)Posted on 11/03/2006 8:56:44 PM PST by Prime Choice
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (AP) -- President Bush, working a southwest Missouri campaign crowd like a yell leader, blasted Democrats on Friday, saying they have no plan to keep Americans safe from terrorists.
Bush said Democrats calling for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq aren't unpatriotic, just wrong. He said Democrats who voted against legislation to detain and interrogate suspected terrorists, the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program and the Patriot Act don't understand the stakes in the war on terror.
"If they say they want to win the war on terror, but call for America to pull out of what al Qaeda says is the central front in this war, ask them this question: 'What's your plan?' " Bush said at a rally for Missouri Sen. Jim Talent, who is seeking re-election in one of the tightest races in the nation. (Watch how Bush is picking his election battles -- 1:36 )
"The truth is the Democrats can't answer that question," Bush said. "Harsh criticism is not a plan for victory. Second guessing is not a strategy.
"We have a plan for victory. We have a plan to secure this country, and part of our plan is to send Jim Talent back to the United States Senate."
Bush, who is making two campaign stops in Missouri before traveling to Iowa and Colorado, is on a six-day campaign swing that ends on Election Day. Talent's re-election is critical to the GOP effort to retain control of Congress. Democrats need a net gain of six seats to reclaim control of the Senate.
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Wrong and DANGEROUS!
Since I'm not President Bush, just let me say, "I do question their patriotism."
They are wrong and unpatriotic. Just find anti-war Democrats who actually want the US to win the war. Few and far in between.
I think this is the most frustrating thing about President Bush. These are the lies he tells that trouble me the most. I suppose it is like not speaking evil of the dead. Why kick a dead party? Well I think they deserve a kicking because like an evil dead zombie flick they are constantly trying to eat your brains and steal your money.
I don't question their patriotism. How can you address a question to a zero?
Yep, I fully agree. He is a good man... And all too kind to his (and Our) enemies.
Oh, I suppose 20% of dems are Patriots and love America more than they hate Bush.... But 80% of them hate America almost as much as they hate Bush
You said it.
Bush is the last of a dying breed of gentlemen politicians.
Unfortunately the last of this type on the other side kicked the bucket years ago ... with the exception of Lieberman... they just kicked him to the curb.
I agree with you and disagree with the President. These vile scum are indeed unpatriotic in every sense of the word.
unpatriotic
adj : showing lack of love for your country [syn: disloyal]
Calvin Coolidge's definition of patriotism is the best one I know:
"Patiotism. That's easy. Looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
There are too many dems who are happy to see things going wrong for America. For this, I do question their patriotism.
Dems have burnt Lieberman twice.
The Gore selection
and now this....
don't kid yourself....
The President suffers from politeness.
I too question their patriotism.
A lot of Americans are questioning Dem patriotism on both sides of the isle. I hear some pretty surprising comments here in the land of the left coast.
Can't completely get them to come over to the GOP side, but they are questioning the wisdom of the Donkies.
That's a start....
(hmmmm.... maybe the koolaid is beginning to wear off).
I don't even believe most Dems hate America. The art of being a Democrat is how well you can snow your constitutes. What is alarming is that leadership have expressed such glee at the prospect of failure in Iraq and have rushed to attack our soldiers and defend tyrants as if they have no comprehension of the dire atrocities committed by them. How can they encourage anti-American sentiment abroad and at home just to win elections? That is unforgivable.
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