"The Loyal Opposition" is one of those terms you don't hear much lately. Wikipedia has this to say about it:
Loyal Opposition is the concept that one can be opposed to the actions of the government of the day without being opposed to the constitution of the political system....Hmmm ... seeing this is wartime, you'd expect to hear this more now. Or is it only a Republican thing?In the United States, the most common application of the term is to refer to the major political party (Democratic or Republican) which does not hold the office of President during time of war (most notably the Republican Party during World War II), implying an obligation for said party to cooperate fully and without reservation in the war effort. It is rarely if ever used in that country during peacetime.
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Next week: "It's a Free Country!"
When the President nicks out of the war that he's supposed to be fighting to engage in a personal crusade, it makes it hard to be loyal to him.
It's looking like every gain made in the early days in Afghanistan are going to end up flushed down the drain. The Taliban are even on the comeback trail, and the schools in Pakistan are still turning out terrorists, and for what?
Posted by: Resuna at July 21, 2005 04:57 AM