On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 13:57:32 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:43:23 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:


Our action alone will have no impact on the Red States, of course,
but...if upwards of 10 million Americans turned thumbs-down to
Jesusville...it would have an impact.

Harry, you really are going overboard on this. I think you need to put
this election into perspective. The reality is, what happens in
Washington, has very little impact on our lives. While you may be
distressed about the perceived shift to the right, the other reality is
that this country has *always* been governed by the center. It's a
fundamental property of democracy. That the DeLays, the Roves, the Bushs,
haven't grasped this concept, is setting them up for another failed
administration.

I tend to look at it as a tug of war. There is give and take on both
sides, and the result of which tends to be more centrist.

The problem now is that both sides have become so polarized, there is
little room left for compromise. The republicans control most of the
government, but that won't stop the democrats from using every dirty
trick in the book to throw a wrench into the works, to prevent any
workable legislation out of congress.

Then they will turn around and have the unmitigated gaul to blame the
"failure" of the government to get anything done, on the
republicans.....

Nancy Pelosi has practically said as much..


Dave