"The sad, sad fact is that not enough Americans were killed on 9/11. It was not so overwhelmingly traumatic that we became 100% united and determined. That there could still be people out there who don't want to do what is necessary "because it's hard" boggles the mind. Obi-Wan is a very smart man (or woman)."
I seriously think that a large percentage of democrats could never be swayed regardless of the act against us. I think they were truly terrified after 9/11, not of the terrorists, but of patriotism because it is a unifying factor. They have worked for decades to divide this country by race, religion, age, economic level, union vs non-union etc etc etc. The thought of everyone having a common goal is unbearable to them. They just hid in their holes for a while and planned their attacks for when it was politically safe to do so.
I remember talking to someone on-line about the dems holding up the homeland defense dept. for political purposes and he tried every angle to try and convince me that I was wrong. Finally, he was forced to admit he was a union employee for the govt. When I hit him hard for not admitting this he said that I just didn't understand because they needed the union to make sure work was shared evenly etc etc.
I couldn't believe that we were talking about defending our country from another 9-11 and this guy was only worried about not having to do more work than the guy in the cubicle next to him. I think that is kind of what defines a democrat. They just can't think outside of their narrow issue. They can't think outside of their cubicle, their racial issues, their choice issues etc. If they were capable of considering their parties overall platform they wouldn't be a dem b/c they would see that overall they were losing everything just to gain one narrow issue. This is also why it is so frustrating to debate one. They will lie about issues they don't even care about and never admit that they are really just focused on one selfish unrelated issue.
You know, I saw a film on 9/11 about New York City through the eyes of six filmmakers, and one idiot bald-headed guy with four earrings said he was "most worried about what 9/11 would do to our domestic politics" and he marched against the Iraq war. Sick.