Republicans are the COWARDLY Party.

[Philosoraptor]

"one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity"

If we give up our constitutional rights to the fascists, we are cowards, and that's exactly what the republicans want, every decision they make is based on being cowardly.

Republicans show disgraceful timidity and fear at every level, and one can easily argue this point and prove it.

And all the while they spit the word coward in our faces, like little boys on a playground.

[Philosoraptor]

1. Cspan caller: I don't mind giving up some of my freedoms"

If it is for the good of my country. I swear she said it.

[acmavm]

2. Of course she did. She's been dumbed down to the point

where she thinks cowering in a corner is patriotism.

True patriots fight. Hell, we're all gonna die sometime. That's the thing the terrorists realize and keep in the forefront of their mind every day. Americans think that if they stay in their little boxes and don't make waves and give up everything that makes life worthwhile (except the SUVs) then they'll live forever.

[treestar]

10. I can't stand those people

Or the ones who say they would feel safe under martial law.

:banghead:

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. She probably gets paid

to call up C-Span and post the BushCo message on the Internet.

They are worse then telephone solicators.

[Stockholm]

3. Calling bullshit on the Fear mongers (Occams Hatchet, Kossack)

Snip

Say, didja know that the Terror Alert Level® spiked last week? Yeah, all the way to Red! Huh - you probably didn't even notice. Or how about a few days later, when it went back down to Orange - didja catch that? No. No, I didn't think so - I'll bet you didn't miss a beat. Hmph. Chances are, nothing in your life changed at all last week: you still went to the store, you still filled your car up with gas, you still watched reruns of "Desperate Housewives" on TV, you still barbecued hamburgers in your backyard on Saturday, you still took your kids to the park on Sunday.

No, not much changed, I'll bet. Outwardly, anyway. But if Karl Rove is doing his job right, what might have been different was that your anxiety level might have been raised juuust a little bit. You might have noticed - if you had been paying really close attention - a vague sense of impending disaster, an undefined unease, a small - very small - twinge of fear that wasn't there previously, nibbling away at the edges of your consciousness.

For the Republicans pulling the levers behind our country's National Insecurity Apparatus, your response was perfectly in line with their intent. They don't want to see too much outward change in your day-to-day behavior, they don't want to see you transforming your habits - your shopping habits, your driving habits, your viewing habits - they don't want you to feel as though you've had to make a sacrifice to accommodate the "change" - from Yellow to Red!!! - that they would like to have you believe has occurred in the level of risk to our nation's security.

They don't want you to do anything differently in your everyday life. They only want one small change in your behavior, and they only need it every couple of years or so, in November. What they want, of course, is for you to go into that voting booth and vote for a Republican, because you're terrified.

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more http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/17/135837/353

[Philosoraptor]

5. I'm not SCARED enough to vote Republican

[Stockholm]

6. How about this then?

Washington seeks to learn from MI5

Washington is examining British counter-terrorism laws to see whether the US should import any UK police and intelligence service methods, according to Michael Chertoff, the US homeland security secretary.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Chertoff said the US review of British tactics would identify any UK system advantages in dealing with terror threats, and examine whether they would be permissible under US law.

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"The British system in some respects is very nimble in terms of the ability to conduct certain kinds of . . . surveillance on very short notice. You have the ability in Britain to hold people for a brief period of time under court supervision before you charge them . . . In this case, that allowed the British government to do something that we might not have been able to do."

Under UK law, a judge can authorise the police to hold suspected terrorists for up to 28 days while they continue their investigation.

more http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d20ea80c-2e55-11db-93ad-0000779e2340.html

:scared:

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Why do you think their LEADER went AWOL...

Why did he join the Guard in the first place? Why do all the GOPers chicken out when it's their turn to really bodily defend America? They always talk the talk, but they never walk the walk.

[zbdent]

7. You mean the ones who send other people's kids off to war when

they didn't serve in any capacity, or refuse to send their kids (presumably, because the "do shit" ...) when they wholeheartedly support the occupation of Iraq?

I've run across a bunch of old letters to the editor around the time that Clinton was taking action against Saddam & Iraq ... all the current chickenhawks were the ones who were saying "We shouldn't go it alone" and "Clinton was just trying to act manly" and "Clinton went into this without consulting experts" and "People who know war wouldn't be quick to send others off to die".

[fearthem]

8. It's their innate weakness, they know it, so they call the other side on it

[4bucksagallon]

9. Yep, name ten prominent repubs with combat experience?

Hell, just name five who have served in a grunt unit? Crickets, do I hear crickets?

[Toots]

11. Only under Republican leadership has America succumbed to quivering fear

For over forty years Democratic leadership kept America safe and secure and people slept well at night. Republicans take control and America becomes a quivering mass of fear willing to abandon the Constitution and the country they supposedly love just to hear the LIES of the Republicans. The proof is in the pudding...

[Philosoraptor]

12. Repubs are WAVING THE WHITE FLAG of surrender to terrorism

[Norquist Nemesis]

14. At the very least, they're the Conspiracy Party

As much as they prefer to dismiss anyone who asks why as a Conspiracy Theorist first (quickly followed by unAmerican), this is the party that 'fixes the facts around the policy'. It would be hilarious to see some of our Democratic officials paint a vivid verbal picture of the IRAQ Group Conspiracy Theorists sitting together saying, "We KNOW Saddam has WMD. Here's the proof! 1991! We just KNOW it's true!" LOL!

But, yea. I've thought the Cons are huge cowards for quite some time. They like to use the military as a shield just like a criminal grabs a hostage.

[Philosoraptor]

15. Buncha Republican PANSIES.