Reply #36: ok...

[ulysses]

To put it in boxing terms, when the opponent is covering up on his right, a left hook is not going to knock him out. We've got to go right up the middle.

Nifty allegory, but *why* won't a left hook work?

Some Democrats still prefer old, big government solutions to our problems. But with record deficits, a stalled economy and Social Security in danger, we can't afford that. It won't work.

How much have we spent on our glorious invasion of Iraq?

Some Democrats respond to the health insurance crisis with a break-the-bank $2 trillion program -- leaving no money to create new jobs, invest in our schools, support our firefighters and cops, or shore up Social Security.

Those given to cynicism might say that wanting money for schools and social security sounds like some kind of damned big government solution...

But we've got a record trade deficit and our manufacturers are hemorrhaging jobs.

Gee. I wonder why that could be...

Some have said no to any tax cuts, and would even raise taxes on the middle class. But middle-class families have borne the brunt of George Bush's failed economic leadership, so we must help them, not burden them even more. That's right for America, and right for the Democratic Party.

Fair enough. Where does the money come from?

Some said "no" to eliminating Saddam Hussein, or were ambivalent about it, before and after the war. But we must not shrink from the use of force when our security and our values are at stake.

What security and what values were at stake, Joe?

Shall I go on, dolstein?