[ian807]

So now the Republicans are the new "dog who caught the car." Lucky them.

In another two years, it's going to be very obvious that they can't deliver anything beyond a trivial tax cut, some faux spending cuts and more dadaesque rah rah about the greatness of America. What then?

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', 'I') guess we will see if the "tea party" is really any different in the next year or so. I'm especially watching Rand Paul to see if he scammed the money men, or the voters.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'S')o now the Republicans are the new "dog who caught the car." Lucky them.

In another two years, it's going to be very obvious that they can't deliver anything beyond a trivial tax cut, some faux spending cuts and more dadaesque rah rah about the greatness of America. What then?

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', 'I') guess we will see if the "tea party" is really any different in the next year or so. I'm especially watching Rand Paul to see if he scammed the money men, or the voters.

[Quinny]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')here is no significant Left in the US, politically. Here's where people get very confused, thinking the Dems represent the Left. They do not. They represent the slightly less right.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Quinny', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')here is no significant Left in the US, politically. Here's where people get very confused, thinking the Dems represent the Left. They do not. They represent the slightly less right.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '
')Now with a Republican house, Obama gets to be the Republican prez he always wanted to be. Maybe we'll get another war out of this.. can someone win two peace prizes?

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '
')Now with a Republican house, Obama gets to be the Republican prez he always wanted to be. Maybe we'll get another war out of this.. can someone win two peace prizes?

[PrestonSturges]

During the campaign, they would not say what they were going to do, last night they would not say. Today several Republicans said they have no plan and they have no idea what they were going to do because it was not appropriate to have a strategy before the election. They plan all along was to get elected on nothing but slogans, then try to figure out strategy after the election.

Wow. They admit they have no freaking clue what they are doing.

But I guess that was a good idea, because if they had discussed their plans, the public might have found out and been frightened off. Now Boehner is sitting waiting for the phone to ring waiting for his marching orders. What's first? Sell Yellowstone to Cheney as a hunting ranch?

[Newfie]

It's not about plans and strategy, that would imply rational thought.

This is all about emotion, "I'm pissed and I'm gonna kick someone!"

The US voter is about as appreciative and congenail as a junk yard dog. It WILL bite the hand that attemts to feed it.

And if the chain breaks...................

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'L')et's face it. The entire line of thought that says "republicans are just like democrats" only makes sense when you are on the ideological fringe (anarchists, ultra-liberals, ultra-libertarians, etc...) in such a way that neither party appeals to you. So you express that alienation by generalizing "they are all alike". WITHIN the scope of R and D, as most of the country are, things couldn't be more polarized.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'I')t's not about plans and strategy, that would imply rational thought.
This is all about emotion, "I'm pissed and I'm gonna kick someone!"
The US voter is about as appreciative and congenail as a junk yard dog. It WILL bite the hand that attemts to feed it.
And if the chain breaks...................

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'I') see neither side wanting to respect voters (dem legislative override of anti gay marriage for instance) or personal rights (gop ramming through "patriot" act, retroactively approving torture, spying etc) btw did the dems repeal that patriot act?

[Tyler_JC]

While I agree that on some issues like the war in Afghanistan, the mainstream politicos of both parties have essentially the same views, I do think there are still important differences between the American "left" and "right".

Here are just a couple examples.

On the bank bailout:



And on Obama's climate change bill, the Democrats supported it 211-44 while the GOP opposed it 168-8.

Many of the Democrats who opposed it were Blue Dog Democrats in conservative districts. Those people have virtually all lost their seats. So now we have a pro-climate bill minority party and an anti-climate bill majority.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '
')On the bank bailout:

[Cloud9]

We are doing it again. We are chattering about whether some guy ought to be able to marry his sister or his brother or some other such idiocy while the political class is locking and loading and preparing to bend us over again.

If you guys would support state’s rights, you could move to state that supports Gay marriage and marry whomever you like. You should let the Bible belt do their thing and the gun nutters do their thing. Why is it one size has to fit all?

Our real concern is the collapse of the system. We have got to reign in the federal government. Everybody knows that the current levels of spending are unsustainable. We either let it down softly or it collapses. The only plan at this moment is to debase the currency. At some point this policy becomes suicide. We either change course or get swept away.

Tyranny within the states will take care of its self because they can’t print their own money. Their lock it up mentality and tax anything that moves will soften the moment people vote with their feet and move to another state more congenial to their particular persuasion.

[PrestonSturges]

Yep, half the Blue Dogs are gone, so is Blanche Lincoln.

The Dems who kept grandstanding for Fox news did not get one crossover vote and they alienated their base.

I'm not entirely unhappy about that.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '
')BOTH SIDES..... FAIL

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cloud9', 'W')hy is it one size has to fit all?

[Mesuge]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'Y')ep, half the Blue Dogs are gone, so is Blanche Lincoln.
The Dems who kept grandstanding for Fox news did not get one crossover vote and they alienated their base. I'm not entirely unhappy about that.