Compare the US to Iraq.  Republicans=Militants  Democrats=negotiators  do you agree?
961747
I hope like heck the Democrats do not win, then.  You cannot negotiate with terrorists.  It's kill or be killed with those radicals, and I really hope we don't find this out the hard way.
943075
I don't speak for the Dems about Iraq.  But, there are NO other voices in D.C. for ideas to flourish.  We are being ruled by a one party system.  Iraq has become a quagmire.  The costs in bodies and dollars are burdening the American citizens.  Why shouldn't the republicans be held to account?  At least for our soldiers that are giving there lives for a cause based on lies.  The republicans see it as an acceptable cost.
1166943
I"m not a Republican, but I can tell you that they won't be pleased.  Basically, this just goes to show you that the three or four years we've been in Iraq have done exactly what the Dems thought it would...establish a new government opposed to American interference in that government while also increasing anti-American sentiment across the globe.  This amnesty for those who kill Americans will be a big kick in the arse for the Republican Party.
860659
Of course Iraqis are better off since we invaded and occupied uh i mean liberated them,  just ask the survivors. \n\nRepublicans are the party of smear and fear
925062
I agree w/FreeBird, there are lots of forces working behind the scenes for wars. As has been so painfully shown in this current one, I mean if you believe what the admin is saying that we invaded Iraq to "Protect our country" and "Foster Democracy". Then;\nA) Like the elusive WMDs, there never were any terrorists in Iraq...oh yeah TILL WE INVADED!\nB) What about Iran, N. Korea, or a multitude of other countries that have said outright,"We HATE America, we ARE developing WMDs, and WE WANT TO KILL YOU!"? \nC) Why right after 9/11 after saying "Our #1 priority is capturing or killing Bin Laden.." did "Dubya" not even 4 months later say,"We don't know where Bin Laden is, & we honestly don't care, Iraq is our main focus now..."?\n\nThink about how much $$ the defense industry, Haliburton, Big Oil, etc, has made & continues to make from this war.\nThis war was orchestrated as "pay back" for Bush's backers.\nTo keep our focus away while Bush dismantled 40 years of environmental protections, gave billions in tax cuts to the ultra rich, "outted" government whistleblowers who disagreed with his devious plans, and tried to rewrite future legislation to patronize his "base".\nWell beginning today most of that will be just a bad memory.\nDon't get me wrong, with the exception of the environment I think both parties are essentially the same. But just like the Dems before 94 with their complete control of the last 6 years, the old adage rang true,"Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely". The Republican party had become what they promised they would fight, we came out of the fog & sent them a message yesterday. Democracy works best when there is balance, right & left, Liberal & Conservative. That is what our founders sought to achieve. May the investigations begin!
540222
first it's do not does and big not bid so if we are going to attack let's be articulate and get your facts straight, it is the Republican Party that likes to keep the poor and the middleclass living in fear and causing them to graze like sheep and believing that they are the only party that can save them from the terrorists. The Democratic Party never would have gotten us into this needless war or the incredible mess here at home that the Republicans have succeeded in doing and it is the Republicans who go home to big mansions and only a few of the Democrats that do. You will find that there are more Democrats from humble origins than well-to-do versus the Republicans.
742750
I actually agree on both ends... though I believe that all of those things apply to both sides at one point or another in their own way. Extreme Partisanship is tearing this nation apart from it's roots on up. We keep this up, and we'll instigate a third World War and another American civil war in the same sweeping move and be entirely destroyed before it's done.
858903
no, it's just that liberals have so much in their party to deal with, by that i mean sub-divided special interest groups, and have no focus. it is obvious when you ask them about a plan to get out of iraq. while the president says" stay the course" over and over the democrats say " we need to change course". over and over with no clear alternative to bush. multiply this by 1000 and " thar ye gowe". lack of focus.
1025953
The problem with your suggestion is that democrats can't win elections with it; and they are solely focused on the negative simply to win their November elections.  Positive thinking would only hurt their cause and morale of Iraqis and even our troops is not of their interest - winning is....pretty sad isn't it.
801879
liberals wont explain this they will jsut change the conversation to the war on IRAQ like they always do. democrats are very different from now when FDR was president... BUsh was in the same position FDR wasamerica was attacked and we retaliated
834987
Maybe...I heard W on the radio this morning saying that the choice between republicans and democrats was the choice between fighting terrorists or giving up (letting them win)! Does anyone (even hard-core republicans) really believe that any American would just give up the fight against terrorists?\n\nIs anyone STUPID enough to fall for this nonsense? I understand the whole lowering taxes, anti-abortion, anti-gay message (although I don't agree with it), but come on. \n\nIf this war in Iraq was diminishing world terrorism, even slightly, maybe Americans would be behind it. Recent reports show that the Iraq war is actually encouraging more terrorism!\n\nW said that democrats view the war in Iraq as a distraction but the republicans know that the war is the front against terrorists. So since the democrats want to leave Iraq, they're against fighting terrorists! What flawed logic. I miss having an intelligent, articulate president who didn't embarrass me. I'd MUCH rather have John McCain (whose views I don't share) than W who I don't agree with but also makes Americans look like idiots to the rest of the world.
163931
Democrats would be more likely to use all diplomatic means possible to come to a peaceful resolution.  They would prefer to work in cooperation with the United Nations.\n\nIf our recent history is any indication.  Republicans would say they were in favor of diplomacy but would not be willing to participate in the "give and take" that is necessary for a diplomatic solution.  Republicans would be more inclined to "go it alone" without regard for the opinions of our allies.  They would be more inclined to threaten military force and possibly use it.
941514
well, REAL Republicans will seek to work with their fellow Americans for the betterment of our country.  the neoCONNED, on the other hand, will never ever give up their venomous attacks, projecting the failures of their ideologies onto others.  if they did they'd have to take responsibility for their failures and they simply can not do that.  too uncomfortable.
919431
If the Democrats were to make concessions on those issues they'd be Republicans.  Nothing else needs to be said.
324093
Consider: Donald Rumsfeld was in Iraq in 1983 for the Reagan administration dealing in arms with Saddam Hussein.  Note that 1983 was after the first round of crimes against humanity that Saddam is currently on trial for...\n\nThe Republican party hasn't so much been hijacked as it has discovered its own obsolesence as the Cold (comfort) War ended and left the USA without a conventional foe to compete against.  The world got a lot more complex than "if you're not with us you're against us," but the people at the top of the republican stack did not and have not adjusted to address that.\n\nThe republican controlled congress came up to beat down those lousy do-nothing democrats with a Contract With America (which subsequently didn't get fulfilled) and was then maintained by the need for Integrity Against Interns.  But now they control pretty much all of Washington DC and it's pretty clear that they don't know how (or rather where) to lead.\n\nModern Republicans make for a great opposition party.  They're great at being opposed to all sorts of things.  But they're not very good at progress.
583369
Exactly what we're doing.  We weren't there to create governments based on democratic principles.  But, since it was essential to remove Hussein in order for change to occur in the region, the only right resolution after removal was to create the opportunity for everyone in Iraq to participate in electing the government they want.  The other crap you hear is partisan bull that is distorting the real process going on.
806011
I'm really having trouble following your logic. You think it's a better situation to have our teenage boys in Iraq getting killed than having a negotiated peace? You think it's a better situation to be wasting billions of dollars on a war rather than move America toward energy independence? You think it's better that the rich save a few bucks on their taxes and all our jobs get shipped overseas?\nI'm not a liberal my friend, but I sure know when I'm being bamboozled.