The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[wendybeth]

Let me be the first on the LoT to congratulate you, House Speaker Pelosi.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

I think I'm going to stay away from the coverage for the rest of the day, until I get home from my gig tonight. Then, I can turn on the special Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert coverage when i get home, and get the real scoop.

[Nephythys]

Here's hoping she lives up to her vow to not let the House go into useless impeachments which will waste time and money.

Imagine- asking a Dem to keep their word.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

...Imagine- asking a Dem to keep their word.

Imagine - Asking a Repub to keep them self out of criminal prosecution.

[Gemini Cricket]

Of course, if Bush gets a blowjob from someone, all bets are off.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Of course, if Bush gets a blowjob from someone, all bets are off.

whatever- clearly you missed the perjury and tampering with witnesses part that caused Clintons impeachment.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

whatever- clearly you missed the perjury and tampering with witnesses part that caused Clintons impeachment.

Whatever - clearly you missed that it was all started because some republican couldn’t keep his nose out of the President’s private sex life.

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Whatever - clearly you missed that it was all started because some republican couldn’t keep his nose out of the President’s private sex life.

Exactly.

Let's see. Clinton will go down in history with Monica.

Bush. I don't even want to go there. Let's just say denial is something I see a lot of.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Let's see. Clinton will go down in history with Monica.

Or would that be Monica will go down in history?

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Whatever - clearly you missed that it was all started because some republican couldn’t keep his nose out of the President’s private sex life.

I agree to an extent. It stopped being private when it was happening in the Oval Office while foreign leaders were waiting for him in the Rose Garden, and I have heard of a sotry (no link, as it hasn't broken yet, but is supposed to soon) that Boris Yeltsin had intelligence about Monica and used that as leverage against Clinton. However, I digress from my intended subject matter.

I remember in 1994 watching election returns and rejoicing. I would imagine that is what is happening throughout most of the LoT community right now. However, I am not as depressed as I figured I would be. I didn't watch the TV last night figuring it would be bad, and this morning it was proven to be, well, bad. From my perspective, of course.

I'm trying to think of a positive spin, but I can't. Bush lost this election, sa is common in second term midterms, because of three things (two his fault, one not) - history (the party in power losews in midterms), Iraq (the PC prosecution has sucked, and the dems were fired up against it in general), and abandoning his based on spending and immigration issues.

That being said, I'm willing to give the dems a chance. Seriously - don't laugh.

They can't spend more money than the Republicans have. And that's there only real power at this point. Bush will hopefully pull out the veto pen when necessary, but I'm doubting it will happen.

My only concern is raising taxes. The economy is great by pretty much every measure, and I beleive that is largely because of tax policy. It has not hurt government receipts, in fact, the money collected has incresed with economic activity. The income tax is a tax on the attempted accumulation of wealth and has little or nothing to do with "taxing the rich", but that's a different story.

So, enjoy, my friends. I predict infighting within the dem party for the speakership, with Pelosi winning and hopefully in the spotlight sounding like a raving idiot, damaging her party for the 2008.