ballot with Frank Lautenberg just weeks before the election. They stated that the people of New Jersey deserved a choice. The people of New Jersey had a choice and they did not choose Torrecelli.
15. Democrats are for working class families- As Democrats are opposed to every tax reduction this statement is almost ludicrous. The largest obstacle to gaining wealth is taxes. The single biggest issue affecting middle class families on a daily basis is taxes. The middle class taxpayer pays close to 50% of their income in taxes. Please consider the following: federal income tax, state income tax, state sales tax, property tax, gas tax, tolls, taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, utility taxes, automobile registration fees, county surtaxes. Democrats are not for the middle class and break down their support into groups. They get funds and count on votes from women by being pro-choice, minorities for supporting affirmative action, gays for supporting gay rights, unions for not supporting school vouchers, and environmentalists supporting things such as not drilling for oil in Alaska. On the those who don't pay close attention to the issues they use spin- reference the top ten liberal lies!
16. Bill Clinton created millions of jobs- What policy did Bill Clinton implement to create millions of jobs? The majority of jobs that were created under the Clinton Administration were Internet related. The great boom of the Internet led to the creation of millions of jobs, which Clinton had nothing to do with. As a result of so many people working and paying taxes, there were large government surpluses. However, instead of attacking terrorism, Bill Clinton decided to use the Justice Department to attack Microsoft. There is a direct time line link between the decline of the NASDAQ and the ruling to break up Microsoft. As the NASDAQ declined many Internet companies failed or downsized. As a result, millions of jobs were lost and government revenues declined. Bill Clinton was handed a great economy and with his actions only served to undermine it.
17. My opposition to the Bush Administration or America is an act of patriotism because freedom of expression is what America was founded on. Civil discourse and civil disagreement are the founding principals of this country. What many liberals are practicing today is hate speech. I have seen Janeane Garofalo in a speech call Republicans evil, Jessica Lange say that she despises President Bush, Al Sharpton compare President Bush to a gang leader and Ted Kennedy say the war in Iraq was made up in Texas and a fraud. To understand- just switch the word African American with the word Republican or President Bush. What would be the result if someone said that African Americans were evil? Many Liberals name call and make accusations with no factual basis. Some of these individuals would be sued for slander if their statements were made against anyone other than President Bush. Yet- Liberals say their right to speak is being infringed upon by Conservatives. This is spin at its greatest. Hate speech is not civil discourse! Liberals have the right to speak out and express their views(even hate speech)- however- Conservatives have a right to react to that speech.
18. There was a rush to war in Iraq. I would have given diplomacy a chance and created a world coalition. Please note that Iraq violated 16 United Nation resolutions over a period of 10 years. The only reason Saddam Hussein allowed United Nations inspectors to search for weapons of mass destruction was due to the fact that the United States had Iraq surrounded by war ships and over 100,000 U.S. troops. He had ordered them out of Iraq and took actions to block them from inspecting sites. Many of the troops had been sitting in the desert and on ships for 6 to 8 months before the war began while diplomacy was given a chance. Military leaders had many factors to consider in the timing of the war in Iraq, such as the time of year (weather conditions) and morale of the troops. They could not invade in the middle of summer or in the middle of winter. They also could not leave our men and women in uniform remaining idle and bored for months or years while we try to negotiate with a dictator as countries like France undercut our efforts. If you really want to lower morale and place troops in great danger- leave them sitting stationed idle in a desert around Iraq for two years before conducting a war. I guess this would have been the plan of the Democratic Party.
19.The Republicans are to blame for companies moving jobs overseas.
I was sitting next to an woman one time who was talking about her company and how they were moving jobs to India. She said, "the reason that all these jobs are going overseas is because the Republicans are in power". I paused for a second and then I told her, "I think you have that backward". I subsequently began to explain to her that the liberals are the ones that impose so many restrictions on business. Democrats are continually wanting to raise the minimum wage, impose excessive environmental legislation, are infamous for raising taxes when in power, are pro union and are generally anti-business. Two examples are California and New York. In California, a person can claim workers compensation for almost any type of issue. As a result, businesses pay almost 10 times the amount of workers compensation insurance per employee as in other states. Many businesses have left California and moved to neighboring Nevada just due to that cost. In New York, when Mario Cuomo was governor, taxes were so high that many business decided to just leave the state. When conditions are not hospitable- business leave and find other locations that are more suitable. Recently this has been a trend with companies moving parts or all of their operations overseas. As previously noted, The Democratic Party has been the party for raising the minimum wage, imposing excessive costly environmental legislation, votes to raise taxes, is pro union and has been anti-business. The Republican Party has always been in favor of deregulation, lowering taxes, letting the economy dictate wages and creating legislation that is pro business Now- you tell me who is to blame for companies moving jobs overseas
20. The Enron Scandal- First Democrats attacked the Bush administration demanding to know the extent they were involved in the Enron collapse. Once Democrats learned that they were not involved- they attacked the Bush Administration demanding to know why they did not help to save the company.
21. We don't need to drill for oil in Alaska, because we could save the same amount of oil by increasing the standards for miles per gallon on cars and SUV's- What liberals are really saying is that they care more about contributions from environmentalists than they do about your family. What they are saying is they care more about the caribou than your children. When you lower the standards of miles per gallon, in effect you lower the safety of cars. Please note, America is about freedom of choice. If someone wants to drive an SUV, so be it. I guess liberals would have us all driving around in a Yugo if they had their choice. It wasn't that long ago when liberals were trying to reduce the speed limits on highways, because they said it would save lives. Do you see a contradiction here? Also please note, no one knows how much oil is in Alaska. I know liberals will charge that Republicans are for drilling in Alaska, because oil companies are a big contributor to their party. I am not even going to go into the National Security implication and benefits of being energy dependent from the Middle East. Lastly, and most importantly, we need to develop affordable alternative sources of energy such as hydrogen fuel cells.
22. The comparison of President Bush to Hitler by liberal extremists such as Moveon.org - Please note that Hitler conducted a war to conquer countries in order to expand his empire. He purposefully enslaved and murdered millions of innocent people. President Bush conducted a war to liberate innocent people and rid the world of a dangerous dictator. A dictator that had started two wars and purposefully murdered his own people. This comparison by liberals would be like comparing a criminal that raided a home for the purpose of murdering its innocent occupants to obtain their possessions and the police raiding a home to capture that criminal.
23. George Bush was not elected by a majority of the American people so he does not have a mandate for his agenda- This was the mantra of Tom Daschle after he became the Senate Majority Leader. Daschle became the Senate majority Leader when Senator Jim Jeffords switched from the Republican Party to the Independent Party, thereby giving the Democrats a one person majority in the Senate. Daschle became Senate Majority Leader not by vote of the American people, but from a Senator switching parties. He used his position to say George Bush did not have a mandate and then blocked straight up or down votes in the Senate by requiring a super majority of 60 votes to pass certain legislation. In effect, Daschle was trying to impose his own agenda on the American people when they did not elect him to do so. As we all know, in the 2002 congressional elections, Democrats lost seats in the Senate and Daschle lost his lost his position as Senate Majority Leader.
24. I am against the death penalty, but for abortion- This is more of an observation on just how backwards liberal thinking really is; however, I felt compelled to add it to the list. How can you support the taking of an innocent life and be opposed to taking the life of someone that has committed acts of evil? Those on death row have hurt innocent people, families, children and society. What acts has an unborn child committed to deserve the fate of being aborted. This is a perfect example of how liberals are on the wrong side of issues. Liberals will claim that abortion is a right to privacy issue - the so called, "it is my body and I can do with it what I wish". Well- a person cannot do whatever they wish with their body if it effects me. You cannot take your fist (which is part of your body) and punch me in the face. A person has the right to privacy in their home, but that does not extend to activities which are illegal. Your rights end where my rights begin. A heart beats at less than 4 weeks. Isn't a heart beat the final determination of death. Why should a heart beat not be the final determination of life?
25. We cannot fight two wars at the same time, there is no link between Iraq and terrorism- This was the liberal mantra on keeping a ruthless brutal dictator in power. Please note that Saddam Hussein was paying the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. Mass graves have been found in Iraq and Saddam was a terrorist.
26. It was wrong to fire Linda Ronstadt- she has the right of freedom of speech-
Linda Ronstadt was hired to do a job, she offended the owner's customers and she was fired. Please be advised that a business owner has every right to fire an employee that offends its customers. Linda Ronstadt is not going to jail for her comments and she can speak out all she wants on her own time. Liberals that say it is a matter of free speech are just lying, ignorant or never owned a business. Please note that Michael Moore is asking the owners of the casino to apologize to Ronstadt and bring her back to perform. This is an example of how Moore distorts the truth and reality. If someone working at a job offends 40% of the customers- what do you think might happen? Common sense would dictate that they would not have a job very long. Imagine on the show The Apprentice - if a contestant offended almost one half of their prospective customers? How long do you think it would be before Donald Trump said - you're fired? Would this person's freedom of speech being inhibited because they were fired? Should Trump apologize and ask the contestant back? That is how ridiculous Moore's statement is! Employees are being paid to generate business- not drive it away. Linda Ronstadt is being paid to do a job and she should do it. Her job is not to offend the owner's customers! If you owned a business and you had an employee that was offending customers - you would fire them too!
