state of the Union?

I fear the next president may not be able to do enough to fix all this in 4 years. I think we are in for a long fight, and it worries me to no end. I am always reading stories about families coming upon hard times. Some are having to quit work just because they can't afford the gas to get to work.

 

How cunning, Don! Let's lay it ALL on Dubya.

I aint gonna make excuses for him. He's got plenty to answer for but I'll accept Don's view when he comes up with SOMETHING Dubya did right... apart from the disgusting Amnesty bill.

You will all note that the poll does not ask the respondents WHY the nation is on the wrong track and WHY they think that 'lack of regulation' is the cause of much of the economic problem.

Good thing or Don wouldnt have brought it up, because he couldnt lay it all on BushCo. As to Bush's approval ratings.. well, we now have a Democratic congress. What is ITS rating?

And is there an indication of the conservative viewpoint on both Dubya and the Congress... Nope. If you believe the Dems... 75% of the good old USA is on THEIR side of the Issues.

Interesting.

Our REAL problem is we have 3 people running for President.. a pathological liar, a situational liar, and a 'who knows what he'll do'.

As to bailing out the financial houses.. I'm generally on the side of 'against'.
-BUT-
Bear Stearns people think there was a plot to use their balance sheet to take them down, I'm not dismissing that. If that was the case, then there was just and good reason to keep them from shutting doors, which would have led to runs on the OTHER houses.

BTW, Don.. do you have ANY criticism of Pelosi? At all?

 

STOP BACKING DOWN?

What are you drinking? They've done nothing BUT obstruct where it matters. What is their postiion on colombia? On the side of FARC terrorists.


'crony-ridden' - Clintons!

Here's why Don is so angry. He looks at Hillary and Obama... and he's striking back at Dubya. You see Dubya actually DID something. He did some of the WRONG things, he did some RIGHT things the WRONG WAY.. Chelabi, Bremer Powell.
And make no mistake, Don's NOT very optimistic... liberals never are.


'that surplus' - largely from shuffled bucks, based on a bubble economy.

WTF's a blow job got to do with anything? A guy could get off with a censure, but lies about it.

For you young'uns... the impeachment was not about a BJ... but about lying about it.

Watergate was not about a dirty-tricks burglary looking to see who the DNC was bribing with prostitutes but LYING about it.

Oh, wait ... BAD example! Get my meaning?

heh

Don you're gonna step in it whichever way you turn because Dems have shat everywhere you can walk. And they've given the power, influence, and glory sickness to the rest of the bunch.. that means most Republicans.

Name ONE principled influential Dem leader since Tip O'Neil. There probably is one... but it's a dim memory aint it. And to be sure we had one Newt Gingrich .. but he was hounded out because of his own shortcomings, which had nothing to do with his political skills but was a good excuse to get things back to graft and corrupt politics as usual.
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I get it... this is about Iraq, and set off by the insurgents' failure and the Iraqi governments' success in Basra and Sadr City.. you're setting the stage for Pelosi's spin.

BTW:
The budget surplus wasnt going to last. the 'net bubble ate up a lot of investor money.
Then the Trillion{s} dollars lost in 9/11 hit a LOT of businesses hard.

The tax cut 'for the wealthy' encouraged them to try again and shortened the 2000 recession.

But as Don shows, once a Keynesian, always a Keynesian.

YOU brought up Clinton's BJ... and I supported Clinton more than I suspect YOU ever supported a Republican.
I merely pointed out that what Nixon's gang was looking for was evidence of the DNC extorting and rewarding folks with hookers. They KNEW it was happening, they wanted proof.

Nixon lied about what he knew of the caper, ergo....

 

How 'moral' are the Dems, Don? Sex harassment. lying at will. Corruption abounding. But it's okay.

That seems to be a recurring theme lately. The Lib/Dems point to 'Family Values'.. and point out they have none, so they cant be blamed.
Fuckin Hypocrites!

It's YOUR side that gave a congressman a standing O for packing a Page's Fudge!

 

Well, much as it looks like I couldnt answer that last and simply skulked away... I just now read it.

In fact the statement on the congressman stands, though the actual facts HAVE been misrepresented elsewhere, near as I can tell:

Gerry Studds was censured by Congress in the eighties, for an affair with a 17 year old male page. A GOP congressman, Crane, was also censured for the same offense {with a different page}, at the same time {which I did know}.

Contrary to lore, however, Congress did NOT give him a standing O.... As anyone who knew Tip O'Neill's influence ahould have known.
It was his constituents, in his next two home appearances. Nor did he turn his back on the Speaker, as the finding was read.

The one who did that was the GOP Rep, Crane. Though I suppose a case should be made that Crane felt he was facing his 'jury'.