See the Difference?

Karl Rove insults Liberals, Democrats, and most of all, the families of the victims of 9/11, with his politicizing of a national tragedy. The fact is, although he is now a federal employee, and you ARE paying his salary, he seems to feel he is morally correct in using the deaths of American citizens to advance his party’s political agenda. Peter Daou also chimes in.

Kicking Ass reminds us of the true differences between the two parties:

Democrats : Believe capturing the person primarily responsible for the attack should be a top priority.

Republicans : It’s been four years, and Osama bin Laden is still free, even though Bush’s CIA chief says he knows where he is.

Democrats : Investigate the intelligence failures that led to 9/11.

Republicans : Do everything in their power to block the 9/11 Commission from doing its work.

Democrats : Propose creating the Department of Homeland Security.

Republicans : Push tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. (I’d add here that Bush first opposed DHS, and then he approved of it.)

Democrats : Believe we should have stayed the course in Afghanistan, not allowing the Taliban to resurge, the warlords to take power, and the opium trade to skyrocket.

Republicans : Ignore Afghanistan as the situation worsens.

Democrats : Believe that we should be honest with our troops about the reasons we go to war, give them everything they need to be safe, and make sure we go in with an exit plan.

Republicans : Manipulate intelligence to trump up reasons to go to war, don’t give our troops the support they need, constantly mislead the public about the direction the war is going, and fail to make an exit plan. And turn Iraq into the ultimate terrorist training ground.

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