SadistDave
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ORIGINAL: Powergamz1
Here's a clue... if someone has never been even been on the ballot as a candidate, much less been elected to office, they aren't a 'liberal (or any other) pol'.
Follow the votes.
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ORIGINAL: SadistDave
Follow the votes. There are always seems to be just enough Democrats voting to kill the special interest bills that the Democrats introduce. It really isn't much of a mystery though. Grab the credit for writing a bill, make sure the vote fails. Blame the opposition. Move onto another special interest group to curry favor with. Repeat. The Dems have been bouncing back and forth between the gays and illegals for several years, because that has been a pretty successful strategy for them. I'm constantly amazed that these little little demographic groups the Dems target are too ignorant to see whats going on.
Take Obummers first term for example. The first couple of years, the Dems had a supermajority. They controlled the House and the Senate, and of course had the White House. The Republicans, on their own, did not have the power to defeat anything. It's a problem the loonie left conveniently forgets, as it doesn't gel with their narrative that the mean old Republicans were killing all those bills. The truth is that the bills being voted on were so poorly concieved that a lot of Dems knew they couldn't support them and have a pissants prayer of reelection.
And somehow, there always seemed to be just enough Democratic votes to kill those bills too....
Which is pretty much what's been going on in Illinois. The Dems have a veto-proof supermajority in the both the State House and State Senate and the Governor promised to sign their gay marriage bill as soon as it crosses his desk, but somehow, they managed to be 12 votes shy of passing gay marriage 3 months ago.
Personally though, my all time favorite example of homophobes in the Democratic Party is Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps is a lifelong Democrat, and has run for office several times. In 1992 he made a Senate bid and recieved over 30% of the votes in the Kansas Democratic Primary. Republicans are not allowed to vote in Democratic Party Primaries, which means that over 30% of the Democrats in Kansas supported Phelps Senatorial bid.
-SD-
So, you foolishly believe that the only people in a political party who count are the ones who actually get elected? Interesting....
Here's a clue. In the real world the people who win primaries are chosen by the rank and file of a political party. The rank and file chooses them because they represent the beliefs and ideals of the rank and file. When 30% of the state of Kansas Democratic Party's rank and file supports one of the most reprehensible, anti-American, homophobic personalities in American history, it's pretty significant.
-SD-
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To whom it may concern: Just because someone is in a position of authority they do not get to make up their own facts. In spite of what some people here (who shall remain nameless) want to claim, someone over the age of 18 is NOT a fucking minor!
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