carlfense Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 I'm definitely more left than right-wing in my politics, but I was one of the few who didn't think a Romney presidency would have been an unmitigated disaster. He governed in a New England state, and I have a feeling--just a suspicion--he would have been a pretty centrist president. Maybe. My main fear regarding a Romney victory can be summed up in three words: Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Regarding the Supreme Court, the Democrats were fighting to maintain the status quo. The Republicans had a chance at a pivotal shift. 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Always the inevitable outcome. But we had to embarrass ourselves in front of the world first, not to mention cause ourselves untold amounts of damage in the world's economic markets. Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Always the inevitable outcome. But we had to embarrass ourselves in front of the world first, not to mention cause ourselves untold amounts of damage in the world's economic markets. Yeah. All for nothing . . . other than maybe some much deserved marginalizing of the Tea Party. Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 And when they finally sign this deal, we'll have a parade of buffoons giving pressers claiming victory and how they stood up for the American people. Flags will wave in the background and their supporters will cheer them on from the wings. It's just disgusting. Link to comment
krill Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 The house is worse than a college student that procrastinates their graduate thesis until the night before, works on it a few hours, then goes off and gets hammered, sleeps through class, and finally begs the professor for extension...and it will still be a flaming piece of crap, if it ever is finished. Link to comment
strigori Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Always the inevitable outcome. But we had to embarrass ourselves in front of the world first, not to mention cause ourselves untold amounts of damage in the world's economic markets. And we get to do it all over again in January! Unless someone thinks the Tea Party will become sensible by then....Or Boehner grows a backbone.... Neither are likely. Link to comment
tschu Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 lol GOP Boehner is practically a national hero at this point; he's so screwed within his own party because of the lol Tea Partiers and in order to do the right thing and save the country he basically had to take one for the team; think Aaron Rodgers stepping into a throw as Patrick Willis is about to remove his head from his body. Only difference is that Boehner takes the hit from the other team (conceding to Dems) and then has to pull himself off the turf and get immediately pummeled by his own team. Can you imagine what might happen if Boehner gets ousted as speaker and we reach this same point again? We would have a good chance of default. This is idiocy. 1 Link to comment
tschu Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 like we could reach the point where House Dems almost unanimously vote to retain Boehner as speaker which would be hilarious Link to comment
krill Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Much as I don't like Boehner on a personal level as a career politician and general sleazeball that's only interested in power, and probably $ post-public life, I don't think anyone could even get that caucus to agree that the sun rises in the east. There's true believer TP'ers, TP'ers that are worried about an even more extreme primary challenger, mainstream Republicans, and a few token moderates from Democratic-leaning districts. The liberal wing of the Democratic party stomps their feet and makes a lot of smoke when they are required to moderate on legislation, but nothing like what the Republicans have been doing. Link to comment
sd'sker Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Can you imagine what might happen if Boehner gets ousted as speaker and we reach this same point again? We would have a good chance of default. This is idiocy. the worst part of all of this is the worldwide implications from a petty fight in the house of representatives. Link to comment
walksalone Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I'm getting a laugh when I see all these "crisis averted" headlines. They only did what they usually do, put off the problem for 3 months, until this happens again on the 15th of January? thanks Washington... Link to comment
Army Husker Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Adding insult to injury, Feinstein hides a 3 billion dollar pork spending in the bill? Can't we fire all of congress and start over? Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Adding insult to injury, Feinstein hides a 3 billion dollar pork spending in the bill? Can't we fire all of congress and start over? That money is going to Mitch McConnell's district, not Feinstein's. How would putting that money into McConnell's state not help him? Republican Senator Lamar Alexander publicly supported adding this money. A Republican senator comes out in public support of an addendum that will pump billions of dollars into another Republican Senator's state, and this is some how Dianne Feinstein's fault? Her state is 2,000 miles away from where this money will be spent. How does that make any sense? Funny story to all this - McConnell was one of the people most directly involved in the negotiations of this 11th-hour bill. And the money being spent will go, partially, to his state. That's not fishy at all, though. Link to comment
rawhide Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Feinstein is concentrating more on the big billions and billions, high speed rail system out here. Her hubby is into construction; wink, wink Link to comment
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