Why have republicans lied about democrats who have fought the good battles like WW 1 ,WW2 ,Korea, Vietnam   ,?
942293
Democrats are gonna spank some butt next TUESDAY! hee haw!
1111803
It's not terribly convenient to be a pro-war Democrat (any war). it's kind of like having Jimmy Stewart as your general, rather than a Republican John Wayne...\nThe only difference with this war in all honesty is the perception of purpose and the idea of trust.\nIn the era of Kennedy and Truman, the idea of the Commander -in-Chief being trustworthy was still impenetrable. It wasn't necessarily true that you could trust the commander, but people believed it, so it was "as good as" true. It took Nixon to shatter that belief, but it is remarkably self-repairing. there are people who, if they'd known the background to his business deals, wouldn't have trusted Bill Clinton further than they could throw him, but almost BECAUSE he'd made it to President it was taken as read that he would probably tell the truth if he could get away with it. So people backed his wars and interventions, even when they were morally dubious. then of course he turned out to have a very bizarre take on what had and had not actually happened - "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" was the nail in his political coffin. but by that time the wars had already begun.\n\nThen came Bush. Bush only got it wrong, technically, by linking the Iraq war to terrorism, and especially weapons of mass destruction...of which, to date, not one has been found. Coming on the back of the hullabaloo surrounding his election, the Bush administration tried to sell the American people a war based on specific connections to a specific terorist organisation and findable proof of threat - the WMDs. So when it turned out that Iraq had fewer links to terrorist groups than, say, the Saudi Royal Family (personal friends of the Bush family), and no WMDs, people felt justified in saying that the war had been sold to them on a false and unfair premise.\n\nBottom line, you're probably right - Bush is probably not any more cynical in his warmongering than any of the Democrats you mention - or his own father, come to that. But he's the first to be called on it quite so publicly. Interesting point about Kennedy though - would be interesting to see what would have happened to the Kennedy presidency if he'd lived, and taken responsibility for Vietnam. I think perhaps the Golden Boy would have been less positively judged in his second term if he'd had one.
734426
Did you see the way the Democratic Party is trying their damnest to get the military votes disqualified? It was all over the news again today, just like it was 2 years ago when Hanoi John Kerry tried to do the same thing. The Democrats are scared to death of the military vote.
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Democrats are able to debate and criticize those in their own party.  Republicans don't do that unless they absolutely HAVE to.  And even then, its about policies and politics not personalities.\n\nBush has supposedly been sober for years, but he still exhibits major "dry-drunk" tendencies.  \n\nDrugs and such aren't the problem, just the ammo that is used to attack people across partisian lines.  The Democrats have tact, the Republicans don't.  This is why the Left is more ethical, and also why they fail to win.\n\nFunny, but sad.
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Because you fell for the lie of Bush  and Cheney.  They misled you and the rest of us and led us down the garden path to corruption, plunder, deceit, Iraq, etc.  Party loyalty was the ruin of Republicans.  We can only hope, for your sake, that all this was not because you agreed and did in full knowledge, but rather because you were duped and just loyal.  The scandals are bigger and more far reaching than most realize, so it would behoove Republicans not to try to cover this up, but rather show your commitment to the country and bring it all out in the open.  The rest  of the country will look upon you far more kindly if you demonstrate Bush was a big mistake of misplaced loyalty, that you have seen the light, and that we can all get back to what this country stands for, and the very important business we all have to do.
510754
Absolutely.  It's just that the Democrats want you to believe that if you're republican, you want to rape and pillage the land.  That couldn't be further from the truth.
87583
Republicans have a long History of sending others off to fight and die. They never do there own dirty work.\nWhat I do not understand is that if they support war then why are they not there fighting now?\nThere should be none here on Yahoo questions.
