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Old 06-08-2010, 05:47 AM   #1
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Impressive statement Griff.
It probably says more about the unimpressive nature of the two major parties and their unwillingness to govern to the center and acknowledge the price (moral/economic) of their policies. I still think Obama could be a solid President, but the other major players in his party make that extremely difficult. I also think politicians need to grow up and argue policy rather than spend their days flaming each other in the press.
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Old 06-08-2010, 07:45 AM   #2
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...What Iam saying is that the Obama Administration and Pelosi set the bar. Not the Republickins. The Dems set the bar as to how there were going to conduct business. They failed to live up to the promises that got them elected. They lied to the American public to get elected and now the people are seeing through their Kabuki Theater. They lied to the people...
Fail.
You say that as if campaign promises are not broken after every election. Bush claimed that he would build bipartison concensus, as he claimed to have done in Texas. He didn't even try. His father promised "no new taxes". They're all hypocrits. Like you.
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Old 06-08-2010, 08:50 AM   #3
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It probably says more about the unimpressive nature of the two major parties and their unwillingness to govern to the center and acknowledge the price (moral/economic) of their policies. I still think Obama could be a solid President, but the other major players in his party make that extremely difficult.

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I also think politicians need to grow up and argue policy rather than spend their days flaming each other in the press.
Yeh! thats for us to do here.
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