27.The terror alert was based on dated information that was years old - it was done for political purposes by the Bush Administration.
In August 2004, the Bush Administration released a warning to the public about possible plans by al Qaeda to target financial centers in some large U.S. cities. This information was met with criticism and skepticism by liberal Democrats and the liberal media because the warning was based on information was was a few years old. Please be advised that al Qaeda does not plan major attacks and carry them out the following day. The most destructive terrorist attacks executed by al Qaeda were planned for years. The attack on America on September 11, 2001, was 5 years in the making. Does this mean if that plot was learned 4 1/2 years after it was conceived (6 months before it occurred) that the information should have be dismissed as old and dated? That seems to be the strategy of liberal Democrats and the opinion of liberal media. These are the same liberals that bash President Bush for not doing enough to fight the war on terror.
28. The Swift Boat Veterans that are speaking out against John Kerry are lying- they were not on Kerry's boat.
This is the equivalent of a defense lawyer stating that a witness who saw a murder from across the street is lying, because the witness was not on the actual street corner of the murder. Please note that most of the Swift Boats patrolled in groups. The veterans did not have to actually be on Kerry's boat to witness what took place.
29. The attempt by liberals to stop television stations from airing the Swift Boat veterans ad about John Kerry's military service because they say it contains false and libelous charges.
Liberal organizations run television ads against President Bush based on innuendo, speculation, accusation and distorted truths. Liberals have always run these types of ads. Remember the James Byrd ad that ran in Texas? Moveon.org has even created ads comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler. Julian Bond - the leader of the the NAACP- in speeches has compared the Bush Administration to Nazi Germany. All of this is rhetoric. It is opinion and not based on facts or eyewitness accounts. The Swift Boat Veterans are speaking out based upon their eyewitness accounts. This is just another example of the tactic of liberal spin, which is accusing their opponents of the exact tactic they are using.
30. America is partly to blame for the acts of terrorism that took place on 9/11. The people of Spain, Australia, Iraq, Pakistan, Israel and the children in Russian did nothing to deserve the acts of terror that they have suffered. Terrorists have killed their own people and dictators have killed and watched their own people suffer. Yet- liberals such as Ted Turner believe that America shares part of the blame for the attacks on September 11, 2001.
31. It wasn't rape- what was she doing in his hotel room that late at night?
This is the defense that liberals proposed in reference to the allegations of rape against Mike Tyson and Kobe Bryant. They had no regard or consideration for the facts. Liberals believed that because a woman was in a hotel room late at night if she was raped it was totally appropriate. Do you think they would believe this if it were their daughter? Let me tell you how ridiculous their argument is. If you follow this logic then this must mean that if a woman kisses a man passionately - he has the right to have intercourse with her. The liberal argument would follow that - what was she doing kissing him? If you follow this logic it means that if a woman takes a trip to see a male friend he has the right to have intercourse with her? The liberal argument would be - why was she going all that way to see him? I have been in hotel rooms late at night many times in my life with friends. I guess according to liberals - women do not have the same freedoms as men.
32. Abraham Lincoln, Rudy Guliani, Colin Powell, Schwarzenegger..... are liberals
Liberals will try to claim Republicans to their side by saying that they are really liberals. They will point to one or two issues to make their case. Liberals will argue that Republicans such as Rudy Guliani or Arnold Schwarzenegger are really liberals because they are pro choice. I have heard liberals say that Colin Powell is a liberal, because he is an anti-war general. This would be the equivalent of saying that Joe Lieberman is a conservative because he supported the war in Iraq or that Bill Clinton was a conservative, because he supported welfare reform. You must look at a person and their views as a whole- not just one or two. The above politicians in the title of this section agree with 90% of the conservative cause. Because they do not agree with 100% of the conservative platform- does not make them liberal. This only shows that the Republican Party is an inclusive party that welcomes diverse views and it is the Democratic party is an extreme party. If you are a pro choice Democrat - you will not find a prevalent role in the that Party.
33. President Bush said he was going to change the tone in Washington
This is what liberals are saying in reference to the divisive tone between Republicans and Democrats in Washington DC. The problem is that liberals are creating the divisive tone. Al Gore said President Bush betrayed his country. Al Sharpton compared President Bush to a gang leader. Senator Byrd compared Republicans to Nazis. Senator Kennedy said the war in Iraq was a fraud. Howard Dean suggested that Preside
I would like to take this opportunity to raise awareness to a CONSERVATIVE writer, Bruce Bartlett, who until recently was employed by the think-tank, National Center for Policy Analysis.
Bartlett was a policy advisor to both Bush I and Reagan, a staunch supply-sider, and has been an analyst for NCPA since 1993.
I find it funny how a single book, written by a guy with more economic policy knowledge than most of the current administrations, is sacked because of a single book which he calls Bush out on his policies of fiscal recklessness.
His recent book: "Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy"
Mark, I have a rather odd question for you but I'm still curious for an answer anyway.
How do you define communism and socialism?
Do you believe it has been implemented in the past? If so where?
can't wait for your responce ;)
TEO boy you got us there. The US economics is terrible. Jobs are disappearing faster than one can keep up, Home interest levels are nearing Jimmy Carter’s range at 15.95% - Tax burdens are up revenue to the treasury is down, oh so very down. Entrepreneurs have quit doing new business startups, new home sales are history - Dang, that know nothing President Bush.
The above brought to you by the Democrat National party economics handbook “one Fish, two Fish, three fish”
Mark, And I have another question. In a post this week you commented that socialist ideals are good in theory but always (i stress the always) fail in practice. Can you tell me how free software has "failed"? Afterall, it is a socialist ideal and appears to be threatening microsoft of all things...
Pushing books, TEO? LOL.
I like Bruce, although I have not read his most recent book. He made an excellent point in one of his columns. He wrote how President Bush never using his veto power. He threatens to use it, but never does. Congress knows he's not going to use it, so they continue to spend and spend.
The scenerio is similar to a parent who "threatens" punishment to a child but never follows through.
We need to get back to our conservative roots or we could lose in 2008. Why did the Democrats lose in 1994? They lost because Democrats stayed home on Election Day. If the party doesn't go back to practicing Reagan's philosophy of conservatism, Conservatives may stay home.
And, I love the Robinson ad. I am going to contribute to his campaign.
Pelosi gives insurgents hope on Aljazeera
"This is a war that is a grotesque mistake"
democrats continue to try to give hope to the terrorists. Give it up Nancy, you lost in America and your terrorists in Iraq are also losing.Losers + Losers = Losers.
Vernon Robinson -- a liberal Democrat's worst nightmare -- is running for Congress in North Carolina. !
According to his website, Robinson is a black, conservative, Christian, college graduate, Air Force veteran, former Eagle Scout, and the son of a famed Tuskegee Airman -- who supports Traditional American Values!!!
He graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Middle Eastern Affairs and the University of Missouri with a Master of Business Administration.
You gotta' see this political ad (he as a couple of others too.)!
http://www.vernonrobinson.com/twilightzone.shtml
I picked this up from Rush Limbaugh yesterday. There is also a link to Robinson's site from Rush's.
Apparently Robinson is already under attack from liberals. I thought liberals wanted and supported more Blacks in Congress and politics. I guess not!!!
Looks like I'll have to cut back on my contributions to some local candidates and send some to Robinson.
(axis, don't watch the ad!)
AAR
I believe George Allen would make a good candidate for President. He received 100% from the American Conservative Union's Rating of Congress. The “Rating” encompasses three categories: economic and budget matters; social and cultural issues, and defense and foreign policy.
Vero,
Can you explain how any country can have a healthy economy with record high personal debt, coupled with record low savings rates?
It's called common sense, you can't be doing anything but borrowing if your expenditures are exceeding incomes, and savings continue to drop; that is basic macro economics.
Stop trying to explain a simple concept of massive borrowing, with complex explainations...
The economy isn't flying high with the housing market cooling, CPI numbers up (even the core numbers are up), and the expected rise in summer energy costs. Even the market sees it, and when the FED raises the interest rates again, watch the market react in turn.
"Stop trying to explain a simple concept of massive borrowing, with complex explainations..."
That's right, let's make the economy as simple-minded as TEO, so he can understand it.
Okay, time has a value.
You can sit out the ride if you wish, I'm personally going to celebrate! (After yet another property deal closes this weekend).
