Republicans in Denial

vbaron · 11-08-2006, 05:13 AM

Looking over the OT postings this morning, it seems that the right-wing whack jobs still haven't got the message. Most of the country is tired of this Republican administration, and their policies and views. They are tired of their ineptitude in Iraq, the uncontrolled spending, the corruption, and lies. Across the board representatives, senators, govenorships, etc. changed parties. The people sent a message.

It seems as if the politicians got the message, but our OTers are still crying "terrorist"

Haven't seen much from my fellow Dems this morning. Were you guys celebrating 'til the wee hours too? NY went Dem big time, even on Long Island some long time bastions of Republican power have changed hands!

Rodeo · 11-08-2006, 05:20 AM

I don't consider myself a Dem, but I am overjoyed that that the era of one-party rule has ended. It has been a disaster for our country.

Jeff Higgins · 11-08-2006, 05:31 AM

I'm just happy to see a division of power. Not as much of a "shift" as some Dems are ballyhooing, but at least a division. It's a start. Now if we can just add another party or two to the mix.

74-911 · 11-08-2006, 05:44 AM

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Originally posted by Rodeo
I don't consider myself a Dem, but I am overjoyed that that the era of one-party rule has ended. It has been a disaster for our country.

+1

If only a truly moderate third party could rise from the ashes..

lendaddy · 11-08-2006, 05:45 AM

If the Republicans were going to continue with the crazy spending, then I'm happoier with a split.

As long as we save the Senate for judges it's not a total loss.

Tim Hancock · 11-08-2006, 05:51 AM

I am more p!ssed off at our states passing of a minimum wage increase and a total smoking ban (I am not a smoker, but I do not equate smokers as criminals), than I am about losing the house.

If an ultra liberal should become president in two years, I will probably be pretty cranky for awhile though.

lendaddy · 11-08-2006, 05:52 AM

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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
I am more p!ssed off at our states passing of a minimum wage increase and a total smoking ban (I am not a smoker, but I do not equate smokers as criminals), than I am about losing the house.

If an ultra liberal should become president in two years, I will probably be pretty cranky for awhile though.

A total smoking ban? Meaning what on public grounds or in private too?

Tim Hancock · 11-08-2006, 05:55 AM

All workplaces, restaurants, bars etc. If you have a home business that involves employees or customers there on occasion, then that too.

lendaddy · 11-08-2006, 05:55 AM

I would add that no one is in denial, we know why we lost and it wasn't because people like lkiberal ideas more.

1. The war

2. Corruption

3. Not being true fiscal conservatives.

No denial my friend.

lendaddy · 11-08-2006, 05:56 AM

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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
All workplaces, restaurants, bars etc. If you have a home business that involves employees or customers there on occasion, then that too.

Wow, I'm surprised that would pass in Ohio. Barn parties will be all the rage again soon

fastpat · 11-08-2006, 05:58 AM

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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
I am more p!ssed off at our states passing of a minimum wage increase and a total smoking ban (I am not a smoker, but I do not equate smokers as criminals), than I am about losing the house.

If an ultra liberal should become president in two years, I will probably be pretty cranky for awhile though.

Yes, the city of Greenville, yes in South Carolina, recently passed a total smoking ban within the city limits. I too am a never-has-smoked person who favors using market forces, and not government, to achieve a smoke free environment. Too bad those favoring the ban didn't want to rely on non-violence to achieve what they wanted, and instead chose force.

Worse yet, South Carolina passed a "Marriage Protection" constitutional amendment that does nothing of the sort. If people want to protect marriage, they should forbid the state to perform marriages at all, leaving the field of "civil unions" to government.

To anyone else, if you want to protect marriage, get government out of it.

gaijindabe · 11-08-2006, 06:28 AM

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Originally posted by vbaron
Looking over the OT postings this morning, it seems that the right-wing whack jobs still haven't got the message. Most of the country is tired of this Republican administration, and their policies and views.

Were you guys celebrating 'til the wee hours too?

V - how is your hangover? It might last for a while... That Nancy Pelosi will be driving you all to drink for the next few years..

Have not got the message? You mean you don't like Bush - so you vote for the likes of Spitzer, Coumo and Hevesi? What does the Administration have to do with this line up of fools, bumblers and crooks???

Like your auto insurance rates? Thank Spitzer for doing nothing, nothing at all on cracking down on staged accidents and auto insurance / medical billing fraud. He was the AG and sat on his thumbs on this issue for years and years.. The one person directly responsible. Welcome our new Governor.

Coumo - marries a Kennedy and rides his fathers coatails into office as the new AG. What has he ever done? Director of HUD under Clinton and presided over the biggest scam and rip-off of the Federal Government since the Civil War.

