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The chemistry between Bogart and Bacall in that one is electric. I think it's the best thing they did together, but I'm not an afficianado, and they were way before my time. Well, Bogart was. Bacall is still around, but I know her better as an older woman.
The thing about McCain is that the world is not full of Usama bin Ladens. They are there, as Clinton tried to explain to Bush in 2000, but a bit of preparation and they aren't as dangerous. What made UBL so dangerous was Bush's failure. So electing another president with Bush's mentality is likely to make the Bin Ladens more powerful. The Republican mentality on crime and foreign policy is to ignore it until it goes wrong, then scream at it. Come to think of it, that's how they handled Katrina, too. The Democratic strategy is to prevent the conditions that empower it, and to prepare for the events that slip through anyway. An ounce of Democratic prevention is worth a pound of Republican cure. But Republicans don't get it. They live in their own little cubicles and never notice anything until it enters their cubicle, and then they can't figure out how it got there, and they can't think of anything to do but scream. They always wait to long to fix things, and then the fix is too expensive. The old "don't fix the roof when it's sunny because the roof isn't leaking then." Democrats know when to fix the roof, and when to go after Obama type thugs. That's why things go smoother under Democrats.
But Republicans are so blinded they can't even see what they can't see.
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