...Who thinks that? Hardly anyone supports the war in Iraq by this point. That's why all the Democrats were talking about WHEN to pull out, not IF. And patriotism isn't a word that can be changed so easily. There's a whole movement afoot to protest the idea that a patriot means being quiet! Un-American, sure that's a term that gets abused, but we can change that. We can fight it! There's no reason to just say 'this is how they want it to be, so we will fold and roll over'.
And what? Syria was having problems with allowing supposed terrorists into its territory from Iraq. That's why I thought that.
China, on the other hand, has been a major trading partner with the US for years. Economically, it would make absolutely no sense to invade China. And it's not like Bush is actually invading countries based on principle -- why should he care if there's a media blackout in China? He's trying to create one in America.
And what? No, no, no. The best I can hope for is a President who'll undo the damage that Bush did. The best that I am hoping for is a President who'll revoke the Patriot Act, stop trying to crayon on the Constitution, give up executive privilege and fix the country. I know you left without liking it much but Matt, that doesn't give you the right to talk about the country without doing some basic research or to argue from assumptions.
Am I saying America is perfect? Of course not. Am I defending it? Nope.
Am I saying that it always has to be like this? Definitely not.
America can be fixed. There's no reason to give up on it. Where I am, right now, is Austria where ten, twelve years ago, I was proud to be an expatriate American. I would like to be proud of being American again. I believe it can be done. I don't think that it makes sense to hate the whole country because Bush sucks -- America is a country like any other. It has its fair share of idiots, but it also has good people and I believe that next election, the smart people will prevail because eight years of Bush's reign should be enough to make anyone wise up and realize what an idiot he is.
And what's that graph got to do with anything? Yes, America's a two-party country. But there's only a few pure red districts, and you can't say over the years when the graph only represents the results of the last election. Looking at the graph, it'd be like half the houses in a block just seceded.
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And what? Syria was having problems with allowing supposed terrorists into its territory from Iraq. That's why I thought that.
China, on the other hand, has been a major trading partner with the US for years. Economically, it would make absolutely no sense to invade China. And it's not like Bush is actually invading countries based on principle -- why should he care if there's a media blackout in China? He's trying to create one in America.
And what? No, no, no. The best I can hope for is a President who'll undo the damage that Bush did. The best that I am hoping for is a President who'll revoke the Patriot Act, stop trying to crayon on the Constitution, give up executive privilege and fix the country. I know you left without liking it much but Matt, that doesn't give you the right to talk about the country without doing some basic research or to argue from assumptions.
Am I saying America is perfect? Of course not. Am I defending it? Nope.
Am I saying that it always has to be like this? Definitely not.
America can be fixed. There's no reason to give up on it. Where I am, right now, is Austria where ten, twelve years ago, I was proud to be an expatriate American. I would like to be proud of being American again. I believe it can be done. I don't think that it makes sense to hate the whole country because Bush sucks -- America is a country like any other. It has its fair share of idiots, but it also has good people and I believe that next election, the smart people will prevail because eight years of Bush's reign should be enough to make anyone wise up and realize what an idiot he is.
And what's that graph got to do with anything? Yes, America's a two-party country. But there's only a few pure red districts, and you can't say over the years when the graph only represents the results of the last election. Looking at the graph, it'd be like half the houses in a block just seceded.