Which Congress is worse: the current Democratic, or the previous Republican?

BlooInBloo

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:32 PM
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Poll question: Which Congress is worse: the current Democratic, or the previous Republican?

Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 02:36 PM by BlooInBloo

Or is it too close for you to call?

I'm just curious if DU criticism is serious, or if it's just getting caught up in the disappointment-thing.

EDIT: Changed "was" to "is" in the second option.

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truebrit71

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:34 PM
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1. The current Democratic One. Because at least with a rethuglican one you KNEW ahead of time..

...that you were going to get screwed...

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:35 PM
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2. Betrayal sucks ass - no doubt about it.

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truebrit71

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:38 PM
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6. That's the thing that hurts the most...

...they KNOWINGLY did the wrong thing...

Unforgivable in my book...

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BuyingThyme

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:38 PM
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4. Are you saying that all Democrats are rapists?

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:39 PM
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7. heh!

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LordJFT

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Mon Aug-06-07 04:56 PM
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22. thats such a lame argument

knowing that we would get our freedoms taking away from us by the republican congress doesn't make it any better

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Ninga

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:38 PM
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I am disappointed in the current crowd of Dems, because they seem to struggle so much

with knowing what the right thing is....they just don't seem to have "it".....my preception is they are fearful and lack back bone.

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Ninga

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:38 PM
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3. self delete

Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 02:40 PM by Ninga

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Demit

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:38 PM
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5. At least with the last Congress, we had hope that electing Democrats would change things.

I feel like the character in Rosemary's baby, when she discovers that the doctor she thought would protect her from the bad guys turns out to be a bad guy too. Nowhere to turn, is how I feel.

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porphyrian

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:40 PM
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8. A small piece of dog shit might be better than a bucket of diarrhea...

...but I'm not happy eating either one.

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ChairmanAgnostic

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:40 PM
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9. emotionally this one is more hurtful, but

nothing (from a logical perspective) was like our last one.

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:41 PM
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10. That's a good way to put it.

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TahitiNut

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:42 PM
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11. Which one "meets expectations"???

:evilgrin:

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H2O Man

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:43 PM
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12. Does neatness count? n/t

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TahitiNut

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:52 PM
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17. Of course. So does coloring inside the lines, playing well with the other children and ....

Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 02:58 PM by TahitiNut

... not running with scissors. :dunce: :silly:

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Zodiak

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:44 PM
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13. Does it matter if the result is the same?

Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 02:46 PM by Zodiak Ironfist

I submit that it does not.

Which was worse, Hitler or Stalin?

Which is better, love or freedom?

Is it better to lose one's rights without a whimper to a Republican Congress or is it better to lose one's rights without a whimper by a Democratic one? Which one gets you to the polls?

Honestly, all of this loyalty oath testing for ones "seriousness" is a bit rude after all that has happened lately.

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guitar man

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:45 PM
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14. an enema or a suppository??

bout the same from where I'm sitting :shrug:

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tridim

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Mon Aug-06-07 03:03 PM
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18. An enema is exactly what our Government needs

Nothing cleans out the old shit out like a good enema.

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Jack Rabbit

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:48 PM
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15. The previous Congress (and the one before that and before taht and back to 1994)

These Congresses were obviously worse than the present one because they did nothing good and a great deal of harm.

The previous Congress not only failed to end the war or stop the junta's erosion of civil liberties, but didn't even consider doing such things and actually praised them, while allowing their own to harrass congressional pages and splurge with lobbyists at all night poker parties complete with practitioners of the world's oldest profession.

This Congress, of course, must be deemed more disappointing, since we expect them to do something positive and haven't succeeded. They either haven't tried or haven't tried hard enough or taken it off the table.

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Double T

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Mon Aug-06-07 02:50 PM
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16. Both did/do nothing of real substance.

Business as usual with little hope for change based on the current track record.

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tridim

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Mon Aug-06-07 03:06 PM
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19. What about oversight?

I know, I know "it doesn't accomplish anything".. I completely disagree. At the very least it's exposing the GOP for the assholes that they are. I'm very proud of the work our oversight committees are performing, not so proud of everything else.

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Individualist

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Mon Aug-06-07 03:10 PM
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20. Different majorities, same outcome: The cabal gets everything it wants

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Individualist

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Mon Aug-06-07 03:10 PM
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21. Self-delete - dupe

Edited on Mon Aug-06-07 03:12 PM by notsodumbhillbilly

(but it did bear repeating)

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