What do YOU want the Dems to do?
POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Thursday, November 16, 2006 01:18
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I know that Auraptor and Hero will want the Dems to vanish. Taking that out of the discussion, what do YOU think the Dems should do, and in what approximate order?
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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.
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I'd be content if the more conservative members of their party pushed for a more moderate leadership. Granted, I don't expect them to pick a conservative Democratic leadership (although, that would be nice), but avoiding personalities from the far-left would be a welcomed improvement (and probably the best I can hope for). 
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Speaking as a European, it still surprises me just how conservative America is. I mean, when I was a kid I saw you guys as the country of progression, leading the way for others to follow. It was a bit of a shock finding out that in a lot of areas you're actually way behind us!
I had another surprise last night when I found out you just elected your first Muslim congressman. I mean, even Ireland has elected Muslims before now! Okay, the first Muslim TD was elected in the early 90's, but we're Ireland and we still got there before you guys!
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I want them to get us out of Iraq in the best, fastest way possible, and then I want them to raise taxes. Yep, you read correctly; I want to pay more tax. And I want more saftey nets for the peeps that got screwed by the neoconmen in this country, and I want the deficit to be reduced. And breakfast programs for schoolkids.
Then I want torture to be illegal.
Then I want the Patriot act axed.
Then I want government streamlined.
*Note: where I work we have to ID peeps for cough medication. Like kids wont breathe dust-off or sniff contact cement of whatever thier little minds come up with...like meth labs will disappear when buying the raw materials becomes a little more difficult...it's another waste of taxpayer money, and another agency that doesn't need to exist. Just one example.
Nitrous oxide breathin' Chrisisall
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Quote:Tell me about it.
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
it still surprises me just how conservative America is.
In a Strange Land Chrisisall
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I'd like them to have the sense to know that they're probably going to be running the government in 2 years, and to not waste the time between now and then launching a myriad of investigations, hearings, special prosecutors, search-and-destroy missions, etc.
I got no issue with them looking at real problems of malfiesence, but I'm afraid they're going to want to go back and second-guess every action and decision of the past six years, not because it was illegal, but because they didn't agree with it.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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I would like to see the Dem's prove themselves to be fallible just like the GOP. Then we can see how fervent their supporters are in this forum.
Posting to stir stuff up.
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Quote:You just hate __________!
Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
I would like to see the Dem's prove themselves to be fallible just like the GOP. Then we can see how fervent their supporters are in this forum.
_________-basher!!
Joke aside, you WANT the Dems to f**k up as badly? Just for partisan satisfaction?
Why do you hate America?
Patriot Chrisisall
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1. Raise the minimum wage.
2. Roll back tax cuts for wealthiest 1%.
3. Investigate war profiteering (e.g., Halliburton overcharging for serving spoiled rotten food to the troops, reconstruction fraud).
4. Negotiate Medicare drug prices.
5. Reduce the trade deficit and close tax loopholes for companies that outsource American jobs.
6. Increase funding for higher education.
7. Get the troops off the streets in Iraq, redefine their mission as something than can be achieved without patrolling streets as big slow moving targets.
8. Come up with a plan to make health care affordable. Not free, not nationalized, not (gasp!) socialized, just affordable.
9. Make tough new penalties for people who hire illegal immigrants, and relax legal immigration policies.
10. Yeah, investigate intelligence manipulation, torture policies, and anti-constitutional warrantless spying by Bushco, and take appropriate action, whether it be censure or impeachment, or prosecution for war crimes after leaving office.
11. Implement all 9/11 commission recommendations, and finally do a proper investigation.
12. Get Bin Laden.
Plus:
13. Fund Joss on a Firely sequel. For the good of America.
They can do that in 2 years, right?
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Good list, Eric.
Can they also fund Joss on a Firefly sequel? Or would that be harder than getting out of Iraq?
Just a thought while we're askin' for so much Chrisisall
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