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WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 03:11

with any luck, the party of the right will control the entire government for the first time in 73 years! Let freedom ring \o/

Gayle29uk · 5 Nov 2002, 03:14

As I said in an earlier thread, VOTE FOR FICUS!

HobbieRogue4 · 5 Nov 2002, 03:19

: D I S E N C H A N T E D :

Nodrog · 5 Nov 2002, 03:19

I thought you voted Republican?

HobbieRogue4 · 5 Nov 2002, 03:22

Political analyst Gordon Ross to the rescue!

lolololol

Nodrog · 5 Nov 2002, 03:23

It was a serious question...

CamelToe · 5 Nov 2002, 03:23

lets hope so \o/

im gonna have to put up with Roy Barnes for another 4 years though... fk-wit nearly put my mom out of a job :/

WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 03:27

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Originally posted by Nodrog
It was a serious question...

I do, I'm expecting to win the Senate tomorrow...

HobbieRogue4 · 5 Nov 2002, 03:27

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Originally posted by Nodrog
It was a serious question...

My jest was rather serious too. I think the 'lolololol' is too confusing to use sometimes. :/

Anyway, I'm tempted to nitpick WF's initial post, dunno if I can keep interest though. :|

WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 03:30

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Originally posted by HobbieRogue4

My jest was rather serious too. I think the 'lolololol' is too confusing to use sometimes. :/

Anyway, I'm tempted to nitpick WF's initial post, dunno if I can keep interest though. :|

Whats there to nitpick? This was a rather lighthearted attempt to remind those who wouldn't usually know\care that there could be a major swing in the political landscape in America tomorrow. This is the first time in generations that the entire government could be led by the Republicans...

Gayle29uk · 5 Nov 2002, 03:33

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Originally posted by WarFalcon

Whats there to nitpick? This was a rather lighthearted attempt to remind those who wouldn't usually know\care that there could be a major swing in the political landscape in America tomorrow. This is the first time in generations that the entire government could be led by the Republicans...

You'd still be better off with ficus

Nodrog · 5 Nov 2002, 03:35

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Originally posted by WarFalcon

I do, I'm expecting to win the Senate tomorrow...

Do you honestly think that the current Republican government controlling the whole of the senate would be a significant victory for "the party of the Right"?

HobbieRogue4 · 5 Nov 2002, 03:39

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Originally posted by WarFalcon
Whats there to nitpick?

'reign'
Though right-wing, it's amusing to note that the Republican party is no more 'right' than the Democratic party. Try not to read too heavily in that by the way.

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This was a rather lighthearted attempt to remind those who wouldn't usually know\care that there could be a major swing in the political landscape in America tomorrow.

Could, and more than likely 'will' as well. The democratic party was ill-prepared, and, from a Californian standpoint, the powers in individual states could be shifting dramatically in the next 4 years. What with districts in some states being redrawn and all.

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This is the first time in generations that the entire government could be led by the Republicans...

Yet it's amusing to note that not all, and surely more so in our generation than those past, that representatives don't vote entirely along party-lines anymore.

But bare-faced, the Republican party will 'control' possibly all three branches of government (assuming you'd like to lump the Judicaries along political party lines as well).

My lasting worry is purely on what sort of legislation will pass 'freely' because of party-line control (assuming Republicans were to vote along party-lines in cooperation with the President).

WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 03:41

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Originally posted by Nodrog
Do you honestly think that the current Republican government controlling the whole of the senate would be a significant victory for "the party of the Right"?

eeesh, I didn't mean it to sound like a holy crusade. Can't I ever be flowery with my language without someone taking it as a deeper meaning? Republicans = right wing, thats all I ment.

However, yes, I do think it will be significant if the Republicans control the Senate again. The tax cuts can be made permenant, we can finally get constructionalists back on the courts, and we won't have to write in so many compromises into new legislation.

HobbieRogue4 · 5 Nov 2002, 03:51

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Originally posted by WarFalcon
The tax cuts can be made permenant (while the economy continues to flounder), we can finally get constructionalists back on the courts (while favoring education initiatives, we'll see a decline in choice freedoms), and we won't have to write in so many compromises into new legislation (rather than incorporate bipartizan legislation which would be more favorable to the American people instead of just 'changing their minds' among party-selection come next election).

Cuddley_Battleship · 5 Nov 2002, 03:52

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Originally posted by WarFalcon
with any luck, the party of the right will control the entire government for the first time in 73 years! Let freedom ring \o/

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WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 04:33

the economy floundered before there were any tax cuts (ahem, clinton)

Tactitus · 5 Nov 2002, 04:58

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Originally posted by WarFalcon
However, yes, I do think it will be significant if the Republicans control the Senate again. The tax cuts can be made permenant, we can finally get constructionalists back on the courts, and we won't have to write in so many compromises into new legislation.

Nothing in politics is ever "permanent." There's nothing the Republicans can do that can't be undone by subsequent Democratic-controlled governments--and vice versa. The most durable changes are court appointments, since judges serve until death or retirement; but even there the courts turn over, albeit slowly. It will take many years just to offset the Clinton appointments and even so, there are today still more sitting judges who were appointed by Reagan/Bush (sr) than by Bill Clinton.

The ability of either party to effect long-lasting changes is limited, and is more a function of how long they can remain in power. To that end, a Republican-controlled government would be best served by governing well enough to be returned to office in 2004.

Politics is a marathon, not a sprint.

Starbucks · 5 Nov 2002, 05:54

Ahh well

hope this means your economy is good

but i hope it doesn't mean your gonna screw around with foreign policy too much

btw, cant you do what you used to do and not give a ****?

it was a lot easier then

WarFalcon · 5 Nov 2002, 06:04

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Originally posted by Tactitus

Nothing in politics is ever "permanent."

The tax cuts expire in 10 years, they could make them permanent, ie not expire in 10 years. Of course that doesn't mean that new tax hikes couldn't be enacted.

5 Nov 2002, 08:27

Giving George Bush more power doesn't strike me as good :/