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  •  No matter who Bush nominates? (none / 0)

    How irresponsible can you get?

    I think there's about a 50/50 chance that Bush is going to try to nominate a middle-of-the-road candidate. Such a candidate (if they make it through confirmation hearings) should be approved.

    The Dems can spin that as winning for their side as well: a weakened GOP was afraid any right-winger they put up would face united Democratic opposition.

    I'm not a fan of all politics, all of the time. The Democratic Party has to be seen as taken its responsibility to govern seriously, as well.

    God bless America. God bless our troops.
    God damn George Bush to the fires of eternal damnation.

    by Bill Rehm on Fri Oct 28, 2005 at 11:25:57 AM PDT

    •  fight dirty - it's time to play as they do (none / 1)

      if I were in a back room somewhere giving advice to Reid, that's the advice I'd give him - and I think it's what he should do

      by Tom Kertes on Fri Oct 28, 2005 at 11:34:11 AM PDT

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      •  Fighting dirty... (none / 1)

        Well, we can only hope you're not in a position to give advice.  Reid appears to be doing a pretty good job without you.

        If we "play as they do", then what do we become?
        Them. We become Delay, Rove, Frist, all of them. Except that because we have a conscience, we will never be as effective as they have been.

        We end up like BushCo, saying that Abu Gharib was worse when Saddam ran it. That's setting the bar nice and low. Never mind the carnage, we achieved regime change.

        IMO the point we need to reinforce about the Libby indictment is that Americans know that it's wrong to win at any cost.  The current junta in Washington doesn't care about collateral damage.  They care about winning. Period.

        I think in the next year or so we'll find out how many lives were lost due to this leak.  Rumour has it that there is already a new star on the wall at the CIA.  The CIA's damage assessment will eventually trickle out.

        If we do as you advise, we will be reinforcing the stereotype that the Republicans have tagged us with: knee-jerk partisans, obstructionists.  

        Let's make sure we have reason to go with our fury; if we do then we become righteous, not just shrill.

        Let's walk the walk of doing what's right for the country, rather than the party.

        by Court Jester on Fri Oct 28, 2005 at 07:00:39 PM PDT

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        •  Better that than useless & weak (none / 0)

          You say: "If we do as you advise, we will be reinforcing the stereotype that the Republicans have tagged us with: knee-jerk partisans, obstructionists."  

          My response: If they are going to tag us, let's at least be that.  And this tag is better than the one that sticks - which is the Dems are weak and useless.  Now, who'd want to elect an opposition like that into power?

          by Tom Kertes on Sat Oct 29, 2005 at 03:18:26 PM PDT

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