Posted on 02/01/2007 5:26:24 PM PST by lancer256
With the growing influence of the antiwar left in this country, particularly emboldened by the November congressional elections, I fear for our nation as I consider the strong possibility it could elect a liberal, antiwar commander in chief during wartime.
"Chill out," you say. "These people have been protesting for years. They're just fringe extremists and no one listens to them."
Really? It would be nice if they could be so easily dismissed. But these so-called extremists -- many of them Sixties radicals -- just happen to dominate our universities, and their sympathizers "own" the mainstream media. There are far more of them in government and politics than you think, and their impact is significant.
One of them would be commander in chief today but for some 120,000 votes in Ohio, or the noble efforts of certain Swift Boat patriots to highlight the other side of his military record.
People are way too casual about all of this. Surely someone as distinguished and powerful as John Kerry couldn't conceivably be contemptuous of this country. Indeed, every time Kerry uttered an America-bashing remark or expressed his willingness to compromise American sovereignty during the 2004 campaign, his weary defenders adamantly denied his words should be understood by their plain meaning.
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anyone who can attend an anti war rally with a straight face has no soul
Half or more of our population hate the America that we love. You know who they are.
Ping.
Dittos to the other Limbaugh.
Leni
I have a feeling that it will happen in '08.
The seeds were sown in '06.
Maverick Russ Fiengold is suggesting cutting funding
within six months he's obviously working off of his
Al Queda timetable.
These idiots in Washington are going to ignore Al Queda
to death, this is their grand plan .
Did Reagan straighten out America in vain?
Have we fallen that far?
unfortunately, yes
The terrorists will sense our weakness and strike us hard.
Then America may wake up.
They slid into careers that allowed them to spend their time and public money on their beliefs. The rest of us had real jobs and neither the time nor money to counter them.
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