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Skriven 2008-03-17 16:47:22 av Jeff Bowman (1:229/500)
  Kommentar till text 13038 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
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RW> Well, as an Independant, I can see why TN doesn't have any Dems in the
RW> Congress, if that's how it works there.
 
I didn't know you were independant, actually.  Which is interesting to me,
because I don't really know any, I don't believe!  People around here have an
obvious tendency to lean conservative.  And ironically enough, even many of my
internet friends turned out to be Republican as I came to find out, regardless
of none of them even living in the same state as me.
 
The folks I know tend to really lean one way or another. I admit I lean the
Democratic way, but they've done plenty I've been opposed to, just as
conservatives have supported things I agree with.  Which obviously makes it
hard come voting time, when you have to try and decide which person you dislike
the least.
 
 
RW> And AlGore must have somebody there who likes/liked him, or he wouldn't
RW> have been elected to Congress so many times before he became VP...At
RW> least Walter Mondale, 1984 Prez candidate, won his own state when he
RW> ran. Of course, that was the ONLY state he won.
 
I wasn't old enough to have any hand or even any interest in him back during
his congress days.  As for Mondale, I did notice that he managed to win just
one state, which must have been pretty depressing.  At least it was his.
 
 
RW> Oh? I kinda thought your states' 2008 Presidential offering did a fine
RW> job when he was a Senator.
 
If you're referring to Fred Thompson, he just rubs me the wrong way sometimes. 
He tries to tread certain lines of issues very carefully. It makes me feel like
he doesn't want to put any opinion on record to avoid making anyone vote
against him, and/or so that he can change it whenever he wants without having
to outright admit he was wrong.
 
He's done some things I approve of, in terms of like abortion issues, but at
the same time, he's still generally against it, which I can't say I agree with
overall.  He sounds like he possibly would consider invading Iran, but again,
he treads the line with careful words.  He's "skeptical" about human-induced
global warming, backing some of the (in my opinion) more ridiculous arguments
against it.  He opposes leaving Iraq but admits made a bunch of mistakes. 
These and other things just don't sit right with me. Everyone has an opinion.
Just say it and let the cards fall where they may.
 
 
RW>JB> For president, it's Bush.
 
RW> Not this election.
 
No, but we picked him the last two.
 
 
RW> Is that the same Lamar Alexander who ran for President one year?
 
A couple times, it would seem.
 
 
RW> Hmmmm. That's usually why Democrats fail to get elected. Unless they keep
RW> their mouths shut about raising your taxes before he gets elected.
 
I just always find it kind of silly that the public still assumes it's only
Democrats that'll raise your taxes, since anyone taking a look at any of the
last several presidents, and probably their own state governers, would see that
Republicans are just as guilty.  It just tends to be for different reasons. 
Taxes are usually to our benefit anyway, so unless it's for some crazy
inappropriate reason, I don't worry about it.
 
 
RW>JB> How does the news network affect how many crimes the Republican
RW>JB> party has committed?
 
RW> It's not that, it's the crimes the Dems have done that go unreported. How
RW> many times has NBC mentioned that Spitzer is a Democrat? I'll bet it
RW> wasn't mentioned once, or at least not until it was mentioned on
RW> conservative talk radio.
 
I never paid any attention to whether they called him a Democrat or not, but I
would assume somebody on those channels did at some point.  I do however know
that some of those other channels don't call out someone as being Republican
everytime they mention them, either.
 
 
RW> Not that I know of...Fox News lables all those crooks by their crimes.
 
There's more than one incident where they did "accidently" label Republicans in
trouble as Democrats.  I can even find you the footage of it, if you're
hesitant to believe it.
 
 
RW> They can't help but mention it, now that it's a major story. They would
RW> just as soon keep it under wraps if the could.
 
I really doubt it.  News is news.  When all you've got to report is Iraq most
days, anything different to latch onto is a hot story.  That's why they're
going as far as to look into the callgirl herself that he was paying for. 
People like that sort of dirt.
 
 
RW> That's because they smooze you into thinking they're the greatest.
 
I feel Democrats are far from greatest, but when put on a scale of crimes one
party has committed vs the other over the last few years alone, Democrats come
out far on top.
 
In one of the newest bit of news, the former treasurer of the National
Republican Congressional Committee apparently pocketed upwards to a million
dollars.  Will that see much news, now that Spitzer's prostitute is the talk of
the town?  I'm betting it'll just get a casual mention on some evening news
programs, if that.

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