Typical liberal mumbo jumbo by the previous posted.

Our nation grieves for those who have given their lives for a very WORTHY cause, that is liberating the people of Iraq from a cruel murderous tyrant.

Liberals like you would have left Hitler in power. You people don't understand a thing about strength, nor that which makes America the greatest country on the face of the earth.

I would be proud to have a family member fight the good fight to bring other people to liberty and freedom.

I hate to bring this to your attention, because you would think it would have gotten through your skull by now. But, here goes.

Every freakin' country in the western world thought Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Get over it.

By the way, 40000 Americans die every year in car wrecks. Talk about dying for nothing. While every life lost in Iraq is a tragedy, 1000 people is a very small price compared to the thousands upon thousands that Saddam was executing. How did he execute them? Weapons of mass destruction.

Wacko extremist liberals need to just shut up and let the grown ups run the country.

While I don't necessarily agree with Bob's approach, I don't read his message like you do. I don't see him making light of those who have died in Iraq. I see him saying that they died for a worthy cause. I agree with his assertions that liberals don't understand this war. War is a terrible, terrible thing. But we didn't start it. And Bush is going to do his best to finish it. He is a true American hero and the history books will make note of it, just as they are already remembering Ronald Reagan for his accomplishments, despite liberals best attempts to besmirch his intelligence and policy while he was in office. History, redux.

I believe you are sincere, but I believe are sincerely. Yes, I can look you straight in the eye and without hesitation say that we did the right thing. The whole "Bush lied" thing has been exposed so many times, I can't believe there is still a contigency that actually believes it. Every commission and report has shown that he did not "lie". As you said, the facts are indeed there for the taking. I have examined them and find no case for this supposed "lie".

As for the whole "war is terrible.. would you send your children" mantra, I have to agree that it would be incredibly difficult to send my own children to war. I do not minimize war, but understand the reality of it. Any child of mine that ends up in a war (and I pray they don't), will be in service of their country. Hopefully, they would be as courageous as the brave men and women who have already fought the good fight.

We ARE going after Bin Laden. I believe it was Clinton that let him slip through his fingers. The case for the connection between Iraq and Saddam is obvious. I think you should read the quotes made by Clinton and many Democrats who stated that Saddam was a threat and needed to be taken out. Their story changed when they realized that Bush would get the credit.

I daresay too many people have seen Michael Moore's fiction piece and believe it. It is a problem for the rest of us that the gullible are falling for it, but hopefully there will be enough people who vote with their brains engaged Nov 2nd.

I could go on and on regarding the dull mantra about "Tax breaks for the rich" and the other nonsense, but its all been said before.

Is Bush perfect? Far from it. Do I approve of everything he has done? On the contrary! I think his immigration policy stinks. Our borders should be closed. I think throwing more money at education is a big mistake. I think he has been weak at supporting his judicial nominees. I think we should be drilling for more domestic oil. And the list goes on...

Is he the right man for the war on terror? Beyond a shadow of a doubt. Kerry and his ultra left-wing cronies will destroy us from within, and allow our enemies to destroy us everywhere else. Anyhow, end of discussion for me...

Here's one for you. Bush says it is essential that we have a Constitutional amendment banning g*y marriage. But his vice-president, Cheney, comes out and opposes the amendment and Bush indicates he isn't bothered that the bottom half of his ticket differs from his own view. That tells me that Bush's position is for political, not moral, reasons.

To "Good (misguided) American",

First of all....our men and women in uniform VOLUNTEERED their service. That's right, Jack! In case you haven't been paying attention, there is no draft! Our soldiers are ADULTS who joined the service willingly because they wanted to serve their country. In fact, many of them who were badly injured in Iraq want to heal up so they can go back to their units to join the fight again. I've read several first hand accounts to that effect. They are ADULTS, by the way....not kids, not children. ADULTS! Parents do not "send" them off to fight.....they send themselves!! Got it???

Secondly, Saddam was HIMSELF a Weapon of Mass Destruction! Anyone who spearheads the genocide of his own people (or ANY people for that matter) fits the DEFINITION of a weapon of mass destruction. Another thing you liberals always conveniently fail to consider is that Saddam knew MONTHS IN ADVANCE that we were coming to look for those weapons. Now if YOU were Saddam, wouldn't you think seriously about HIDING your weapons???? Maybe in another country...like say, oh I don't know....SYRIA perhaps? Hiding them not only to preserve those weapons from the inspectors hands or our troops...but ALSO because it would GREATLY embarrass President Bush? HELLO???? But no....this would be taking the path of logic and reason, which has absolutely no place in liberal politics. You pig-headed liberals can't see truth and you can't understand true evil. Neville Chamberlain didn't understand evil, Bill Clinton didn't understand evil, and John Kerry doesn't understand evil. All he understands is whatever is politically expedient to him at any given time. He is merely a piece of political driftwood floating around the political ocean...whichever way the tide goes.

And this is why liberals have no place in leading this country. ESPECIALLY at this time in our history with the very real terror threats the world is facing. (yes, the WORLD, not just the United States) If Gore had been elected in 2000....Saddam and the Taliban would still be in power and Osama would be plotting the next big attack on our country. Instead he is on the RUN! And he WILL BE CAUGHT. But you liberals would have us all fall fast asleep again as a nation so that these plots could be easily carried out by our enemies. Clinton slept for 8 long years. He did NOTHING about Osama Bin Laden. He was handed Osama on a plate not ONCE, not TWICE....but THREE TIMES by the Sudan!! And he did NOTHING, NADA, ZIPPO! Bush didn't fail this country, BILL CLINTON failed this country! He failed each and every family member of every single innocent soul that lost his or her life on September 11th, 2001. You liberals need to simply SHUT UP, step aside, and let Bush do his job for 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!.......GO ARNOLD!

