Guess American Politics are just a riddle to most Europeans. After the last 8 years, how can any American really believe he will be better of with another republican president?
Bernmodi, I am American but I ask the same question!
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Congress is relegated to inaction due to fear of a veto? Better to take up a cause and get vetoed than be seen as capitulating, as far as I'm concerned. But I don't believe your reasoning about why congress hasn't done anything. I think congress hasn't done anything because Democrats and Republicans are more alike than different when it comes to growing government and taking liberties. The FISA wiretapping issue highlights this. It wasn't inactivity, or fear of a veto. Most Dems (including Obama) voted FOR it. They actively voted in favor of violating the 4th ammendment. So quit making excuses for that worthless congress.
You're absolutely right, except, please don't call Bush a Nazi, he's just an asshole.
Guess American Politics are just a riddle to most Europeans. After the last 8 years, how can any American really believe he will be better of with another republican president?
It's not that you're better off with a Republican president... it's that you're no better off with a Democrat president.
Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
Guess American Politics are just a riddle to most Europeans. After the last 8 years, how can any American really believe he will be better of with another republican president?
this type of thinking is what opens up the door for Communist politicians on the left, like Obama
oh Bush screwed up the past 8 years, lets go the other route no matter who the Republican candidate is, even if the guy wants to take us to the pits of hell
im not a Bush fan, but ill give him one thing, ive felt safer in this country than i ever have under any other President
and when are we ever going to get over we either HAVE to chose Dem or Rep? when are we as people going to look outside the box?
Congress is relegated to inaction due to fear of a veto? Better to take up a cause and get vetoed than be seen as capitulating, as far as I'm concerned. But I don't believe your reasoning about why congress hasn't done anything. I think congress hasn't done anything because Democrats and Republicans are more alike than different when it comes to growing government and taking liberties. The FISA wiretapping issue highlights this. It wasn't inactivity, or fear of a veto. Most Dems (including Obama) voted FOR it. They actively voted in favor of violating the 4th ammendment. So quit making excuses for that worthless congress.
I always wondered about this. I am canadian so I don't get the full exposure to US politics. But you are right they do seem to be using the Veto as an excuse. When if I was a politician I would be using that veto as a way to make him and his party look bad. Send something up to the white house every day for him to sign or veto. If he is vetoing stuff on a daily basis it is going to make him look even worse then he does. Make him earn that veto power. To just not bother is lazy.
I always wondered about this. I am canadian so I don't get the full exposure to US politics. But you are right they do seem to be using the Veto as an excuse. When if I was a politician I would be using that veto as a way to make him and his party look bad. Send something up to the white house every day for him to sign or veto. If he is vetoing stuff on a daily basis it is going to make him look even worse then he does. Make him earn that veto power. To just not bother is lazy.
I like it when they do nothing anyway. Because that something usually leads to higher taxes and more govt. regulation. Gridlock=Good
you have no idea what fascist means, do you? go look it up. bush has taken us into fascism (not that we weren't on our way already).
if any of obama's rhetoric is something i will get behind, it is some of his stances that are completely ANTI-fascist.
ok i stand corrected...Communism...i was in a rush when writing that, yeah i know how can i get the two mixed up, guess that happens when you are multi-tasking..maybe i was thinking of Bush at the time
ok i stand corrected...Communism...i was in a rush when writing that..maybe i was thinking of Bush at the time
sorry, i stand corrected
DeKalb, IL??? nice to meet you neighbor!
stop drinking the kool-aid. as a progressive, i think obama is pretty weak. he is VERY centrist, and has always been. his latest moves are basically snuggling up to mccain. its BS. we haven't had a real true left-wing president since FDR.
stop drinking the kool-aid. as a progressive, i think obama is pretty weak. he is VERY centrist, and has always been. his latest moves are basically snuggling up to mccain. its BS. we haven't had a real true left-wing president since FDR.
and where do you live neighbor?????