"Stop trying to explain a simple concept of massive borrowing, with complex explainations..."
That's right, let's make the economy as simple-minded as TEO, so he can understand it.
Okay, time has a value.
You can sit out the ride if you wish, I'm personally going to celebrate! (After yet another property deal closes this weekend).
kiwi - we live in socialist nation.
don't believe it?
if all "hidden" taxiation was outlawed & the total combined federal, state, & local taxes required to run the govt were extracted from your paycheck, what's ya think our TRUE tax rate would be?
that's right, no hidden "biz" taxes (only shareholders & consumers pay taxes anyway), no hidden "transportation" taxes built into the shelf prices, no "sales" taxes which are taxes charged to already-taxed money...just one hit on your & my wages.
how much would the govt take?
we live in a socialist nation.
neither GOP nor Dem is gonna change taxiation in any meaningful way.
we can change that...we, the people have the power, remember.
it'll take a citizens' constitutional convention to overrule this ridiculous govt extraction of money from the people.
DL,
The Bush administration has sent 2500 soldiers to their death in a war which cannot be justified by facts or history. How dare you punish our troops by advocating we continue an illegal war.
You are an un-patriotic warmonger, may the children of the dead have mercy on you and your ilk for your transgressions.
TEO,
More pontificating from the criminally insane?
Your outrage lacks certain … how shall I put this … sense of honor. You couldn’t give a damn about the families of the fallen, and your indignation is as hallow as your logic. And you, you sniveling coward, how dare you pretend to speak for the families of the fallen, we thank them for their sacrifice and curse you for trying to cheapen their loss. Do the other inmates at the institution know what a big man you are with a keyboard? How proud your father must be.
If the war is illegal, bring charges, otherwise stop wasting oxygen.
The military is volunteer, they knew what they were signing up for, and they support the mission. If you can’t because of your blind hatred for the President, shut up and let the heroes do their job.
TEO,
As I have said before, and said to "teen" under the thread "Open Thread: Congress Begins New Debate In Iraq", it is the liberal Democrats who are providing hope and encouragement to our terrorist enemies. (Anyone who wants to read my comments about those 2500 soldiers can check that thread.)
It is the liberal Democrats and the year of their anti-American presidential campaigning by the "negative nine" who encouraged the terrorists in the beginning.
It is the liberal Democrats who continue to provide hope and to encourage terrorists to kill and injure more American soldiers and Iraqi men, women, and children.
The terrorists are only trying to help Democrats win the November elections. They are only doing what they can to provide more bodies and body counts to feed the liberal Democrats rhetoric and propaganda mill!
Let's hope the recent Republican sponsored votes in Congress give terrorists the word that -- regardless of what Democrats want and would like to see -- American is not going to cut and run. American is not going to turn Iraq over to terrorists to make Democrats happy. America is not going to lose the war in Iraq and against terrorists just because the Democrats want it that way!
AAR
dems get tough on the war...
.. Jack Murtha wants to cut and run, hide over horizon
dems get tough on national security...
.. capital hill police attacked by Cynthia McKinney
dems get tough on winning election...
.. Hilary Clinton does Howard Dean scream, supporters boo and hiss
dems get tough on corruption...
... mob lynch William Jefferson before his trial
dems blame bush...
... for making us do these things
dems now have Third Eye Open on their side...
... Now they can win by retreating and, say they won
Losers + Losers + Losers = Losers
Since this is OT, has anyone seen our good friend Almiranta lately? I'm going through Almiranta post withdrawal. I know TEO misses her, too. :-)
Ratboy,
You are un-patriotic aswell, so don't lecture me about the heroes, hypocrite!
AAR,
You're anti-american, anti-military rhetoric is absolutely helping to kill our war heroes, you should be ashamed!
TEO,
I served, did you?
I love that Robinson ad! Send him to Congress!
:)
Bane,
Benedict Arnold served too.
your service doesn't remove you from sharing the blame for supporting an illegal war which has caused 2500 American deaths.
I am calling your patriotism into question!
I see you've taken to irrational name calling, next you’ll have a dictionary out to explain what “hypocrite” is. You have lost every argument, and you now simply look foolish, if you weren’t pond scum, I’d feel sorry for you.
Ratboy,
who is sinking to name-calling now LOL
hypocrite: noun; a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold.
ex. You're a hypocrite for claiming to support the troops, even though that support for an illegal war, is causing their death. :-)
you were saying something about losing? LOL!!
Turd-eye,
You’re a real piece of work aren’t you?
You don’t know the first thing about me. But here’s what I know about you; you sit at your computer day and night pretending to be somebody, you have no life, no convictions, and no friends. You cast your vitriol at those of us that actually contribute and have had success because you have failed at every turn. You hold our country to an impossible standard because you have never aspired to lead, only follow. You denigrate our military and hide behind their families. You condemn the deaths when you think it makes you look compassionate and accuse them of being tools when you think it makes you look decisive. You are neither.
You, sir are a fraud! You haven’t the first clue what it is to be a patriot, or what it means to stand for your convictions, because your conviction is to pretend to be someone with something to say; at that you have also failed.
Bane,
Who is the purveyor of vitriol now?
You are welcome to think of me as anything you please, but the work I do in my community lets me sit back and laugh at your characterizations.
We know you support an illegal war, so therefore you are supporting the deaths of our men and women over there for "goals" we do not know or comprehend, so you advocating that an impotent administration keep them in harm's way, makes you just as responsible as Bush and Rummy in their deaths.
That's funny, he thinks court mandated community service is the same as service to the community.
Rathaven: LOL!!
As I've said before, we could uncover a fully-operational nuclear plant beneath the vast desert in Iraq and TEO would say we put it there.
Two generals in Saddam's cabinet said he had WMD and moved it. Why did they move it? One stated Saddam did not want the US to find his WMD because then he would lose credibility with the Arab countries and GWB would look like a hero. But TEO says, they're lying because they are "pushing a book". And what about the scientists who have defected from Syria who stated the same exact thing. (And, TEO, they are not pushing books.)
Ratboy,
Service to the community means making sure that the intellectually under-developed, such as yourself, get their helmets put on straight.
Safety First!
Kimberly,
I can't believe you would say that, I would never accuse the American Government of planting a subterrainean nuclaer plant in Iraq...it obviously would have been planted by Trans-Dimensional beings from Alpha Centauri...DUH!
it'll take a citizens' constitutional convention to overrule this ridiculous govt extraction of money from the people.
OhioOrrin, welcome back--where ya been? This blog has been infested with trolls. Stupid ones! Trolls are okay if they exhibit some intelligence; none of them do here. Anyway, you've grown a bit more radical in your absence; what gives? Not that I disagree with you on the taxes. And you know what's really funny? I don't think the idiots who troll here realize that if their idols regain their power, their taxes are going up. Or maybe they do, and don't care, because they envy the rich, and think the rich need to be punished for being rich.
Hey guys, why are you debating TurdEye? He's a brainwashed lemming who, together with a rope and a tree, would make a nice swing. Ignoore the moron; he's Barney's lover!!!
I'm calling someone a moron and I misspell "ignore." Oops! Just a typo.
OhioOrrin, let me update you on whom I'm referring to as trolls:
axis--a.k.a. axis of dumbassery
Ash--a.k.a Ash-breath
Canadian Observer--a.k.a. dopehead
Tom Shipley--a.k.a. Tommie. Actually, Tom's not too bad, as trolls go, but he's a brown-noser to the drive-by media.
Barneyg2000--a.k.a. Baloney
Third Eye Open---a.k.a TurdEye. Should be TurdBrain, because he has sh*t for brains.
There's others, but I can't remember their names. You'll figure it out when you read their tripe. Cheerio...
You're anti-american, anti-military rhetoric is absolutely helping to kill our war heroes, you should be ashamed!
Posted by: Third Eye Open at June 16, 2006 03:30 PM
Gotta have a war before you have war heros blind eye! No war is justifiable to you, so you have nothing to say(good that is) to our war heros.
Does anyone else have this thought...Hillary's "anti-war" protesters that show up at her events are staged -- the reason I say that is because she knows that others who are running in 08 i.e. John Kerry would think that he could get their vote if he too was anti-war, case in point his stupid resolution yesterday. I believe everything that Hillary does and says is STAGED! She doesn't support the war - she never even respected the military in the White House. Well anyway, from frontpagemag.com some of the stuff that Hillary said -- that we will never hear from the incompetent MSM.
Media spinmeisters have claimed Hillary Clinton showed her mettle Tuesday during her keynote address to the “Take Back America” conference, daringly baiting her party’s leftist base with her “hawkish,” “centrist” Iraq policy. Norman Solomon called the speech “premature triangulation.” In fact, the fringe crowd repeatedly cheered her on, because Hillary slavishly followed leftist talking points from start to finish. It was the most servile “Sister Souljah moment” in history.
