They are leaving!!!!

[tunnelvision69]

Yeah, right. Your typing skills? Are you serious? :icon_bs:

You start a damn political thread with a link post and follow it with a half dozen more posts linking to mostly right-leaning articles that don't tell the whole story, while you gleefully predict the total demise of the dems... and you were expecting what?

Typing lessons?

Your 'no comment' comment is a complete cop-out. Here's a name for ya- wuss.

angry little dope head aren't we!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:sifone:

 

[03darkshadow]

Off topic... no I am not actually fat, just giant... and no you don't want to fight me.
So agreed. But drinks... drinks would be great.

On topic. Agreed.

Rock on.

off topic, i was kidding about the fat, sorry. and no, no fighting. and yes, drinks are always welcome :cheers2:

 

[fund razor]

off topic, i was kidding about the fat, sorry. and no, no fighting. and yes, drinks are always welcome :cheers2:

I know. I was too.

 

[Chris]

Rethug. I like that.

Sometimes you have to send in someone to kick a little a$$ and get things done. Better than some whiny, sneaky little scumbag.

Most in both categories are filled with of the most detestable qualities known to man- phony idealism. They whip it out on command and spread it around thick, patronizing their numbskull constituents in order to accomplish that most-important goal of hanging onto their jobs.

In reality, the majority of them in both parties are people I wouldn't want to be photographed standing next to.

 

[catastrophe]

Anytime a 25 yr plus oldtimer leaves you get the opportunity to get fresh ideas.
Doesnt matter what party it is.

I cant imagine that some of the current old cranks relate to the young voters.

 

[Ted]

I cant imagine that some of the current old cranks relate to the young voters.

They don't. And now that Obama is going grey he will lose them all :ack2: Can't imagine what you must end up knowing in that office, every one of them since Reagan went grey or greyer while in office, O is the fastest I can remember though, he's gonna look like Fred Sanford by the end of his 4 years.

 

[Chris]

At the same time, your constituency suffers. Being around 25 years means you must have ammassed some power. And in order to keep your job that long, that power had to have been used to bring home the bacon for your constituents on a very regular basis. No one wants their representative to bring home "their fair share". You need some of someone else's pie if you want to stay ahead.

Now they end up with some junior senator or congressman with no position, no appointments and no influence. They're starting from scratch. And now it's their pie that the established, powerful guys are tasting.

That was the one thing I could never understand about legislatively-mandated term limits. Why statutorily force yourself through a single voted action to shed yourself of someone who could potentially be doing a stellar job? Oh yeah. I forgot. The voters don't even trust themselves to muster the ability to toss an occasional bum to the curb.

In fairness, some of these guys are being pushed out by their parties.

 

[Chris]

They don't. And now that Obama is going grey he will lose them all :ack2: Can't imagine what you must end up knowing in that office, every one of them since Reagan went grey or greyer while in office, O is the fastest I can remember though, he's gonna look like Fred Sanford by the end of his 4 years.

I posted a thought the other day and I've been considering it a bit more. The thought was about how the job has changed so dramatically in recent history. Look at the world during Eisenhower's presidency, then bounce a few forward, then a few more and a few more.

We live in a world that is increasing in complexity at an alarming rate. It makes me wonder if one man can possibly have an appropriately thorough grasp on the breadth and depth of every critical issue confronting us as a nation. Is the concept of a single individual in charge of the Executive doomed?

 

[Ted]

Okay, we need a Triumvirate, you, me, and Jay.