"Hey Jerry...you do realize that the republicans lost in the election right?"
Where have I heard that before? By the way, the Republicans deserved to get beaten. " They were invited to participate on several occasions and acted like a bunch of spoiled bratty kids and still voted no on everything (to include measures to help veterans and their care givers) and refused to do their jobs." Locking your meetings up so Republicans cannot attend is certainly not acting like a spoiled brat. What is their job by the way? Though you may disagree, the job is not to accept everything laid out by the Democratic party. "When you are in a minority, you don't get as much say in what's going on...much like the republicans do when they are in the majority. " True. The question is, do you get any say? With the Democrats in charge, no. Is that what you want? Speaking of hypocrisy, part of Obama's platform was reaching across to the other side. America is still waiting. "The republicans were given ample opportunity to join in on the fun and they flat out refused." Yes, they refused to knock those doors down and barge into the meetings they were locked out of. By the way, you seem to have a warped since of fun? "Most of the republican proposals were not acceptable to the majority, so it is not surprising that a lot of them didn't make it." Which majority? The American population of majority of senators and representatives. "Don't try and bullshit people by spouting this line of bullshit Jerry. You know damn well that the only negotiations were going on with the dem side and the republicans were not budging." No Eric, I don't know damn well that the Republicans weren't budging. They were never given the opportunity to budge. All of the compromises were to appease other democrats. Selective memory may have led to people forgetting that the Democrats did not need a single Republican vote to pass health care. It was all infighting. There's plenty of bullshit, but it isn't coming from me. "Republicans seem to only be interested in the next election and who is filling their coffers rather than doing their job and doing what is best for the American people." I would argue that the majority of politicians are only interested in the next election, including your beloved Democrats. As far as doing what is best for the American people, it seems you and the Democrats believe a nanny state is the best thing. I believe people should succeed on their own terms and merits, not government dictates and incentives. I am not sure what the hell the Republican party stands for anymore. They may spout a line similar to mine, but their actions over the last 15 years sure as hell contradict it. ".Germany didn't elect anyone in Austria or Czechoslovakia. " Exactly. The told Austria, you will agree to be annexed or we will send our troops in. Austria said okay. Same thing with Czechoslovakia. The Democrats did not negotiate with Republicans. They said here it is, take it or leave it. You know Eric, it would hurt to add some new sources information. I am sure MSNBC and the Huffington post can give you some good material, but looking in other places can broaden your base. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319283 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
