-----Original message----- From: Brian Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:20:41 -0700 To: [email protected] Subject: [Stratalist-ot] Re: Republican party platform plank, 2008
> > On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Oh, such a clever "gotcha!," Brian. You must be so proud. Gothcha! > > Gothca! How juvenile. > > > > At least Republicans have some principles. As best I can tell, > > Democrats don't have any, so they can never be accused of breaking > > them. > > > > ''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing > > any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of > > Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services > > Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more > > pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms > > of affordable housing." -- Barney Frank in 2003 leading a successful > > effort stop legislation that would impose stricter controls on > > Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. > > > > Do you want to start a pissing match about which party is more > > deeply responsible for the current financial crisis? Or, would you > > rather stand down for a few minutes and let our elected officials > > work in a non-partisan manner to resolve the current crisis? > > > > I seem to recall that the candidate you support once stood for that. > > Why are you so eager to be partisan, particularly on such an > > important issue that requires bi-partisanship for problem solving? > > And exactly which candidate do I support? Can you please show me where > I've ever stated who I like? I don't like any of them. > -- > Brian You don't have to like them to vote for them now, do you? And the petty swipes you take at Republicans do nothing -- absolutely nothing -- to advance the debate and get Congress to act on important issues. All it does is asuage those that wish to engage in negative partisanship. Francis Drouillard, PE Novato, CA 94945 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
