Does that seriously surprise people when politicians lie? I thought that was the game?Who can lie the best...
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I don't think it's a case of lying as much as having to deal with the fact that it's almost impossible for them to get any legislation passed when their fellow reublicans won't help them override the inevitable vetos that Bush will throw them... so the only way to get anything done is to package it with the war budget... because Bush needs that to continue his imperialist agenda.Comment
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Also, can you tell me specifically what they lied about during the 2006 campaign as it pertains to that news article?
We all know the democrats are opposed to the war and want to bring the troops home, but did they say they were going to cut off funding or bring the troops home before the 2008 election or anything like that?
I don't think so.sig too bigComment
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Some thing else that should be changed is the electoral college. Or am I the only one left that remembers that by POPULAR VOTE Gore won the election all those many years ago?
The thing that surprises me most at this point is that any one is surprised that the government is stalled. I'm getting so sick and tired of hearing people bitch about who's fault it is. The fault lies across both sides of the isle. Madame Speaker and other high ranking democratic officials for having no balls to lead their ever so slight majority to follow the will of the people and any given republican who has his head so far up a lobbiests ass that he can't see the truth.Shane
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The last 3 months very few of our guys have died and fewer Iraqis have died. though still low the % of those saying things aare getting better in Iraq are going up. Also the war is slowly but surely becoming secondary as a reason for voting for someone. Al the republicans have to do if they give Bush war funds is to say they democrats are against the soldiers. All they have to do is show a few dead soliders and say if the dems had funded the soliders they'd be alive and the idiotic public eats it up.Comment
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I agree with this. It would require amending the constitution though, and that takes a very long time.
There are alot of powerful congressional members from small states that want to keep things the way they are because by their states being "swing states" they get alot more attention than they would if the popular vote decided the election.
That, in my opinion, is the main reason no real effort has been made to change this.sig too bigComment
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After getting screwed in the election of 1824 Jackson had plans on doing this when he won in 1828. He found out the reality of changing the electoral college was harder than he planned and gave up trying to get it changed.
This is a myth. When was the last time a presidential candidate really campaigned in Alaska or Hawaii? They don't. Why? Because Alaska is always going to vote Republican and Hawaii will vote Democrat. Same thing goes for states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Idaho and others. They will always vote republican. Minnesota and Massachusetts and DC will always vote Democrat. So candidates don't go to these states. Where do candidates go to? California, Florida, Ohio.There are alot of powerful congressional members from small states that want to keep things the way they are because by their states being "swing states" they get alot more attention than they would if the popular vote decided the election.
That, in my opinion, is the main reason no real effort has been made to change this.Comment
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