Actually I do know who my congressman is. I didn't vote for him though. And yes, you are right and this is what I wanted to hear. Congress writes legislation to get things done, not the president. Any candidate can have ideas, they can even say how they are going to implement these ideas in great detail, but the truth is, those ideas are only that. Ideas. If congress is not on board with them, good luck getting it done unless you have people. Now as far as who these high profile people that McCain says he will enlist to help him push his agenda, I don't know. Perhaps some of them are lobbyists? We know that these are the groups that speak for the people and businesses, and we also know that they are the ones who provide the details for legislation that the congressional representatives present. McCain and Clinton have been around Washington enough to know who the really influential lobbyists are and I would bet $$ that they will talk to these lobbyists to pressure congressional leaders to do things their way. Either that or I am just a paranoid freak.
Bruce * * Gruss Gott wrote: >> Bruce wrote: >> So you would rather not vote for someone who is going to honestly tell >> you how he will get things done? You want someone who is vague in his >> ideas? Obama talks about hope and change. Well, I hope I win the lottery >> someday, but if I hope in one hand and shit in the other >> > > Well Obama has specific ideas and they've been posted here many times, > but none of that really matters, here's why: > > (1.) Who's your congressman? You don't know. Guess who writes > legislation to actually get things done? Congress. > > (2.) Look at Bush's ideas when he ran in 2000: no nation building, > hold spending, fix social security with private accounts. Which has > been able to get passed or even supported himself? None. > > (3.) Getting things done as president requires getting the nation > behind you first, then pressuring congress with your public support. > Obama is hands-down the most inspiring candidate and therefore will be > able to most easily get that pressure. > > So while your point makes sense on the surface it doesn't pass > scrutiny since a President's largest weapon is public support. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253660 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
