Comments on: Republicans selling fear

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:55:12 +0000

should say, Don’t vote for Al Qaeda! tahts awesome!

By: r3tr0.net

r3tr0.net — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:48 +0000

[...] have got to be kidding me. How is this kind of political advertising legal?! It’s extra-sad because you know there are plenty of people out there who pass by that [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:13:27 +0000

Nothing like so good wholesome 9-11 exploitation to look at while you drive to work everyday.

By: iron

iron — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:41:34 +0000

If there was ever any doubt, McCain just put Bud “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” Day on a conference call with reporters, where he defended the war in Iraq, saying “The Muslims” are “going to kill us”.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/18/mccain-surrogate-the-musl_n_113594.html

By: liluli

liluli — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:19:02 +0000

Educated? when, where, why? – lost cause
Show me where any Dem accused any Rethuglickan for 911
And Micheal – go back to school – you need more BS

By: Courtesy Flush

Courtesy Flush — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:51:51 +0000

@EDUCATED

“My second immediate reaction was that the Democrats would immediately blame the Republicans for the attack. And I was right.”

Um, images not loading on your AOL account? Look at the billboard again and say that.

By: Culprititus

Culprititus — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:06:36 +0000

Michael McNeil wrote: History is a good teacher of the fact that isolationist and appeasement strategies don’t work.

So are you the poster named “Educated”?

1st – please don’t presume to understand how I think.
I never said that I support generic “Democrat” policy, especially the way you happen to understand it. I sure hope you don’t think exactly as how I understand generic “Republican” foreign policy, and I will not assume so.

I’m pretty sure the USA had ignored Afghanistan until about Oct 2001. The USA policy in Iraq has not created stability in the region or a position of influence or “foothold.” It has lead to a severely weakened military prowess and the lose of gains made in Afghanistan.

This isn’t really the place to discuss the “Mid-East Strateegerry” of the Bush Presidency. But if you wish to believe military incursion is the road to American Hegemony, please re-read the history of other empires.
PS: or maybe just read Sun Tsu’s Art of War

By: Michael McNeil

Michael McNeil — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:11 +0000

Culpritus wrote:
So the Democrats blamed the Republicans for the attack, and you (a Republican?) are blaming the Democrats for the attack. You sure are putting your fancy Education to good use with that impeccable line of reasoning.

If you had ever read about the USA funding the Tali-Ban and Usama as a part of the Cold War in Afghanistan, you might understand the term “blowback” as used and defined by the CIA. Politics and Physics share the principle of action = opposite reaction.

So, who won during the Cold War in Afghanistan? The Soviets? Nope. The fact is that most Democratic policy is isolationist. “Ignore it and it will go away.” Republican strategy has been to stabilize the Middle East and in order to do so the US has to have a presence or “foothold” in the Middle East. Sure, oil is involved, but you are avoiding the “big Picture”. You are thinking microcosmically and domestically, not macrocosmically and internationally. I have a BA in History and a BA in Philosophy. And I have some law school experience. I may not be a genius, but History is a good teacher of the fact that isolationist and appeasement strategies don’t work.