2006-11-08 02:14:52 · 20 answers · asked by missadrian05 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I am very disappointed by the results of the election, but I also see some upsides. Maybe the republicans will wake-up to their core values.
Here is a list of what they did wrong and how they should fix them:
1. They allowed a single congressman to almost single handedly bring down the Republican Party by not exposing his behavior when they first discovered it. Foley should have been exposed months ago.
Solution: They need to take a close look at those in the House and expose corruption whenever they find it. Don’t turn a deaf ear, but pay attention and be proactive in rooting out corruption. Republicans need to reestablish the moral high-ground. They have clearly lost it.
2. The Republicans need to pay more attention to the middle class. They have constantly ignored the need for medical care and they are doing nothing about the shift of wealth to the already super rich.
Solution: Introduce Windfall taxes when companies like Exxon take advantage of natural disasters to make ridiculous profits. Their profits should have gone to Katrina victims and not to the fat cat executives. There should be higher taxes levied against executive perks and there should be penalties in the form of higher taxes to companies where executives earn extremely high multiples of their average employee’s wages.
3. President Bush needs to fire Donald Rumsfeld. The benefits of keeping him in office are out weighted by his hard headedness and arrogance. There are lots of people that could do a good job as Secretary of Defense. Bush should have cut his losses and let Rumsfeld retire gracefully instead of being forced out of office by voters wanting change.
Solution: Rumsfeld to retire and appoint a young hard charging good communicating new leader.
4. Neither party has been able to come up with the solution for the illegal alien problem. Nearly all Americans from both parties agree that this is one of the most serious problems in America today.
Solution: Form a bipartisan committee to come up with comprehensive legislation to address the problem and then implement it fully.
Since change is what the voters wanted it disappointed me that many of the Democrats that have been part of the problem were not voted out.
There are many more things to change, but I can’t list them all here.
The Republicans need to stick to their core values, but need to make some serious changes or 2008 will look worse than last night.
2006-11-08 02:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by damdawg 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Take a deep breath and calm down. This is the way we should ALL look at it To give your support to a candidate is to give your support to America and for that I would thank all who supported any candidate even if they did not make it to the finals. Most of all should be our thanks to ALL the candidates for their sacrifice and hard work to give Americans a voice in our government. I know we do not always think things are right with our system but for the time being it is what we have. I do not know many who would put out the effort expended by every candidate when they could obviously be at home and having fun on Y!Answers. But they work hard, they take a lot of kidding and are constantly traveling around the country. It takes a great sacrifice on their part not to mention the sacrifices that their families also have to make. I for one could not do it physically or mentally and know few that could or would. So I give thanks to ALL the candidates and to ALL their supporters. This my story and I'm sticking to it regardless of who wins.
2016-05-21 21:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see if the Dems can actually make a change for the better. I'm all for a better solution. So I haven't heard much on HOW this is going to happen. All I can say is Good Luck!
2006-11-08 02:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by Robert B 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm so glad the voters finally put G.W. in his place. I don't really want one party to take control but at least the Dems got the House and that may help keep G.W. from completely destroying our great country.
2006-11-08 02:23:49 · answer #4 · answered by howard 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ok,,fine, lets all get ready for:
Surrender America to the Terrorists!
-- Raise taxes through the roof!
-- Give you Soviet-style health care!
-- Abort as many babies as possible!
-- Require Gay Marriage!
-- Open the prisons & let the most dangerous thugs free!
-- Expand the welfare rolls as much as possible ! (Especially lazy ghetto types.)
-- Confiscate all your guns!
-- Flood America with porn!
-- Make NAMBLA a Cabinet agency!
2006-11-08 02:31:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Thank You Lord
it's about time,we have made history,by putting a women in the house and she is a Democrat.
this will live on for ever.
thank GOD
2006-11-08 02:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by DENISE 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well i haven't heard much about it i just saw some of da updates im just glad R.B. is governer and Arnold was re-elected? i dont understand why a moviestar like him would wanna be governer... But, hopefully we dont have another terrorist attack...
2006-11-08 02:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by angie_baby146 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its like the latest Rolling Stone cover--it said..:TIME TO GO!!!..Lazy, Corrupt, Incompetent...Inside the WORST congress ever...
2006-11-08 02:27:22 · answer #8 · answered by carrie 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Great. Except for Arnold winning in California -- how those airheads reelected the most corrupt governernator in history is beyond me.
2006-11-08 02:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
I'm quite happy. Even if the dems don't get the senate, at least now there is some sort of balance to keep Bush in check.
2006-11-08 02:17:55 · answer #10 · answered by Allison L 6 · 5⤊ 5⤋