Patriots do you think that liberals are useful idiots or do they serve a a good purpose? Is it good that liberals want us to lose the war because they have a grudge with President Bush?\nDo liberals want to live in communism and bring our country to the filth that it was in 1975-1979?\nWere you ashamed to be an American in the 1975-1979 era?
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Well, I consider myself moderate- leaning conservative, but I don't think there's a problem with having the liberal point of view.  There's nothing wrong with being conservative or liberal, but no matter where you are on the spectrum, there is something wrong with intolerance toward another person's point of view.\n\nI will agree that there are some on both sides that are an embarrassment both to their ideologies, as well as the United States.  But remember that single events (such as Jane Fonda's trip to Hanoi during the Vietnam War) may not be characteristic of all people holding that point of view.\n\nI would like to close with two of my favorite quotes regarding differing ideologies:\n     1.  I may not agree with what you have to say, but I would fight to the death for your right to say it.\n     2.  Just because we don't see eye to eye doesn't mean we can't stand side by side.\n\n\nI hope this helps.
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Basically the same things.  I wish that there were some actual topical questions regarding politics, not just finger pointing and hate.  I will admit that in the abscence of any logical questions to answer I will "mess" with "Liberals", although I think that many of the so-called "liberals" and "republicans" in this forum are not "real" but trollers looking to start a fight.\n\nI would be happy to debate with anyone that can sustain a logical, coherent train of thought and not degenerate into a "you're a facist oil lover" or "you're a communist anti-american terrorist lover".  I don't think we can all get along, but we are going to have to talk to each other if we want to save our country.
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The liberals are the terrorists best friend.  The terrorists can concentrate on fighting us in Iraq because they know the liberals will do their job in America.
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I too walk closer to the conservative line... and I do value our freedoms and rights... the liberals   carry it too far  though.... to such a point that they actually infringe on peoples rights such as in abolishing religion etc. as far as the patriot act goes... I think it makes every one nervous in some ways to  know big brother is watching... at the same time we do want to be protected  from  further acts of terrorism ...and some terrorist are home grown.... perhaps there just needs to be better checks and balances on what they are doing and how they are doing it................fiscally  Democrats  / liberals  most often are the ones  that   raise the taxes and   spend money   on    a multitude of  programs\n..though both parties need to be more conservative financially.....  I don't align myself with either party... some  republicans are liberal, some democrats are conservative..... I am independent...  either party requires dogmatic thinking to an extent... so I vote for the best candidate... who ever they are...
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I did and do support this war, and I cry because we can;t get it right because of all the people against it. We're damned if we do and damned if we don't. The soldiers are doing a good job keeping their moral up, but it's harder and harder on them when they know how half the country feel. I bet that makes them feel confident to go fight every day. When I hear the left talk in here, I try hard to think are they right? am I wrong? At least I try and weigh the odds. The left are always right. Blatantly right. Their hatred for Bush makes them never wonder, could they be wrong? Just once? Bush has not done one thing right in there eyes.
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Yep yeppedy yep. Me too. I don't think they want any harrassment... or embarrassment. I mean, they like to live in Cloud Cuckoo Land and any serious dissenters could possibly break down the psychological barriers that they've put in place to combat COMMON SENSE.\n\nYes they are wimps because they made their bed in 2000 and now that the country is sliding down the toilet, and the world hates us, they don't want to be seen back-peddling. What they do instead is produce paper thin statistics and spend all day desperately trying to prove that Liberals are all tree-hugging idiots. For one thing, Liberals have demonstrated that they are the most clued up, intelligent folks in this country. And if any Republican wants to come to my house and tell me to my face that I'm a tree hugger I will gladly punch him in the face (ladies are exempt).\n\nOh, and just for the record...
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I used to be a moderate but now I'm a flaming liberal. I used to be a moderate but how did I become such a liberal? When I saw that the conservative christian republicans are taking away my rights. My rights as a woman (freedom of choice), as a citizen (patriot act), as a free-thinking person. \n\nWhen Bush came to office he promised "I'm a uniter not a divider" but since then, he has alienized half of the country already. \n\nWhy are Americans so divided? When they feel their opinions don't count and their rights are being chipped away slowly.\n\nOh and reading "The Boot"'s entry, I highly doubt he has an advanced degree considering he couldn't spell the world "liberal".
