11-07-2006, 01:39 PM
Why in the world am I the standard bearer for the Dems?
They don't have a platform. The Dem leadership seems to have correctly gauged that they could only hurt themselves by having a platform so they are anti Bush initiatives which are currently unpopular.
Some of the Reps' positions are problematic as well. Rejecting fed funding for stem cell research because a fraction of their base is against it, is terrible for medicinal/economic purposes.
Some of the Dems positions are unresponsible. Pulling out of Iraq seems to be a risky move. Failed states leads to instability and the middle east is a really important region for us. Pandering to their base isn't the way to do figure out Iraq.
Everyone is bitching about Iraq but no one wants to do anything about it. If we're really in a "war on terror," lets have a proper draft where everyone has to sacrifice and put their ass on the line.
Also, lets put things on the table. President Bush did make a mistake on the war. If he would admit that, then we can move past the blaming/bickering and work together on a proper solution. Also, Afganistan is going to hell pretty quickly and the Taliban is running the western chunk of that country. Zawahiri, 2nd in Al Qaeda, lives in the borderlands Waziristan under their protection.
Things are getting really bad and we should honestly address those things and not bitch back and forth about who is on the better team.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
They don't have a platform. The Dem leadership seems to have correctly gauged that they could only hurt themselves by having a platform so they are anti Bush initiatives which are currently unpopular.
Some of the Reps' positions are problematic as well. Rejecting fed funding for stem cell research because a fraction of their base is against it, is terrible for medicinal/economic purposes.
Some of the Dems positions are unresponsible. Pulling out of Iraq seems to be a risky move. Failed states leads to instability and the middle east is a really important region for us. Pandering to their base isn't the way to do figure out Iraq.
Everyone is bitching about Iraq but no one wants to do anything about it. If we're really in a "war on terror," lets have a proper draft where everyone has to sacrifice and put their ass on the line.
Also, lets put things on the table. President Bush did make a mistake on the war. If he would admit that, then we can move past the blaming/bickering and work together on a proper solution. Also, Afganistan is going to hell pretty quickly and the Taliban is running the western chunk of that country. Zawahiri, 2nd in Al Qaeda, lives in the borderlands Waziristan under their protection.
Things are getting really bad and we should honestly address those things and not bitch back and forth about who is on the better team.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
Two feet.