Republicans should fire back with pictures of 9-11 and say this is what happened after 8 years of a Democrat President.
There has been 1 Democrat president in the last 28 years. There have been four democrat presidents in the last 48 years. One of those "four" led to the 1 Democrat (12 years later) in 28 years. I believe this is partly because the American people KNOW what life under a Democrat president is like, and they are not eager to repeat it.
And consider, if you will, the "special circumstances" in those 48 years (as of 2008) of those four:
One ascended to the office with the help of (allegedly) massive voter fraud in at least one state, so much so that Richard Nixon would have had a valid case to challenge it (much more of a case than Algore had in 2000) - yet he did not;
One followed the assasination of that same president, who would probably be considered a moderate Republican in today's terms (even with a last name of Kennedy);
One followed the appointed successor to Richard Nixon not long after the end of the Vietnam war;
One campaigned as a moderate Democrat, having bashed the incumbent President (Bush 41) over breaking his "no new taxes" pledge, yet he did almost everything against his moderate leanings from the campaign, once he got in office. That is to say nothing of Monica...
That's it. The best the Left has had to offer, in 48 years.
My point is that, based on the above, when it comes time to decide for America, it has recently made the right choice, because (we) Republicans have something to run on (with some faults, of course), not just something to oppose.
I would continue to take the high road, but to not be a doormat, either. I understand the desire to want to destroy the Democrats, but there is a way to do it that won't turn off the middle.
An excellent idea and worth repeating!
Those brave soldiers gave their lives so that American citizens wouldn't have to go through another 9/11. And God bless and keep them!