Comments on: Conservative Apathy Threatens Homeland

Weekly Standard: Democrats Don't Understand Terror Risks, Must Not Take Power

[oleander8]

What are you smoking, Mr Barnes? It can't be legal.

[bluestardad]

The conservative heartland will hold the Republicans to task for violation of the trust and responsibilities they have with impunity squandered over the last 12 years. They will not be swayed from nor be chided by some paid media stooge for Karl Rove trying to guilt them from their retribution in what ever form they choose to administer it. From Afghanistan, Iraq, Louisiana, harboring gay Republican pedophiles, mocking religious conservatives, corruptions and bribes this administration%u2019s policies are not based on common sense or represent the will of the people who elected them. President Bush has been described that "He's not somebody who gets jumpy at polls." That translates to %u201CI do not care what the People who elected me think%u201D. But that is OK now too because he has exposed his true self to the American People and we are going to dethrone this administration and those who supported it

[afmca]

What garbage. Another election and the Republicans and their bought off journalists bring out the bogey man once again.
The Republicans have done NOTHING in 6 years to enhance homeland security. The Ports are an open invitation to dirty bombs, Airlines cannot screen cargo adequately, our borders are porous, and any terrorist could outfit an army by walking into their neighborhood gun shop. In Iraq, Bush Inc. have increased the number of highly trained terrorists 10-fold since his totally stupid, bungling of this war. With the rewrite of the Geneva rules on prisoners, all Bush as done is label Republicans as war criminals.
Karl Rove has sent his fear mongers out into the populace. Why don%u2019t conservative columnists and commentators forced to acknowledge the are paid for by the RNC and giving talking points directly from the White House. These are illegal gifts and campaign contributions to the Republican Party that must be acknowledged.
Democrats are not unpatriotic, are not soft on homeland security, and are not %u201Ccut and run%u201D terrorist enablers. They realize to win this battle you must not only kill the enemy, but also win the hearts and minds of their potential converts and recruits. This takes more intelligence than the Republican Party and their Conservative columnists can ever hope to possess. Ignorance, Intolerance, and Greed is the only message the worn out, corrupt Republican Party has left to offer Americans.

[zapponet]

"Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

Didn't Bush say it would be up to the next president?

[jsilver2th]

Whine. Whine. Republicans crying in their beer again about loosing control of Congress...

Kuo is just saying what everybody knows- the GOP big shots play the fundamentalists as patsies and take them for a ride on their morality roller coaster...

It came out in the Abramoff scandal as well.

Nancy Reagan sitting around the White House making fun of Right to Life.

Santorum has openly gay staff for gee whilickers sake all the while beating on the Bible...

If these people finally get a clue how they've been had there's lot of indications besides that book- like for example how about the GOP performance and record for example...

[ibcrazybones]

Fred Barnes is an idiot.

[martinw9]

Alarmist, alarmist, alarmist rhetoric for the advanced Limbaugh fan. Yes, there is a terror threat which has to be taken seriously, but Iraq was never a base for it until this administration downright put it there. Where was the accountability? Involvement in Afghanistan is justafiable, but it was sheer incompetence that led to Osama's escape from Tora Bora. Again, where was the accountability? A nation is not free if its government is not accountable.

[sparkcolo]

* political spectrum in the middle

[sparkcolo]

Yea right. Since when does the Republican party represent the views of moderate Americans?? or the Democratic party for that matter. But this is typical Republican fear mongering. And also this author fails to realize that frequent shifts in power are HEALTHY for a democracy. It keeps the political spectrum. If just one party controlled the government, that would be called fascism.

[siddin-2009]

Let me just put this out there... EVERY war that we have actually WON has been won via a DEMOCRAT in office. Since when does being a democrat mean that we don't know about the risks?

[clestes-2009]

The total gall of this article is tremendous!! How can being a democrat possible mean I don't understand terror risks? Being democrat don't make me stupid, which considering that 16 intelligence agencies ALL AGREE that being in Iraq is WORSENING America's terror risk and getting us into Iraq and keeping us in Iraq was and is a Republican idea, that's a real stretch.

And it is tooooo late to worry about it now. You Rep should have forced Shrub and co to do something about Iraq before now. The Rep congress has fallen down on the job and probably going to be made to pay at the voting booth.

[getcentered]

I'm voting for a Democrat.

I don't believe Republicans are better at defense, actually their record in the last 6 years is a poor one.

THE REPUBLICANS OF TODAY ARE NOT REPUBLICANS. My family has always been swing voters. We know what Republicans are supposed to be.

The GOP/Republicans of today I find a little disgusting.

