On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't the Democrats have a majority in the Senate >> AND the House? > > Currently, yes, but that's not enough to "ram" policies through due to > things like the filibuster which requires a supermajority to get around. > > Personally, I'm glad that no one party has too much power to impose their > will on us, Democrats and Republicans alike. I'd like to see additional > parties spring up and gain steam, but voters seem to be hell-bent on > continuing to vote "against" what they don't like rather than voting "for" > what they do want. "OMG, the Democrats might win and the Republicans are > the only chance of beating them, so I'd better vote Republican!" (or the > other way around). The "you're throwing your vote away if you vote for any > other party" mentality has got to change in a big way before we see any > major progress with other parties and really distribute the power in a > meaningful way. > > > -Justin
I agree whole heartedly, I am just getting sick of all the whining from the Democrats and anyone else who hates all things Republican. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:324816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
