When Bill Clinton had been in office for 8 yrs?

Question

and Republicans had been upset with the Democratic party due to a mass of PC being shoved down our throat, I felt that the GOP had a legitimate reason to be upset. Now that we've endured 8 yrs of W and have largest deficit ever, are involved in an illegal and unjust war, and have had many rights (4th amendment gone thanks to the US PATRIOT Act), why is it that the GOP doesn't understand Democratic hostility toward their party when clearly reasoning hasn't worked?

Answer 1

Well said. If Bush would leave office with a BJ and a nice budget surplus, we democrats would like him a lot better.

Answer 2

The so-called "Patriot Acts" (truly the destruction of the 4th and 1st Amendments) would NOT exist had it not been for the votes of many Democrats.  Please recall that after "9-11", is was the "political fashion" to look "tough on terrorists" - and both Republicans and Democrats took part ! !  (In very many instances, Texas Congressman Ron Paul, M.D. was the SOLE voice opposing these infringements on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.)

SECOND, the deficit is the result of BOTH parties. The politicians give away "goodies" to their constituents in order to get re-elected -- and it works superbly.

THIRD, the cuurent economic downturn was caused by the FEDERAL RESERVE. It alone control the money supply and the ineterst rates it charges banks and that banks that charge each other. It no longer even allows Congress, much less the general public, to know how many dollars are in circulation (called "M3"). The Federal Reserve just keeps releasing more and more dollars into the system - and the more dollars, the less each dollar is worth in buying power.

Inflation is NOT caused by producers and retailers increasing prices. Inflation is caused by the Federal Reserve dumping more dollars into the system, so that each dollar is worth less in terms of its buying power. A gold nugget can buy a lot of apples because gold is fairly rare. But imagine if gold nuggets suddenly, steadily and rapidly kept increasing in supply (by people merely picking them up off the street). Soon a gold nugget would not buy even one apple!!  And NOT because the apple increased in price, but because the gold nugget, with more and more available all the time, decreased in its buying power.

INFLATION is NOT an increase in price of apples or any other product ot service; inflation is a decrease in the buying power of the currency (whether dollars or gold nuggets) due to an OVER-SUPPLY of that currency.

Answer 3

All the Patriot Act really does is take already-existing laws allowing for expanded law enforcement powers and extend them to terrorist acts.

The Patriot Act has not diminished American liberties; the Patriot Act has helped to defend American liberties.

The following is a list of known terror plots thwarted by the U.S. government since Sept. 11, 2001.

• December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami.

• May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking “dirty bomb,” convicted of conspiracy.

• September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.

• May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple the Brooklyn Bridge.

• June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality Act, conspiracy.

• August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted bombings on financial centers (see additional images).

• August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb at New York’s Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.

• August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat on American soil.

• June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs violation.

• August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.

• December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up refinery in Wyoming, convicted of providing material support to terrorists.

• February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs for use in Iraq.

• April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.

• June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.

• July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to hit New York City train tunnels.

• August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners over the United States.

• May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey.

• June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men accused of plotting to blow up fuel arteries underneath JFK Airport in New York.

• March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.