As this video records, they booed the troops.
Hillary: Many of us have said, and I know many of you in this room have said, that we want to support our troops, and we should. These young men and women are among the very best we have to offer.
Heckler: No, no! No, no, no, no!
The crowd had reason to cheer, as Shillary spoon fed them piles of red meat. In her opening remarks, she pledged “to stop this administration and their [sic.] unaccountable undermining of our constitutional democracy.” She peppered her remarks with references to Hurricane Katrina.
She warned “right-wing Washington Republicans” and Bush officials “had a determined effort to suppress science” and “were going to turn over the air we breathe to the dirtiest polluters in the world.” She all but accused the Bush administration of murder, saying, “We have evidence that their support of pollution is not only undermining people’s lives but it’s leading to people’s deaths.”
She charged Bush with undertaking a “frontal assault on Social Security” including an onslaught against “widowhood and orphanhood.”
She decried “weaker workplace protections, a weak response to global warming, exploding oil prices” and “the unbelievably shameless exploitation of Terri Schiavo and her family.”
The crowd tittered when she opined President Bush “must watch old cowboy movies 24 hours a day.” While the Left strives to build “a more inclusive community,” the GOP has other plans:
They believe in concentrating maximum wealth and power in the hands of those they believe are entitled to rule the rest of us…They believe, they truly believe, in a government that is run for the benefit of their partisan and commercial allies, and without accountability. (like her and her good friend George Soros!)
Hillary exhorted the government to “cut all the tax cuts to oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, and millionaires”; “to stand up for the right to organize workers” and make “health care available and affordable for every single American”; and made the omnipresent invocation of “people who worked hard and played by the rules.”
The Stolen Election Blood Libel
She truly hit a nerve, though, when she opened by accusing Republicans of stealing the presidential election – of 2004. Her “first and perhaps most important request” dealt with “the overwhelming need to return integrity to our voting system.”
I believe so strongly that if we do not go to the local and state levels in the next several months to see what local election commissioners are doing, to see what secretaries of state in the ilk of Katherine Harris and Blackwell in Ohio are doing, that we may not have the victories we deserve and that I think the American people want us to have in November… So please join with me and make sure you do everything you can in the next several months so we don’t have a repeat of what happened in Ohio, what happened in Florida.
The far-Left has recently revived its blood libel that Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell manipulated the vote in his capacity as state election overseer – and as a stockholder in the company that manufactures the voting machines! Robert Kennedy Jr. has followed Gore Vidal and Harper’s in popularizing this myth. Indeed, the day of Hillary’s speech, Cindy Sheehan wrote, “The GAO has estimated that 350,000 votes were miscounted, lost, or disappeared into the thin air of the Ohio political machine run by now Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, Ken Blackwell.” (She also echoed Hillary’s call for “paper trails.”)
The Committee to Repeal the 20th Century
To the crowd’s delight, she also accused the president of wanting to repeal modernity. She first perceived President Bush wanted to undo the Clinton administration. “I thought we’d done a lot of good things for our country and the world in those eight years,” she said. (We?)
But it became clear to me is that it wasn’t just the eight years of the Clinton administration. They wanted to turn the clock back the progress of the 20th century, that starting with Teddy Roosevelt all the way through Bill Clinton, this crowd had been unhappy; they’d been unhappy about saving capitalism, which is what Franklin Roosevelt had done; they were unhappy about the bipartisan consensus about how we should act in the world to promote American interests; they had been unhappy with the extension of civil rights and civil liberties, so they came to town to reinstitute a 19th century attitude…We have been living with that systematic destruction of everything that happened in the 20th century, I don’t care if it was consumer protection or actually a FEMA that worked and protected people and saved lives and property. It was an assault on the environment that had been pent up inside of them for decades.
Contradictory Feminism: A Woman’s Prerogative
Again playing to the crowd, Hillary saluted Joan Blades, “the co-founder of MoveOn,” for the agenda she pursued with her Moms Rising group. Blades, who was scheduled to speak later in the conference, agitates for additional flextime and paid leave, a call Hillary heartily seconded. America must adopt such policies to restore “the Basic Bargain.” (Not as stirring as the New Deal, eh?)
She then asked, “Why is it still absolutely the case that working women don’t get equal pay when so many of them are supporting their families and contributing income that is necessary?”
Researchers who compared women genuinely doing “the same work as men” have found no disparity. Indeed, with women outnumbering men in college graduation, the “wage gap” will soon swing in the other direction. Extant pay differentials exist because women are more likely than men to exit the workforce for family reasons, and more likely to take long interludes of “flexibile” leave time – precisely the move Hillary endorsed in her previous sentence.
Hillary Clinton: China Hawk
Hillary strained all credulity, though, when she excoriated President Bush for being too lenient…toward China.
[W]e have so many wonderful people who have seen the plants close down and move to China or move somewhere else, and they come up to me and say, “Senator, why can’t we get tough on China?” And I say, Well, “I agree with you. They manipulate currency. They steal property rights, they don’t follow the rule of law. But do you know how difficult it is to crack down on your banker?”
Though not a new charge, Hillary appears to be channeling Governor Clinton’s 1992 campaign, where he made the same charges – before we learned his campaign chest was Made in China, and as president he encouraged all the above.
And Chinese nuclear proliferation.
Iraq: Scratching the Left’s Itch
The alleged true grit portion of the speech came in her remarks on Iraq. However, they, too, sound like they were composed for the leftist echo chamber. President Bush, she charged, “rushed to war” and “refused to let the UN inspectors conduct and complete their mission.” “We need to be building alliances instead of isolation around the world,” she advised. And she insisted, “There must be a plan that will begin to bring our troops home.”
But then she voiced the controversial phrase: “I do not think it is a smart strategy either for the president to continue with his open-ended commitment which I think does not put enough pressure on the Iraqi government, nor do I think it is a smart policy to set a date certain.”
Which leaves….?
Wiggle room. Hillary hopes to exploit such ambiguity whenever the Iraq weathervane changes direction: now hawkishly dedicated to winning, then calling for timetables should things go south.
That her remarks were insufficiently irresponsible for some is more a matter of perspective than a reflection on her remarks themselves.
The “Take Back American 2006” conference was run by Robert Borosage, who claims the military budget is not driven by a two-front war but by the “military industrial complex and a very large, entrenched bureaucracy that mobilized with extraordinary efficiency against the threat of peace.” Hillary’s fellow panelists this year included:
• Rep. Barbara Lee, one of FrontPage Magazine’s “Ten Most Dishonorable Americans” and the only representative to vote against toppling the Taliban;
• Rep. John Conyers, the impeachment-obsessed reparations advocate who would become Judiciary Committee Chairman if the Democrats will the House this fall;
• Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, a member of the Progressive Caucus and Cindy Sheehan supporter who wants a softer foreign policy toward Castro;
• AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America;
• Roger Hickey, Borosage's co-founder, who blames the current toxic political environment on Ronald Reagan;
• Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid;
• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi;
• Sen. Russ Feingold;
• Sen. John Kerry; and
• Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer - I hope that is what Bush Sr. is really doing when he pals around with Bubba!
ex. You're a hypocrite for claiming to support the troops, even though that support for an illegal war, is causing their death. :-)
you were saying something about losing? LOL!!
Posted by: Third Eye Open at June 16, 2006 04:05 PM
Hmmmmmmmm...........anybody out there heard anybody with a good reputation(not a liberal)claim that this war is illegal? Blind one, when are you going to get your beloved U.N. to claim that the U.S.A. is waging an illegal war and sanctions should be passed against us or resolutions..........or maybe they would like to take on our military!!!LOL, you guys are a joke! Get someone other than Alec Baldwin & George Soros to back you up! You need it!
"If the war is illegal, bring charges, otherwise stop wasting oxygen."
Best thing written in days. Where is the evidence of an illegal war? If i remember correctly, it was the same intel used by BOTH sides when deciding to go to war.
Please enlighten me, if i'm wrong.
God Bless the Troops! They're the true patriots!!
Was it or was it not the same intel used by BOTH sides when deciding whether or not to go to war?
How is that illegal? Please enlighten me, if i'm wrong.
Was it or was it not the same intel used by BOTH sides when deciding whether or not to go to war?
How is that illegal? Please enlighten me, if i'm wrong.
keefer
Dopehead here. According to the conservatives who post their comments at this blog, the democratic party is not worth a hill of beans; whereas, the liberal posters feel the republican party is evil incarnated.
Since the U.S. is a two-party country, it looks as if you are up shit creek without a paddle.
Dopehead,
Not so, the dimocrats are worth a pile of sh*t, oh ... wait, you said beans, nevermind.
Carry on.
First let me say that I am a liberal democrat.
