[Stingy Jack]

Damn, some pretty long posts here. Gothic-chick is about to overthrow my title! :)

First of all -- The issue as to whether or not Kerry "flip-flops" on his positions is misunderstood by the Republicans. When Kerry voted for tax cuts, he did so because it was the right thing to do at the time, and when he voted against them, it was because it was the right thing to do at that time. Kerry changes his ideas as the politcal/economic environment changes. You vote for tax cuts when the economy needs it, and you vote against them when the economy needs it. This is what Kerry did. Bush, on the other hand, makes one decision and sticks with it ... regardless of whether or not taking a new course of action at some point would be beneficial. The difference between democrats and republicans is that democrats are more willing to adapt to a changing world, whereas the republicans are not (the republicans will probably never allow gay marriages, for example, even though homosexuality has long ago been accepted by the mainstream culture.)

The war in Iraq has been a long time coming, and EVERYONE knew that Dubya wanted to get Saddam Hussein BEFORE Dubya was elected, and not in a small part because his father wanted Hussein when HE was in office and failed to get him. True, Saddam was a threat. True, he should have been removed from power. BUT Saddam had NOTHING to do with the 9/11 attacks and to say that we are going to war with Iraq over terrorism is a lie! Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, not Iraq. Bush used the war on terror to persue his own personal agenda against Saddam, and lied to the American people about his motives (when it was obvious to anyone why he was REALLY invading Iraq).

But, the war was started -- by Bush. And was started messily -- by Bush. But Bush, being the republican he is, won't admit that he made an error, and will keep putting our soldiers in danger and draining our economy just because he's afraid that admitting his mistake would make him look "imcompetent." Republicans, LISTEN UP! Admitting you're wrong is more competent than not admitting you're wrong and keeping us all in a fucked up situation. Get over yourselves and HELP OUR TROOPS