Just one last thing...you liberals LOVE to harp and harp all day long about what a coward Bush was during the Vietnam war simply because his National Guard unit was not needed in the actual fighting. You have made this point a KEY factor in this election. How ironic it is then that you all seemed not to have the slightest care about Vietnam war records or heroism when Bill Clinton was running. (the draft-dodger who not only didn't serve AT ALL but skipped off to England and then Canada!) You could care less about it in 1992...and you could care less about it again in 1996 even when he was running against a true veteran who actually DID serve!

And yet, you liberals have the nerve to talk about HYPOCRISY???? Oh PLEASE, stop making yourselves look so foolish and just shut up!

Macmusic,

You obviously think war is like a movie or a video game. Your comments about our troops are insensitive and sickening. You obviously do hot have any loved ones in Iraq like I do. Just because there isn't a draft does not mean we can send our troops into a war based on lies and worst yet have no plan what so ever to get them out. Not to mention the fact that most of the troops don't even have the proper equipment need for basic safety, I know about this first hand. Kids or no kids, however you want to define these brave man and woman, they ARE REAL PEOPLE and how dare you make light of that. I hope you never have to go through what my family has in the last year.

To try to use some crazy excuse that Saddam IS a WMD is just ridiculous. So let's get this straight, when Colin Powell gave his presentation to the UN and showed photo after photo of "WMDs", were those photos of Saddam Hussein? I'm confused, I thought those were supposed to be photos of bombs. So I guess you are right, we did find that huge stock pile of weapons after all. This Theory of yours is absolutely moronic.

I would like to know how you would feel if one of your family members was over there right now.

You can throw your little childish fits and tell me to "shut up" as you have others but it will do you no good. I am sad for you.

I don't understand why the right is so filled with hate, why couldn't you join the debate in a civil way, the way others on the subject were. Typical bully.

Soldier's Aunts' comments are quite touching, and definitely emotional. I, for one, can sympathize with those who have loved ones in Iraq. However, do not let your emotions cloud your judgment, as you appear to be doing in your comments.

Again, yet another person repeating the "Bush lied" phrase. I refer you to my post of Sept. 1, 2004.

http://www.joelcomm.com/archives/006471.html

We ALL know someone who is in the Middle East right now.

As for hate, I see it in the left more than anywhere. And are you keeping up with the protesters at the RNC? Talk about hate and bullying. The party that preaches "tolerance" is the most intolerant bunch ever to exist in our nation, short of the KKK.

I'm sorry you have it upside down. By the way, Democrats are to vote on Nov. 3rd this year. ;-)

Hey Ken.. we probably have much more common ground than you would think. Part of the differences I read are really matters of opinion or misunderstandings.

The protestors that have been arrested are bullying. I saw at least two groups enter the convention for the purpose of being disruptive today. No such thing happened at the DNC. The weirdos from Act-Up were getting naked outside in order to make their point. That's not harrassing? The list goes on, you just aren't seeing much of it on the news. It's bad for Kerry every time these people show up. Dissent is fine. Protest is fine. At the DNC, the protestors were put in cages, like animals. So, which party is being more tolerant?

To answer your question, it is wrong to take the pro-life tactics that others have. It is never right to get in someone's face and condemn them for something that they are free to do.

The point about KKK was a figure of speech to indicate that these people are not tolerant at all. Besides, MoveOn.org had no problem comparing Bush to Hitler. Shoot, even Ted Kennedy did it and NO ONE publicly condemned him for it. Shameful.

Religion has no place in politics? I suggest a basic civics lesson for you, my friend. Allow me to give you a few quotes from a few people you may have heard of who beg to differ with your post-modern and mistaken view.

"[W]e have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. . . . Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams

"The Bible is the Rock on which this Republic rests." - Andrew Jackson

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Henry

"I believe the bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior (Jesus) of the world is communicated to us through this book." - Abraham Lincoln

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

While just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support." - George Washington

"The most perfect maxims and examples for regulating your social conduct and domestic economy, as well as the best rules of morality and religion, are to be found in the Bible. . . . The moral principles and precepts found in the scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. These principles and precepts have truth, immutable truth, for their foundation. . . . All the evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. . . . For instruction then in social, religious and civil duties resort to the scriptures for the best precepts." - Noah Webster

And the list goes on and on.

Let me address this statement and show you how shallow it is. You said...

"Bush needs to get HIS bible out of the white house because it does not represent EVERY American."

Besides the fact that the history of America refutes your opinion, lets examine this. Bill Clinton did NOT represent me WITHOUT his Bible. His religion was not Christianity. I don't know what it was, but it wasn't related to the Bible other than occassional lip service. I could easily argue that he should remove his corrupt theology from the White House because it doesn't agree with mine. It's preposterous. Every one comes with ideology and a belief system. You cannot separate Bush's faith from the way he governs. They are linked together and it is part of his identity.

Now then, is there anger on the right? Absolutely! We have watched the democrats fall to the lowest levels I can imagine. Zell Miller summed it all up perfectly tonight. The Democrat stance (and I speak of the leadership.. I am certain there are plenty of democrats that disagree but stick with the party out of loyalty) has been one of disunity. Comments by Democrat leaders have emboldened the enemy and probably served to hurt our just cause to a good degree.

You don't have to think like me, but I am not going to accept what you say.

As I have said before, I used to be liberal. I thought pot should be legalized, abortion should be legal and that Republicans only stood for the rich. Once I grew up a bit, I came to find that I was wrong. Anyhow, thats my story and I'm sticking to it. I'm sure we would enjoy very civil discussion if we were to sit and have a coke together. I'm really a nice guy!

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