What I want to ask, and I'm serious, is what lies, at least in your opinions, Michael Moore and Al Franken have told. Because I read a lot of name-calling, but never any clear-cut examples.
So humor me. Give me some examples.
Thanks
The REAL democratic agenda...
Washington, D.C. -- In light of reports that Special Counsel Fitzgerald will not pursue criminal charges against Karl Rove -- and does not appear likely to file a report or make other public statements about findings -- Rep. Waxman renewed his request to Chairman Davis for a congressional investigation that would provide public accountability and address unanswered questions. The text of the letter follows:
June 13, 2006
The Honorable Tom Davis
Chairman
Committee on Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Over the past several years, I have made five separate requests for a Committee investigation of the White House leak of former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity.[1] From the outset, I expressed my view that the criminal investigation by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald criminal inquiry could not be a substitute for a congressional inquiry because of the “narrow focus” of the criminal investigation and the possibility that the criminal investigation could be closed without any “public accounting” of what transpired.[2]
Your consistent response was that you did not want to open a congressional investigation while the Special Counsel was conducting his investigation, but that “if a need for a separate congressional investigation becomes evident” you would “not hesitate to act.”[3]
In light of today’s reports that Special Counsel Fitzgerald will not pursue criminal charges against Karl Rove — and does not appear likely to file a report or make other public statements about his findings — I renew my request for congressional hearings and a public accounting of Mr. Rove’s actions.
By all accounts, Mr. Fitzgerald has conducted a thorough investigation into whether Mr. Rove committed a crime by leaking Ms. Wilson’s identity or lying to federal investigators. But these are not the only questions that need to be answered about Mr. Rove’s conduct.
As I have recounted in my previous correspondence, there are important regulatory requirements for safeguarding classified information that applied to Mr. Rove. Like other officials with security clearances, Mr. Rove was prohibited from making both intentional and negligent disclosures of classified information,[4] confirming classified information obtained by a reporter,[5] or repeating classified information he heard from a reporter.[6] Violations of these rules would not necessarily be criminal actions, but they would be reprehensible and should be a matter of great public and congressional concern.
Moreover, there remain questions (1) whether Mr. Rove was part of a coordinated White House effort to discredit and retaliate against Ms. Wilson’s husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, (2) whether Mr. Rove was part of an effort to mislead the public about White House involvement in the leak, and (3) whether reforms are needed in White House procedures to prevent future leaks of classified information.
I am mindful that there is an on-going criminal trial involving I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the Vice President’s former chief of staff, and I would not want efforts by our Committee to interfere with that prosecution. But given that Mr. Fitzgerald appears to have completed his inquiry of Mr. Rove, it should be possible for the Committee to initiate an effort to examine Mr. Rove’s actions without jeopardizing Mr. Libby’s trial. A good first step would be to schedule a meeting with Mr. Fitzgerald in which he can brief us about his findings regarding Mr. Rove and we can discuss with him the best way to proceed.
As I have written in my previous correspondence, Congress has a constitutional obligation to provide a check and balance on the executive branch. Providing a public accounting of the actions of Mr. Rove is an important part of fulfilling this obligation.
Sincerely,
Henry A. Waxman
Ranking Minority Member
Jeremiah,
Regarding your question from a prior thread about Noah Webster comment on the "defects of democracy".
The last time I really thought much about that subject in the terms expressed by Webster was in my high school and college civics courses, and that's been a few years back.
When I attended school, we were taught that America was not a democracy, but rather a republic. The best I can recall, it was along the lines of what Webster said. I'm not sure what they teach in today's school, if anything. Most Americans, especially the younger ones, believe America is a democracy and don't know there is any difference between that and a republic. Some even equate a democracy with capitalism. Most of what we read today refers to America only as a democracy.
I am guessing that Webster was basically referring to a "direct democracy". I don't know if you read his explanations, or just the summary you quoted. I found the following website that contains what the website says is a quote from Noah Webster's book (although, the website attributes it to Daniel Webster).
http://www.caerdroia.org/blog/archives/2005/11/the_federal_cat.html
According to the website, page 149 from Webster states...
Q. What are the defects of democracy? A. In a democracy, where the people meet for the purpose of making laws, there are commonly tumults and disorders. A small city may sometimes be governed in this manner; but if the citizens are numerous, their assemblies make a crowd or mob, where the debates cannot be carried on with coolness or candor, nor can arguments he heard: Therefore a pure democracy is generally a very bad government. It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason.
Q. What are the peculiar advantages of representative governments? A. When deputies or representatives are chosen to make laws, they will commonly consult the interest of the people who choose them; and if they do not, the people can choose others in their room. [sic] Besides, the deputies coming from all parts of a state, bring together all the knowledge and information necessary to show the true interest of the whole state; at the same time, being few ion number, they can hear arguments and debate peaceable on a subject. But the great security of such governments is, that the men who make laws are to be governed by them; so that they are not apt to do wrong willfully. When men make laws for themselves, as well as for their neighbors, they are led by their own interest to make GOOD laws.
Q. By what name may we call the United States in their political capacity? A. A federal representative republic.
It would be all but impossible to govern a nation like the United States under a direct democracy, even if we could connect everyone with the Internet and other communications networks. Many people, especially Democrats, want a direct vote for the President. That sounds fair, good, and would likely give Democrats the edge in voters (at the moment), but I don't see where it would be any better than what we have now. People change there minds so often and are so affected by the issue of the moment (minute/second) that the person they vote for today wouldn't be the same they would have voted for yesterday or who they would vote for tomorrow.
There are many other opinions too on what's wrong or defective with a democracy depending on which liberal or communist wrote it as you will find on the Internet. It does have disadvantages, but our version works pretty well if the liberals would let it work the way the Constitution intended. To start with -- take activist liberal judges out of their "assumed" role of "law givers"!
Hopefully this helps.
AAR
AAR,
I really appreciate it, I will print it, and study it for future referrance.
I cannot express in words how much your devotion and time have meant to me!!
Indeed you are a man of character and good will!!
You are due my utmost respect!!
Sincerely!!
Jeremiah
Jeremiah,
Thanks!
AAR
African-American Voters Scrubbed by Secret GOP Hit List
Massacre of the Buffalo Soldiers
by Greg Palast
As reported for Democracy Now!
Palast, who first reported this story for BBC Television Newsnight (UK) and Democracy Now! (USA), is author of the New York Times bestseller, Armed Madhouse.
The Republican National Committee has a special offer for African-American soldiers: Go to Baghdad, lose your vote.
A confidential campaign directed by GOP party chiefs in October 2004 sought to challenge the ballots of tens of thousands of voters in the last presidential election, virtually all of them cast by residents of Black-majority precincts.
Files from the secret vote-blocking campaign were obtained by BBC Television Newsnight, London. They were attached to emails accidentally sent by Republican operatives to a non-party website.
One group of voters wrongly identified by the Republicans as registering to vote from false addresses: servicemen and women sent overseas.
Here’s how the scheme worked: The RNC mailed these voters letters in envelopes marked, “Do not forward”, to be returned to the sender. These letters were mailed to servicemen and women, some stationed overseas, to their US home addresses. The letters then returned to the Bush-Cheney campaign as “undeliverable.”
The lists of soldiers of “undeliverable” letters were transmitted from state headquarters, in this case Florida, to the RNC in Washington. The party could then challenge the voters’ registration and thereby prevent their absentee ballots being counted.
One target list was comprised exclusively of voters registered at the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Station. Jacksonville is third largest naval installation in the US, best known as home of the Blue Angels fighting squandron.
[See this scrub sheet at http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=160156893&context=set-72157594155273706&size=o ]
Our team contacted the homes of several on the caging list, such as Randall Prausa, a serviceman, whose wife said he had been ordered overseas.
A soldier returning home in time to vote in November 2004 could also be challenged on the basis of the returned envelope. Soldiers challenged would be required to vote by “provisional” ballot.
Over one million provisional ballots cast in the 2004 race were never counted; over half a million absentee ballots were also rejected. The extraordinary rise in the number of rejected ballots was the result of the widespread multi-state voter challenge campaign by the Republican Party. The operation, of which the purge of Black soldiers was a small part, was the first mass challenge to voting America had seen in two decades.
The BBC obtained several dozen confidential emails sent by the Republican’s national Research Director and Deputy Communications chief, Tim Griffin to GOP Florida campaign chairman Brett Doster and other party leaders. Attached were spreadsheets marked, “Caging.xls.” Each of these contained several hundred to a few thousand voters and their addresses.
A check of the demographics of the addresses on the “caging lists,” as the GOP leaders called them indicated that most were in African-American majority zip codes.
Ion Sanco, the non-partisan elections supervisor of Leon County (Tallahassee) when shown the lists by this reporter said: “The only thing I can think of - African American voters listed like this - these might be individuals that will be challenged if they attempted to vote on Election Day.”
