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...election was a dismal failure for Democrats and especially the leadership of the Democratic Party. But it does leave one to ponder what the composition of the House and Senate would look like today had the Democratic Party kept the voters who oppose abortion who jumped ship before it sank on Nov. 5, 2002. I hope the DNC will “get it” and understand that their current stance on abortion is no way to run a majority party. Democrats For Life of America believes that a return to being a “party of inclusion?...
...stop, both Romney and O’Brien invoked the debacles of Massachusetts governors from days gone by. At his campaign stops, Romney told crowds that during the term of Michael Dukakis—the state’s last Democratic governor—“the economy sank deeper into recession...
...nobody in his right mind should forget the quagmire into which the U.S. sank when it engaged in the internal affairs of Southeast Asia. But it's a bit much to take an example 30 years old as the sole guide to our actions today. There's an analogy much closer to hand. Iraq is a dictatorship with a centralized economy; it strictly controls access to the outside world; its people live in fear of thugs from the state security apparatus; and not least, it devotes much of its budget to secret military programs. All of that was true...
...nobody in his right mind should forget the quagmire into which the U.S. sank when it engaged in the internal affairs of Southeast Asia. But it's a bit much to take an example 30 years old as the sole guide to our actions today. There's an analogy much closer to hand. Iraq is a dictatorship with a centralized economy; it strictly controls access to the outside world; its people live in fear of thugs from the state security apparatus; and not least, it devotes much of its budget to secret military programs. All of that was true...
...ship had taken 40 hits. It capsized and disappeared beneath the waves with 307 of its crew. The Vampire survived two near-misses and tried to counterattack with antiaircraft guns. But it was hopeless: as the crew abandoned ship, a direct hit split the destroyer in two and she sank...