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Oh?! But I see you got the point. It just took you three sentences of dancing to get there, but you did. You acknowledged subject matter and reference, "this tactic could be used by ANY political party." So why does the Republican party choose this tactic, when the Democrats for all their faults choose not??? That old flimsy transparent patriotism card. The Republicans have worn it out.
BTW you thought this was not old??? You said,"Socialists, Communists, Marxists, Fascists, or any other term you want to use with the same basic meaning, is EXACTLY what the Democratic Party is all about." Please! That rhetoric is so stale Ronald Reagan knew it was outdated during his campaigns. Both parties have been slinging terms like these at each other for decades.
This theory works not only for war but for just about anything. Substitute a different word for War and it still works. I personally liked "Mad Cow Disease".
The is obviously a very narrow view out there by some people. Babram claims that "So why does the Republican party choose this tactic, when the Democrats for all their faults choose not???" Do you not realize that it was the Democrats that got us involved in most of the wars in this great countries history. LBJ - Vietnam (Democrat), Truman - Korean War (Democrat), FDR - WWII (Democrat), Wilson - WWI (Democrat). Before slinging blanket statements we should be sure to weigh the facts of history.
Do you not realize that it was the Democrats that got us involved in most of the wars in this great countries history. LBJ - Vietnam (Democrat), Truman - Korean War (Democrat), FDR - WWII (Democrat), Wilson - WWI (Democrat). Before slinging blanket statements we should be sure to weigh the facts of history.
Huh?! Two things going on here. Actually I said, "Both parties have been slinging terms like these at each other for decades." I should had said the Democrats used to bombard Ronald Reagan, as the Republicans are currently attempting to do with Barack Obama. Yes, I take responsibility for this needed clarification. But did you think that LBJ, Truman, FDR, and Wilson are candidates for the upcoming presidency?! They are all dead, it's 2008, and Dubya's current personal project, otherwise known as the Iraqi war, is a costly disaster. Let's learn from the past, but not live in it. Number two, which is the relative subject of today and point, generally speaking though Democrats do not directly require Republicans patriotism credentials, but Republicans have made calling out Democrats patriotism tantamount to their campaign agenda the past decade. I'm not wearing my American flag lapel pin. Whoop-tee-do! BTW it's not a narrow view, it originated with Caesar and it works to damn well. That nazi "Hermann Goering" was speaking directly about making the masses persuaded to war, not made cow disease. Please.
PS. I'm a registered Indendepent that's voting for Obama.
Ok so let me get this straight. You mock me by saying that LBJ, Truman, FDR, and Wilson are dead an not a candidate for president. But in the same breath you speak of George Bush? Knock Knock... Bush isn't on the ballet either, or did you miss that one?
I can't stand it when children whine and I can't' stand it anymore when adults whine. What Bush has done is going to be his legacy and Americas issue to deal with for many years to come. I will flat out agree that Bush is an idiot and that he wanted to finish daddy's war, but the question is where do we go from here?
I just don't get how you can say that one candidates patriotism doesn't matter? And it is not about the pin, the pin is just one piece of a pattern that has been forming for years. Let's see his pastor of how many years? 20+ spewing "god dXXn America" are you going to tell me this was an isolated incident? No, he has been listening to this anti-American banter for years and never opposed it until it started to make him look bad.
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