# Democrats will let terrorists go free **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788 "2006-10-17T16:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788/81 "2006-10-19T23:41:02Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Serious question. Why can’t these guys be sued for libel for saying such things? Where is the line between spin and bald-faced lie? [/QUOTE] Well, simply as a practical matter, how would the filing read? PLAINTIFF: 84% of the Democrats in the House, and 73% of Democrats in the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788/82 "2006-10-20T00:16:00Z")
Recent news, this just in, on the attempt to intimidate Hispanic voters… The clown who tried to pull this crap was caught, tried to blame a rogue staffer to no avail, and… now hear this! the Republican Party honcho-at-hand condemned the action in no uncertain terms and advised the aforementioned clown that he should _drop out of the race_! (_Caveat cynicale_…the Dems had a lock anyway But still! _Mirabile dictu_! I heartily endorse and applaud this Republican Party decision. So there. Even handed. Fair and unbalanced. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788/83 "2006-10-20T00:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] I heartily endorse and applaud this Republican Party decision… [/QUOTE] Lest this remarkable local event cloud your faculties, a touch of national perspective: [Facing Fed Probe, House GOP Spending Chief Axes Investigative Staff](http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001845.php) > [@](#): > > This evening, Congressional Quarterly reports (sub. req.) that in a round of calls Monday evening, Lewis fired 60 investigators who had worked for his committee rooting out fraud, waste and abuse, effective immediately. As in, don’t bother coming in on Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788/84 "2006-10-20T00:49:33Z")
Yeah, but he’s considered a genius in France… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788/85 "2006-10-20T01:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=rjung] Two more weeks until the election, kids! How much more slime can they pump out? [/QUOTE] [How low can they go?](http://www.nysun.com/article/41648?page_no=1) > [@](#): > > Another ad features a dialogue between two men. > > “If you make a little mistake with one of your ‘hos,’ you’ll want to dispose of that problem tout suite, no questions asked,” one of the men says. > > “That’s too cold. I don’t snuff my own seed,” the other replies. > > “Maybe you do have a reason to vote Republican,” the first man says. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-will-let-terrorists-go-free/376788.md?page=4)