Some top ranking DemocRATS that is. Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, and at least one or two others aren't even going to try to seek re-election this year. I think they should be required to live on the same SS and healthcare plans they have stuck the rest of us with.
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"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
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You nailed that one, Rats jumping ship. I don't blame them, why spend the time and money to get your ares handed to you in the next election. Another member of the party might have a cut dogs chance of actually looking decent and not get blown out as badly.
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kaafir mushrik
Unintended consequences and God have one thing in common: Liberals don’t believe in either of them.
Its a good start, but until ALL of them with a "D" after their name is gone this country is still going to go downhill...
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I love Christmas lights. They remind me of the people who voted for Obama. They all hang together; half of them don't work, and the ones that do, aren't that bright.
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do
not understand, no explanation is possible.
A golf course is a willful and deliberate misuse of a perfectly good rifle range.
better not forget some of our breoved Pubs' as well. Dems aren't the only ones retiring, I beleive the old Pols are going to get ripped by the young bucks. Whole new set of problems and be acting like BHO to get elected. Smooth talking clean cut and talking about change. Those words are not gone from our lexicon w/ his election they will be reused again in 2010! One of the first Dereps (dem and repub mixed breed)to go should be Spectorate!
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"There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory." --American author and humorist Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Personally, I think the whole damn bunch oughta go....all the Democrats and all the Republicans. Start with a clean slate of non-career public servants instead of politicians. Initiate term limits. Stomp out the "good ole' boy network" and all the politics, money, favoritism, cronyism, and dirty dealing that goes with it. Elect people who will genuinely represent the public's best interests. You know why none of these things won't be done? We all think the other person's representatives are the problem.....not our own. Things won't change until we all admit that our own representatives are part of the problem. They all need replacing.
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After thinking about this a bit, I dont think it is Dodds choice. I think the party told him to quit so they didnt have to pull a Leiberman on him. Remember, this is the guy who ran for POTUS last year. Its hard to think he is so willing to give up his power so easily. I guess he got more sweatheart deals to leave, just like the Country Wide deals, and all the other crooked stuff that has got his constituents P.O.ed.
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kaafir mushrik
Unintended consequences and God have one thing in common: Liberals don’t believe in either of them.
Rats Know When A Ship Is Sinking....
