2008: DEMOCRATS v REPUBLICANS ... It's A Clear Choice

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TWO-FRONT WAR

Defend The Constitution Against All Enemies ...

1. Foreign (Fighting Terrorism Abroad)

-- "refocus our resources on fighting terrorist networks and on addressing trouble spots around the world that threaten our national security."

-- "the president's policy has us in Iraq with no end in sight. But the Iraqis need an end in sight to get their political house in order, and we need an end in sight so we can get back to fighting terrorist networks."

-- "setting a target date for redeployment, so that we can direct our resources to defeating the terrorist organizations that seek to harm this country."

Sen. Russ Feingold

-- "We did not finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. We did not develop new capabilities to defeat a new enemy, or launch a comprehensive strategy to dry up the terrorists' base of support. We did not reaffirm our basic values, or secure our homeland. I pleaded that we 'finish the fight with bin Ladin and al Qaeda.' Because of a war in Iraq that should never have been authorized and should never have been waged, we are now less safe than we were before 9/11. The first step must be getting off the wrong battlefield in Iraq, and taking the fight to the terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan."

Sen. Barack Obama

-- "We have to realize that we are in the middle of a sectarian civil war in Iraq and that it is well past time to start withdrawing our troops in the middle of that war. And we must also realize that the global threat of terror demands that we secure our home front, take on the terrorist networks abroad, and combat a false doctrine of hate, death and destruction."

Sen. Hillary Clinton


2. Domestic (Fighting Fascism At Home)

-- "the Constitution of the United States belongs to the American people, not to the Bush administration. It is our responsibility as Senators and Congressmen to stand up and fight for it."

Sen. Chris Dodd

-- "the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act gives us a chance to reverse one of the Bush Administration’s many assaults on our civil liberties."

Sen. Chris Dodd

-- "I will not vote to give a single new police power to this administration. I voted against the PATRIOT Act when it first passed, and I remain even more opposed to this legislation today. I urge my colleagues to vote against the PATRIOT Act reauthorization, to stand up for our Constitution, to stand up for our Bill of Rights, to remember the long struggle that was instrumental in establishing those liberties."

Rep. Dennis Kucinich

-- "(Attorney General Gonzales) has permitted the President's illegal wiretapping program that allows intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on the conversations of Americans without a judge's approval or Congressional authorization or oversight; failed to protect the privacy of the American people when he allowed the FBI to flagrantly misuse National Security Letters to get the private financial, phone and Internet records of American citizens; directed argument three times at the Supreme Court, losing all three, that the United States can hold people indefinitely without their day in court ..."

Sen. Joe Biden

-- "No President is above the law -- but this Administration has consistently acted as if the Constitution was just a guideline instead of our highest law."

Sen. Joe Biden




BROKE-BACK WAR

Defend The Institution Of Marriage ...

-- Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is launching a radio ad touting the strength of his opposition to gay marriage. "Defending marriage is the right thing to do."

Gov. Mitt Romney

-- As president, he promised to defend marriage as a "sacred union" between one man and one woman.

Rep. Tom Tancredo

-- "I pledge to defend the bond of marriage."

Sen. Sam Brownback

-- Keyes voiced support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, and said he would defend the natural family. "We have to restore the understanding of what marriage is."

Alan Keyes

-- "I firmly believe that marriage is one of the most important social institutions we have and that it is central to promoting family values and raising children in a healthy environment. It is for this reason that I cosponsored and voted in favor of H.J. Res. 88 (Musgrave-CO), which proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution declaring that marriage in the United States shall consist solely of the union of a man and a woman."

Rep. Duncan Hunter


IN SUMMARY:








-- "America is more than a place. America is an idea. Right now that idea is threatened, from the outside by terrorists and from the inside by those who have betrayed the Constitution."

Sen. John Edwards