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Post by Naselus on Nov 8, 2006 12:59:09 GMT
Right, before I write the post I just need to get a little something out of my system.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! TAKE THAT YOU REPUBLICAN BASTARDS!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! HAHA!!! HA!!!
Ahem.
Right, following the disasterous last two years of Bush's reign, it seems like something's finally gotten into the American public. Common sense, possibly.
Anyway, the Democrats have utterly trounced the Republicans in the mid-term elections. They've swung the House of representatives for the first time since the Republican Revolution of '94, taking a massive 27 seats, and they've made gains in the senate too. While full results aren't yet in, the Republican's have lost at least four senators, and need to win both those yet to report their results to maintain control of the Upper House. If they lose even one, then the Seante will probably face deadlock.
On the other hand, if the Democrats can take both remaining Senate seats, then we'll have a very interesting situation. You see, two independant candidates have taken seats in the Senate now. If neither of the big parties can control the senate, we might start to see Democracy in the USA.
This obviously will make life very difficult for Bush. Such terrors as inquiries will begin to take place. And, of course, it's Congress that controls the purse strings in Iraq...
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Post by HStorm on Nov 8, 2006 13:11:55 GMT
Sorry if my sentiments sound like they're ripping off your own, but can I just add...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! Death to the neocon plague-germs!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Naselus on Nov 8, 2006 17:03:02 GMT
No, probably best if we get it out of our systems...
Anyway, the Democrat candidates have the advantage in both the remaining Senate races, with over 99% of the votes counted. It looks like Montana will definately go Democrat; Virginia may instead face a full recount, depending on whether corrupt bast- I mean, Republican incumbent Jim Burns chooses to submit gracefully or not. There's only around 2,000 votes between the parties in Virginia, so it could be as little as that to decide the fate of the Senate.
Burns, who accepted bri- oops, donations of nearly $150,000 from Jack Abramoff, who is, of course, a convicted felon. No wrongdoing there, mind. Of course, this $150,000 probably had nothing whatsoever to do with the $80,000,000-odd that Abramoff stole from Indian Casino licencing fees.
Of course, we might consider it wrongdoing that Jack also gave on of Abramoff's wealthiest clients, the casino-affluent Saginaw Chippewa tribe, who's members earn an average of $50,000 a year from casino revenue split amonst themselves, a $3 million cheque. Or that his daughter was put on the Compressus board of directors a suspicious 2 months after he'd awarded it a $1 million contract. But that'd be harsh, wouldn't it?
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Post by Naselus on Nov 8, 2006 18:37:47 GMT
Montana has now been confirmed Democrat.
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Post by HStorm on Nov 8, 2006 19:23:14 GMT
It just keeps getting better! Donald Rumsfeld... *Spits* ...has stepped down as US Defence Secretary! Isn't it just terrific? It's almost as much fun as seeing all those Tory Ministers losing their seats in '97.
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Post by Naselus on Nov 9, 2006 7:56:07 GMT
Looks like they've gained the Senate, too. All together now: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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Post by HStorm on Nov 9, 2006 8:04:32 GMT
Waheeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
(Sheesh, it's a sure sign how dreadful modern Republicanism is when we greet the resurrection of a party like the Democrats as a triumph for justice!)
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Post by TheCritique on Nov 11, 2006 12:11:08 GMT
On a serious note, what are the consequences of a Democrat controlled Congress: Will the Democrats or Bush be more powerful (where will the balance of power lie), and will Bush be able to work with the Democrats?
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Post by HStorm on Nov 11, 2006 12:59:56 GMT
It's actually possible that he can work with at least some of the Democrats. People have been so desperate to see the backs of the neocons they've quite failed to notice that on many issues the Democrats are even more split. Without a clear platform or program for the Democrats to work from, some of the Congressmen on the Conservative wing of the party may well be open to the President's ideas.
The real question is whether, after years of bludgeoning, unlistening arrogance, Dubya can learn the art of compromise in a hurry. He'll have to if he wants to avoid total Governmental paralysis.
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Post by modeski on Dec 6, 2006 21:51:56 GMT
I haven't been as excited over American politics since the 2004 elections, which of course were disappointing, and once again questionable. I really hope that the Democrats capitalise on this opportunity to restore congressional oversight and hold the Bush administration to task.
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Post by barcarah on Dec 23, 2006 23:41:18 GMT
As I am happy to have contributed to Mr. Bush's loss of the U.S. Congress (a monkey would do a better job at least by doing nothing) I am becoming disappointed, albeit not on the scale with the Republican party.
I have heard the democrats statements of some of their priorities i.e. gay marriage, stem cell research, and minimum wage to name a few, but this country has an overwhelming disaster on its hands, namely the 2 wars it finds itself involved in and the near complete destruction of this country's reputation and standing in the world under G.W.B.
He has revealed to the world and our enemies the vulnerabilities of our power and lost us most of our allies. This will last long after I'm dead because unfortunately the rest of the world's attention span isn't as short as ours and somehow even under the democrats I don't think we as a nation will look deep enough inside ourselves to see our failed foreign policy (see Middle East, Cuba, and a newly authoritarian Russia securing its fuel needs via cooperation with Iran, despotic African (oil producing) countries and Venezuela and China. Oil is the first thing you must secure in order to send out a mechanized military and China and Russia are buying it everywhere they can for almost any price.
But still thank the gods Bush lost the congress, but let's see if they can make some real changes; hear Impeachment!
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Post by ddddyyyy on Aug 3, 2009 7:00:44 GMT
I agree with Naselus
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Post by HStorm on Aug 25, 2009 18:52:59 GMT
(I am making the generous assumption that "ddddyyyy" is not a spam-bot.) This forum is pretty much dead anyway, but if you wish to post to it, the rules are still in force. Therefore I have removed those advertising URLs you left in at the bottom of your post. Please do not use this forum for spam-advertising purposes. Would you like to develop that point? *EDIT: This new user clearly is just a spam-bot as it added another new post that contained nothing but advert URLs. I have deleted that post and banned the member.* |
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