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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
I'll admit that I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm more progressive than this country will ever be from a political standpoint, and there is no way that the country I live in will ever look like I think it should unless I move somewhere in Europe, which I don't obviously want to do because I like it here.
I liked Clinton quite a bit, and a return to the glory days of that era would be 100% fine by me.
But at the same time, I also don't think that things can be like that again, at least not with Obama. The Right hated Clinton for the most part, but it doesn't match up in any way with how extreme their hatred for everything about Obama is. They will absolutely NOT work with him on anything. If they get control of Congress, I'd be willing to wager that there will be no "centrist" legislation whatsoever, because a great deal of folks on the right are more concerned with seeing Obama fail than they are seeing anything positive get done. And you can bet that two years of no forward progress will be just fine with them as long as it means that Obama fails.
Then again, bickering, blame, and no forward progress seems to be what everyone wants (if DT is a good microcosm of the world), so it seems that people will be, for the most part, getting exactly what they want.
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I would hope and pray that our elected officials care about us constituents, even just a little bit.
But yeah you are right, they are all scum bags.
There are no Newts in the Republican part of congress anymore. (the dems may disagree, but I think he was the MAN in the 90's - he's really brilliant, with personal shortcomings - but dont we all)
Shoot.. I'd be much happier with a party full of "moderates" like Scott Brown.. even if it means the passage of progressive reforms (I just want things that will actually work an not add to our debt) at least he seems to care about his people!