1.0 link 21425 <![CDATA[Message for '08 Dems: Only cowards think we're at war]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-exley/message-for-08-dems-only-_b_21425.html Ever since 9/11, whenever Dems try to stand up for the Constitution, protect our civil liberties, or dissent in any way, what do Republicans say? "We're at war!"

And fearing some won't understand the stakes of war, people like Senator Pat Roberts spell it out: "You don't have civil liberties when you're dead."

Democratic instincts tend to generate the following automatic response: "Even in wartime, we have to protect our civil liberties!" Very bad instincts. Because, if America really were at...

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