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Originally Posted by pgardn
We get the Robo calls from Republicans in Texas. And we got the worst governor ever in the state of Texas, yes, worse than Bill Clemens and Mark White... We got Rick Perry(R). You will never see him except in face cause the girlies think he is hot, but if he speaks on any issue of substance, he has not a clue. You never see him take any questions straight from the press.
The Republicans are at least smart enough not to let the guy talk. I will give them that. And the Democrats in this state have not a clue what they believe. Totally unorganized mess.
Kinky for Governor.
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Pgardn, the Dems on the national scene have not a clue what they believe, either, and I say this as a very frustrated Dem. I cannot believe they have managed to not only kowtow on the torture thing, but also are STILL accused of being "soft on terror" by Bush. Amazing. (If I were them I'd show campain ads of Bush saying, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" and of him staring blankly into space, holding "My Pet Goat" but fat chance they'd have the cojones.)
And I think a lot of it, honestly, is the God thing. I think politicians are so terrified of standing up to the Religious Right in this nation that they kowtow to all sorts of ridiculous things because the second one of them says, "Abstinence-only education is a ridiculous waste of money" he's portrayed as a godless sodomite who is in bed with the terrorists. And then the Republican who wins because he yammers about how God influences all his decisions merrily votes on fiscal plans that hurt the poor and middle-class buy hey, that's okay because at least fags can't get married, right? And these Religious Righters who yammer about God's Kingdom on Earth push for torture on enemy combatants and tax cuts for the wealthy and all sorts of things that I suspect their alleged inspiration, Jesus, would be scratching his head over. But I think it's easier to listen to words than watch actions in this nation.
Anyway, to borrow from the NYTimes, I agree with you, the Democrats seem to have misplaced their spine the past few years. (Mind you, I'm still voting for them, because someone has to get these crazy religious nutjobs out of their government jobs, but I'm not hopeful these days.)