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I'm Calling the PRESIDENCY for Barack Obama...
07 Nov 2012 07:36 #53
by FredHayek
Deluded optomist...I imagine the GOP leaners are going to fight on here.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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towermonkey wrote: Congrats to President Obama. Maybe we can all move beyond the vitriol that has ruled this place for the last few months.
Deluded optomist...I imagine the GOP leaners are going to fight on here. Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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07 Nov 2012 08:28 #57
by ScienceChic
I voted for every Independent that I could, and the only feeling I have is that nothing is going to change in the next 4 years. Wouldn't have mattered whether Democrats or Republicans controlled either house or the PA Ave, ain't nuthin' gonna change...
Oh, except that we'll start feeling the effects of climate change more, and start going more bankrupt trying to pay to fix everything or writing off losses, insurance rates skyrocketing, etc. We're hosed.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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RCCL wrote: You know... voting for a third-party is actually kinda exciting, and freeing, in its own ways... I woke up this morning with absolutely zero expectation that "my guy" won even a single state.
But you know what?
I picked a candidate that represented over 90% of all of my views, not just one sector, not along party lines, not because I was "voting against the other guy"... but because I truly believe in him as a representation of my views and my opinions. I'm happy with my personal voting results.
That said, with very little actual change in the Senate and House, I envision (at the very minimum) two more years of squabbling, two more years of "the Republicans are the party of 'No'" and "Democrats won't go 'across the aisle' for anything", two more years of wishing we could get something accomplished, real plans in place, budgets actually balanced, presented, and on the record... but knowing that nothing will actually get accomplished. We've got the same old bags in all the right places.
I voted for every Independent that I could, and the only feeling I have is that nothing is going to change in the next 4 years. Wouldn't have mattered whether Democrats or Republicans controlled either house or the PA Ave, ain't nuthin' gonna change...Oh, except that we'll start feeling the effects of climate change more, and start going more bankrupt trying to pay to fix everything or writing off losses, insurance rates skyrocketing, etc. We're hosed.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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