These GOP caging lists were obtained by the same BBC team that first exposed the wrongful purge of African-American “felon” voters in 2000 by then-Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Eliminating the voting rights of those voters — 94,000 were targeted — likely caused Al Gore’s defeat in that race.
The Republican National Committee in Washington refused our several requests to respond to the BBC discovery. However, in Tallahassee, the Florida Bush campaign’s spokespeople offered several explanations for the list.
Joseph Agostini, speaking for the GOP, suggested the lists were of potential donors to the Bush campaign. Oddly, the supposed donor list included residents of the Sulzbacher Center a shelter for homeless families.
Another spokesperson for the Bush campaign, Mindy Tucker Fletcher, ultimately changed the official response, acknowledging that these were voters, “we mailed to, where the letter came back - bad addresses.”
The party has refused to say why it would mark soldiers as having “bad addresses” subject to challenge when they had been assigned abroad.
The apparent challenge campaign was not inexpensive. The GOP mailed the letters first class, at a total cost likely exceeding millions of dollars, so that the addresses would be returned to “cage” workers.
“This is not a challenge list,” insisted the Republican spokesmistress. However, she modified that assertion by adding, “That’s not what it’s set up to be.”
Setting up such a challenge list would be a crime under federal law. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlaws mass challenges of voters where race is a factor in choosing the targeted group.
While the party insisted the lists were not created for the purpose to challenge Black voters, the GOP ultimately offered no other explanation for the mailings. However, Tucker Fletcher asserted Republicans could still employ the list to deny ballots to those they considered suspect voters. When asked if Republicans would use the list to block voters, Tucker Fletcher replied, “Where it’s stated in the law, yeah.”
It is not possible at this time to determine how many on the potential blacklist were ultimately challenged and lost their vote. Soldiers sending in their ballot from abroad would not know their vote was lost because of a challenge.
liberal lies
Boycottliberalism.com- Home
Written by Thomas N. George- the Editor of BoycottLiberalism.com
© 2004 http://www.boycottliberalism.com
1. Count Every Vote- This was the mantra of the Al Gore campaign after the 2000 presidential election, when they were hand counting votes in 3 highly Democratic counties, while at the same time trying to disqualify military votes. In effect they were trying to change the rules of the election after the election had taken place, which violated federal election law. A liberal Florida Supreme Court ruled in the favor of the Gore Campaign until the U.S. Supreme Court put a stop to it. To this very day, liberals actually believe George Bush stole the election.
2. There is a vast right wing conspiracy- There is a far right wing in the Republican Party, but it is a small fringe element. However, there is a far left wing in this country and it is a large part of the main stream of the Democratic party. Remember when Hillary Clinton went on the Today Show and responded to the allegation of an affair between her husband (President Clinton) and an intern (Monica Lewinsky) as untrue and blamed it on a Right Wing Conspiracy? Over the past ten years Tom Daschle, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Mario Cuomo, Richard Gephardt and Jesse Jackson have been the loudest and most influential voices in the Democratic party. Are any of these people Moderates? Also please note, there is a liberal bias in the media. You might make the argument that there is a vast left wing conspiracy.
3. This is a tax break for the rich- This is class warfare at it's finest. If a person earning $40,000 a year gets a 10% tax reduction and a person earning $1,000,000 per year gets a 1% tax reduction- the person earning $1,000,000 will get a much greater tax break. Tom Daschle and Richard Gephardt once stood next to a car in front of the Capital Building holding up a muffler. They made a statement that a proposed George Bush tax cut would allow the rich to buy a new car and the average American to buy a muffler. This is a strategy Democrats use on every Republican proposed tax cut. They stop everyone from getting a reduction in their taxes by using class warfare. Please note, tax reductions are not an entitlement program.
4. There is no liberal bias in the media- For close to 50 years the news in America was controlled by ABC, NBC and CBS. In the last 20 years CNN came on to the scene. This is pretty much comparable to the BBC in Europe and AL Jazzera in the Arab world today. It was in the last 6 years when Fox News and other cable news networks were born to give a more balanced approach to news analysis. However, if you look at the major networks today, they are still run by the left. Tim Russert, the President of NBC News, at one time worked for Mario Cuomo. The top players at ABC News are Peter Jennings, George Stephanopolous, Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts- hardly conservatives. Lets not forget the statement the President of ABC News made after September 11th. CBS News has Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer- more non-conservatives. All you have to say about CNN is that it was created by Ted Turner. In print media there is the Los Angeles Times in California, The New York Times in New York and The Atlanta Journal Constitution in Georgia. These have been the major newspapers in our most populous cities for many years and their reporting has a liberal bias.
5. Republicans want to cut school lunch programs- This was the attack leveled by Democrats against the Republicans during a budget battle in 1995. Democrats proposed a double digit increase in funding for school lunch programs, while Republican proposed a more modest increase. To put this in perspective, you must ask this question. How many people get a double digit increase in their pay each year? Democrats called the Republican proposal a cut and charged they wanted to starve children, because the proposal was less than what Democrats proposed. Please note, the Republican proposal called for an increase in funding. The media printed the story, never challenging it, even though it was not true. This became famous for when does an increase become a cut- only in Washington DC.
6. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky- We all know the truth here. There is nothing to be added- except that it was not a vast right wing conspiracy.
7. Republicans are mean spirited and want to throw the poor out on the street- This was a charge leveled by Democrats against Republicans when they proposed time limits for receiving welfare. Polls show that the majority of Americans believe in time restrictions for welfare recipients. Republicans know that to escape poverty it takes education, hard work and discipline. The greatness of this country rests in its freedom and that within one generation a person can rise from poverty to obtain great wealth. Allowing endless dependency on an entitlement program has trapped many in poverty. Why would Democrats want to keep anyone dependent on an entitlement program like welfare? How many people on welfare vote Republican?
8. I support the military- It has been well documented that when it comes to voting for military funding- liberals would much rather spend money on social programs. First you must understand their rational. Approximately 10% of the population in the United States is poor, which is about 30 million Americans. There are approximately one million Americans serving in the military. If only 1 in 5 of the poor vote, that equals about six million votes as compared to one million votes from the military. There are two relevant questions here. What percent of the poor vote Republican? How close was the 2000 Presidential Election? This leads directly to the answer of why would liberals rather appropriate money to social programs than to the defense of our country. Please note, the defense of our country is a primary, if not the primary responsibility of our government. If we don't protect the country, we may not have a country or our freedom.
9. Privatizing social security is risky. Contribute $300 a month to Social Security and you may get $1,800 a month when you retire. Sound like a good deal? There was a story about Dick Gephardt's mother living on Social Security and having numerous checks she had written returned for insufficient funds. Gephardt politicized the event by stating that this was an example of why Social Security should not be privatized, because if it were not for Social Security his mother would have been much worse off. Please note that the S & P 500 has returned more than 10% over it's lifetime. Therefore- if you invested $300 a month in an S & P 500 mutual fund for 40 years at the end of that time (enter these numbers into any compound interest calculator) you would have approximately 2 million dollars (Please note that these are conservative numbers). This means you could withdraw almost $200,000 or 10 percent a year and never exhaust your money. Break that down and it is $20, 000 a month. Social Security does not sound so good any longer. Please be advised that the key to obtaining wealth is systematically investing for the long term. There is no quick sure fire scheme to getting rich. If Gephardt's mother had been investing in mutual funds her entire life instead of Social Security- she would have been much better off at the present. Also, please be advised that privatizing Social Security helps the poor the more than anyone. The rich invest money in 401K plans. The poor, the clerk at a convenience store or a customer service representative doesn't have excess funds to invest and so their only investment vehicle is Security Security, which in reality is just a bond fund.
10. Trickle down economics does not work- Money in the hands of people stimulates the economy, whether they are rich or poor. The problem- how to you put money in the hands of the poor? Transfer of more wealth from the rich to the poor each year? This would only create greater dependency on entitlements and give lessen the incentive to achieve. Give the poor greater tax cuts? You can only cut the taxes for the poor by so much, because they don't pay much in taxes. When Tom Daschle said that the result of a proposed Bush tax cut would mean that a rich person would be able to buy a new car, without realizing it, he proved the theory of Trickle Down Economics. The person selling that car would generate income that he would otherwise not have had. Please note that if that person sells enough cars, he will gain wealth. If tax rates in this county were at 75% what would happen to the economy? The answer is that no one would have money to spend on anything except housing and food. The result would be that businesses everywhere would fail, because no one would have money to buy clothes, electronics, entertainment, repairs for their homes or cars, go on vacation..... If they did buy such things, they would have to go in to debt to do so. How would this help the working class or the poor? Please note the average taxpayer, pays roughly 50% of their income in taxes. After the attack on September 11th, Hillary Clinton said, "come to New York and spend money." She knew if people stopped coming to New York and spending money, businesses would fail and the economy in New York would suffer a great downturn, which would hurt the average working family. This is interesting considering that liberals are for tax hikes and against tax cuts. The only thing that helps the working class is a strong economy. It gives the average worker more freedom and more bargaining power. When the financial sector was booming from 1987 through 1989, workers were getting bonuses, overtime and stock options. When the financial sector suffered a downturn in 1990, it trickled down. There were no more bonuses, overtime, stock options and their were layoffs.
