Whatever... you'd say anything now, Obama won.
I'm pointing directly to Bush policies I adamantly disagree with. That's the difference between you and I. I'm not talking about Bush's personal life... and if Bush had actually volunteered to go fight in Vietnam and received both the Purple Heart and Bronze Star I certainly wouldn't be running down his military credentials.
It's not been a matter of "same standard" with a Rove style adversary. What you are saying in essence is this... Let the Republicans grind anybody they want into the ground with their jack boot political assassination & smear ways... but don't you fight back in kind.
BS we fight back now... and we are winning because the country now gets to hear BOTH sides! And the truth is Obama himself has called repeatedly for a more cordial tone. And I agree. But when your side continues to go out and call a good Christian family man, devoted husband & loving father a Muslim terrorist sleeper cell agent... yeah damn right I'm gonna talk smack back.
Sure I can and always have! I've always said welfare reform was a bipartisan effort. When I've spoken up about Clinton signing that Bill it was in response to those trying to give President Clinton NO credit for moving to the middle.
You are not accurately quoting anything I've said. I've said that anyone wanting to PRIVATIZE Social Security & Medicare is wrong because there is no 100% guarantee of safety of principle or return. It varies with the economic times when real people need it at ALL times.
I've said that the reductions and time limits on Welfare we've already discussed were good ones. And I believe there must be a social safety net for ADC, food stamps and job training. It hurts children and increases our overall crime rates if we don't have such a system. Anyone can fall on hard times.
The fact many people didn't like Hussein and thought he might have WMD's (because Hussein himself was bluffing the counter balance in the region Iran)is not the same as promoting only selective intelligence some of which they knew was very questionable from the start and embellish other intel and try to make phantom links to the 9-11 attacks AND THEN INVADING THAT COUNTRY WHEN THAT COUNTRIES MILITARY POWER WAS ALREADY IN A NO FLY ZONE BOX AND COULDN'T PUT UP EVEN A CROP DUSTER!
Add to that all the Bush administration insiders that have now come forward and said on the record... Bush was looking for anyway from day one to go into Iraq... and say what you want, that matters.
But the more in debt we're in the more interest we pay on that debt and the harder it is to fund domestic programs. Some spending is an honest, justifiable and greatly needed expenditure FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Borrowing to shore up Social Security would be very important. Every dollar we've wasted in Iraq could have helped GREATLY somewhere else.
Deregulation is your answer... after all we've seen you still say that. Well at least you're consistant. That's why you are so not winning anything anytime soon.
We have competition right now and heathcare cost are constantly showing double digit inflation. It's to the point right now as it is many working people are either not even offered medical insurance at work because it's too expensive for the business or workers that are offered it simply can't afford the deduction on their check each week.
Something is always better than nothing... and more & more Americans can afford only the nothing.
This is too long I'll continue next post...
