Any true Conservative would be against torture of detainees, enhanced state powers, and budget deficits; something that Bush and Cheney are obviously not concerned about. Thats why they are Neo-Conservatives. I predict that Bush and Cheney will be bashed on the torture issue long after they are dead. Their actions and decisions overall in the past 8 years have at the very least been incompetent, at the worst, criminal.

BTW, only because the failed tenure of Bush and Cheney does Obama has a chance to be our 44th President. If for no other reason, you should bash them for that!

Drewsmom, nobody outside of deranged leftists ever claims that the US is the only nation that uses torture. The fact is, our President and Vice-President has given their silent and/or direct approval to authorize torture in a substantial number of detainee and enemy combatant cases. As an American, this profoundly saddens me. Never mind what Russia does, we are supposed to be better than them.

That’s called “character” and having beliefs you can be proud of. Lack of character and saying whatever will get you elected results in … Obama’s performance. It’s SO sad that someone sees a confident, concise candidate and rather than thinking, hey, maybe this guy’s got something, they think there has to be a conspiracy behind it.

“Now the left is fond of saying the right is “smearing” Obama when we call into question his meager record, his lack of experience, his associations with radicals whose views are so antithetical to the mainstream that questioning him about his past becomes just another part of the vetting process for president.”

… Yet they smear McCain. Pointing out hypocrisy on the left is … useless. They will not see it, ever. EVER. Their dictionaries have “Republican” and “conservative” right there in the definition of the word hypocrisy, so they simply CAN’T be guilty of it.

McCain up by 5.Am I my brother’s keeper? Obama’s brother.Lefty campaign follies.Things you can’t say about Obama. h/t, VanderleunPunitive liberalism. Roger Kimball…

One night in Iraq, I was pulling “air guard” in the back of a bradley fighting vehicle with another soldier. A mortar went off and sprayed schrapnel, hitting the kid next to me, causing a very minor wound. He didn’t feel it was worth getting written up for a purple heart. Soldiers take that award very seriously, and getting cheap ones is a disgusting act. But, I’m not sure how once can get “proof” that someone got a cheap one. On the other hand, Kerry had all he needed to clear his name. Kerry could have proven the legitamacy of his wounds by releasing his medical records, as he promised to do. He still hasn’t done this. It was, and remains, a legitimate question.

Second, for all the cries about swiftboating on the left, there was only one ad that really had an impact - that was the one of John Kerry’s testimony before congress saying that our soldiers were raping and pillaging their way across Vietnam. THAT was the ad that sunk him, not all the bull—- about purple hearts, medals and Cambodia. That stuff is too complicated for most people to understand, as Rick’s post above demonstrates.

Obama is not going to win in a landslide! If anybody wins big, it’s going to be McCain! Polls often show Democratic presidential candidates way ahead months before the election and they always end up losing or squeaking out a win. Obama is barely breaking even at this point! When election day rolls around, I think he’s going to get crushed. I live in Buffalo NY, a hardcore Union Democrat town, and none of the traditionally Democratic voters I talked to and associate with are voting for Obama. The evidence is anecdotal, but interesting. I believe McCain will actually win approximately 54-55% of the popular vote and become the next President!