[stevyz1]

DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK THAT ELECTING DEMOCRATS WILL WEAKEN NATIONAL SECURITY ?THATS JUST PLAIN BULL..THE NOTION THAT REBUBLICANS ARE BETTER AT PROTECTING US?ANYONE CAN SEE THAT THE OPPISITE IS TRUE !!!WE HAVE NEVER BEEN LESS SAFE THAN WE ARE RIGHT NOW.!!.OUR MILITARY IS COMPRIMISED! FIGHTING A WAR THAT EVEN IF WE WON(WE ARE LOSING)WOULDNT MAKE US SAFER AT ALL ..ALL REPORTS SAY OTHERWISE
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS WORRIED ABOUT EMBOLDENING THE ENEMY ...BUT STAYING IN IRAQ IS DOING JUST THAT.. IF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION REALLY CARED ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY THERE WOULD BE A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY POLICY TO REDUCE OUR USE OF FORIGEN OIL..WHO IS THE LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE FOR TERRORISM? ITS US !!(AMERICANS)THE AVEREGE AMERICAN JUST DRIVING TO WORK FUELS THE TERRORISTS..WE NEED A MANDATE TO PRODUCE GREEN RENEWABLE ENERGY HERE IN THE US (WHICH WILL PUT AMERICA TO WORK ALSO) WHAT IM SAYING IS WE ARE STARVING FOR LEADERSHIP..AMERICA IS IN GREAT NEED OF SOLID LEADERSHIP ON ENERGY POLICY THAT WILL MAKE US SAFER...

[cofmanaaron]

Distracted by the civil war in Iraq that is.

[cofmanaaron]

Bush cut and ran to war with Iraq before finishing Afghanistan and finding Osama. The Democratic view is that Iraq is doing more harm than good now. It's draining resources badly needed for domestic national security and being able to face Iran and North Korea. 'Cut and run' is just a Republican scare tactic, no democrat wants to see our troops leave before the end of 2007 since we all know what would happen if we left now. But what good are we doing refereeing a civil war? Let's stop being bogged down in Iraq and actually fight the war on terror, instead of distracted by it.

[ademeyer]

"I think someone had to point out that Jesus and George W. Bush are different people"

When Kerry got swift boated, people said he had it coming for making his war service a centerpiece of his campaign. Well, Bush has been parading his "christian" creds for a long time now - which makes it big news when it turns out faith based initiatives got 20 million FEWER dollars under Bush than they did under Clinton. I say, a politican who uses religion to gain votes, has to answer when his actions belie his words.

Oh, but that's small potatoes, Mr. Barnes says. That's no reason for conservatives to stay home.

OK, how about this: the billions of dollars wasted on the invasion of Iraq that could have been spent building a fence along the border? The tax cuts given to the wealthy while the working class sank deeper into debt? The mismanagement, incompetence and cronyism exhibted in every area of government from the EPA failing to protect workers at ground zero to to the military DEMOTING the accountant who questioned the no-bid contracts awared for Iraq re-construction.

If conservatives can't bring themselves to vote for Democrats, then, please God, let them stay home and lest the rest of us do that disgusting duty.

[johnjo2l]

How many tools do the Republicans need? The party that once touted the need for law and order, now excuse themselves frfom enforcing the laws already on the books and refusing to obey the law. The Republicans have used National Security as a political tool, and religious conservatives as a disposable way to power, that could be jetisoned once in power. They preach during the election, to draw attention away from issues that could well determine the future of the countrty, to pander to the religious right, and then ignore them once in power. How long should this be tolerated? Who ever wins the election in November, Congress should begin to rein in an Executive branch thet threatens the liberties and freedoms of everyone, not just Americans.

[cofmanaaron]

Any self-respecting Christian should vote democrat this election. Why? To end the war profiteering (do you actually think Christ approves of what we're doing in Iraq), restore funding for food stamps, and to regain a sense of inclusion and not discrimination in our nation. Christ didn't die so that King George could occupy a country who, hahemmmm, didn't have any connection whatsoever to 9/11; or so that he could starve the poor while giving obscene tax breaks to the very wealthy. Just what kind of Christianity do you conservatives practice? Sounds to me like you're all a bunch of Pharisees. Hint: Jesus reached out to sinners for repentance. You people shun them, and instead of feeding the hungry, you cater to the amoral rich. Yeah, you're values voters alright.

[sstokke-2009]

We have been attacked by the muslim terrorists for years. Since the Carter Administration when they took over our embassy. The Cole. 9/11. etc. How many attacks before the Democrats understand these people want to kill us. We have been at war long before 9/11, and we will be at war even if the Democrats force us to retreat. The terrorists will strike again, and even if the War in Iraq was a mistake, we cannot cut and run. They will follow us home. How many times must Bin Laden tell us they want to kill Americans, and how many times must we be attacked before the Democrats understand we must fight. That we can leave no safehaven for the terrorist anywhere including Iraq.

[diamtool]

"For them to skip out on their obligation to vote in this election over a petty grievance %u2014 or, for that matter, over a not-so-petty grievance %u2014 would mark them as politically childish."

A few not-so-petty grievances...
Started an unneccesary war with very little international support.
Let Osama slip away.
Embarrassed America worldwide with Abu Ghraib and Gitmo.
Bankrupted the budget surplus and left a burden for our grandchildren.
Catered to oil companies and other large corporations at the expense of the middle class.
George Bush comparing himself to Churchill.

OK well maybe the last one IS petty, but I could go on. Had enough? Me too!

God Bless Our Troops
God forgive George Bush