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To: tejek who wrote (455279)	2/9/2009 3:01:47 PM
From: tntpal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

We is a 'Republic' - not a 'Democracy' - the popular vote does not count - only elected voters do (Electors) - history 101...

To: tejek who wrote (455279)	2/9/2009 3:03:36 PM
From: Road Walker	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

,i>I heard somebody say the other day the Reps are really crappy at governing but they make a really good 'opposition party'. I think they were right. __________________________________ I can't agree.....not if they consider themselves an insurgency like the Taliban. This is a democracy, not a war. I didn't necessarily mean they were good at it from a 'good for the country' perspective. They are just good at opposition... seems to be their natural talent to whine.

To: tejek who wrote (455279)	2/10/2009 9:07:58 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

As i understand it the republicans fought the new deal tooth and nail in the 30s. As i remember it the republicans were the No Nothings in the 50s saying no to any and all legislation including civil rights while offering nothing but balance budget as and end not a means and a bellicose foreign policy which blamed the dems for the loss of everything and supported rt wing despots against real and imagined communist threats. Under Reagan they adopted supply side economics and whether you agree it worked or not, it was a better alternative to the tax and spend liberalism that the dems had descended to. Supply side lasted thru Clinton and into Bush. 9/11 changed everything and the spending went nuts, deregulation got out of hand, greenspan screwed up and it all blew up. Now we are in demand side decession and once again the republicans have gone back to saying No to everything and offering Nothing. Its laughable for them to offer supply side remedies when the problems are so obviously demand side. If Reagan were alive in this period, he would be for the stimulus bill not because he is for big govt but because he would realized, it was the best shot we had to get out of this funk we are in.