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| Not Voting for Republicans? You get Chairman Baghdad Jim McDermott |
| 2006-10-26 |
| Thats right - by not voting Republican in the House, you will be choosing Speaker Pelosi, and placing Majority Leader "Cut-n-Run Coward" Murtha, and at Ways and Means (thats tax policy and spending control) you get... Chairman Charlie Rangel, and his most senior right hand-man, Chairman of the Subcommitte on Human Resources Baghdad Jim McDermott. What can you do? Get out there, help get out the vote, drive others to the polls - call your local or state Republican campaign and volunteer. Yeah, it aint purty, but consider the alternative above, so hold your nose and Vote Republican. All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- Edmund Burke |
| Posted by:OldSpook |
| #4 If you think the MSM has been carrying water for the Dems up until now just wait until the investigations begin. Wall to wall coverage, all tied back to the War on Radical Islam in some way. The Dems fear and hate the idea that the welfare state isn't front and center in the public debate and they will do anything to discredit the war and change the terms of the debate back to something they do well at: Expanding the welfare state. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-10-26 15:09 |
| #3 *hurl* |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-26 12:33 |
| #2 ...and here's a preview of the Senate. Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, elected in 1958 before four of his Senate colleagues were even born, would be in line to take over the powerful Appropriations Committee. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, elected four years later, could be chairman of the Commerce Committee. Many come from the party's liberal wing — Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts would chair the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Patrick Leahy of Vermont would head the Judiciary Committee, Carl Levin of Michigan would be in charge of Armed Services, and Barbara Boxer of California is in line to take charge of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Others are Western or Northern Plains moderates such as Max Baucus of Montana, the would-be chairman of the tax-writing Finance Committee, or Kent Conrad of North Dakota, who would take charge of the Budget Committee. A few harbor presidential ambitions — Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware would chair the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut could be in line to take over the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts would likely chair the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee. If re-elected, Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who is running as an independent, would return to claim the chairmanship of the Homeland Security panel. Lieberman reiterated Monday that he would caucus with the Democrats. Many of these Democrats say they will confront the Bush administration with aggressive investigations. "The institution has not functioned in its historical role of oversight," Kennedy said. "That's going to be very important. That's just a given." Leahy would likely lead hearings into the administration's use of military tribunals, warrantless eavesdropping and the constitutional power of the president. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-26 12:29 |
| #1 If you know somone who is considering sitting this one out, pooint out the them the consequences of allowing the current Democrat leadership to take over. Yes, not all Dems are idiots, but thier leadership is almost uniformly socialist, statist and leftists, and would be a disaster for the nation. All they need is for you to do anything except voting R (or do nothing at all). Do I like the current crop of Republicans? For the most part, No. But the Dems are far worse, and my concern is for the Nation, not my ability to sit back and sneer "I told you so" (unlike many "Libertarian" bloggers who are advocating giving the Dems power as a way to punish Republicans). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-10-26 12:06 |