864187
Honestly, when discussing the war with liberal friends, they honestly believe that soldiers are stupid, misinformed or dirt poor. They don't come out and say it like that, but its obvious they struggle with the fact that people enlist for a lot of reasons including sense of duty and calling. I don't know if it will hurt them or not but I think it shows Kerry's and other Democrats true colors.
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I don't know about Democrats, or for that matter Republicans. I can tell you as an Independent that you cannot be taken seriously and your accusations cannot be trusted. Calling the election a fraud before it even occurs makes any points you try to make biased and questionable, just like the boy who cried wolf. You are trying to advance an agenda and lack any viable proof to support your claims. I will remind you that in the last 3 election cycles that the only people convicted of election fraud were Democrats, not Republicans.
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It has shown the far left nuts to be the American-hating losers they have always been.\n\nNotice I did not include all or even a majority of Democrats in this category. First, many Democrats actually support the war - I work with many and serve alongside many in my National Guard unit. Second, there are many Democrats who oppose the war based on well thought-out reasoning and principle. I happen to disagree with them, but they oppose it based on something they perceive as true rather than just hating it because it is chic to bash the President.
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It is a good point that you make and might I add, infighting has hurt the troops more than any comment.  The fact that the Republicans believe it should be done only one way and the Democrats are acting like T.O. doesn't help our chances.  \n\nIf you go to war, you better be prepared to make it work.  This isn't some backyard game, you don't just quit and go home when you make a decision to go to war.\n\nAll political parties and the public should be ashamed of themselves.  This isn't what our soldiers need right now, they need a country that supports them.  We need to give them what they need to execute and make their mission successful.\n\nTeam work - we forget the concept at the highest level. - brilliant.
939543
Because republicans have been known for using immoral tactics for over a century\nThe first on record was the election of 1860 which started a civil war!
720822
Lying Comes Naturally to Republicans\nWhenever Republican politicians find themselves in trouble, their automatic knee-jerk reaction is to blame Democrats. If there is nothing to blame Democrats for, they merely make something up - they lie. This is exactly what the Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, following the lead of his boss George W. Bush, has done and is doing. He is placing the blame of the mean and punitive House immigration bill on the Democrats, when he knows that it is an outrageous lie.\n"To be anti- George Bush is to be pro-American," \n\n I think he's dangerous, and he has to be stopped." \n\nU.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Tops 2,400 <words/latestnews/index.php?id=6682>
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You must read your newspaper very closely, you are right.  The reason is because the republican agenda is to put their self-aggrandizement over the common good.  This isn't to say that democrats are righteous and sagacious, but they seem to be much less corrupt and full of bologna than the republicans (have you seen Hastert lately? he looks like Humpty Dumpty).
943490
Democrats always lie.
420446
both parties lie... and commit crimes... there are bad apples in both parties... and lip service is a trademark of the Republican party... I haven't seen a problem solved under Bush yet... maybe catching Saddam, but even that has created a power vaccum that doesn't look like it's going to turn out well...\n\nHow about stop whinning about the past and try to make a difference for once?
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OK, first of all, a lot of republicans name call and point fingers too.  That aside, there does seem to be a lot of Dem's on here that whine and cry and view the world through tiny little peep hole.  It really bothers me how they like to take things like G.W. having problems with word usage and make that the focal point of their arguments.  When Billy "hide the cigar" Clinton perjured himself in a federal court all the Dem's were like "its just sex"  when that wasn't even the point of Clinton's impeachment.  In fact Clinton was only the second president in U.S. History to be impeached.  All you Dem's out there that love to call Bush an idiot are so full of shizz that their eyes are brown.\n\nAnd cantcu George bush was not awol, he was national Guard.  Bill clinton on the other hand went to russia to avoid the draft.  Mr. money bags Kerry shot himself in the a$$ to get his medals and spent the remander of the war at home being a "Consiencious objector" there were tons of bonafied war heros to come out of Nam but John Kerry was not one of them.  His own unit from nam told how he really was over there and that even back then he was posturing for a political future.  So stick that in your crack pipe and smoke it.