Obama, Reid, Pelosi and Al Franken Running this Country? Think about it
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Published October 26th, 2008
Yes. That is what they want; a government with absolutely no checks and balances. A filibuster proof Senate for the Democrats and a Congress where Pelosi of San Francisco calls the shots for all of us. And to head this up, a rubber stamp President Obama to do whatever they tell him to do. They know this; even Hillary Clinton is being open about it in her ad for Comedian Al Franken’s run for Senate
When you vote, you are not simply choosing a local Congressman or Senator, or even a stand along President. This year you are choosing whether or not to give the Democrats unchecked and complete control. If you don’t like how Congress has run for the past two years, imagine them with zero checks.
Add to this a media that has proven that their lust for Obama prevents them from questioning him (and is punished if they dare ask hard questions), and a clear message that if any private citizen questions the “Political Messiah” they will be ‘watched’ and you have a bright future for America(?)
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I don’t like how congress ran from 2000 to 2006, and I don’t like some of the compromises made in the last two years either. Still, the scary thing is that virtually eliminating a check against the president is somewhat disturbing to me. 9/11 swayed congress to give Bush unprecedented powers, powers which have stretched our nation too thin.
I’m not sure that we should be so quick to elect Democrats down the line, but I find it extremely difficult to support a congressional Republican candidate that would represent me.
Perhaps there are better Republicans in other states who are better choices, and they will be the few that will keep the 60 vote majority from being a reality. This is why I did not contribute to the campaigns of Democrats in other states even though Move-On made an attempt to appeal to me to do so.
Actually Joel, if that is what you feared it is my opinion you could have safely voted for Jim Gilmore. I voted (my ballot is in the mail) for Mark Warner myself, but it is not because I feared Jim.
Jim is probably going to lose but I hope we can find some job for him in public service because he is too good a man to keep sitting on the sidelines.
Want just a taste of he Obama-Biden administration? Take a look at who they want to replace them in the Senate. Obama the Democratic candidate, who just happens to be African-American wants the seat filled by yes you guessed it….. an African-American. Biden wants to do it the old fashioned way….nepotism, and give it to his son, Beau. Would that be a tax-free gift under their new tax plan? From each according to their abilities, to each according to their genes!
Personally, i think the Dems will just miss the 60 seat majority by one or two seats. The thing is, i don’t think it matters. Democrats are hardly known for party unity, heck, they seemed toothless even when in the majority. Between the blue dog Dems and the remarkable party-line unity of most of the Republican Senators, i’m not expecting anything phenominally drastic getting through, though they just may pull off health care reform. I expect a good two years will be spent trying to roll back what most on the left consider the worst of Bush’s legacy.
In a normal case, i’d pretty much agree with Joel’s sentiments. After the last 8 years though, i think a couple years of the Dem’s trying to hold themselves together enough to make a few changes would be good thing. And if the consensus seems to be that things have strayed too far in 2 years, then i expect to see them Dems loose a few seats in 2010.
And Mark Emery, just curious as to where you got your info? Who do you think Obama would prefer? I’m assuming you’re implying Jones or Jackson, but I’d think that unlikely. I’ve been digging and I’m not finding much of any info on Obama’s preference for his replacement.
So far as Biden , I’m no lawyer, but I’d guess Beau Biden may not be eligible since his tour in Iraq isn’t scheduled to end until late 2009. Not sure how that would work. Local chatter is that it would likely be a 2-year placeholder like Bob Byrd.
Either way, its not up to them, it’s up to the respective states governors. And we’re not talking a Murkowski situation here.
Jeremy,
Jackson is Obama’s Obvious pick. He is a co-chair of his campaign.
“but I’d guess Beau Biden may not be eligible since his tour in Iraq isn’t scheduled to end until late 2009″
Gee, Why do I have a feeling that wouldn’t matter. Plus, heck, Obama has been promising to pull all of the troops out in his frist 90 days… That is what I keep hearing from his supporters.
Plus why would Beau stop being such a succesful lobbyiest for the Credit Card Industry.. Oh wait, his best advicate in the Senate, Ol’ Joe, would be gone.
My source was The Hill, The newspaper is a subsidiary of News Communications Inc., a publicly owned company. I don’t know where you were searching?.. Try Google and see the links. Of course it’s not up to them from a legal authority standpoint, they would be able to use their bully pulpit, you betcha.
Mark, thanks for the pointer. I found what I’m presuming is the article at The Hill. The one line that talks about Obama’s preference is pure guesswork:
Nothing else regarding anything he has said, not even off the record anonymous “insider” murmuring. I do see a lot of self-promotion by Jackson himself (shock of shocks). SW, you do have a point, but by that logic we’d likely be seeing Kaine as Obama’s running mate now.
Biden, I’ll not argue too much. It would be ludicrous to say that he doesn’t want to see his son succeed him. Although I’m inclined to think it will likely be a placeholder, the stage just isn’t set right for Beau and we can just look at Alaska and how much damage it did to Murkowski to make the Delaware governor gun shy on picking him straight up.
It’s fine for Beau Biden to have designs on a future in politics, and of course Joe Biden would want his son to succeed in any endeavor, and of course even a placeholder will be handed the job for nothing. Something smells funny when the job gets handed to a family member, it’s not right. Let him (Beau) run for it, even the great political dynasties stood for election. As for Obama’s choice, we won’t know until it happens, and I’m saying right now in advance “I told you so”.
Hey, what is so bad about getting some left wing input after so many of the Karl Rove years when they were kept out? It’s not like the Karl Rove years lead us to economic prosperity or something.
Excuse me for that last post folks. That one was supposed to go under another thread. I have no explanation for why it ended up here. I guess I just confused Firefox by bouncing around so much or something?