Democrats and GOP see different priorities for nation.
By on Dec 9th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Democrats and GOP see different priorities for nation.
A new McClatchy-MSNBC poll finds that “Democrats and Republicans in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina have dramatically different views of the nation’s priorities.” While “national security or terrorism” ranks at the top of the list for Republicans, it ranks near the bottom for Democrats. On the other hand, Iraq and economy rank near the top for Democrats, while Republicans rank them much lower on their list of priorities.
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Let’s see…
Fear, war, lies and spend/spend/spend for Republicans…
Truth, accountability and integrity for Democrats.
Yup…poles apart.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:46 am“national security or terrorism†ranks at the top of the list for Republicans, it ranks near the bottom for Democrats
What a surprise.
Comment by Frank M — December 9, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Unfortunately, the Republican list they rank at the top of is: What can we screw up the most? Republicans are weak and innefectual on national security (remember 9/11, Frank? Republicans in charge), and their strength vis a vis terrorism is that they’re really good at it, the best in the world.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:50 amWith republican voters at a mere 37%, they’re in the minority on the issues Americans most care about.
Good luck riding that nag into the White House.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:55 amToo bad our mini-Hitlers like Frank M can’t man up and realize that the Islamic fundamentalists pose much less of a threat to the USA than the GOP.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:01 pmI would argue that Iraq *IS* a matter of national security. The Republicans fool themselves by minimizing the causes and consequences of the current “war”, whether it be on terror or in Iraq.
Matters of national interest cannot be boiled down to a ‘do you like/dislike’ poll question. You do yourself, and the American people, an injustice if you think these simplistic questions truly reflect the state of American concerns and consciousness.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:03 pmMost Americans aren’t irrational fear-driven bedwetters, Frank. They are more worried about the very real chance of a health care problem bankrupting them and driving them out of their house than about the one-in-a-million chance of being killed by a terrorist. They also see that starting unjust wars against countries that didn’t attack us and were never a threat to begin with is a poor excuse for national security, especially when doing so makes the rest of the world hate us, thereby producing more terrorists than ever existed before.
But you don’t understand what I’m saying, do you Frank?
December 9th, 2007 at 12:04 pmVerbalKint – well said.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pm“simplistic questions” have been the bread-and-butter of Karl Rove’s “permanent Republican majority” campaign. Rove understands the GOP only needs to “win” 50.1% of the electorate then govern to the 1% who paid to get them in power. Guys like Huckabee and Romney understand the more they talk about religion and cater the the “base” with talking points framed as “simplistic questions,” the less they have to be confronted about Bush’s failed Republican administration.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pmthis could be very enlightening… and even helpful…
i found it at C&L yesterday…
Choose Your Candidate
The “Choose Your Candidate” quiz helps you decide which candidates you agree with on the issues.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:22 pm[...]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/candidatequiz/
From the link:
NATIONAL SECURITY OR TERRORISM
In Iowa, it’s last on the Democrats’ list, cited by just 1 percent, and first on the Republican list, mentioned by 31 percent.
In New Hampshire, it’s the top priority for 2 percent of Democrats and 25 percent of Republicans.
In South Carolina, it’s tops for 6 percent of Democrats but 25 percent of Republicans.
With only a quarter of republican voters in both NH and SC listing national security or terrorism as a concern, and currently no clear frontrunner on the republican side, it’s small wonder no candidate is explicitly claiming to be the political successor to Bush. The War on Terror has lost it’s idealistic sheen; and now, for a majority of republican voters, the base metals (incompetence, greed, political opportunism, and disdain for Constitutional precedent) are showing through. While all the republican candidates are moving further to the right, their base apparently isn’t following the same old script, and if these figures are a snapshot into the mind of the average republican voter, the prospects for ‘08 don’t look good for any repub candidates, regardless of who’s eventually chosen.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:26 pmit’s because R’s are fraidy-cats, who also don’t understand in the least how cause-and-effect works.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:37 pmAnd I might add that what those R voters think won’t matter much, because 19 of the Congressmen, and some of their Senators, have all decided to quit or retire, and many of those less will be facing indictment for assirted flavors of crookedness (even though they’ve had control of the “cops” all this time – how criminal do you have to be to get in trouble while your own party has command of all the enforcement apparatus????)
The GOP is now the AMC Pacer of politics.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm“national security or terrorism†ranks at the top of the list for Republicans, it ranks near the bottom for Democrats
This is because most Democrats are smart enough and educated enough to not buy Bush’s “there’s a terrorist under your bed” theory. The best thing we could possibly do to stop the threat of terrorism would be to impeach Bush and Chaney. They have bred more terrorists in the last six years than any so-called “terrorist leader” has done in a lifetime.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:49 pmBut you don’t understand what I’m saying, do you Frank?
Comment by VerbalKint
Francine doesn’t understand anything other than what the voices in his head tells him/her. So, why bother attempting to start a discourse with him/her. Why not just ignore the troll and report for abuse.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:52 pmFrank M making a humorless, twerpy comment.
What a surprise.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:12 pmDuh. Dems don’t want to dominate the world, invade ME countries to steal their oil.
Repugnikants don’t want to spend anything for health care, environment, education.
Night and Day.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:58 pmAbuse? Show me where I’ve in breach of TP rules.
Comment by Frank M — December 9, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Abuse of the truth, frank, like all of you mini-Hitlers. Such as Congress’ low approval rating being caused by their working on health care, when the fact is that Congress approvel would be in the high 70s if they arrested and impeached the administration.
December 9th, 2007 at 3:59 pmAgain, I say: can we get better trolls? Frank M just ain’t cuttin’ it.
December 9th, 2007 at 5:00 pm“national security or terrorism†ranks at the top of the list for Republicans, it ranks near the bottom for Democrats.”
December 9th, 2007 at 6:27 pmRepubs must be a bunch of wimps! The greatest power the world has ever seen afraid of a few pissed off terrorists!