Hevesi - Our new controller. Yes - the guy responsible for our money. Gets $120K a year in tax free government pensions. Plus a 6-figure state job. Rips us off by getting a state funded car and driver for his wife. A liar and a thief.

And that piece of $*^t Menendez next door in NJ. An out and out crook. How could anybody in good concience pull the lever for that man????

Nathans_Dad · Nathans_Dad's Garage

I'm excited. I was tired of Rush Limbaugh's secret decoder ring messages to support the gubmint policies no matter what. Now we can criticise the gubmint to our heart's content. I look forward to watching the libs flip on the issues too. Suddenly gubmint spending is good, the economy is great due to the Democratic Congress, the war in Iraq is being well managed by Pelosi, etc, etc, etc.

Should be fun!

sammyg2 · 11-08-2006, 06:33 AM

No, I am tired of unrealistic bleeding heart liberal tax and spend democrats who are only concerned with taking from us to give to those who don't work for it or don't deserve it. If you reward failure, you perpetuate it.

I am tired of watching the mentally challenged voters of Kalifornia approve bond proposals to spend 20 or 30 billion that we don't have, only to watch them complain about the deficit the next day.

There should be a law that if your personal credit cards are maxed out, you are not intelligent enough to vote.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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Originally posted by Tim Hancock
.......... and a total smoking ban (I am not a smoker, but I do not equate smokers as criminals)

You have to read this, maybe you should move - to Canada.

York gives prof. place to toke up
Nov. 3, 2006. 01:58 PM
DANIEL GIRARD
STAFF REPORTER

York University is cool with a criminology professor smoking pot on campus.

Brian MacLean will get his own private, ventillated room beginning Monday after the school agreed to accommodate his use of medical marijuana for a severe form of degenerative arthritis.

The move by York follows the lead of the University of Toronto, which in September gave a philosophy professor with an undisclosed medical condition the go-ahead to spark up in a room assigned to him for the same purpose.

“We take it seriously because we pride ourselves on trying to be progressive in terms of the way that we approach people with disabilities,” York spokesperson Alex Bilyk said in an interview today.

“A person wants to be a functioning member of society and in order to do that certain people need different types of medical accommodation.”

MacLean, who was hired in the summer by York as an assistant professor in the sociology department, did not return calls from the Star.

But in a story published this week in Excalibur, the university newspaper, MacLean expressed relief that he won’t have to seek out private areas to smoke up over fears of being seen - and stigmatized - by students or faculty.

“I would be smoking, medicating, on campus and people would either see me or they would smell it on me,” said MacLean, who uses marijuana once every four hours.

“It’s not corrective medication, it’s enabling, and I don’t think people quite understand that,” he said.

“I think there’s a lot of really negative and damaging stereotypes around the use of drugs, generally.”

The two professors are among about 1,000 Canadians authorized by Health Canada to use marijuana to treat medical conditions such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and nausea from chemotherapy.

Rodeo · 11-08-2006, 06:39 AM

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Originally posted by sammyg2
***There should be a law that if your personal credit cards are maxed out, you are not intelligent enough to vote.

And yet you support an administration that has maxed out not only our credit cards, but our children's as well.

Take your blinders off, your beloved "conservatives" are anything but.

74-911 · 11-08-2006, 07:34 AM

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Originally posted by sammyg2
No, I am tired of unrealistic bleeding heart liberal tax and spend democrats who are only concerned with taking from us to give to those who don't work for it or don't deserve it. If you reward failure, you perpetuate it.

and a lot of us (see last nights voting results) are sick and tired of the neo-cons who cut taxes but spend like drunken democrats and just charge it to future generations. Kind of scarey when the tab for much of the day to day operations of our federal government is being funded by China, Saudi Arabia, etc. and this tab will be due some day. As to giving money to those who don't deserve it, let's take a close look at all those deserving entities this last republican congress earmarked funds far and GWB signed with a relish.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Sorry Sammy, you can't move to Texas. We're full from the Katrina evacuees. You'll have to settle for Oklahoma.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Oh, and I'm not in Denial. I live in Texas. And sometimes Romania and Mexico.

cmccuist · 11-08-2006, 07:42 AM

Some northeastern liberal RINO's were defeated by some moderate Democrats. I'm fine with that. In my own district, Ron Paul - an anti Iraq war Republican - beat a pro-war Democrat! go figure.

I feel that a strong Democratic party not beholden to the Moveon.org, anyone-but-Bush freaks is good for the country. Congress can forge out some actual strong bipartisan legislation.

The GOP was too defensive and the Democrats were too offensive.