Originally Posted by
1journeyman
http:///forum/post/2790371
See, that's where we differ:
The last 8 years, in my summation;
*Finally took the offensive against an enemy that's been attacking us for 20+ years at will
In the wrong country against the wrong foe.
*Liberated 30 million people
We don't count unemployed Americans as liberated, just "at liberty to find a new job.
*Saw record high stock market
Saw a record low high stock market loss
*Saw record high home ownership
Saw record loss of home values,
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foreclosures
*Saw continuing growth in GDP even despite war and 9-11
*Saw European allies come around to supporting us
Only in trying to rescue their own economies, which are closely linked to our disfunctional economic performance. Otherwise, we are the clown princes of world diplomacy.
*Saw the appointment of 2 Supreme Court Justices that actually bother to read the Constitution and understand it
As long as there are pictures to look at.
To me, that's not too bad.
I want my ideology to prevail because the alternative is a form of Government our founding father's would recoil in horror at the thought of such a monstrosity...
Citizens free to express their opinions and practice their religions...yeah, quite a monstrosity. Manipulated into a foolish and wasteful war, unable to buy the property that was required in order to vote...yeah, quite a monstrosity.