The Democrats Won In Louisiana
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REDWAVE
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Small victories
Yeah, congrats. I guess you Democrats have to be grateful for small victories these days-- you've been losing all the big battles. But Landrieu is a very right-wing Democrat. She might as well be a Republican.
But the big story here is the rumor that a couple of Senate Republicans-- the names I've heard mentioned are John McCain and Chafee of RI-- might switch parties now that Landrieu has won, depriving the GOP of control of the Senate. Any thoughts on that?
Yeah, congrats. I guess you Democrats have to be grateful for small victories these days-- you've been losing all the big battles. But Landrieu is a very right-wing Democrat. She might as well be a Republican.
But the big story here is the rumor that a couple of Senate Republicans-- the names I've heard mentioned are John McCain and Chafee of RI-- might switch parties now that Landrieu has won, depriving the GOP of control of the Senate. Any thoughts on that?
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It's not a real surprise.
Louisiana politics is almost entirely personality-driven. Landrieu is a well-entrenched personality in the state. It should not have been nearly as close as it was.
Oh, and she's hardly right-wing anything. Her voting record says exactly the opposite.
Louisiana politics is almost entirely personality-driven. Landrieu is a well-entrenched personality in the state. It should not have been nearly as close as it was.
Oh, and she's hardly right-wing anything. Her voting record says exactly the opposite.
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Re: JMJ
Well, someone who votes above the 90% range with Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd isn't what a normal person would call right-wing.
REDWAVE said:I'd like to know what you consider right-wing. Attila the Hun? Genghis Khan?
Well, someone who votes above the 90% range with Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd isn't what a normal person would call right-wing.
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Re: Evasive
By my estimation of the term, I'd consider Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, and Tom DeLay right wing, right off the top of my head.
I find it psychologically curious that you equate right wing, by your examples, with totalitarian dictators, though.
REDWAVE said:
By my estimation of the term, I'd consider Trent Lott, John Ashcroft, and Tom DeLay right wing, right off the top of my head.
I find it psychologically curious that you equate right wing, by your examples, with totalitarian dictators, though.
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Re: Evasive
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He should be evasive. You're being a dick.REDWAVE said:
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Tom DeLay is a freak
"Don't send your kids to Baylor. And don't send your kids to A&M. There are still some Christian schools out there--good, solid schools. Now, they may be little. They may not be as prestigious as Stanford. But your kids will get a good, solid, godly education. Texas A&M used to be a conservative university. It's lost a lot of its conservatism, and it's renounced its traditions. It's really sad. My daughter ... had horrible experiences with coed dorms and guys who spent the weekends in the rooms with the girls, and all this kind of stuff went on there. It's just unbelievable."
This is by the fucking House Majority leader...Falwell, Robertson...Freak
"Don't send your kids to Baylor. And don't send your kids to A&M. There are still some Christian schools out there--good, solid schools. Now, they may be little. They may not be as prestigious as Stanford. But your kids will get a good, solid, godly education. Texas A&M used to be a conservative university. It's lost a lot of its conservatism, and it's renounced its traditions. It's really sad. My daughter ... had horrible experiences with coed dorms and guys who spent the weekends in the rooms with the girls, and all this kind of stuff went on there. It's just unbelievable."
This is by the fucking House Majority leader...Falwell, Robertson...Freak
I have two personal reasons not to hate A&M but I still do-always have. A certain white hat wearing individual even approves of A&M. DeLay is Bob Jones material. Maybe he doesn't think dancing is a mortal sin, maybe he does. At least Ashcroft has heard of the law and disregards it. DeLay majored in Biology solely to find ways to claim evolution doesn't occur.
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