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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:22 PM Original message |
What is the problem with voting for a person from Congress vs. |
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Pam-Moby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most of our president were governors |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, but look at our current nemesis. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. no, the Texas governor is useless |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ann Richards wasn't useless, she was just overpowered. nt |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. it's the office |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Baloney. dim son's spiel went into overdrive in TX, and |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. well, I could go with you, or I could go with Molly Ivins |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Darling, I am from NY, I adore Molly Ivins, I live in |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. well Texas is still there |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. He gets more despicable with every breath I take. nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. bush as Gov twisted arms and micromanaged. Kinda like he does as pRes. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Ann Richards got snaked; the BFEE overtook TX. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:39 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They set out to smear Ann Richards. Rove and GW embarked on a |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Not completely true |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. right, the office has the powers you make it have |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, that's what I meant. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. a post so nice, I said it twice! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. but mine is meaningless without yours, see? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Story of my life! But I will take one of those. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. So I just read these words, jobycom, and I like them! |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. the President is a Chief Executive |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yes, not a CEO. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just posted this answer in another thread, but no one liked it there. So |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And a lot of the voting public just plain doesn't trust |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'll support just about any Dem, |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The right's not pushing her |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. So who's feeding this frenzy? It's not DU! I don't quite get it. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. A lot of DUers support her, but even so, DU is just a fringe group |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Thanks. There's interest, speculation, all the |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. see, I think they started by pushing her |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. The problem is, people have heard it all already |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I agree. They want her to run because they don't think she will win. nt |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. plus, if she doesn't run |
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blue northern (190 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
17. Governors don't have an extensive voting record to defend |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yes, yes I did, blue northern! Please pipe up more often! nt |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
30. It doesn't matter to me as long as you have |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-21-05 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. it's also a matter of history, and of playing the odds . . . |
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