http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4981721Oh my.
nookiemonster (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-04-09 06:56 PM
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My blood is boiling...
Hi DU,
Gotta post a little rant here, and vent a little. Hear me out.
I have become so jaded with what is currently going on with the state of our nation. We're lucky enough to have a strong, competent Democratic president and majorities in both houses. Normally, I'd be extremely blissful about this. Unfortunately, our Democratic leaders are just not getting the point. Let me explain.
I have had it up to here with the whole BIPARTISAN thing. Give me a ****ing break. Do the Dems remember how they and their brethren were treated when we were the minority? How in the hell can they not remember? We all remember. These asshole Republicans will not stop being obstructionists, or give one **** about what Dems or the American people think. They have absolutely no reason to change their behavior. Hell, why would they? It's been one big ass gravy train up to this point. Nothing less than hearings and prosecutions will make them change their ways. How damn hard is that to understand?
The little ****ers are trotting out Cheney again, and playing the fear card again. The media goes along with it. Nothing changes.
We need hearings. We need prosecutions. The evidence has to be overwhelming! Nothing will change short of that, I'm afraid.
Thanks for letting me rant. Here's hoping for the best.
Oh my again.
FriendlyReminder (101 posts) Wed Feb-04-09 06:58 PM
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1. I hear ya' bro'. Being in the Majority used to mean something. Screw the repugs and get passed what needs to be passed.
Well, the Democrats, being in the majority, can do that.
If what needs to be passed doesn't get passed, don't blame the political party with the lesser number of members.
Asses.
For refreshment, the Rita Hayworth primitive:
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-04-09 07:00 PM
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4. First, Cheney made that pronouncement on his own, and the GOPigs are VERY unhappy about his having done that.
Second, Obama promised change and a spirit of bipartisanship is a necessary change that our country needs. You don't expect a child to walk perfectly when he first stands on his own; nor should you expect things to go smoothly right from the start.
Third, it's been fifteen days. What have YOU accomplished in a new job with 200,000,000 constitutents in the past two weeks?
Fourth, I have no idea what you're talking about when you write about "hearings..... prosecutions." Are you suggesting that legislators who don't go along with the President's proposed stimulus plan should be investigated and prosecuted? Surely you can't be suggesting something that ridiculous.
What on earth did you think would happen when President Obama was sworn in? That everything would change immediately?
You know better than that. I am sure you do.
Well, yeah, sure, and not only the monstrous primitive thought that would happen.
The 0bamaites and 0bamaite primitives promised us it would happen, and so we took their word for it.
But thus far as the lonestarnut primitive promised, hunger hasn't ended in America the past sixteen days; sixteen days later than what the lonestarnut primitive promised.
I suppose we're going to have to stop paying attention to the promises of the primitives.
Windy (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-04-09 07:03 PM
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7. The media wants a story at all costs! If Obama would have fought for Daschle, it would have been a story... oh he is changing his policy on clean government
Now that he didn't fight for Daschle, old school political left wingers like Bill Press whine that he isn't ruthless enough and that you need OLD washington insiders to get things done
He moves to cap the pay of CEOs who take our money and we hear that he is "big brother".
If he didn't cap the pay or take some kind of regulatory action he would have been labeled as just another DLC tool.
He has to do what he thinks is best for the country and I think he is trying to do that.
I think that the media is the biggest threat we have to our democracy.
We are also our own worst enemies on the Dem side.
I'm personally sick of it. I am going to work with the grassroots to try and get things done. whining here and watching the hacks on tv only gets MY blood boiling!
bunnies (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-04-09 07:03 PM
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8. Hold on.
And this is something that I have to keep saying to myself:
Obama ran on a platform of bipartisanship. He has no choice but to do what he's doing - or else he looks like a liar.
The high road won us this presidency and the high road will win us our goals. We have four years to turn this country around. Its been two weeks and look how far we've come.
Uh, many of us think we haven't come very far at all, if even that.
FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Wed Feb-04-09 07:47 PM
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28. "the high road will win us our goals"
Compromising with Nazis-by-another-name isn't really the high road.
The primitive with crabs:
krabigirl (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 11:37 AM
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38. I agree. I DONT want bipartisanship with those people! They can STFU.
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