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11-05-2004, 03:21 AM
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Re: No doubt. I presume you gonna leave a huge deficit there, as well
GWB, I think Cyrus has made a good point here.
Id like to expand on it by adding that I hope you learn what a veto is and use it. Stu 
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11-05-2004, 04:46 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
Political capital isn't the only thing he's going to be spending, I think . . . the man's like a teenage girl with a credit card. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-05-2004, 09:58 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
"This is actually an example of a strong president. Bush knows he will never get everything he wants. He knows he will have to give some things he doesn't want."
What do you mean? Bush went to the UN to ask for a multilateral invasion of iraq. He didn't get it and went any way. His statement said that if people agree with him then good, if not he's going to do it anyway. The only approach he knows is the my way or the higway appraoch. The only bipartisan efforts he has led were the Patriot Act which is in danger of having sections removed because of their constitutionality. And the NCLB act which is now being opposed by most of its former supporters because it is massivly flawed. But that is not the point- Bush didn't cross party lines and gain the moderate vote, he didn't reach out to those who disagreed with him and offer compromise- he galvanized his base, a good political move, but those people already agreed with him. This isn't being a leader, this is pushing your own agenda at the expense of people who disagree with you. Remeber that our elected officals work for All of us, not just the ones who voted for him.
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11-05-2004, 10:11 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
Memo to everyone:
BUSH WON! The people that should be reaching out and declaring that they will work in a bipartisan fashion are the DEMOCRATS. The Republicans are more than willing to work with the other side of the aisle. However, they will not have their agenda hijacked by a losing ideology. How often did the Dems work with and reach out to the Republicans when they controlled Congress since the dawn of man?????
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11-05-2004, 10:44 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
[ QUOTE ]
Political capital isn't the only thing he's going to be spending, I think . . . the man's like a teenage girl with a credit card. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] thats awesome [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-05-2004, 11:05 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend
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"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it" [/ QUOTE ] He should learn to balance a checkbook first.
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11-05-2004, 11:53 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend
While I am not a GWB supporter, the man won over 50% of the popular vote -- something that hasn't happened in a presidential election since 1988.
His party also now controls 55 seats in the Senate and 277 seats in the House. Major republican backed initiatives passed across the country. Like it or not -- he has been told by his nation that he has a mandate of the people. I wish he didn't, but he does. And frnakly, he's absolutely right to take these results, turn to the Dems and say "get in line or get lost . . . "
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11-05-2004, 11:56 AM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
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No tax cut can be permanent, can it? Is it not the case that the tax cuts are set to expire at some time in the future and that by making them "permanent," we mean to eliminate the expiration of the reduced rates? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah ok that's right.
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11-05-2004, 12:43 PM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend
That is incorrect- he is still beholden to every citizen of our country- not just to the ones that elected him. The reason we are a republic and not a straight democracy is the idea that having an issue decided by what 51% of the population wants would be a terrible system of government. He doenst have a mandate, he has some amount of permission.
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#20
11-05-2004, 07:22 PM
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Re: \"I earned Political Capital in the election, and I intend to spend it\"
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His statement said that if people agree with him then good, if not he's going to do it anyway. [/ QUOTE ] Bush is going to push his agenda because most of America, most of the House of Representatives, and Most of the Senate agree with his agenda. The democrats can choose to be part of that agenda or choose not to be. They are not being shut out of it. Some of the democrats are like those whinny little kids in the hood. You know the ones I'm talking about. They go home crying, "no one wants to play with me" becuase all the other kids want to play stickball and they want to play street hockey. Stu
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