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I love your questions.  The liberals are crying because they lost, twice.  They have to say Bush cheated, Bush lied, Bush stole the vote!  They sound like my kids when they were younger fighting over who won a board game. Just like i told my kids, its called "being a poor loser".
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Liberals are idiots. They are self-indulgent, self loathing traitors who would rather destroy this country than loosen their necrotic death grasp on the last vestiges of their vanishing power.
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Look at the responses to your question. Liberals hate bush to the point of stupidity. He can do no good no matter what. Clinton sends troops to Bosnia and they accept that without ANY protest (they are still there even though Clinton promised they would return in one year), our troops are dragged through the streets of Somalia (that's ok because a liberal sent them there). As much as liberals like to think of themselves as open minded and non-judgmental they are neither. If you know a liberal this is a great joke to play. Read the paper in the morning and look for a quote from any liberal (i.e. Hillary, Teddy, Nancy P. etc.) attribute it to Bush and the liberal will spew hatred at the comment and say, "what an idiot", when you correct the source they will get upset and leave. If you do the same to a conservative they will usually say something like, "well that is stupid" and still disagree. Conservatives are better on the ideological which hurts us politically but it's better than being a liberal.
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You are truly a moron. All your questions are attacking "liberals". How about attacking the corruption which is coming to light in Dubya's admininstration?\n\nRepublicans are in trouble, big time, so what is your typically Republican response? Attacking liberals and questioning our patriotism.
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Well--it's nice to know you've got an open mind.  I'm sure it's easy for you to think all liberals feel as you suggest, since you likely feel the exact opposite.\n\nFirst, let's try and keep Iraq and terrorism separate.  I think it may be the single biggest bill of goods Americans have been sold by the administration.  I am 100% behind our nation's effort to fight terrorism, provided we do it in a way that upholds the best traditions of our nation.  We simply cannot sink to the level of others just because "that's the way the game is played".  We cannot break laws and trample on people's rights just because it's easier that way.\n\nAs for Iraq, it seems obvious to me that our invasion had NOTHING to do with terrorism.  Unfortunately, we're in a mess there that we created.  Am I glad Saddam is out?  Of course.  Do I think a democratically-elected government in Iraq is important?  Darn right.  Am I proud we were able to bring it about?  Sure.  But America cannot just decide that a nation isn't operating the way we'd like and then invade it because it's the right thing to do.  It's just like the whole NSA spying business. I doubt there is a single American who doesn't believe they should be checking out suspicious individuals.  But bypassing legal DUE PROCESS for any reason is not the way we do it here--at least it shouldn't be.  It's no wonder Republicans in Congress are starting to back away from Bush on this.\n\nIt looks to me we are stuck in Iraq until we can make it safe enough to leave.  Despite many American's anger at our presence there, you will likely find grudging support for a logical exit.  I'm proud of the young men and women who are there putting their lives on the line--and many losing them--in service of our nation.  I just pray that their sacrifices haven't been in vain.
