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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mph who wrote (69814)	8/1/2009 4:20:07 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

You're just playing the usual Dem saw of "don't criticize what we did unless you have a better plan." what so many people refuse to understand is that sometimes...most of the time, the right thing for the Federal Government to do is NOTHING!! Most problems will fix themselves in a much better manner if left to their own devices. Government involvement will almost always make the problem worse, though it may delay the payment of the "bill". A truly great president will be the one who doesn't tell us what we want to hear, but rather will make hard decisions in spite of popular perception. I think that Bush did this with the Middle East "problem". As any parent knows, it is easy to say yes to a child's every demand. But most parents know that it is a big mistake to say yes to everything a child asks because they will have to pay for it in a lot of unforeseen ways in the future. The liberals are basically children who want big daddy Government to give them everything they want. It's time to grow up America.

To: mph who wrote (69814)	8/1/2009 6:00:56 PM
From: Carolyn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224708

So well said. And so right.

To: mph who wrote (69814)	8/1/2009 10:12:14 PM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224708

Good post.

To: mph who wrote (69814)	8/3/2009 2:15:15 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

I'm NOT defending Obama. I'm just trying to figure out what the BEST solutions would be before I condemn stuff. It was BUSH that started TARP. It was BUSH that sent out checks to everybody with a heart beat. It was BUSH that originally bailed out the banks and the auto companies. Maybe YOU think that McCain would have done things COMPLETELY differently, but I don't agree. If McCain had been elected there STILL would have been a stimulus. Many of the SAME things would have been funded. You're just so PARTISAN that you can't look at ANYTHING objectively. I was willing to give Bush credit when he did something right (although I don't think he did much right). Do you REALLY think Obama has sent more troops to Afghanistan without hoping for victory? It was BUSH that let Afghanistan fester while he put most of our assets into Iraq so we could free the Shiites (that like Iran a heck of a lot more than us) and create another ENEMY for the cheap price of a trillion bucks, 4,000 dead and 34,000 wounded. If you think the Iraqi's are going to be our "friends" then you haven't read that latest memo from that fellow Ross (I think) that seems to state otherwise.