scary comment of the moment
«i'm worried about the democrats taking control,» said stephanie rahaniotis, a republican from lynbrook, ny. she said after the 11 september attacks she feels safer with bush in charge and thinks democrats will «divert our attention from the military.»this makes one wonder whether women should really have the right to vote. no, not true. she doesn't think like that because she's a woman (well, she is overly concerned with being "safe," right?) but because she's a republican and few republicans think. they rather apply labels and bromides to justify their intellectual laziness. see, this poor woman hasn't even bothered to look at the facts. she think's she's safer now and would remain so as long as democrats don't "take control". she's wrong. and even more so with the concept of "taking control". obviously for her, democracy is taking control (like bush being appointed president rather than being elected) and not assuming power by virtue of a democratic process.
she doesn't seem aware, for instance, that according to another ap/ipsos poll, a majority of people living in the two countries bordering the united states and in five major european countries say they think the war in iraq increased the threat of terrorism in the world. they are right and there's plenty of evidence, logic and reason to back it up.
