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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:00 PM
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Poll question: Does anyone ever remember a Republican President asking for consensus?
Consensus, corncensus, whatever, can't remember when Shrubby or his Dad asked for Consensus, yet Democrats seem to ask all the time.
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:03 PM
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1. I can not remember a republican ever having to clean up a mess after a democratic president
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:03 PM
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2. So the answer is no then.
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:07 PM
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6. Abraham Lincoln . . .
he followed James Buchanan, arguably one of the worst presidents in history.

A bit of a historical stretch but it has happened.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:04 PM
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3. W said "either you are for us or you are against us." That's asking for consensus - kind of, maybe,
perhaps, probably.....not.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:05 PM
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4. They don't need it
They want to shrink the government, have the government do nothing. Doing nothing doesn't require consensus.

It's built into their philosophy not to need it.

Democrats do, so I don't see anything wrong with trying for it.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:06 PM
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5. Giving up moral high ground for common ground is not a win.
Logical, thinking people know that consensus is not a realistic possibility.

Only a fool would abandon their beliefs to strive for this impossiblity.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:09 PM
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7. yes, shrubby did it. So did Reagan
it's boilerplate crap but the electorate loves it.
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:10 PM
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8. Yes. H.W. and the "liberation" of Kuwait.
To his credit, he honored the agreement with Congress and with the other nations that were involved and stopped the war after Kuwait was free of Iraqi occupation. Unfortunately, his shit-for-brains moron spawn fucked everything up.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:23 PM
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9. hmmm -- no example so far... nt
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:44 PM
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10. You want Democratic Presidents to act more like Republican Presidents?...nt
Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 01:45 PM by SidDithers
Edit: changed "be" to "act"

Sid
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:01 PM
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14. no. I think people want Democratic Presidents to act like Democrats n/t
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 01:52 PM
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11. They Own the Media, so They Get to Manufacture Something that Looks Like Consensus

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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 02:56 PM
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12. I don't know about consensus, but as I remember Dwight D Eisenhower
was a pretty impressive president for all America. One of his last speeches before leaving office was a definitive warning about the military industrial complex.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:00 PM
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13. LOLOL
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(wiping tear from my eye) -- that was a good one
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