"We live in a dangerous world."
I have heard those words too much lately from both parties.
We live in a dangerous world...Evan Bayh."Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took pains not to be seen exploiting the killing for unseemly political gain, expressing horror and anguish about Bhutto’s death.
But their surrogates were not so reticent.
“We live in a dangerous world, and tragedies like this just remind us that we need someone with the seasoning, the experience and the strength to be commander-in-chief during uncertain times,” Clinton supporter Senator Evan Bayh was quoted as saying yesterday in New Hampshire by NBC News.
Clinton has contrasted what she says is her experience on the international stage, and Obama’s single term in the US Senate, saying that she would be ready to lead on “Day One”.
But Obama strategist David Axelrod told reporters that Al Qaeda had been emboldened by the Iraq war, which Clinton initially supported.
“That’s a serious difference between these candidates and I’m sure that people will take that into consideration,” Time’s website quoted Axelrod as saying."
We'll have to see if they do that, David Axelrod. The fear thing still seems to work.
We live in a dangerous world...McCain"On expanding the troops: “ I want to expand and will expand the United States Army and Marine Corp from 750,000 troops to 900,000 troops. We live in a dangerous world, and I will give you some straight talk. We’re going to be in Afghanistan for a while; we’re going to be in Iraq for a while.”
Both parties playing the fear card.
We live in a dangerous world...the ad and the story behind itVideo.
Osama, Dean...we live in a very dangerous world.The very worst part was the C-Span 3 hour segment where the Democratic strategist openly admitted their ads, including the Osama ad, were intended to "take Dean down." Here is David Jones talking about it.
David Jones is saying --
"Our main objective was taking down Howard Dean... he was so far ahead... our concern was that maybe we couldn't fulfill our goal, but could take him down a notch... Gore, Carter all seemed to think he was the winner, so it looked like a cake walk for Dean - but we decided Xmas would be too over the top - but when he was taking a dive even before the scream, it seemed too dangerous to disclose the donors..."
C-Span was on today live with dem pacs and rep pacs on at separate times describing what they did in the 2004 race for president. DAVID JONES, remember that name until the day you die, formed a pac called Americans for Jobs, Heathcare, and Progressive Values. This pac was formed with 22 undisclosed donors and $600000 dollars for the express purpose of taking Gov Dean down. David Jones used this phrase many times and bragged about what he did. He had previously worked for Clinton and Gore campaigns. He bragged about this. This is the first time a PAC was used to take another democrat down in this manner. His own words. This guy is bragging about the bin laden ads.
Those notes were taken from the video at C-Span. It is linked in the first paragraph from a post at
Daily Kos. Just before the 3 hour mark, and again at the end.
Those words "we live in a dangerous world" I have heard today on TV from Democratic strategists, and just as often from GOP candidates. Same talking points. "We live in a dangerous world."
May I contrast them with what we used to hear. No fear mongering, just truth. Don't hear it much anymore from some candidates...others are being honest.
From a Vermont Democratic dinner in 2004:
Calling out Bush for the lies about Iraq..."BARRE, Vt. (AP) The national Democratic Party and those who don't vote must share the blame with President Bush for the state of the nation, former Gov. Howard Dean said Saturday.
''Democracy is not a spectator sport,'' Dean told the state Democratic convention where delegates greeted the one-time presidential candidate with endless waves of applause, whistles, cheers and foot-stomping..."
''You know what the biggest issue about Iraq is? It is not whether we are there or not,'' said Dean. ''It is whether we were told the truth before we went there, because the commander in chief of the United States military should never send American soldiers to foreign countries to fight without first telling the truth to the American people about why they are going.''
And then, his words lost under the roar of the crowd, Dean threw out questions for Bush:
''Mr. president, where are those weapons of mass destruction?
''Mr. president, where is the evidence that Saddam Hussein had anything to do with al-Qaeda?
''Mr. president, where is the evidence that Saddam Hussein had anything to do with 9/11?''
We never got an answer to those questions. But we are still hearing what a dangerous world we live in.
The fear card works well.
I called for my absentee ballot today. I am still without a candidate. Hubby and I have decided though that the use of the words "dangerous world" is a complete turn-off....and we will not be able to consider a vote for anyone who uses those words or refers to 9/11 in a fearful way.
It has gone on way too long, the fear factor, the terror stuff. Our party should be better than that.