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Originally Posted by docbungle
Well, this is what scares me.
The left and the right are so concerned with what side they're on, and so intent on defending themselves, that they've lost all real focus on what really matters to humanity, to us. All that matters is that they win, and the other side loses.
That's what is most important.
Why are so many people willing to fall under the label "Democrat" or "Republican" and accept the values of that party as their own? This, in and of itself - this buying into a ideology that by it's very nature divides - plants the seeds of anger, hate and oppressiveness that are, as we speak, growing and growing and growing all accross the country.
No one ever concedes. The other side is always wrong, even when they're not. Nothing can be proven to be true or false. Not in the context that everyone from both sides will agree that it is true or false.
It's a fucking commercial. And what really, I mean really scares me, is that I don't see a realistic chance that an independent nominee, one that is not owned by a conglomerate, will ever see the light of day as a serious contender for the presidency.
I see the Democrats and the Republicans the same way many of you see organized religion: full of itself and trying to convert the masses, in this country and abroad. And people just lapping it up.
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Amen! Very well said.
I still don't understand the notion that GWB will somehow "keep us safer". What has he done that has made it so much safer? How come nobody wants to acknowledge Kerry's role in bringing down BCCI which is the model for disrupting terrorist financing? 9/11 happened on Bush's watch. Was it his fault? No. At the risk of being inflammatory, 9/11 was a fluke. We got beat by 19 nutjobs with box cutters cuz we never thought it would happen to us. Kerry couldn't have prevented it, Bush couldn't have prevented it, and Clinton couldn't have prevented it. It just happened. I don't know what Bush has done in his experience to demonstrate he can do anything about it. Kerry has a record of dismantling a major financial organization set up for drug cartels and wrote a damn book on how the same strategy can be used against terrorist organizations. If you're not familiar with it, google for "BCCI and Kerry". THAT is fighting terrorism. NOT invading Iraq. Kerry gets it. Bush doesn't.