I enjoy a political discussion. Really- I do but so many people are going off half-cocked that if you've got half a brain, you overqualified to debate with these asshats.. err I mean people. I find the ignorance of historical facts and the assumption of a certain ideology to be the most damning offenses. Often you find yourself debating with someone who has nothing more substantial to base their argument on than mama sez...

Let us examine Asshat #1

>>To rightwing moderates....

There is no such thing. Right-wingers are what they are. Moderates believe in a middle way that avoids the excesses of left or right.

To address either group in such a manner is offensive.

If you wonder where I sit, I'm a moderate. I don't belong to either side and despise them equally.

Asshat #1 continued >>I used to vote rightwing a few years ago...

Then it's your fault. Quit your bitching and take your medicine. You voted for these asshats. I did NOT.

Like peace symbols, lava lamps and mid-grade pot, it seems that it has become fashionable to be anti-war again.

At one point the war in Iraq had a approval rating of over seventy percent. I wonder how many of the anti-war posters on the net crying about "the illicit war in Iraq" changed their mind about the war AFTER they voted for it? After it became apparent that it was NOT going to be the antiseptic video game than the first Gulf War. Apparently there are a lot of them.

Ahh- you say you were lied to? You were fooled? You wanted to be fooled. You wanted Iraq in a bag and Saddam's head on a pole. You wanted to drive your SUV and not worry about it. You wanted a stable economy with predictable energy. The only thing is that you didn't figure on was the cost.

These Asshats disgust me: supporting a war when its popular, joining the peace-niks when it gets boring or unpopular. What's the problem? No smart bomb pictures on TV this time? Did little Timmy's daddy from next door come home in separate bags?

This is REAL WAR boys and girls. An ugly, wretched affair that takes place in the mud and the blood and consumes humanity like a wild fire consumes a forest. Once you start a war like this, there is no easy way to stop it. Like a fire it will burn completely out of of anyones control and there is no way that 70% of Americans can avoid the responsibility for it.

It's just not right or fair to the men that have to fight this war to change your mind while they sacrifice in our name.

When the current War in Iraq started, it had an approval rating of over 70%. Now, almost 5 years and thousands of casualties later, that approval rating is down to the mid-twenties. That means just about 50% of Americans are ASSHATS: asshat voters who thought it would be easy and lead to cheap gas. Asshat politicians who jump on bandwagons when they are popular and are quick to jump off when they go bad. Just plain asshats that base their opinion on what is popular at the moment.