joether -> RE: The day the Ds took over (11/1/2012 1:40:41 AM)
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What I like about this thread, is just how far the conservatives will go to ignore reality, facts, and US History. Its like they view their 'minority' status as being steam-rolled over for two years before the Republicans re-took the House of Representatives. One only has to look at how often, and indeed, how creative, Republicans in both chambers got to stall and stop any bill making its way from creation to signing on the President's desk. The Affordable Care Act is a great example. Republicans tried....EVERYTHING....and then some to get that bill to be destroyed. They created total lies and passed them off as fact at every chance they could. The reason the ACA is what it is, and NOT the President's original version, is largely due to Republicans. I wonder how many conservatives actually took the time to read the President's version before doing anything and everything they could to stop/undermine it? Less then 0.0001%. In fact, the number that actually read the bill is...LESS....the total number of cases in which voter fraud took place....ANYWHERE....in the USA.....SINCE....the millennium started! There are a host of moments to which Republicans did everything they could on many other bills. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is one they all voted against it based on their 'principles'. But tried to secretly take money for their states/disctricts. Including Mr. Paul Ryan. Hey, isn't Mr. Ryan running for public office this year? Yeah, yeah, but its not Congress. Someone help me out here.... Now the good stuff. Much of the events that starting taking place in 2007, had their creation back during 2000-2006. The Republican Congress turned a $330 Billion surplus on the budget and within so many years, turned it into a $1.2 Trillion deficit. Along with removing regulations across the board: financial sector, housing rules, equipment regulations, etc. We can all remember those ads on TV for "...Even if you have no credit, bad credit or flimsy credit...YOU CAN GET A HOUSING LOAN!", right? Take a wild guess which political party allowed...THAT....to happen? We all know what soon followed. And there was regulations stating how equipment related to oil rig operations were NEVER to be exceeded. Well, cus the regulation wasnt there, the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon followed. Plus, each year, healthcare costs were going up (at least in the surrounding states to mine) by double digit percentages. Republicans did anything and everything to keep any sort of cap, limit, or law disallowing the trend from taking place. Heck, they had FOUR YEARS to create their own national health care law. They got to busy trying to make money for the richest 1% in American to 'Give a Flying Fark' about anyone else....below....the millionaire mark. I can keep going on this Yachtie. The amount of Bull Droppings on the Republican side are considerably higher than the Democrat side. Oh, I can admit Democrats have had their share of screw ups and problems. But its....NOTHING....compare to the depth, length, and size Republicans have unleashed on this country in the last three presidential terms. I have to give President Obama credit. He has had to deal with alot of total crap from Republicans since coming to office. Which party failed to create a budget bill that would pass....BOTH....the House and Senate in August of 2011? That would be the Republican House, Yachtie. I know this will come as a shocker, but just because the House Republicans voted on a bill, doesnt make it law. It STILL has to go through and be approved on by the Demcoratic controlled Senate. This is 'Civics 101', and it just stuns me that conservatives are really....THIS STUPID....on civics 101. It is surprising that most conservatives do not know the concept of a 'compromise', even though that's a foundational concept for the USA. That two sides want something, they must agree to a set of terms wereby both sides get something they want. In '2nd grader language' (cus some of you conservatives really are....slow....): You want something I sell. I set a price. If you want it, you'll give me the money for the thing you want. I then give you the thing you want. Your upset that it costed you money, which is something you want too! I want money and keep the thing that you want as well....BUT....I realize (unlike 99.999% of conservatives these days), that to get money, I would have to give you the something that you want. That is what a compromise is defined in '2nd grader language'. Yeah, I have to dumb it down to simple terms, cus I really have no confidence that conservatives can handle 'higher brain functions'. Finally, if you and all the other conservatives were to hold the people you vote into office to twice the level accountibility and responsibility as you slam the President and Democrats on an hourly basis....we'd have better goverment almost over night!
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