Hear the word 'president' and grit your teeth

Why don't you make this into a simple yes/no poll?

 

Of course, in such a poll the "no" option wouldn't be needed.

 

My favorite part of the article had to be the part where she went on about how we don't choose the guy we think will do the most good as President, but rather the guy who we think will screw it up the least.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eagle33199 @ Jul 16 2007, 09:18 AM) [snapback]479545[/snapback]</div>

This seems to be a true statement, thats hoew I voted in the past two elections..

 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hycamguy07 @ Jul 16 2007, 08:51 AM) [snapback]479608[/snapback]</div>

At last! Something that ALL can agree on politically! We may not agree as to who that is, or even how bad the various politicians have or haven't screwed the pooch, but we all hold our noses and vote for the least unpalatable candidate!

 

I think I hear an echo.

Do we want the president to steer the ship, or do we just want to let the results of a cnn/time poll do the steering. We could hook up a computer to rotate the wheel based on the latest poll results and not bother having the expense of a president.

Or.. just elect hillary..

nah.. let's go for the computer system, I don't mind hearing about the computer, and to see the computer flash by on a tv segment won't burn my eyes like hillary does.

 

LOL Tony... i was thinking practically the same thing!

 

Peggy Noonan is wrong when she says, "Americans can't fire the president right now". We can.

 

Well, yes and no... We really can't right now. Congress could start hearings and what not, and after it drags on for two years finally come to a decision... oh wait, he'll be gone by then anyways...

 

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I'm with eagle33199 on this one, and this is something that I get a bit steamed up about. Bush is GONE, people. Not only is he gone, but he has butchered any chance of a Republican getting elected next term.

Now, here are the four elephants in the room: Scalia, Thomas, Aleto, and Roberts. They are appointed FOR LIFE. If the liberal grass roots want to get behind a long term impeachment project, why not target someone who will be there long enough for a campaign to be useful? Remember, Justice Stevens is 80 years old. One more justice and Kennedey will be sidelined. What happens to us then?

We must take the White House (which seems likely) and be effective while we hold the presidency. Simply holding it for 8 years is not enough. We need the next Justice, or the conservative agenda will take generations to undo.

Rather than working to impeach the lamest (29% approval) duck in the last 29 years, why not start an impeach Scalia campaign?

 

At the rate the dems are going, I think we can get a new republican president, the house and senate in 2008.

We're not quite there yet, but the dems are trying really hard to pi$$ off the voting public and I think by 2008, they will have done it.

Sweet!! :lol:

 

I want some of what you're smokin.

 

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The new name for the Bush Administration is "dems"? You learn something every day!

 

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Typo. I believe it's "dims".

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MarinJohn @ Jul 17 2007, 12:22 PM) [snapback]480403[/snapback]</div>

I can't get behind that. I've gotten to the point where what I care about is results. I want mud slinging, smear-tacitc using, catch phrase and sound bite politcs from my party. I want false reports to the media that my campaign office was bugged. I want vote-rigging, re-districting, Project K Street type dirty pool. I am sick and tired of being beaten in the elections because the Republican machine understands the average short-attention span middle america voter better than we do.

I mean John Kerry? What was THAT about?

 

The Democrats won't take it.

Republicans=everything that's Republican
Democrats=everything that's not Republican

Republicans are lots more focused.

They're *for* something (it may be misguided, but they're *for* it anyway).

It's sad, but it's true; their exclusionary tactics work well and are difficult to counter when the electorate has an attention span just slightly longer than the duration of a pod of TV commercials.

I hate to say it, but it *is* time to stoop to their level, slow down the madness, then mop up the damage and attempt to get back to where we were in the late 1970's. Bush did indeed stack the Supreme Court, and that's probably going to be the conservative gift that keeps on giving.