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Musicmystery -> RE: Yes there is a government conspiracy. (4/7/2010 9:38:33 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Real0ne
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ORIGINAL: servantforuse
There are 435 members in the House, and 100 in the Senate..They couldn't stick together on anything if their life depended on it. Most of them are not bright enough.
there is a saying what is it again?
Ignorance is bliss?
Yeh thats it.
Actually, if the smarter people in the GOP had taken a stand against the rubber-stamp mentality after 2000, the GOP wouldn't have squandered the gift of power Osama bin Laden handed them, and both houses and the presidency wouldn't be in Democratic hands. They went too far and got beat back. Even someone like McCain, whom I'd have supported in 2000, went nuts shooting from the hip and kowtowing to the less analytical conservative voices to become someone I would definitely not support in 2008.
Now the Democrats are trying to both learn the lessons and move their issues forward, and as usual for them, without a common lockstep collection of talking points. Yes, it makes for a weaker party. But this is how it should be--hash out those disparate viewpoints, and come to a reasonable compromise on which to move forward. Messy, but that's democracy.
Congress, especially the Senate, is designed to not get things done efficiently. The idea is to prevent the majority from running over the rights of the minority. Unfortunately, this principle today (the last few decades) is badly misused, blocking legislation for party reasons, holding up bills for completely unrelated issues, and keeping appointees from even coming to a vote, creating staffing problems in a number of agencies at the leadership level. Some adjustment of rules will eventually be critical. However, that takes a 2/3 majority, and, as it is designed to be, that's a hard bar to reach.
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