In simpler terms for you Dems out there, will a sports team, behind at half-time, just walk off the court/field because things don't look promising. What about a kid in 7th grade having a tough time with his grades, should he give up without trying? Will you walk away from the Bible and choose the Koran? Who will you turn your backs on next, and walk away? This is a very honest and serious question so please be civil.
2007-02-03 03:23:43 · 15 answers · asked by americanmalearlington 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Some great examples, Cut and Run! I hope not! Here is one that the Liberals (Dems) need to answer! What would have been the result, if Abe Lincoln, after experiencing defeat after defeat,
in the Civil War, decided the expense and battlefield deaths, just
wasn't worth, freeing the slaves, and keeping the Country
together? I wonder what that would have resulted in?
What would the South, the Western US look like today?
Still be slaves? Who would have won the Second World War?
Lincoln stayed the course, and the USA is the greatest
country in the world, and the rest is all history!
Yes, we will really find what the Dems are all about, now, that they have to provide answers? They just can't be AGAINST everything the other party does, now? Do they really have some leaders and we can see what they are FOR?
2007-02-03 03:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by Edward C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are being much too simplistic and you are generalizing when it comes to people. I don't think our country has ever been as polarized as it is now due to people taking sides without really examining the issues. It should not be a question of Republican versus Democrat, but rather what can we ALL do to get this country out of the mess we are in. I think the vast majority of Americans agree that Iraq is quickly becoming another Vietnam. To answer your question, I will use your sports team analogy. If the teams were evenly matched and the rules were the same for both sides - then I would say stick it out.However, I think we can all agree that is not the case in Iraq. Our brave soldiers are like the high school team that is trying to play the game by the rules versus a group of armed gang members who bend the rules at every turn and are intent on physically annihilating our players. Top that off with a referee that has no control over the game and knowing that there is no time limit. In that case, the coach owes it to his team members to get as many as possible out of there alive. If that is "cut and run" as you put it - then so be it. I call it common sense.
2007-02-03 03:38:19 · answer #2 · answered by arkiemom 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well you seem to think you know the answer already. no child left behind is a plan to weaken the education system because the Republicans think teachers and unions are bad. I don't recall that republicans, democrats or any other party should be married to a religion, ever heard of the separation of church and state? and finally what you are alluding to is the war, the most arrogant and short sighted effort initiated by money and power hungry republicans. somehow they believed they could force a democracy in an area where sectarian divisions have existed long before the USA was formed- of course ignoring Afghanistan which was the real harbinger of the 9-11 group. wake up!
2007-02-03 03:34:56 · answer #3 · answered by squeegie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Slow down there, Skippy! If you check the facts, you'll see that prosperity has already trickled down to the high end of the upper middle class. I'm confident it will reach the poor and middle class in our lifetimes.
2016-03-29 03:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, pretty soon people will look to science and philosophy for answers, instead of relying on an ancient and archaic cult invented by desert nomads thousands of years ago. But no, they won't worship the Bible or the Koran or any other fairy tale, they will look to reason for answers.
2007-02-03 03:45:06 · answer #5 · answered by barringtonbreathesagain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The softening has long since begun. Once PC and feel good attitudes and ideals infiltrate into a society, it flows into every nook and cranny. Our kids school no longer allows kickball or tag. Too dangerous they claim -- although I grew up playing dodge ball and running on an asphalt playground (gasp)! Everyone seems to get some kind of award every year. In real life you have to accomplish something first before you get awarded. There are winners and there are losers. That's what you call life! What are we setting our kids up for?
2007-02-03 03:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe 20 years from now your kids will have to pay for the Bush policy on Global Warming, Iraq war funding, military buildup and a world that now hates the US.
2007-02-03 04:01:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who knows, it's very possible.
The exampled set by our leaders tends to flow through society.
By the way the sports team thing already happens. Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Barry Bonds, and Allen Iverson are prime examples.
2007-02-03 03:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by snowball45830 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You don't have to run from things you can take to the Supreme Court.
I mean, isn't that what the Dems do when things don't go their way? Instead of voting or standing for something, they just give it to the Supreme Court so they don't look bad.
2007-02-03 03:31:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You have it backwards, the sh*t runs down hill the other direction. It's because they have screwed up the things you list that cut and run seems a viable alternative.
2007-02-03 03:31:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