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Blah. I wonder this myself constantly.\n\nI personally believe no good will come out of this. I was discussing this with my American History professor, and she and I agree: this war is just another Vietnam. It started as a civil war Americans had no right involving themselves with, and now it has become extremely long and an absolute waste of our time.\n\nI absolutely hate people who say "It's for their own good; I know THEY don't think so, but it is." Who are we to decide what's best for others? Just because it works well for us (SUPPOSEDLY) it is the SUPREME form of government?! We are not those people's parents, their mother, their father, to determine what is best for them. We are a Super Power, yes, but we are not in control of other human's lives. There is nothing about Americans that makes us superior to Iranians, to Russians, to Australians, to anyone. \n\nIf our economy is rising, it is because we're producing machines for war. That's the concept plus Keynesian "priming the pump" that got us out of the Great Depression. And then, of course, the economy went into a slump afterward, so there you go. \n\nPeople believe this is a moral war. All it's doing is making forgein peoples hate us more for the common American attitude of superiority and "city on a hill"ishness from the Puritanical days. It's creating tension that doesn't need to be there that will hurt us and many people in the near future. We aren't "defending democracy." We aren't trying to "free" the Iranians. It's all a load of self-interest and a fake sense of superiority. \n\nI doubt Americans have any intention of paying for this war or any of their other debts. Most large powers don't. We learned before WWII not to demand repayment such as war reparations, because those played a large part of getting us into that particular war. \n\nAlso, I heard on NPR that Bush was thinking of changing the name from the "War on Terror" to the "Long War." \n\n"Blind patriotism." My thoughts exactly. Anyone who will follow something so blindly as to refuse to see the reality that the people Bush is making into our "enemy" are humans just like us is an idiot and should be ashamed of themselves. \n\nYes, at one point in time there WERE "weapons of mass destruction." Bush Senior gave them to them because they were afraid of being invaded by their neighbors. The U.S. had and has oil interests there and needed to preserve them, and so President Bush Senior gave them those weapons. U.S.-crafted. That is factual.\n\nBut whether or not they existed when our present President went in to look for them is VERY dubious. I and many intellectuals I know, some of them conservative while I am liberal, agree with me that it was a matter of oil interests. America hasn't been an independent oil-supply for a very long time now, and we are a highly mobile society. Hence there is a problem. \n\nFrance used to respect the U.S., during JFK’s presidency in the Cuban Missile Crisis, because it was its belief that we would never invade a country without solid proof. Do you see what has happened to America? In just forty short years, considering we are already such a young country, our foreign policy has turned from a very loved president’s, JFK’s, to George W. Bush’s aggressive, half-cocked launching of human beings blinded by patriotism for oil interests.
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hey...I'm going to answer your question the way you answer mine... a bit of turnabout role playing... \n\nHEY...YOU STUPID IGNORANT FOOL... WHY ARE YOU SUCH A COMMIE ALL THE TIME AND WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA... WHY DON'T YOU GO LIVE WITH YOUR GAY LOVER...\n\nhey... that was fun... now I see why you do it...\n\nnow, on to the question... I am not in favor of the war, but now that we've made the mess, we are responsible for cleaning it up, If America spills milk (even if Republicans do it) Democrats are still responsible for cleaning it up... \n\nWe obviously can't let Iraq just sort it's self out... now that we have destablized it... and we're going to spend trillions of dollars cleaning up the mess...
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I think you hit the nail on the head here.  Sadly, most people (politicians and voters alike), believe the opposition is moronic, evil, or simply wrong.  We can't seem to listen respectfully, and hear an idea out, without noticing it came from the other side.  \nI personally believe that both liberals and conservatives want what is best for America, for the most part.  They are just at odds about what is best.
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Liberals have not yet gotten over losing the 2000 election. And it is splitting their party apart. Rather than focus on a real agenda to deal with some of the problems we have, they rely on their hatred of GWB. Only problem is that many, many Americans are tired of the old shrill propaganda.\n\nGratefulDead06 - Nice try on the propaganda video. ANYONE can take ANY video and twist it to say what they want. That video in particular has been discussed and denounced in several Q&A's here - and conservatives AND liberals have denounced it. Much like politicians - both Republicans AND Democrats - twist poll numbers to say what they want.\n\nAs far as your "evidence" that Bush stole the election, try posting something from a REPUTABLE source rather than a website whose sole agenda is to make someone look bad. Post something from CNN or NBC or Fox News or ABC. You won't because you can't.\n\nYou have NO CREDIBILITY.
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First of all, dumbasses, I don't think nitai777 is from our wonderful country or he/she would not be saying "Why are you", or saying "Mr. Bush" as opposed to "President Bush" or spelling Iraq in a non-English manner.  Did you know that in other languages they use other words?  Idiots.\n\nHe or she asked a legitimate question that deserves an honest answer instead of getting on a soap box to bash liberals or conservatives.\n\nThe answer is they are trying to help.  Right or wrong, whether we agree with them or not, they are trying to help, and no matter what political side we are on, or how we feel about the President (I personally think he's a greedy idiot) or war in general, the young men and women are just trying to help the people over there.