Word to the Dems

Listen to Larry. And all y'all--go read the whole article over at BuzzFlash.

Larry Beinhart: Republicans are Bad on National Security | BuzzFlash

Say it loud, say it often, "Republicans are bad on national security." Every Democrat running for national office – and local offices too, why not? – should say, "I'm running because Republicans are bad on national security."

Then they should go on to say, here's why I’m saying it:

1. 9/11 happened on their watch.
2. George Bush and the Republicans failed to get Osama bin Laden.
3. George Bush and the Republicans gave Osama bin Laden what he wanted.
4. George Bush and the Republicans squandered America’s power and prestige.
5. The Bush administration empowered Hezbollah.
6. The Bush administration radicalized Hamas. Hamas was elected.
7. Bush and the Republicans tied down our forces in Iraq while Iran and North Korea invested in nuclear technology.
8. By the way, every major European nation has had successful arrests and real trials of real, dangerous terrorists.
9. We have trashed the bill of rights. We have trashed the Geneva conventions. We have a president and a vice president willing to go to the mat to fight for the right to torture people.

We have spent a fortune on illegal wiretaps.

We have spent a fortune on collecting everyone’s telephone data.

And what have we achieved by all of this?

A quagmire in Iraq. Dishonor. Debts. An empowered al Qaeda. A new war in
Lebanon. The inability to stand up to Iran and North Korea. Osama bin
Laden at large, an inspiration to extremists everywhere.

Republican are unimaginably bad on national security. Say it loud. Say it often,
it’s the truth, Republicans are bad on national security.

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