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**tussinelde** · 01-26-2006, 03:15 PM

many, many things are judged by past performance, political parties included. Did the events I spoke of not occur under democratic leadership? This is the obstacle that will have to be overcome. Confidence in the party will have to be earned, it's not a gift.

That's fine - if the republican answer to every question is still "Bill Clinton" then I think the democrats will do very well.
I think voters are smart enough to realize that predicting 911 was an unrealistic expectation of either party and that why we didn't get him before then is less important than why we haven't gotten him since. Eventually people will require a real answer to the question of why w has chosen to pursue other interests while bin laden is allowed to live.

On the specific charge of Clinton not getting bin laden, if any answer is even judged to be necessary, it will be easy to point out that at least Clinton warned the bush admin about bin laden when they took over. While I personally do not blame w for not heeding that warning, any attempt at this late date to use "Bill Clinton" as the answer will probably bring that issue back.

The republicans should be forced in both the upcoming congressional elections and the 2008 presidential election to run on their record. If they really do succeded in convincing people that the events of the Clinton admin are more relevant than anything that has happened since then they will deserve to win and the people will deserve whatever happens to them.

01-26-2006, 03:15 PM	#22
tussinelde Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 311 Senior Member	many, many things are judged by past performance, political parties included. Did the events I spoke of not occur under democratic leadership? This is the obstacle that will have to be overcome. Confidence in the party will have to be earned, it's not a gift. That's fine - if the republican answer to every question is still "Bill Clinton" then I think the democrats will do very well. I think voters are smart enough to realize that predicting 911 was an unrealistic expectation of either party and that why we didn't get him before then is less important than why we haven't gotten him since. Eventually people will require a real answer to the question of why w has chosen to pursue other interests while bin laden is allowed to live. On the specific charge of Clinton not getting bin laden, if any answer is even judged to be necessary, it will be easy to point out that at least Clinton warned the bush admin about bin laden when they took over. While I personally do not blame w for not heeding that warning, any attempt at this late date to use "Bill Clinton" as the answer will probably bring that issue back. The republicans should be forced in both the upcoming congressional elections and the 2008 presidential election to run on their record. If they really do succeded in convincing people that the events of the Clinton admin are more relevant than anything that has happened since then they will deserve to win and the people will deserve whatever happens to them.
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