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[70Chip]

Originally Posted by dmek25

tuna, i feel you. the whole terrorists thing is definitely being used by the republican party. the patriot act could have been a good thing, if it didnt get side tacked for other purposes

This is ridiculous to me. Exploiting issues to their advantage is what politicians do. If I said, "I think health care is an important topic, I just don't like the way the Democrats use it to score points", wouldn't that be ridiculous? Why should terrorism be off limits in this regard? The reality is that the American people trust the Republicans more on terrorism and security, so the Democrats respond by implying that this is somehow offsides. I think that's weak.

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

This is ridiculous to me. Exploiting issues to their advantage is what politicians do. If I said, "I think health care is an important topic, I just don't like the way the Democrats use it to score points", wouldn't that be ridiculous? Why should terrorism be off limits in this regard? The reality is that the American people trust the Republicans more on terrorism and security, so the Democrats respond by implying that this is somehow offsides. I think that's weak.

I'm a republican and if I recall the republicans were in office when the worst terrorist attack in our nations history took place. Having faith in them in spite of that is weak. Actually its completely beyond my comprehension, and the fact that this administration found out who's responsible and has not allocated the manpower and resources to bring him to justice is a failure. How so many see it any other way is beyond me.