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To: bentway who wrote (222778)	4/25/2013 11:27:08 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542532

how was Carter "terrible"?... what did he personally do that was terrible?

To: bentway who wrote (222778)	4/26/2013 12:13:41 AM
From: DallasKevin	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 542532

As far as I know, there hasn't been a president who invaded a country that was not a direct threat to us since Bill Clinton invaded Somalia and the Bosnian area and the first Bush invaded Panama. And also as far as I am concerned, Afghanistan WAS a clear and present danger to the USA, seeing as that was the main operating area of Al Qaeda as well as their training areas. And I think the world all agrees they are better off without Saddam Hussein and his "rape houses" (you DO care about how women are treated, right?) are gone, as well as his never ending search for more deadly weapons....remember that it is a documented fact (by the Red Cross and other agencies) that he used weapons of mass destruction on his own people (Sarin gas on the Kurds). As for "co-opting the fear and hatred Americans felt toward Isamics", I don't know anyone personally who is afraid of, nor who "hates Islamics." This is another myth that is passed around, and really is not true. It is like saying that ALL Americans are obese...and I mean each and every one of them. Those statements on the face of them can not be true. For them to be true, that would mean that you personally know each and every American and have been given permission to speak for them. I highly doubt that. As for not being "pure enough to be a Republican"....thank God for that! I am Center...and regardless of what you may think, that does NOT mean "Democrat"...nor does it mean "Republican". It means I think for myself, and don't let others do it for me, nor do I just spout what others tell me I must spout to be a banner carrier for a party which, frankly, could care less about me our my family. For your information, I voted for Obama...both times. The first because I thought he would bring a fresh perspective and much needed change. The second time because I frankly thought he was the lesser of two bad choices. I would have voted for Newt if he had been a real candidate. And for your information, Carter DID invade a country which did nothing to us as a country...Iran...and he failed at that miserably as he did everything else. I know...I was serving in the military at the time. And then after that Ronald Reagan invaded Grenada...which I also saw as unnecessary. Just as unnecessary as the invasion of Panama to remove Manuel Noriega by the first Bush, who we set up in power there, and who provided a "playground" for politicians of BOTH parties. And just where do you think "regulating" industries and businesses does anything thing other than driving prices up for us, the consumer, and making it so that businesses can't survive? It offers not one shred of "protection" for any citizen of the USA, and instead only guarantees growing employment in the government sector. Suzuki left the US car market because of those same regulations (read "regulating") you are fond of chanting about. DE-regulation causes competition between companies for the consumers, which causes prices to fall. That is just a fact of economics and can not be refuted. Another fact is massive regulations not only cause prices to rise drastically for us, the consumers, it also requires a massive government, paid for by you and every other tax payer, just to ensure compliance. This is a classic case of someone just chanting what they are told, instead of engaging their brain and doing research and the math needed to figure things out for themselves. Massive regulating is also a trademark of Socialism. Name one "Socialist" government that is truly successful.