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Date Posted: 09:56:59 02/11/10 Thu
Author: Paul Davis
Subject: It's not Congress so much as the public
In reply to: MaryAnne 's message, "Re: Underwear bomber singing like a canary" on 11:11:06 02/10/10 Wed


Going by polls that have been 60%+ at some time in the last six months, the public wants no stimulus spending, just more roads, bridges and unemployment, wants to win the war on terror without fighting or keeping the military outside the country, wants smaller government that provides more intense regulation of banks, a balanced budget achieved without cuts while cutting taxes.

The public has gone nuts. The whole US sounds like a spoiled baby crying IWANNA. The current status in Washington is a reflection of this.

NOBODY wants hard choices. Every time anyone in office makes a hard choice, and Obama has made several, they get slammed for it. There is NO, absolutely NONE, of the support the President used to get for making hard choices, and none for any Cabinet member or even Senator.

If someone in Congress makes a hard choice, they get booted in the primary.

In short, the US is currently ungovernable.

This is seen as fracturing and weakness by our enemies, and we are going to be fighting WWIII in not too many years because of that.

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>Jeff,You are so right!Dysfunctional describes both
>parties right now.
>Did you read Krugman's article about how America is
>not dead yet,but the Senate was doing a very good job
>of killing it?
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>Harry Reid is the most dysfunctional Leader I have
>ever seen in the Senate.He has as much backbone as a
>flea.
>He could stop all this nonsense in a minute by calling
>a vote to break the filibuster.He could even force
>them to stand and talk for days as they did during the
>Civil Rights fight.
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>Being retired,snowed in,I have watched them in action
>and it is not pretty.All those Dems getting so many
>goodies they embarrassed themselves.
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>Obama could also step in and do a little arm
>twisting.LBJ would have grabbed them by the neck if
>they went against him like they did the NRLB nominee.
>If Obama has any intestinal fortitude at all he will
>appoint them all during the recess.They shamed Shelby
>into dropping his hold on 70 nominees.
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>>I could say the same about both parties. They dont
>>govern anymore but instead they get elected, work a
>>month or two and then go into election cycle mode
>>again.
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>>It would be nice to see them actually sit down and
>>govern without worrying about the next election. I
>>expect America would be better for it.
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>>>The proble with the Republicans is simply that
>they've
>>>become dysfunctional as a governing body. They don't
>>>have any ideas that haven't been tried over and over,
>>>they don't have anything but refusal to govern.
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>>>That in itself is the reason why the Tea party has
>>>grown up, because there is nothing in the Republican
>>>party now. It's an empty set.
>>I could say the same thing about both parties. They
>>have both become parties that dont govern anymore.
>>They merely make decisions that affect the next
>>election. They get elected, they spend a couple of
>>months doing their job and then they go back into the
>>election cycle.
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>>It would be refreshing to see congress not worry about
>>who is getting elected and just worked to do what was
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>>>>What was funny was listening to Susan Collins last
>>>>Saturdany trying her best to sputter and squalk
>about
>>>>how dangerous this was and how it's putting the
>>>>country at greater danger for giving him Miranda
>>>>rights.
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>>>>Less then twelve hours later, the administration
>>>>released the info the news that the administration
>>has
>>>>obtained the cooperation of family members who
>>>>convinced the culprit it would be in his best
>>interest
>>>>to cooperate and cooperate he did!
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>>>>And one more time, Republicans were left with egg on
>>>>their faces. I have no clue how many more times
>this
>>>>has to happen before they get the message that the
>>>>public sees them clearly as the party of no.
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>>>>It was funny seeing them release their version of
>>>>healthcare reform. The had a booklet and pronounced
>>>>they could insure everyong without increasing cost.
>>>>The only thing missing was any accounting info to
>>back
>>>>up that claim--no CBO documentation, just because
>>they
>>>>said so. That's how moronic it's gotten.

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