stop drinking the kool-aid? c'mon, im a free thinker, you are the one who labels themselves as a "progressive" which is another title for someone on the left..i have no title, no affiliation, and no party
look lets agree to disagree..i respect your views
well at least we agree Obama is weak, and you are right FDR set the standard for left-wing
stop drinking the kool-aid? c'mon, im a free thinker, you are the one who labels themselves as a "progressive" which is another title for someone on the left..i have no title, no affiliation, and no party
look lets agree to disagree..i respect your views
well at least we agree Obama is weak, and you are right FDR set the standard for left-wing
St. Louis...close enough i guess right
its a few hours...i made the trip down for VFC in '04...good times!!
but i will tell you you are drinking kool-aid if you think obama is communist...:)
Congress is relegated to inaction due to fear of a veto? Better to take up a cause and get vetoed than be seen as capitulating, as far as I'm concerned. But I don't believe your reasoning about why congress hasn't done anything. I think congress hasn't done anything because Democrats and Republicans are more alike than different when it comes to growing government and taking liberties. The FISA wiretapping issue highlights this. It wasn't inactivity, or fear of a veto. Most Dems (including Obama) voted FOR it. They actively voted in favor of violating the 4th ammendment. So quit making excuses for that worthless congress.
Please explain to me how wiretapping terrorists in foreign countries (who are waging war against us) is a violation of the 4th amendment.
i would say more than 50% of the time (probably closer to 75%) he says something like "never go republican" or "don't go republican" at the end of evenflow.
I never knew that was the line ... and kind of think you guys are hearing things. Though I guess it makes more sense than my own interpretation, which was something about Snuffleupagus, the big, drunk elephant-looking thing from Sesame Street.
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
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Bernmodi, I am American but I ask the same question!
R.i.p. My Dad - May 28, 2007
R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
AMEN to your reasoning!
this type of thinking is what opens up the door for Communist politicians on the left, like Obama
oh Bush screwed up the past 8 years, lets go the other route no matter who the Republican candidate is, even if the guy wants to take us to the pits of hell
im not a Bush fan, but ill give him one thing, ive felt safer in this country than i ever have under any other President
and when are we ever going to get over we either HAVE to chose Dem or Rep? when are we as people going to look outside the box?
I always wondered about this. I am canadian so I don't get the full exposure to US politics. But you are right they do seem to be using the Veto as an excuse. When if I was a politician I would be using that veto as a way to make him and his party look bad. Send something up to the white house every day for him to sign or veto. If he is vetoing stuff on a daily basis it is going to make him look even worse then he does. Make him earn that veto power. To just not bother is lazy.
you have no idea what fascist means, do you? go look it up. bush has taken us into fascism (not that we weren't on our way already).
if any of obama's rhetoric is something i will get behind, it is some of his stances that are completely ANTI-fascist.
I like it when they do nothing anyway. Because that something usually leads to higher taxes and more govt. regulation. Gridlock=Good
ok i stand corrected...Communism...i was in a rush when writing that, yeah i know how can i get the two mixed up, guess that happens when you are multi-tasking..maybe i was thinking of Bush at the time
sorry, i stand corrected
DeKalb, IL??? nice to meet you neighbor!
stop drinking the kool-aid. as a progressive, i think obama is pretty weak. he is VERY centrist, and has always been. his latest moves are basically snuggling up to mccain. its BS. we haven't had a real true left-wing president since FDR.
and where do you live neighbor?????
stop drinking the kool-aid? c'mon, im a free thinker, you are the one who labels themselves as a "progressive" which is another title for someone on the left..i have no title, no affiliation, and no party
look lets agree to disagree..i respect your views
well at least we agree Obama is weak, and you are right FDR set the standard for left-wing
St. Louis...close enough i guess right
its a few hours...i made the trip down for VFC in '04...good times!!
but i will tell you you are drinking kool-aid if you think obama is communist...:)
Please explain to me how wiretapping terrorists in foreign countries (who are waging war against us) is a violation of the 4th amendment.
on the contrary, i've always thought this is what he says, nearly every time he sings it.
That wouldn't be. But do you think wiretapping US citizens in this country who aren't terrorists would qualify?
I never knew that was the line ... and kind of think you guys are hearing things. Though I guess it makes more sense than my own interpretation, which was something about Snuffleupagus, the big, drunk elephant-looking thing from Sesame Street.
for the least they could possibly do