I made this post on my Facebook notepage. Thought it bore repeating here.

I was genuinely scared in 1992 that we were headed to a second Depression because Clinton was going to tax us all to oblivion.

This didn't happen.

No one is talking about returning to 70% or 90% tax rates that prevailed in the 1950s or 1970s.

If we could innovate, create jobs/wealth, and generally prosper in the 1990s with marginal tax rates of 39.6%, we can do the same thing in the 2010s with marginal tax rates of 39.6%.

The Republicans have had six years in which to achieve their stated goals.

Was abortion reduced? No. In fact, it's gone back up.

Are more people working? Not really, if you consider population growth. More jobs were created during Carter's four years than during Bush's eight, and Carter is rightfully regarded as a Presidential failure.

The stock market is essentially unchanged from 2000. In fact, we've re-entered a bear market.

Are we safer from Islamic terror? Probably. Would Obama make us less safe? No. Clinton acted decisively when he believed the perpetrators of terror could be caught/killed, and came closer with that cruise missile strike than Bush has in the past seven years. I fail to see why Obama would act a radically different manner from Clinton.

And finally -- what are we prepared to give up, in terms of convenience, genuine civil liberty, and treasure, to prevent another 9/11?