Republicans fear terrorists. Who do Democrats fear?

Democrats fear Republicans, for that we pay the ultimate price, FREEDOM

From NY Times Opinion / Editorial “The fear of fear itself”

While serving little purpose, the new law has real dangers. It would allow the government to intercept, without a warrant, every communication into or out of any country, including the United States. Instead of explaining all this to American voters — the minimal benefits and the enormous risks — the Democrats have allowed Mr. Bush and his fear-mongering to dominate all discussions on terrorism and national security.

Mr. Bush claims that he has kept America safe since 9/11. But that claim ignores the country’s very real and present vulnerabilities. Six years after the 9/11 attacks the administration has still failed to secure American ports, railroads and airports from terrorist attack, and has put the profits of the chemical and nuclear-power industries ahead of safeguarding their plants.

Mr. Bush also worries Democratic strategists by talking about “staying on the offensive” against terrorism, but it was his decision to invade Iraq that diverted resources from the real offensive, the one against Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mr. Bush’s incessant fear-mongering — and the Democrats’ refusal to challenge him — has had one notable success. The only issue on which Americans say that they trust Republicans more than Democrats is terrorism. At least those Americans are afraid of terrorists. The Democrats who voted for this bill, and others like it over the last few years, show only fear of Republicans.

If you are proud of our country right now, you are a coward and a pathetic excuse for an American.

I’m glad there are other people out there that haven’t lost site of the America we all claim to love and honor. We’ve done nothing but destroy the America our founders left behind over the last few years. Everything we do now is in the name of terror, we relinquish everything because as a nation we’re all a bunch of weak, scared, cowards who would rather take a bullet for our individual “safety” than take one for the Constitution and the ‘freedom’ that we tell Americans we’re fighting for overseas.

To put shackles on slaves and tell them they are free is idiotic, yet we live in a world where we encourage this very behavior. And why? Because Bush is afraid of lowly pond scum that seek to blow buildings up and kill our civilians and because Congress doesn’t have the strength to put fear-driven politicians in their place.

Next time someone attempts to exploit American fear for political power and agendas, reach over the aisle and beat the fear out of that person. Don’t stop the violence until he or she stops being afraid of terrorist pigs and remembers what it means to defend the Constitution of the United States. Republicans should be ashamed of themselves, the only thing more sad than the sorry bunch of GOP members in Congress who shake in their boots at the mere utterance of a terrorist name,.. is the liberal fools who can’t stand up for principle. Democrats are so concerned about being painted as Unamerican that they can’t do what is right, maybe Giuliani was right, LOSERS!

Fred Soto is an Attorney and Entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley.
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