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11. This is a Bush recession- Liberals blame George Bush for the weak economy and say his tax cut has only made the economy worse. They point to jobs lost, the level of unemployment, the level of the financial markets and slow growth since he took office. The economy was beginning to turn around leading up to September 11, 2001. After the attack on September 11, everything changed. People did stop flying, hurting the airline industry, which in turn hurt hotels, restaurants, theme parks and tourism. There were some businesses that closed for an entire week and some in New York that never reopened. The financial markets were closed for more than a week and the financial services industry was devastated. September 11th hurt all sectors of the economy, which resulted in tens of thousands of layoffs. So how is George Bush is responsible for the poor economy? Liberals would have you forget that the attack on September 11th took place and we must never forget. George Bush is trying to revive the economy by lowering taxes. The irony here, the liberals who accuse him of hurting the economy oppose his tax cuts.
12. The banning of partial birth abortions is an assault on a woman's privacy and right to choose. A partial birth abortion is the termination of a life as a child is being born; hence the term partial birth abortion. The great divide on this issue rests with the circumstance that this procedure should be allowed. Liberals believe it should be allowed when the mother's health is in danger. Conservatives believe the procedure should only be allowed when the mother's life is in danger. Well established law states that deadly force can only be used to meet deadly force. This means that you can only use deadly force when you believe your life is in danger. If someone with the flu coughs on you, your health is danger. If someone berates you, your mental health may be in danger. If your neighbor doesn't take care of their property, it will cause you great aggravation and stress. However, there is no legal cause to use deadly force in any of these circumstances. However, liberals will allow children as they are being born to have their lives ended for the broad definition of health. Republicans tried to pass a bans on partial birth abortions with the exception of when the mother's life was in danger. However, Bill Clinton vetoed their efforts keeping in place the standard that if the health of the mother was in danger the procedure could take place. Another liberal lie with children's life as the casualty.
13. I am against the death penalty, because an innocent person may be executed. However, I am for paroling convicted felons in order to give them a second chance. Liberals say they are against the death penalty, because they fear that an innocent person may be executed. However, they argue for paroling convicted violent criminals in order to give them a second chance. There has yet to be a case where a person was given the death penalty and later found to be innocent. However- argue with a liberal and they will come up with one case. OK- so give them that one. Please be advised that there are thousands of documented cases of convicted violent criminals that were given numerous chances and then murdered innocent women and children. Cases such as Polly Klaas and most recently Carlie Brucia. Remember the 1988 election and Willie Horton? He was convicted of murder and given a life sentence without parole. However, only eleven years later, he was given a weekend pass from prison via a furlough program supported by then Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. In 1976 Governor Dukakis vetoed a bill that would have banned the furloughs for first-degree murderers. On the weekend that Horton was released, he broke into the home of Clifford Barnes. He beat Mr. Barnes, cut him 22 times and then savagely raped his fiancee twice. Call liberals soft on crime, that they care more about criminals rights than victim rights and they will call you a cold hearted right wing extremist. Is this backward thinking? If liberals truly cared about saving lives, they would not be fighting for the parole and early release of convicted violent criminals.
14. The people of New Jersey deserve a choice- This was the mantra of liberals when they replaced New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli on the ballot for Senator with less than 30 days before the 2002 election. New Jersey law bars replacement of candidates less than 51 days before an election, unless for a special circumstance, such as death of a candidate. Torricelli was losing so badly he decided to quit the race and Democrats replaced him on the ballot with Frank Lautenberg just weeks before the election. They stated that the people of New Jersey deserved a choice. The people of New Jersey had a choice and they did not choose Torrecelli.
15. Democrats are for working class families- As Democrats are opposed to every tax reduction this statement is almost ludicrous. The largest obstacle to gaining wealth is taxes. The single biggest issue affecting middle class families on a daily basis is taxes. The middle class taxpayer pays close to 50% of their income in taxes. Please consider the following: federal income tax, state income tax, state sales tax, property tax, gas tax, tolls, taxes on alcohol and cigarettes, utility taxes, automobile registration fees, county surtaxes. Democrats are not for the middle class and break down their support into groups. They get funds and count on votes from women by being pro-choice, minorities for supporting affirmative action, gays for supporting gay rights, unions for not supporting school vouchers, and environmentalists supporting things such as not drilling for oil in Alaska. On the those who don't pay close attention to the issues they use spin- reference the top ten liberal lies!
16. Bill Clinton created millions of jobs- What policy did Bill Clinton implement to create millions of jobs? The majority of jobs that were created under the Clinton Administration were Internet related. The great boom of the Internet led to the creation of millions of jobs, which Clinton had nothing to do with. As a result of so many people working and paying taxes, there were large government surpluses. However, instead of attacking terrorism, Bill Clinton decided to use the Justice Department to attack Microsoft. There is a direct time line link between the decline of the NASDAQ and the ruling to break up Microsoft. As the NASDAQ declined many Internet companies failed or downsized. As a result, millions of jobs were lost and government revenues declined. Bill Clinton was handed a great economy and with his actions only served to undermine it.
17. My opposition to the Bush Administration or America is an act of patriotism because freedom of expression is what America was founded on. Civil discourse and civil disagreement are the founding principals of this country. What many liberals are practicing today is hate speech. I have seen Janeane Garofalo in a speech call Republicans evil, Jessica Lange say that she despises President Bush, Al Sharpton compare President Bush to a gang leader and Ted Kennedy say the war in Iraq was made up in Texas and a fraud. To understand- just switch the word African American with the word Republican or President Bush. What would be the result if someone said that African Americans were evil? Many Liberals name call and make accusations with no factual basis. Some of these individuals would be sued for slander if their statements were made against anyone other than President Bush. Yet- Liberals say their right to speak is being infringed upon by Conservatives. This is spin at its greatest. Hate speech is not civil discourse! Liberals have the right to speak out and express their views(even hate speech)- however- Conservatives have a right to react to that speech.
18. There was a rush to war in Iraq. I would have given diplomacy a chance and created a world coalition. Please note that Iraq violated 16 United Nation resolutions over a period of 10 years. The only reason Saddam Hussein allowed United Nations inspectors to search for weapons of mass destruction was due to the fact that the United States had Iraq surrounded by war ships and over 100,000 U.S. troops. He had ordered them out of Iraq and took actions to block them from inspecting sites. Many of the troops had been sitting in the desert and on ships for 6 to 8 months before the war began while diplomacy was given a chance. Military leaders had many factors to consider in the timing of the war in Iraq, such as the time of year (weather conditions) and morale of the troops. They could not invade in the middle of summer or in the middle of winter. They also could not leave our men and women in uniform remaining idle and bored for months or years while we try to negotiate with a dictator as countries like France undercut our efforts. If you really want to lower morale and place troops in great danger- leave them sitting stationed idle in a desert around Iraq for two years before conducting a war. I guess this would have been the plan of the Democratic Party.
19.The Republicans are to blame for companies moving jobs overseas.
I was sitting next to an woman one time who was talking about her company and how they were moving jobs to India. She said, "the reason that all these jobs are going overseas is because the Republicans are in power". I paused for a second and then I told her, "I think you have that backward". I subsequently began to explain to her that the liberals are the ones that impose so many restrictions on business. Democrats are continually wanting to raise the minimum wage, impose excessive environmental legislation, are infamous for raising taxes when in power, are pro union and are generally anti-business. Two examples are California and New York. In California, a person can claim workers compensation for almost any type of issue. As a result, businesses pay almost 10 times the amount of workers compensation insurance per employee as in other states. Many businesses have left California and moved to neighboring Nevada just due to that cost. In New York, when Mario Cuomo was governor, taxes were so high that many business decided to just leave the state. When conditions are not hospitable- business leave and find other locations that are more suitable. Recently this has been a trend with companies moving parts or all of their operations overseas. As previously noted, The Democratic Party has been the party for raising the minimum wage, imposing excessive costly environmental legislation, votes to raise taxes, is pro union and has been anti-business. The Republican Party has always been in favor of deregulation, lowering taxes, letting the economy dictate wages and creating legislation that is pro business Now- you tell me who is to blame for companies moving jobs overseas
20. The Enron Scandal- First Democrats attacked the Bush administration demanding to know the extent they were involved in the Enron collapse. Once Democrats learned that they were not involved- they attacked the Bush Administration demanding to know why they did not help to save the company.
