HUGE CHASM BETWEEN GOP AND DEMS ON WHAT TO DO IN CONGRESS

[Nasty Jack]

Republicans say the priority of Congress is national security and terrorism. The Dems say it's jobs creation and economic growth. As far as I know we are doing everything possible to prevent a terrorist threat, as evidenced by some recent captures of bad guys before they had the chance to act. We can't possibly know everything that's going on but Homeland Security seems to be doing its job. What we do know is that the GOP throws out the terrorism threat for basically two reasons. One, keep their electorate scared so they can drum up the issue during elections for votes. Two, if they can keep the American public anxious, they can pass more defense spending that goes right in the pockets of their supporters. For Republicans, terrorism was followed by the deficit and government spending, job creation and economic growth and religious and moral values. For the Dems, second was health care, climate change and then national security and terrorism. Take your pick but I would much rather live in a country of full employment, with the sick and needy taken care of and breathe air that won't asphyxiate me. Any of the three would probably kill me before any terrorist threat.

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[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Anybody whom can't see difference

Simply isn't paying attention, doesn't care enough to find out, or purposely trying to muddy the waters for their own ends. America: Your choice.

[DFW]

2. "national security and terrorism?" Oh, really?

The last time a Republican administration took over from a Democratic one, the outgoing national security people told the incoming ones that Al Qaeda was planning something big inside the USA. Condoleezza Rice and the Cheney team told them to fuck off, and that they were concentrating on Saddam Hussein, whom most of them knew wasn't a threat.

They practically guaranteed that terrorism WOULD strike the USA, and then let their Iraq folly drag on so long that it created a generation of traumatized, steroid-addled vets becoming police officers and terrorizing the civilian population of the USA all over again.

Oh ,sure, they made priorities out of national security and terrorism: they made sure our national security was compromised in the worst way since December 7, 1941, and set the stage for more domestic terrorism than bin Laden could ever have arranged for.

And they have the gall to wave the flag and say THEY'RE patriots...........