A reminder to the Democrats: The purpose of an opposition is to oppose

[kentuck]

Your job is to oppose the agenda of the other Party. When the other Party is so radical and so obviously in conflict with everything we believe about this country, we have an extra obligation and duty to oppose them. You do not have to apologize for opposing them. That is your job. You do not have to abide by some fake bi-partisanship just to please the other side. Do not stop criticizing the lies, the torture, Quantanamo, and the direction our country is now headed. Oppose them.

[gratuitous]

1. Just so

The effectiveness of the job you're doing can be directly tied to how much complaining the Republicans do about "obstructionist tactics" or "lack of an agenda" or "party of no." When the GOP is fat and happy about how well they're working with Democrats, that means you're not doing a very good job.

Ignore the squealing of the little piggies, and you'll come out all right.

[getmeouttahere]

2. Never more important than right now...

call the Dems obstructionist? So be it, we MUST obstruct virtually everything BushCo does, because it is all too extreme.

[davelyoung1]

3. Liberal Rights of Afghanistan

Afghanistan conservative values, American liberal liberating values of women rights and human rights, religious diversity of all religions, but Mr. President liberals are obscene!
You use it to put down liberal Americans then use it for your policy! We have given Iraq free speech to discuss they own war values. In American, it is a Republican taboo, for Americans to question the war at all. For citizens must be united in censorship, must one talk another way in freedom imposed here in the United States?

Are Christian conservatives so much different than Moslem, Jewish, and others worldwide? Claiming to be true faith based conservatives. Which one is the right wing of conservatism? Okay, so then the others are liberal to them, and the Presidents enemy or is he more liberal than those extreme conservatives who ban everything? Mr. President explain what is liberal, conservative? Do not use a dictionary for your meaning is not there. Is a liberal any American that does not clone you? That conservatives must be enslaved as puppets? Must they be fraternities, that are told what to wear? Wealth needed for admittance for country club social status that the poverty of excellent grades denies them entry.

What happened to independent moderators of “democracy” a word that some American corporations ban in China. A word with liberal “democracy” of military moderation that was used as a reason for the Iraq invasion! Must it be conservatively censored for corporate profit? So does that make it a conservative or liberal company?

I am so confused Mr. President, can you label all Americans. So we then can have a color associated with our identities that way we will know we cannot attend town hall meetings, we will know that we will not be employed but segregated as second-class citizens of the poverty of the streets. Illegal immigrants are given jobs over US legal liberals.

Mr. President, do I need a “W” on my car for protection? To give up the Liberal Arts of independent creativity for is too liberal for some parts of American freedom. That self imposed religious police may use Taliban tactics here. After you liberalized with democracy and freedom them in Afghanistan, that your liberal democratization you restored there Can we have what you are giving and promising other countries, freedom and democracy with the right to speak out against your policies?

[tenshi816]

4. YES. You are absolutely right.

No argument from me because, with this administration, I can't see anything to agree with.

Just recently on DU I've seen, but can't remember where (refresh my memory, anyone, if you can help me out please), where a poster referred to the Democrats - instead of a "party of no" - as the "party of know". I love that. I'd love it if we could get out the message that we're the go-to guys for the truth, and if doing that means going head-on in really aggressively opposing the Repubs, then so be it. With the current mob in charge, extending the hand of friendship across the aisle risks having it sliced off.

[CAcyclist]

5. Bravo!nt