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08-11-2006, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mobespierre  one of 12!! wow. that is practically a claim to fame!!
yknow... i will surely get flamed to no end for this, but i am actually not too ashamed to admit i voted bush in 04. i have a justification for this:
1. i lived in ct. my non-kerry vote never would have made an ounce of a difference anyway.
2. john kerry is a douchebag.
3. since my vote wouldn't count i figured i'd pat my anti-abortion self on the back by being a single-platform voter...
4. john kerry is a douchebag. | Hey, can't blame you for sticking to your guns. I was a Dean man myself, but obviously that didn't work out too well. At least you had a real reason and it wasn't just a "FEAR! TERRISTS! FEAR!" platform. And you read Fark, so what can I say.
At least you didn't have to go back to work the next day and see all your co-workers partying for keeping the "dirty libs" at bay for another 4 years. Oh, sweet, sweet revenge.  | |
08-11-2006, 06:06 PM
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| | | Dems on crime and the economy
On crime:
Generally Democrats are not very good at combating crime. In fact the judges that they nominate tend to give Child Rapists probation and other light sentences, only to see those criminals repeat their crimes. Tough Conservative laws, for example, "Jessica's Law" gives a mandatory 25 year sentence to a child rapist. Want to fight crime? Make sure that liberal judges have no way to give light sentences.
Just about every city run by a Democrat has worse crime rates than one run by a Republican. Compare San Francisco to New York. Both "Blue" cities, but one has been run by Republicans for the last 12 years, and the other not. San Francisco has only 700k people living in the city, but over 100 homicies last year alone, more than Oakland. This is despite a budget of over 1 billion dollars.
So when it comes to crime, I'm not sure how good Democrats are good for normal people.
The Economy:
The Democrats should just get honest and tell every rich (meaning people earning more than US$150k) guy in the country they have no right to their own money at all and forcibly take it. And then they can spend it on "social" projects like helping government employees to get sex changes like they do in San Francisco. And thats a fact, I lived there. When the Dems get their way nobody feels like making money anymore, because so much is taken away.
The Democrats should also tell normal people that the tax cuts they voted against completely wiped the poorest off the tax rolls completely, and cut tax rates for EVERY bracket. After the tax cuts, Rich people have actually paid an even larger share of total tax revenues than they did before. So much for tax cuts being unfair. And so much for the "huge" budget deficit, which amazingly keeps shrinking every quarter. Amazing, I never knew the free market could invest a dollar better than the government!
The democrats have no respect for private property or an individuals hard work to earn it. For those of you in HK, there are so many American's that consider getting rid of their citizenship every year so they can stop paying around 37% a year (after Bush's cuts), because they are so mad at losing so much of what they work hard for, only to see it given to people who don't want to work as hard as them. Democrats think normal people are way too stupid to allow them to keep control of their money and take care of themselves, because, if they could, there would be no need for Democrats at all.  | |
08-11-2006, 07:02 PM
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| | | I forsee conflict here.... | |
08-11-2006, 07:24 PM
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| | | holangzai... You are right on the money! | |
08-11-2006, 10:42 PM
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| | | I heard the party of sensationalism and baseless assumptions has taken both the house and the senate!
You will have to take my word for it! really!
yours,
an expat seattle-lite | |
09-11-2006, 06:17 AM
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| | | From a Washingtonian
Lost-Art,
You are from Seattle? We (Nick and Beth) are as well. I (beth) am actually heading there today for my first trip home since February! Need anything?
As far as politics, can I just say how embarrasing it is sometimes to admit you come from a country run by someone like Bush jr. Yikes. I want a T-shirt that says "I didn't vote for him..." | |
09-11-2006, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mobespierre 1. nancy pelosi has already said they would not impeach bush. what would be the point? he's only got 2 years left, and i think the country is sending a Very Clear Message that we are dissatisfied with how things are being run. speaking of pelosi, i sincerely doubt she will go for pres. not that red america is ready for a woman or anything, but if that were the case, it would surely be hillary.
2. i'm not sure if the dems will take the senate, but even if they don't today saw enough MAJOR change for the whole thing to be considered a victory anyway.
3. i'm most recently from connecticut and can i just say... joe lieberman independent? tss. he's quite the fighter. he lost the primary and changed from dem to ind... and now won! good for him.
4. re: allen/webb, i believe anything under a 10,000 vote difference has a mandatory recount. i learned that from fark.com, so i don't know if that is accurate.
5. the impact on the american people? i think whereas most won't be very affected in the more-money-in-the-pocket or safer-streets-at-night sense, there will be a change in morale, as people will see that 1. others share their dissatisfaction, 2. the election of these new officials is an indication that there could be change, and 3. (and i think this is the most significant) that *voting actually does something*
(this is one of my biggest gripes-- people who bitch about policy and government and how terrible it is blah blah, but don't...actually...vote.......... i used to not vote, but i didn't care about the govt. for shame, mobespierre... for shame.)
eric where did you live again? | If they spent all that time and money impeaching Clinton for a little sucky-sucky, I think Bush being impeached for the lives of half-a-million Iraqis is only fair. I'm registered on impeachbush.org  | |
09-11-2006, 09:34 AM
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| | | Well, Rumsfeld has gone. I think a lot of Americans who live overseas will breath a sigh of relief. | |
09-11-2006, 02:59 PM
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| | As a non-American, this does make me laugh a bit. You have replaced a right wing party with a not quite so right wing party and people get all worked up. What would happen if it was a real left wing party | | Tools | Search | | | | | Rate This Thread | | | All times are GMT +8. The time now is 12:00 PM. | |
