Franken NAILS it with Freeper talking point: Haven't been attacked

[zulchzulu]

When a Freeper or Repug says that we haven't been hit in 5 years since 911, they are wrong.

We heve been hit 2,708 times (and counting) with dead soldiers, not including an additional 20,322+ casualties. We have been also hit with billions of dollars spent on this occupation.

[NYCGirl]

1. Al's really going today! BTW, he's on The Daily Show tonight. NT

[soothsayer]

2. Anthrax was post 9/11

[KurtNYC]

12. as were the DC snipers

the machine gunner at LAX, the kid who flew an airplane into a bank in Florida, the shoe bomber, Flight 587 (maybe) and several other items.... but if the MSM doesn't repeat it it's like it never happened. Franken is serving up a soundbite that fits into the MSM version of reality

[Supersedeas]

20. you know, that's just so much history

[BOSSHOG]

3. but the good lil "christian" freepers you run into are well trained

They have the trifecta on their lips. No doubt they practice repeating it.

- our soldiers are volunteers
- more people get killed in car wrecks
- most of our soldiers lie about their injuries and PTSD

Now how's that for supporting the troops?

Oh and may I add, deficits don't matter. five deferments dick said reagan proved it.

[treestar]

17. And they probably have the nerve to say it even if more people

die in auto wrecks than terrorist attacks in America!

It is ridiculous if more soldiers die than the number of lives they "saved" even if you could relate Chimpy's Iraq Adventures with the prevention of terrorism.

[calimary]

18. Well, if they say THAT idiotic statement, then you can hit back with

OH? Well then what are you so worried about? Why should YOU care about terrorism if that's the statistic?

Oh yes - and Happy Motoring!

[Cha]

4. That's right and the freepin'

freepers conveniently forget about the anthrax attacks on the US government when our United States Postal Workers DIED!

[sandnsea]

5. Clinton prevented an attack for 8 years

The first WTC attack was 30 days after he took office, Feb 26 1993. Al Qaeda never hit us in this country again until Bush took office.

[uberotto]

6. Letting them Kill Americans Over There...

So they won't kill more Americans over here.

Doesn't sound so good when phrased that way...

[July]

11. I always say, "so it's okay to use our soldiers as bait"? nt

[bvar22]

16. I use a deritive of that:

"So its OK to use our children as bait?"


The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those
who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.

[zbdent]

7. But when you point out that there was over eight years between

terrorist attacks under Clinton, what do they say then?

I'm sure that they start in on Khobar towers, etc. - but then that definition opens into including the other, foreign attacks, and their "logic" (what little there is) wastes away ...

[The Deacon]

8. "Logic"? "Freepers"?

You're kidding, right? If they were capable of logical thought the current election would be a race between the Liberals & Moderates of the Democratic Party and the GOP would have been relegated to the dustbin of History along with the Whigs & Know Nothings.

[Rob H.]

9. Those are points every Democrat running for office this year

should adopt and repeat whenever they get the chance, imo. If it requires beating the American people over the head with them, fine. Use the Rovian tactic of repeating something ad nauseam until it sinks in--use the Republicans' own tactics against them, but for good, for a change.

[zulchzulu]

10. 2,708 attacks on our country...and counting...

Boom! That's the answer. No BS, just straight up...perhaps an ad.

We need to attack and answer questions later.

Additionally, we need to see how our Constitution has been attacked by our own President. That is probably the biggest attack so far...

[MissMarple]

13. Just like the Big Dog did to Weasel Wallace.

And I think he did it on purpose.:applause:

[KurtNYC]

14. I'm sorry but that is just stupid -- Implies that Iraq is Al Quada

and that the Iraq war is due to 9/11.

Here is my soundbite instead:

The Republicans cut and ran from the war on terror when they pulled out of Tora Bora to attack Iraq.

[zulchzulu]

19. Actually, it deflects the Repugs to have to talk about the war

Taking the argument away from the obvious "there have been no other attacks since 911" to how we (meaning they) have screwed up and bring in the casualty numbers makes them have to go on the defensive about the war, which a majority of people find troubling and/or a failure.

The cut and run from Tora Bora angle is good too...

[BlueEyedSon]

15. Yup, and who is RESPONSIBLE for the "hitting"? The necons, Halliburton,etc

[vademocrat]

21. My new response is "They don't have to attack us because

9/11 scared us so much that we're destroying America ourselves - tearing up the Constitution, running secret torture prisons, etc. etc. Instead they're attacking our allies (Spain, England, Australia, Italy...), moving back into Afghanistan...Why should they bother attacking us again?"

I've used it twice now and and neither person has known what to say...