Republicans outraged Obama usurped their 'Daddy party' throne

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. It's also about priorities- what Democrats prioritize and Republicans prioritize

George W. Bush's #1 priority was invading/occupying Iraq in order to, as the neocons believed would happen, "re-shape" the middle east. We'll never know quite what McCain's prioriy(ies) might have been had he become POTUS but I suspect that, given the current GOP obsession with Iran, we might be locked into a military conflict with Iran right now (either directly or indirectly)- or at least moving towards that outcome. Syria?

President Obama's priorities obviously included Bin Laden as it appears that he was very engaged on finding him from the get-go and he actually accomplished. Ending our misbegotten war in Iraq was another priority of his and he decided that intervening in Libya, as well as supporting the "Arab Spring" were important priorities, as well.

It seems kind of hard to argue that both the GOP and the Democrats have the same priorities, which IMHO make a LOT of difference in terms of what we choose to do and what are able to do. The GOP lost the issue through its incompetence to be sure and it's not like they've learned from their mistakes (though fewer people are listening to them) but the Democrats make a lot of different and IMHO better choices about military intervention and diplomacy, at least since Vietnam.