Bush was deadset on Iraq in 03--NYT

[xrayzebra]

Well, Bush has failed. Anyone out of that White House who runs is going to have to run with a record of failure. Change for the sake of change is not productive, but that's how FDR ended up being elected; he wasn't Hoover.

Finding someone with integrity, ingenuity, and intelligence would be a step in the right direction, no matter the political party.

Real trash talk. Bush has failed at nothing. The dimm-o-craps
are the failures and people like you. And tell me someone
in the dimm-o-crap party that has all the attributes you speak
of: integrity, ingenuity and intelligence. None that I can
think of. Deceit, lying and stonewalling are more there thing.

[xrayzebra]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a "dimm-o-crap."

Yes and the dimms haven't practiced a thing he preached,
have they?

[Darrin]

Yes and the dimms haven't practiced a thing he preached,
have they?

What specifically are you referring to?

[jochhejaam]

Bush's perceived or real inadequacies could have been laid to rest if the Dems had run someone besides John "Idon'thaveaplan" Kerry. It was theirs to lose and not surprisingly they lost.
Idiots in the Dem Party will probably make the same mistake again. They're run by the left fringe of the Party so don't expect anything to change.

Frist or McCain and Allen > Hillary or Kerry and whoever. And "Screamin Dean's" their leader?

[JoeChalupa]

So Dr King's dream is only for Blacks or Iraqi's too?

Ya'll talk about freedom but just a bunch of spineless pussies when it comes to bad guys. I would rather kick saddams ass than suck his . Like a lot of people seem to want to do.

There seems to be a lot of spineless pussies who aren't running to join the military these days.

[austinfan]

Ya'll talk about freedom but just a bunch of spineless pussies when it comes to bad guys. I would rather kick saddams ass than suck his . Like a lot of people seem to want to do.

Ah, yet another member of the 101st Keyboarders, sacrificing precious digital ink and hot air for the safety of our Republic.

[SA210]

And I'd like to add tough. For someone to be more committed to an ideal than his own life, his over preservation, has to be the single hardest thing to do. To fight the natural instinct of survival and fear of death to be just. I cannot help but hold this man and what he represents as a personal hero of mine. He truly was a Christian in every sense of the word.

Very true.

Since Xray is supposedly so pro MLK...
I'd like to add that Xray is against The Martin Luther King Holiday.

[SA210]

Bush has failed at nothing.

That was very convincing Xray. That was a good one.

[Darrin]

Bush's perceived or real inadequacies could have been laid to rest if the Dems had run someone besides John "Idon'thaveaplan" Kerry. It was theirs to lose and not surprisingly they lost.
Idiots in the Dem Party will probably make the same mistake again. They're run by the left fringe of the Party so don't expect anything to change.

Frist or McCain and Allen > Hillary or Kerry and whoever. And "Screamin Dean's" their leader?

One thing I believe the Democrats have done a very poor job at doing is controlling the perception of the candidates. This is a problem that dates back to Dukakis, but has been influenced greatly by President Clinton's ability to reach across the aisle.

I don't think being "controlled" by the "extremist" elements of the party is the problem. I think the problem is that they overreach at the middle, and therefore, it's easier for the opposition to define our candidates.

An example: "Flip-flopper."

Bush goes through the campaign using this baseless charge because he happened to make a critical mistake in a turn-of-phrase. Kerry was taking a question about the war in Iraq and pivoting to the corrupt nature of lawmaking in the Congress. However, it's very easy to take 3 seconds of a 90 second explanation and beat Kerry over the head with it. We have to be smarter politicans; I don't think there is anything wrong with the way we govern. The last democratic President balanced an annual budget, grew the economyt while simultaneously increasing head start, Pell Grants, alternative education, K-12 education, and Medicare funding. It's just convincing the American people during a campaign that they are the better choice; a true alternative. The Republicans, in my opinion, have been working it from the otherside of the coin.