I'm hoping that the democrats actually take both houses of congress. A divided government would cause a sudden outbreak of sanity. Both sides would suddenly have to be civil and deal with one another again.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Democrats just can't catch a break > > > > I've always heard Republicans say Democrats have no new ideas. > I considered > > this and thought to myself. Gee. They would like to have the environment > > treated a bit better. They would like the common joe to have > more education > > and opportunities and they would like to tax the rich a bit more(who are > > getting quite a bit richer by the minute compared to the common > joe) and try > > to get the budget more ballanced. > > The ideas above are fine (except for the taxing the rich a little > more-politicians are generally rich and there is no way they will tax > themselves). How will they be accomplished. What are some actual > ideas. Hell, I can get up and sing kumbahya, say I want peace in > Iraq, better schools, and cheaper fuel and it means just about as much > as the Democratic leadership's plan. > > > > But then I think to myself - what are the republican ideas that > are so great > > and new? As best as I can tell, its to make laws that serve > corporations > > and the rich. Then minimize taxes on the rich. Think that its > a possibility > > that everybody else might benefit but dont really care. Finally > appear to be > > as tough as possible on terrorism even tho you have no tangible > results and > > the national deficit is skyrocketing. > > There are some Republican ideas I like, but there aren't many true > Republicans in office. I like the ideas of smaller gov't, lower > taxes, stricter control of welfare, etc. However, these just aren't > gonna happen. Some of your jab about coorporations and the rich ring > true (don't try to exempt the Democrats from this; they are just as > bad). > > > But where are these great republican ideas and why do these > democratic ideas > > need revisiting? > > I don't think the Republicans are doing a good job. However you ask > about ideas. Bush tried to push social security reform, not hard > enough if you ask me, but got slammed by the media and the Democrats. > No Democrat offered any type of alternative. When fuel prices > skyrocketed, Bush pushed for drilling in Alaska. There may be a > conspiracy here about Bush and big oil, but I don't want to get into > it. Needless to say, the left just said no, save the trees, etc. No > alternative except ride the bus. The Republican line is to hold the > line in Iraq, thus drawing terrorist to Iraq while helping stabelize > the country. The democratic line is get out. That's it. Get out. > What about the terrorist and an Iraq that is (hopefully) learning to > stand on its on. Etc. Etc. Etc. > > The Democrats have been blasting the Republicans for 6 years and it > has gotten them nowhere. If they would stop pandering to the far left > and look towards normal people, it would go a long way towards making > them successful. > > Bottom line: Both parties suck. I would vote Libertarian if they had > a snowball's chance in hell of winning (I do vote Libertarian in a lot > of local elections-just not the national). As it stands now, I vote > against a candidate. I voted against Gore and Kerry because I was > afraid of what they might put on the Supreme Court. That is the only > reason I voted for Bush. Hopefully, in the next election, the > Democrats will field a strong Candidate who can win. It will be the > best thing for both parties because the Republican party will have to > start putting in better candidates for all elections. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215768 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
