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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:21 PM Original message |
We don't have to like it, but the balance of power in Congress means we still need to compromise |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nonsense! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Some of the problems we face can't wait until we get a perfect Congress |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Meh. We've never had problems compromising. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. or else, what? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Or else an Executive Order. For the good of the country. These are critical times. Because of the |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. So much of that Executive heavy-handedness smacked of an autocracy |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It wasn't just heavy-handed. It was outrageously despotic. But now they |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. ah |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. ...and the filibustering? Sound like a broken record, don't I? And utterly |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I dunno what posture the republicans will assume in Jan. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Are you asking me "or what?" n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. sure, CW |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's amazing. It's Thursday! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. well |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I don't get the kerfuffle... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. yeah, I'm not big on kerfuffle either |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. kick |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Please explain to me how it is that Republiks, with smaller majorities, |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. it's a simple formula, really, improbably based on their own deficiencies and shortcomings |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. So you're saying that the "big tent" makes us helpless? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It is a paradox of sorts |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
20. Compromise...it's at the heart of our system. It's politics. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. right. It's what we do |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Even with a super majority it would still be better to recognize |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. There are kids on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan about to have their guts blown out |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I think the military deployments can be taken care of by Executive fiat |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. FUCK THAT! When the republicans controlled all 3 branches, they went out of their way |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You can 'ram' stuff through the House |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. THAT IS BS!!!!! |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I hear you |
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