21. We don't need to drill for oil in Alaska, because we could save the same amount of oil by increasing the standards for miles per gallon on cars and SUV's- What liberals are really saying is that they care more about contributions from environmentalists than they do about your family. What they are saying is they care more about the caribou than your children. When you lower the standards of miles per gallon, in effect you lower the safety of cars. Please note, America is about freedom of choice. If someone wants to drive an SUV, so be it. I guess liberals would have us all driving around in a Yugo if they had their choice. It wasn't that long ago when liberals were trying to reduce the speed limits on highways, because they said it would save lives. Do you see a contradiction here? Also please note, no one knows how much oil is in Alaska. I know liberals will charge that Republicans are for drilling in Alaska, because oil companies are a big contributor to their party. I am not even going to go into the National Security implication and benefits of being energy dependent from the Middle East. Lastly, and most importantly, we need to develop affordable alternative sources of energy such as hydrogen fuel cells.
22. The comparison of President Bush to Hitler by liberal extremists such as Moveon.org - Please note that Hitler conducted a war to conquer countries in order to expand his empire. He purposefully enslaved and murdered millions of innocent people. President Bush conducted a war to liberate innocent people and rid the world of a dangerous dictator. A dictator that had started two wars and purposefully murdered his own people. This comparison by liberals would be like comparing a criminal that raided a home for the purpose of murdering its innocent occupants to obtain their possessions and the police raiding a home to capture that criminal.
23. George Bush was not elected by a majority of the American people so he does not have a mandate for his agenda- This was the mantra of Tom Daschle after he became the Senate Majority Leader. Daschle became the Senate majority Leader when Senator Jim Jeffords switched from the Republican Party to the Independent Party, thereby giving the Democrats a one person majority in the Senate. Daschle became Senate Majority Leader not by vote of the American people, but from a Senator switching parties. He used his position to say George Bush did not have a mandate and then blocked straight up or down votes in the Senate by requiring a super majority of 60 votes to pass certain legislation. In effect, Daschle was trying to impose his own agenda on the American people when they did not elect him to do so. As we all know, in the 2002 congressional elections, Democrats lost seats in the Senate and Daschle lost his lost his position as Senate Majority Leader.
24. I am against the death penalty, but for abortion- This is more of an observation on just how backwards liberal thinking really is; however, I felt compelled to add it to the list. How can you support the taking of an innocent life and be opposed to taking the life of someone that has committed acts of evil? Those on death row have hurt innocent people, families, children and society. What acts has an unborn child committed to deserve the fate of being aborted. This is a perfect example of how liberals are on the wrong side of issues. Liberals will claim that abortion is a right to privacy issue - the so called, "it is my body and I can do with it what I wish". Well- a person cannot do whatever they wish with their body if it effects me. You cannot take your fist (which is part of your body) and punch me in the face. A person has the right to privacy in their home, but that does not extend to activities which are illegal. Your rights end where my rights begin. A heart beats at less than 4 weeks. Isn't a heart beat the final determination of death. Why should a heart beat not be the final determination of life?
25. We cannot fight two wars at the same time, there is no link between Iraq and terrorism- This was the liberal mantra on keeping a ruthless brutal dictator in power. Please note that Saddam Hussein was paying the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. Mass graves have been found in Iraq and Saddam was a terrorist.
26. It was wrong to fire Linda Ronstadt- she has the right of freedom of speech-
Linda Ronstadt was hired to do a job, she offended the owner's customers and she was fired. Please be advised that a business owner has every right to fire an employee that offends its customers. Linda Ronstadt is not going to jail for her comments and she can speak out all she wants on her own time. Liberals that say it is a matter of free speech are just lying, ignorant or never owned a business. Please note that Michael Moore is asking the owners of the casino to apologize to Ronstadt and bring her back to perform. This is an example of how Moore distorts the truth and reality. If someone working at a job offends 40% of the customers- what do you think might happen? Common sense would dictate that they would not have a job very long. Imagine on the show The Apprentice - if a contestant offended almost one half of their prospective customers? How long do you think it would be before Donald Trump said - you're fired? Would this person's freedom of speech being inhibited because they were fired? Should Trump apologize and ask the contestant back? That is how ridiculous Moore's statement is! Employees are being paid to generate business- not drive it away. Linda Ronstadt is being paid to do a job and she should do it. Her job is not to offend the owner's customers! If you owned a business and you had an employee that was offending customers - you would fire them too!
27.The terror alert was based on dated information that was years old - it was done for political purposes by the Bush Administration.
In August 2004, the Bush Administration released a warning to the public about possible plans by al Qaeda to target financial centers in some large U.S. cities. This information was met with criticism and skepticism by liberal Democrats and the liberal media because the warning was based on information was was a few years old. Please be advised that al Qaeda does not plan major attacks and carry them out the following day. The most destructive terrorist attacks executed by al Qaeda were planned for years. The attack on America on September 11, 2001, was 5 years in the making. Does this mean if that plot was learned 4 1/2 years after it was conceived (6 months before it occurred) that the information should have be dismissed as old and dated? That seems to be the strategy of liberal Democrats and the opinion of liberal media. These are the same liberals that bash President Bush for not doing enough to fight the war on terror.
28. The Swift Boat Veterans that are speaking out against John Kerry are lying- they were not on Kerry's boat.
This is the equivalent of a defense lawyer stating that a witness who saw a murder from across the street is lying, because the witness was not on the actual street corner of the murder. Please note that most of the Swift Boats patrolled in groups. The veterans did not have to actually be on Kerry's boat to witness what took place.
29. The attempt by liberals to stop television stations from airing the Swift Boat veterans ad about John Kerry's military service because they say it contains false and libelous charges.
Liberal organizations run television ads against President Bush based on innuendo, speculation, accusation and distorted truths. Liberals have always run these types of ads. Remember the James Byrd ad that ran in Texas? Moveon.org has even created ads comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler. Julian Bond - the leader of the the NAACP- in speeches has compared the Bush Administration to Nazi Germany. All of this is rhetoric. It is opinion and not based on facts or eyewitness accounts. The Swift Boat Veterans are speaking out based upon their eyewitness accounts. This is just another example of the tactic of liberal spin, which is accusing their opponents of the exact tactic they are using.
30. America is partly to blame for the acts of terrorism that took place on 9/11. The people of Spain, Australia, Iraq, Pakistan, Israel and the children in Russian did nothing to deserve the acts of terror that they have suffered. Terrorists have killed their own people and dictators have killed and watched their own people suffer. Yet- liberals such as Ted Turner believe that America shares part of the blame for the attacks on September 11, 2001.
31. It wasn't rape- what was she doing in his hotel room that late at night?
This is the defense that liberals proposed in reference to the allegations of rape against Mike Tyson and Kobe Bryant. They had no regard or consideration for the facts. Liberals believed that because a woman was in a hotel room late at night if she was raped it was totally appropriate. Do you think they would believe this if it were their daughter? Let me tell you how ridiculous their argument is. If you follow this logic then this must mean that if a woman kisses a man passionately - he has the right to have intercourse with her. The liberal argument would follow that - what was she doing kissing him? If you follow this logic it means that if a woman takes a trip to see a male friend he has the right to have intercourse with her? The liberal argument would be - why was she going all that way to see him? I have been in hotel rooms late at night many times in my life with friends. I guess according to liberals - women do not have the same freedoms as men.
32. Abraham Lincoln, Rudy Guliani, Colin Powell, Schwarzenegger..... are liberals
Liberals will try to claim Republicans to their side by saying that they are really liberals. They will point to one or two issues to make their case. Liberals will argue that Republicans such as Rudy Guliani or Arnold Schwarzenegger are really liberals because they are pro choice. I have heard liberals say that Colin Powell is a liberal, because he is an anti-war general. This would be the equivalent of saying that Joe Lieberman is a conservative because he supported the war in Iraq or that Bill Clinton was a conservative, because he supported welfare reform. You must look at a person and their views as a whole- not just one or two. The above politicians in the title of this section agree with 90% of the conservative cause. Because they do not agree with 100% of the conservative platform- does not make them liberal. This only shows that the Republican Party is an inclusive party that welcomes diverse views and it is the Democratic party is an extreme party. If you are a pro choice Democrat - you will not find a prevalent role in the that Party.
33. President Bush said he was going to change the tone in Washington
This is what liberals are saying in reference to the divisive tone between Republicans and Democrats in Washington DC. The problem is that liberals are creating the divisive tone. Al Gore said President Bush betrayed his country. Al Sharpton compared President Bush to a gang leader. Senator Byrd compared Republicans to Nazis. Senator Kennedy said the war in Iraq was a fraud. Howard Dean suggested that Preside