I think they were focusing on " Patriotism" in the first part of the convention because the American loves it and to be honest I myself had tears in my eyes several times while watching the convention last night. I think the first lady gave a good speech last night, but she is definitely not the speaker Hillary Clinton is.
Well at least we have the debates to look forward to the end of this month that is when we should get a good feeling for the candidate's thoughts on are countries problems and how to fix them.
personally i think some (but not most) democrats are NOT patriotic and would prefer it if the US were not powerful. In that sense, I trust the republicans to better conduct foreign policy (although i think Bush handled the Iraq war incompetently). I believe we should ruthlessly crush our enemies, particularly the islamic terrorists who want to put us all back into the 15th century. And I also believe that those who do not want the US to be a power in the world should not be serving in government. They are entitled to their opinions, but they should not be leading our politics.
on the other hand, I see the republicans as reinforcing the us vs. them mentality, meaning us republicans vs. everyone else, and I find that troubling. It's just more of the same that we have had since the 1990's. and personally, i'm not only sick of it, i believe it will be the destruction of the US if not checked.
US citizens are the only ones that live in a highly developed country and still fall for
their politicians acting like having some idealistic motives behind their politics.
They are also the only ones that seem to be oblivious of the fact that governments fight for interests beyond the ones of the country they are supposed to serve. Although the signs are more obvious than other(highly developed) countries.
US citizens also don't seem to understand that the course of their country is not writing history but repeating it.
No more needs to be said.
I agree with you on your statement about the Republicans being better at conducting foreign policy. That is one thing, I liked about both George Bush senior and junior was their very tactful way of dealing with threats from abroad. I believe in the Iraq war it was necessary, and I believe the world is a safer place because of it. I realize we are still fighting over there but casualties are way down and a lot of progress has been made. We have shown those people what freedom is and I think the citizens of Iraq (at least most of them) are very happy with what has happened since the war began.
I understand your feeling about the "us verses them mentality" and agree that we have to be very diplomatic when it comes to dealing with foreign affairs. The world is a scary place right now, and we need good competent leadership to lead our country. I am politically independent just like you, I just want the best leadership for our country be it Democrat or Republican.
"The world is a scary place right now, and we need good competent leadership to lead our country."
agreed. and the worst thing is that not only have we the US not had good leadership from either party, but there has been bad leadership throughout the entire world.
The US, Russia, China, France,Israel, Spain, and many other countries are now and/or have been lead by small-minded narrow-visioned mediocre people not up to the task of handling the world's situation.
Am I the only one scared of the Republican Party?
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I think they were focusing on " Patriotism" in the first part of the convention because the American loves it and to be honest I myself had tears in my eyes several times while watching the convention last night. I think the first lady gave a good speech last night, but she is definitely not the speaker Hillary Clinton is.
Well at least we have the debates to look forward to the end of this month that is when we should get a good feeling for the candidate's thoughts on are countries problems and how to fix them.
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personally i think some (but not most) democrats are NOT patriotic and would prefer it if the US were not powerful. In that sense, I trust the republicans to better conduct foreign policy (although i think Bush handled the Iraq war incompetently). I believe we should ruthlessly crush our enemies, particularly the islamic terrorists who want to put us all back into the 15th century. And I also believe that those who do not want the US to be a power in the world should not be serving in government. They are entitled to their opinions, but they should not be leading our politics.
on the other hand, I see the republicans as reinforcing the us vs. them mentality, meaning us republicans vs. everyone else, and I find that troubling. It's just more of the same that we have had since the 1990's. and personally, i'm not only sick of it, i believe it will be the destruction of the US if not checked.
like you, i am looking forward to the debates.
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US citizens are the only ones that live in a highly developed country and still fall for
their politicians acting like having some idealistic motives behind their politics.
They are also the only ones that seem to be oblivious of the fact that governments fight for interests beyond the ones of the country they are supposed to serve. Although the signs are more obvious than other(highly developed) countries.
US citizens also don't seem to understand that the course of their country is not writing history but repeating it.
No more needs to be said.
I agree with you on your statement about the Republicans being better at conducting foreign policy. That is one thing, I liked about both George Bush senior and junior was their very tactful way of dealing with threats from abroad. I believe in the Iraq war it was necessary, and I believe the world is a safer place because of it. I realize we are still fighting over there but casualties are way down and a lot of progress has been made. We have shown those people what freedom is and I think the citizens of Iraq (at least most of them) are very happy with what has happened since the war began.
I understand your feeling about the "us verses them mentality" and agree that we have to be very diplomatic when it comes to dealing with foreign affairs. The world is a scary place right now, and we need good competent leadership to lead our country. I am politically independent just like you, I just want the best leadership for our country be it Democrat or Republican.
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"The world is a scary place right now, and we need good competent leadership to lead our country."
agreed. and the worst thing is that not only have we the US not had good leadership from either party, but there has been bad leadership throughout the entire world.
The US, Russia, China, France,Israel, Spain, and many other countries are now and/or have been lead by small-minded narrow-visioned mediocre people not up to the task of handling the world's situation.
Am i being too negative?