Comments on: A clean sweeping and some uninformed bookmaking http://fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/ A life less private Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:49:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AJ Fischler http://fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/comment-page-1/#comment-7807 AJ Fischler Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:59:51 +0000 http://www.fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/#comment-7807 Now what did Ted ever do to end up on...oh, right, right -- the car in the water thing.... Now what did Ted ever do to end up on…oh, right, right — the car in the water thing….

]]> By: Don http://fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/comment-page-1/#comment-7776 Don Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:34:00 +0000 http://www.fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/#comment-7776 Democrats becoming involved in scandal?? Jim McGreevy, Teddy Kennedy and I all have a tough time with that one! Democrats becoming involved in scandal?? Jim McGreevy, Teddy Kennedy and I all have a tough time with that one!

]]> By: AJ Fischler http://fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/comment-page-1/#comment-7740 AJ Fischler Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:35:56 +0000 http://www.fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/#comment-7740 You may be right with your last line, that the Dems aren't those shining knights of old, but you can say the same about all politicians. Hell, in this day and age you can probably count the number of pure and noble politicos on one hand. <em>Everyone</em> in DC has an agenda. <em>Everyone</em> in DC is beholden to their own interest groups, and if they happen to do good along the way, then it's a bonus. But you missed my main point: "Unchecked power has finally received a measure of balance". Yes, I lean Democratic, but I'm more happy about there being some kind of oversight after six years of congressional rubber stamping of an administration's agenda that some might call willfully ignorant of the facts they face. Honest and open debate has been a casualty of the one-party power structure, and now there's a slight chance it can make a much needed return. And as I said in my close, it's all cyclical anyway. So the tide has turned for the moment...so what? Given a bit of time and a bit of line, the Dems will wind up hanging themselves from some branch of scandal soon enough -- every politician does. You may be right with your last line, that the Dems aren’t those shining knights of old, but you can say the same about all politicians. Hell, in this day and age you can probably count the number of pure and noble politicos on one hand. Everyone in DC has an agenda. Everyone in DC is beholden to their own interest groups, and if they happen to do good along the way, then it’s a bonus.

But you missed my main point: “Unchecked power has finally received a measure of balance”. Yes, I lean Democratic, but I’m more happy about there being some kind of oversight after six years of congressional rubber stamping of an administration’s agenda that some might call willfully ignorant of the facts they face. Honest and open debate has been a casualty of the one-party power structure, and now there’s a slight chance it can make a much needed return.

And as I said in my close, it’s all cyclical anyway. So the tide has turned for the moment…so what? Given a bit of time and a bit of line, the Dems will wind up hanging themselves from some branch of scandal soon enough — every politician does.

]]> By: Don http://fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/comment-page-1/#comment-7610 Don Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:43:52 +0000 http://www.fischler.org/2006/11/09/a-clean-sweeping-and-some-uninformed-bookmaking/#comment-7610 Hate to be the bearer of bad news but.. the Dems have already lost touch with the country. Gone is the day of old fashioned Democrats that are out for the working man. Todays Dems are much the same as the Republicans, they are looking out for two groups, the people who fund them and themselves. In actuallity that boils down to one group, themselves. I am not saying that the Republicans are any better, I am just saying the Dems are no knights in shinning armor here to save the country. Hate to be the bearer of bad news but.. the Dems have already lost touch with the country. Gone is the day of old fashioned Democrats that are out for the working man. Todays Dems are much the same as the Republicans, they are looking out for two groups, the people who fund them and themselves. In actuallity that boils down to one group, themselves. I am not saying that the Republicans are any better, I am just saying the Dems are no knights in shinning armor here to save the country.

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