However, we have actually been attacked by terrorists, and a number of other attacks have in fact been thwarted.

Now, as to the Democratic fear warnings, to the best of my knowledge, no Republican has ever destroyed a major social program, or even managed to ramp it back slightly.

After 8 years of Ronald Reagan, was the government bigger, or smaller? Which program has been eliminated since the Republicans took Congress ten years ago?

As for the alerts, you'd be the first one standing on a chair screaming for someone's head if an attack took place that had not been preceded by a warning.