"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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No congratulations are in order. This shouldn't be an us vs. them
situation. Now that the House is under Dem leadership, perhaps some
thoughtful discussion can happen between the two parties. If the Senate
goes also, that will make it even more likely, since the only
alternative is gridlock.

Three observations:

1) The two-party system still works. When the electorate becomes
dissatisfied with the current party in power, it replaces it with the
other one.

2) Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Bush administration lost its
ideological way somewhere along the line. Hopefully congressional
oversight will mean a close examination of issues and dollars, rather
than personal attacks.

3) Sadly the outcome of what could be a productive and constructive
election will likely be bitter party division and bickering. In other
words, nothing new.

I agree. I hope #3 is wrong.

Dreamer.

Max

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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).


I echo your statement.

Bush will most likely give them everything they want (as evidenced by
Rumsfeld *resigning* today) in an effort to either help them succeed or hang
themselves. The ball will soon be in their court and it will be time for
them to walk the walk.

Let's all date stamp the conditions of today: A 4.4% unemployment rate (I
believe that is the lowest in over a decade), record stock market levels,
gasoline around $2/gallon and a booming economy. Most
importantly..........no terrorist attacks on US soil since 9-11.

The baseline has been set.

OK Democrats........don't let us down. ;-)

JimH wrote:
wrote in message
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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).


I echo your statement.

Bush will most likely give them everything they want (as evidenced by
Rumsfeld *resigning* today) in an effort to either help them succeed or hang
themselves. The ball will soon be in their court and it will be time for
them to walk the walk.

Let's all date stamp the conditions of today: A 4.4% unemployment rate (I
believe that is the lowest in over a decade), record stock market levels,
gasoline around $2/gallon and a booming economy. Most
importantly..........no terrorist attacks on US soil since 9-11.

The baseline has been set.

OK Democrats........don't let us down. ;-)

I have no problem with paying Social Security. Having said that, i
agree with Jeff, discussions of politics is innapropriate here but I
just wanted to congratulate all the political types who post here. So,
I'll not respond to Harry Krause unless he suggests an appropriate
venue.

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JimH wrote:
wrote in message
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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).


I echo your statement.

Bush will most likely give them everything they want (as evidenced by
Rumsfeld *resigning* today) in an effort to either help them succeed or
hang
themselves. The ball will soon be in their court and it will be time
for
them to walk the walk.

Let's all date stamp the conditions of today: A 4.4% unemployment rate
(I
believe that is the lowest in over a decade), record stock market levels,
gasoline around $2/gallon and a booming economy. Most
importantly..........no terrorist attacks on US soil since 9-11.

The baseline has been set.

OK Democrats........don't let us down. ;-)

I have no problem with paying Social Security. Having said that, i
agree with Jeff, discussions of politics is innapropriate here but I
just wanted to congratulate all the political types who post here. So,
I'll not respond to Harry Krause unless he suggests an appropriate
venue.


What does this have to do with my post?

BTW: You have posted your political views here not only today but several
times in the recent past. ;-)

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).

Congratulations?

"Getting people to vote for moderates, in order to put extremists in power,
may be the newest and biggest voter fraud." --Thomas Sowell

You think Mr. and Mrs. Johnston in bum-foch N. Carolina have any idea just
how far to the left Nancy Pelosi is compared to their newly-elected
representative...Heath Schuler?

The Democrats ran candidates from the far right in order to put their
far-left candidates in power. That won't play well in the '08 election.

Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).


NOYB wrote:
Congratulations?

"Getting people to vote for moderates, in order to put extremists in power,
may be the newest and biggest voter fraud." --Thomas Sowell

You think Mr. and Mrs. Johnston in bum-foch N. Carolina have any idea just
how far to the left Nancy Pelosi is compared to their newly-elected
representative...Heath Schuler?


That's right, all the voters are stupid because they didn't
pick your candidate, NOBBY?

Wait a minute, not long ago that's what you claimed the
elitist left-wing snobs were saying...


The Democrats ran candidates from the far right in order to put their
far-left candidates in power. That won't play well in the '08 election.


Keep right on shreiking about how the mainstream of
Democratic Party is a bunch of leftist whackos. That's what
brought you yesterday's vote.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Keep right on shreiking about how the mainstream of Democratic Party is a
bunch of leftist whackos. That's what brought you yesterday's vote.

Yup, that's what brought yesterday's vote. Had nothing to do with an
unpopular war in the Middle East, right?

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:07:57 +0000, NOYB wrote:


Yup, that's what brought yesterday's vote. Had nothing to do with an
unpopular war in the Middle East, right?

Let's not forget, exit polls had corruption right up there with Iraq.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ex...uption&ie=UTF8

"NOYB" wrote in message
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" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).

Congratulations?

"Getting people to vote for moderates, in order to put extremists in
power, may be the newest and biggest voter fraud." --Thomas Sowell

You think Mr. and Mrs. Johnston in bum-foch N. Carolina have any idea just
how far to the left Nancy Pelosi is compared to their newly-elected
representative...Heath Schuler?

The Democrats ran candidates from the far right in order to put their
far-left candidates in power. That won't play well in the '08 election.




Yes....congratulations to the Democrats. The Republicans let us
down..........they did not support conservative views....they did not
control spending.......they moved to the old time extreme right abandoning
conservatives.

The ball is now in their court. Bush will give them all the rope they want
as evidenced by the Rumsfeld *resignation*. They will either hang
themselves or prove that the change was good for the Country.

The next 2 years will indeed be interesting.

BTW: I wish we would do away with Republican/Democrat political titles and
start voting strictly on worth of the candidate.

" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Congratulations to the Dems (I aint no Dem either).

Congratulations?

"Getting people to vote for moderates, in order to put extremists in
power, may be the newest and biggest voter fraud." --Thomas Sowell

You think Mr. and Mrs. Johnston in bum-foch N. Carolina have any idea
just how far to the left Nancy Pelosi is compared to their newly-elected
representative...Heath Schuler?

The Democrats ran candidates from the far right in order to put their
far-left candidates in power. That won't play well in the '08 election.




Yes....congratulations to the Democrats. The Republicans let us
down..........they did not support conservative views....they did not
control spending.......they moved to the old time extreme right abandoning
conservatives.

The ball is now in their court. Bush will give them all the rope they
want as evidenced by the Rumsfeld *resignation*. They will either hang
themselves or prove that the change was good for the Country.

The next 2 years will indeed be interesting.

BTW: I wish we would do away with Republican/Democrat political titles
and start voting strictly on worth of the candidate.

From the sound of your last sentence you don't vote for a candidate but for
the "party" of your choice. It's impossible for *all* the most qualified
candidates to be from the same party.