Democrats Are Weak On Terror?

[Ringo84]

I'd like to say something that I've been thinking about for the past few days: how do RWers know that Democrats are weak on terror?

Right now, that's pure speculation; all theoretical, because we haven't actually been in office since the War on Terror began. It's been all Republicans so far, and look where it's gotten us: three years in Iraq and no end in sight, wiretaps, the Patriot Act, no OBL, and plenty of RW rhetoric about how voting Democrat will cause a terrorist attack.

Someone might say, "but we can tell through Democrats' actions how they'd act if they were in power during the War on Terror". Nice try, but it doesn't sell the farm. It's real easy to plan for a disaster when you're in the safety of your own house. But when the actual disaster occurs, all of that careful planning usually goes out the window.

The fact is that the Republicans don't know how our party would act in power during the war on terror, because for the time being, we're untried; an untapped resource. That makes their rhetoric meaningless and discriminatory. They assume a lot about us because we're lib'ruls and because we disagree with them on political issues. For all they know, our party could be home to great leaders that take us through the War on Terror.

Maybe the Republicans should drop the rhetoric and actually lead us. That is why we supposedly elected them to office.
Ringo

[C_U_L8R]

1. It's just another republican diversion...

so no one will dare say...
"hey where'd all the money go??"
"hey why does everyone hate us"
"hey what's all this mess that republicans have got us in"

[Ringo84]

3. Exactly. (nt)

[WCGreen]

2. They control everything....

How can they prove the Dems are week on Terror...

[Jade Fox]

4. It has to do with how they define "strength".....

The Republicans and Bushco are mired in the sort of thinking described here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=228243&mesg_id=228243

[joemurphy]

5. We're not weak on it. We're smart about it.

We believe in going after terrorists. We don't believe in creating new ones by picking fights in places where there were no terrorists.

This "weak on terrorism" is just a stupid meme that has about run its course.

Look what "security" those "strong on terrorism" Republicans have obtained for us.

[HuskerDU]

6. Then why did top terror targets NYC and WDC vote

overwhelmingly for Kerry?

[OneTwentyoNine]

7. Uhhh....Repukes run the whole show,doesn't matter does it?

Wow...can't tell its election time again can you? Heightened Terra threats and alerts,the old *yawn* "weak on terra" bullshit is of course troted out once again. The only thing missing is that dusty old Homeland Security color chart--where is that piece of crap anyway?

[FloridaPat]

8. Actually they are weak on terrorists. Reagan & Bush 1 trained

and financed al Qaeda. Supported them during all their excursions against the Russians. Involved the gov't in Iran-Iraq war and helped both sides. Those repubs really know how to support terrorists. Democrats like to put them in jail. Stop terrorism. Send the FBI, CIA etc out to find them and stop them. To be strong on terrorists you have to have terrorist and the best way to make sure they exist is create them.