ORIGINAL: YellowAircraft
Marty,
Don't read more into that than there is. Of course the third term thing is ridiculous. The only thing more ridiculous than that was his explanation as to why it was necessary. Term limits are there for a reason, and they should be left alone...period. The 'sides' thing wasn't in response to what time frame he referred to (although I have a feeling it was referring to '06), it was to the use of the term ''dictatorship.'' I think it's not only silly to think of our country that way, but very insensitive and disrespectful to people who ACTUALLY have to live their lives under that kind of oppression and are not just whining. I hear and read that kind of talk every day and I think it is yet another thing that makes us Americans look really stupid in the eyes of the rest of the world. Flame suit on.
You are right, of course. It is sad, but if you look at what party uses this discourse "dictatorship" you realize it is the sore loosers. It is the party that governed for 8 years, and then lost the election because of their desastrous performance. Yes, they are also ignorants in that they do not realize what they say insults people that atually ARE under a dictatorship right now. Most likely they do not have the brain to see this, and we cannot help them (nor can they help themselves). It is sad, but we cannot do a thing about it. It really was not until the Internet became mailstream that one was able to realize how uneducated and naive a lot of people are in this country of ours.
Gerry