Why do Democrats want to attack the president but not the terrorists?

Answer 1

Dude, it's apples & oranges (kind of like when fundamentalists protest at abortion clinics, but bring out a cheering section for an execution)

Although I can't claim to speak for all Democrats, I think most of us just hope for this for Bush: a quick, humiliating slide into obscurity after the next election. Or before, if possible.

For the terrorists, capture & trial would be nice, since those are bedrocks of our constitution. Trashing the crap out of a sovereign nation under false pretenses is not really addressing the need to catch & punish the terrorists.

Answer 2

I'm really hoping that you're not really THAT stupid.
Lemmie ask you this: why did Dubya & his cronies want to attack Saddam and not the terrorists? That's the question that the Democrats are asking, and that's the question all Americans should be asking. Don't allow them to trick you. You love America? Well, Dubya has put America & her citizens in danger by his stupid war in Iraq, all those troops, all that money, all that intellegence -- it all could have gone to fighting terrorism or finding Bin Laden, but instead, we're wasting it over there, in the one country in the Middle East that WASN'T a hotbed or Islamic Terrorism. (It is now, thanks to Dubya).
Just because Dubya's a good old redneck & talks a big game about being tough doesn't mean that he's really better at protecting America from the people who want to harm her! Just because the Democrats are smart & use big words & don't hate gay people doesn't mean they'd be too weak to fight terrorists! Try to THINK!
(Wait, you do know Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, right?)

Answer 3

ALL the people "attacking the president" are not Democrats. Quit generalizing! Have you not enough intelligent to grasp that every single person walking this earth has a separate and distinct point of view?

Answer 4

democrats would love to fight terrorists, but they are smart enough to know that we cannot know exactly WHO they are. they hide in the middle of communities of innocent civilian people. the president doesn't care about the innocents and will wage war on sovereign nations to further his own agenda. that is why we fight him but know that we cannot fight each and every terrorist combatant. to win the "war on terror" we must make terrorism as an ideal a global anathema; we must stop the ability for the terrorist organizations to recruit new members by giving these people hope and opportunity.

Answer 5

that is a great question i gave you a thumbs up. the libs care nothing about whats best for the world, just about whats best for there party. all they want is to tear the republicans down so they can win elections, that really doesn't even work out that well because they never have decent candidates. the liberals even go as far as to defend the terrorists, they say we need to get out of iraq and leave the terrorists alone. well guess what if we did that we wouldn't have stopped an attack yesterday. i guess the libs want us to just sit back and wait to be attacked??? i don't want to do that and i'm glad we are in iraq making the world safe

Answer 6

Why won't republicans fight in the wars they want so desperately?


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Famous Democrat Vs. Famous Republican
military records

Democrat
Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.

David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.

Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.

Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army ournalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.

Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.

Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.

John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.

Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.

Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam. Paraplegic from war injuries. Served in Congress.

Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.

Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.

Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.

Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.

Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars,and Soldier's Medal.

Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.

Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.

Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.

Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.

Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57

Chuck Robb: Vietnam

Howell Heflin: Silver Star

George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.

Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received #311.

Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.

Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953

John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and AirMedal with 18 Clusters.

Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.

Republicans --

Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.

Dennis Hastert: did not serve.

Tom Delay: did not serve.

Roy Blunt: did not serve.

Bill Frist: did not serve.

Mitch McConnell: did not serve.

Rick Santorum: did not serve.

Trent Lott: did not serve.

John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.

Jeb Bush: did not serve.

Karl Rove: did not serve.

Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.

Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.

Vin Weber: did not serve.

Richard Perle: did not serve.

Douglas Feith: did not serve.

Eliot Abrams: did not serve.

Richard Shelby: did not serve.

Jon! Kyl: did not serve.

Tim Hutchison: did not serve.

Christopher Cox: did not serve.

Newt Gingrich: did not serve.

Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.

George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.

Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non- combat role making movies.

B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.

Phil Gramm: did not serve.

John McCain: Vietnam POW, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.

Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.

John M. McHugh: did not serve.

JC Watts: did not serve.

Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem, " although continued in NFL for 8 years as quarterback.

Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.

Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.

George Pataki: did not serve.

Spencer Abraham: did not serve.

John Engler: did not serve.

Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.

Pundits & Preachers

Sean Hannity: did not serve.

Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')

Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.

Michael Savage: did not serve.

George Will: did not serve.

Chris Matthews: did not serve.

Paul Gigot: did not serve.

Bill Bennett: did not serve.

Pat Buchanan: did not serve.

John Wayne: did not serve.

Bill Kristol: did not serve.

Kenneth Starr: did not serve.

Antonin Scalia: did not serve.

Clarence Thomas: did not serve.

Ralph Reed: did not serve.

Michael Medved: did not serve.

Charlie Daniels: did not serve.

Ted Nugent: did not serve. (He only shoots at things that don't shoot back.)

Please keep this information circulating --Illinois State Sen. Howard W. Carroll

Answer 7

Because Bush represents himself as an elected U.S. official and has, so far, only made the U.S. look horrifically bad. Terrorists, on the other hand, do -not- represent themselves as elected officials of the U.S. and while they may attack us and attempt to destroy us, they won't succeed. Bad politics will kill a country a lot faster than a couple of self-righteous men that think killing themselves and as many innocent bystanders as they can will get them closer to their god.

Answer 8

It works both ways. Both Democrats and Republicans are only interested in one thing - - they want power!!!

It often seems that their quest for power clouds their allegiance to their country. I am sure that if the Democrats were in power they would want wire taps of potential terrorists, they would be tracing their money, etc... However, I would also speculate that G. Bush was probably more military aggressive than most Democrats and most other Republicans as well.

Answer 9

it is unbelievable just how dumbed-down american people have become. i actually had to reread a few of the responses because the ignorance in them was so...surreal. as a journalist, it's fun to see loaded questions like this one --- even more so to see people actually try to answer it intellectually. for those who side with him/her (because it clearly is rhetorical and not really meant to be answered), this is probably what they're used to hearing on talk radio or their favorite conservative news shows. for those who disagree with him/her, why waste your time? people who are ignorant -- or lifelong, non-thinking 'righteous republicans' -- cannot be swayed by logic in this day and age. you can prove to them, rather easily, that hardly any of the current administration served their country when the time came (instead getting deferments and special treatment), but they'll do all but poke their eyes out to not see that truth (and instead attack a man who had the guts to enlist and serve several decades). i mean, right now our troops are locked in a quagmire because of continued failed policy, and yet, many of these above ditto-heads cannot even grasp the concept that the dems are not in control, so for the administration to blame them is not only a cop-out, it's wrong. so, my advice is to the respondents, rather than the question's asker. don't waste your time. this question just shows you how the ignorant spend more time trying to remain ignorant than educating themselves. let them be blind. the chickens always come home to roost. oh, btw, i'm a registered republican...who thinks for herself.

Answer 10

I am pretty sick of this question and its overzealous attack on Democrats.

Your President has manipulated you with the P word (patriotism) into forgetting that it is a constitutional right to disagree with this government's scare and smear tactics.
No one is condoning terrorism if he/she opposes the war in Iraq or the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

Remember the old adage : "You can't continue to do the same thing over and over and expect different results".

For how long do you continue to fight an endless array of terrorist factions when doing so has yielded no results other than the death and destruction of people caught in the middle?