I actually went and looked at filtered emails over this one. Speaking as one who already DOES filter Gruss, I have to say that I think you are wrong on this one Jerry.
I know I too am really tired of hearing how those poor Republicans were trying, honest, but nobody would let them do anything. Gimme a break. Dana On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> RoMunn wrote: >> Gruss, you can keep mumbling this line to yourself day after day, but >> the reality is that neither party has had full control of Congress - > > And you can keep mumbling that line. > > It' very easy, however, to look at practical reality. > > Take Iraq. Tell me which democrat leaders have done everything in > their power to stop the war? Easy. none. Thus those same leaders > must accept accountability for the war. Obama, for example, didn't > "vote for the war", so he can excuse himself there, but he could've > also done zillions of things to try to stop it such as not voting for > continued funding, et al. > > Take the Economy. Lots of blame to go around for both parties. And > were the Republicans out saying that they'd really messed up, they can > see more regulation was needed, but gosh they're sorry for not seeing > that sooner. "I can't change the past, I'm accountable. But I can > help change the future, here's the lesson I learned, here's how I"m > applying it." > > That's not what you hear from Republicans though. What you hear is > "it's not my fault". Which is all the more egregious when, as a > party, they held a majority of Congress in their control. > > So, it's simple. Show me the regulation bills sponsored by Bush, > supported by Republicans but blocked by Democrats. You can't because > they don't exist. > > Avoiding accountability is always a cowardly act. Perpetuating the > argument is, therefore, cowardly. > > For example, I've said a bazillion times that I was NOT for > regulation. I would've voted against it. I was wrong. > > So I've presented my argument and its conclusions. It's opinion. If > reasoned opinion is offensive then I will accept accountability for > that. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269521 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
