As Republicans know best, fear does work. If Obama is to convey just what is at stake, he must slice through the campaign's lipstick jungle and show Americans the real perils that lie around the bend.
says Frank Rich in the NYTimes today.
The dangers of a Republican win in 2008 are so obvious that we don't talk about them enough.
Security of our Lives The Bush Administration's incompetence and deceit has led to the direct loss of over 9000 American lives.
2976 in the 9/11 attacks (Bush ignored dire warnings from the NSC staff)
4155 to date US fatalities in Iraq, a war based on lies about WMD.
584 US fatalities to date in Afghanistan, still without capturing or killing bin Laden the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
1836 fatalities in the Katrina disaster. It is not the hurricane or the flood that killed these Americans. They were killed by the colossal incompetence of the Bush administration's response to it.
That is a total of 9551 American lives.
Surely others are culpable too.The 9/11 attackers are obviously the first to blame and still have not been captured or killed. The media, including the NYTimes helped the spread the WMD lies. NATO has not done enough in Afghanistan. Local Government in Louisiana failed just as surely as the Federal Government in the Katrina relief.
Eating cake while celebrating McCain's birthday was a higher priority for the Republican administration than the lives of the people of New Orleans. This scares me. What will they do next time they are power?
Liberty The Republican Administration claims that they can incarcerate anyone, including Amrican citizens indefinitely, simply by declaring you to be an enemy combatant. Many innocent foreigners have been tortured. Many more have been abducted with no notice given to their relatives.
How long will it be before they will come for you? The Republicans cannot be trusted with our freedom.
Jobs 6.1% Americans are out of work now. When the Republican administration took over unemployment was at a 31 year low.
The Economy For years, Republicans have run on low taxes and the economic boon that it will supposedly bring. Yet, the economy has grown faster under Democratic Administrations. We cannot afford another eight years of Bank failures and explosive growth in the National debt. Each American citizen owes $31,700 dollars, mostly to foreign powers. When the Republicans took office the budget was in surplus and the debt was being paid down.
Roe v Wade If the Palin/Whatshisname ticket wins, the right wing will get the last vote it needs in the Supreme Court to overrule Rose v Wade. Palin will set back women's rights the way Clarence Thomas set back Civil Rights.
Lies Lies Lies The Republicans win elections by lying. Lying is part of their core strategy. They have found a candidate who has the image of being a straight talker, which they are now using to spread lies. They lie about Whatshisname, they lie about Palin. Any attempt at exposing their lies are met with even worse lies.
How can we trust them with the absolute power of Government?
McCain is complicit As a Republican Congressman and Senator for the last 26 years, McCain is complicit in Republican lies, corruption and incompetence. He is lying his way out of this record.
Write in and and tell us your own reasons why we should be scared of another four years of Republican rule.