Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly & applying the wrong remedies.
Apparently that is a quote from Groucho Marx.
2007-12-25 07:51:12
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes they are playing us. Republican and Democratic supporters can tell me how much (insert name here) cares about America. Bologna! The only thing any major party member cares about is there own damn party voting them in again and doing just enough that a few across the isle will vote for him too. Reagan did it , Bush Sr did it, Clinton did it, and Bush Jr is doing it now. There is only 3 major candidates that are screaming for change right now: Obama, Paul, and Kucinich. The others are politics as usual which we all know leads to the majority of America getting screwed. If you feel as I do that the last several decades of Presidents have done only what is good for them and their party but not for all of America then vote differently. Do not vote for those who CNN, Fox, NBC say is going to win or who is electable. Make the decision yourself of who YOU think would make the best President. If you want politics as usual and want to see America get screwed for another 4 (or more) years go ahead and put Hillary , Huckabee, or any other "media nominated" candidate into presidency. But if you want change. Change your vote.
2007-12-25 02:52:13
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answered by Anonymous
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Oh, and you DON'T think that Ron Paul is playing you?
Didn't you watch Meet the Press on Sunday? He wants to cut spending, but he put 55 ear marks in bills he knew was going to pass. He then votes against it so he can say that he didn't vote for a bill with ear marks.
He claimed he is a Republican, except for that one year in the 1980s. Well, writing a letter to the GOP, telling them to go bleep themselves, then running for president in another party, and that is just something minor? That's the political equivalent of saying, "I never murdered anyone, except that one guy in Kansas City." He ran in DIRECT opposition to George H. W. Bush in another party!! And got half a million votes!! Oh, but that was just that one year.
He will show you pictures of him with Ronald Reagan. Yet Sunday he called Reagan a failure. Oh, but he liked what Reagan was running on. Yeah, whatever.
If you think that Ron Paul isn't playing you as well, you need to wake up and smell what you are shoveling.
2007-12-25 06:36:28
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answered by Jam_Til_Impact 5
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Withdrawing from the Middle East is the right thing to do. In part, the reason why our President and others do not advocate a complete and immediate withdrawal is due to pride of wanting to win this war.
Everyone knows that this war is illegal, but Bush and others needs to be convinced that they will not be indicted. Winning for them is a matter of pride, since we know that no one will be prosecuted for these illegal activities.
Look at the Vietnam War, the same issues came into play and our top people in Washington said that if we withdrew communism would run rampant and take over all of the Asian continent! Did that happen? No!
Neither will a negotiated withdrawal from Iraq produce such an effect.
Max
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2007-12-25 02:12:41
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answered by peacenegotiator 3
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they (both parties) are indeed the problem. why doesnt the fact that in a country of freedom, of 300 million people, of endless opinions, and with the paradigm that we only have TWO political parties not make people realize something is wrong. we are giving our power up to the fear that 'the other' party will be elected. they have no power without the fear of the two party paradigm. and it is so ingrained in our society it is scary. not to mention that you have to get 15% in the polls to get into the debates, but need to get into the debates to have a chance to poll at 15%. that the two parties can agree on.
DOES THAT NOT SEEM DESPOTIC TO ANYONE ELSE???
we need to wise up, then we would have a country that could reach the potential our constitution sets us up to have. if not now when? if not us, who? if not for this, why?
2007-12-25 02:21:29
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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I agree politician are playing us they seem to be in control of the Washington lobbyists and other special intrest groups.I think the Democrats are concerned about the lower class in this country so if I were you I vote Democratic.
2007-12-25 01:42:27
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answered by topcat 1
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Right, they want to turn us every which way but loose.
But, I could never endorse Paul. Anyone who holds the 9/11 Commission's Report up as a basis for foreign policy is missing a few screws, imo.
2007-12-25 02:20:09
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answered by wider scope 7
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pc i have read some of your answers and i know you and i see things very differently however you have hit the nail right in the head on this one. i like ron however i like kucinich more. but im glad to see that people on the other side of the aisle notice that there a big problem in washington. tell you what if bush tries to pull some sort of marshal law on us i think you and i may be fighting side by side. have a merry christmas from a liberal ; )
2007-12-25 01:29:35
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answered by luis s 3
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Yes they are. All the political action in the world will only introduce a new set of buzzwords to be used for the next six months or so.
2007-12-25 01:23:09
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answered by Savyy 2
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I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THIS I DO THINK THAT THE POLITICIANS THINK THAT WE ARE A BUNCH OF MORONS AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE BEYOND REACH, WE SHOULD SOMEHOW GET A PLAN IN MOTION TO PUT TERM LIMITS ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN, I MEAN LOOK AT TED KENNEDY, SENATOR BYRD AND OTHERS WHO FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER ARE STILL IN OFFICE DOING NOTHING EXCEPT FLEECING THEIR POCKETS, WE PUT TERM LIMITS ON THE TOP POSITION IN THE LAND WHY CAN'T WE PUT TERM LIMITS ON OTHER POSITIONS IN OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICE HOLDERS. IT IS THE TERM LIMIT OF THE PRESIDENT THAT KEEPS THIS COUNTRY MOVING FORWARD AND THAT I BELIEVE IS REASON ENOUGH TO IMPOSE TERM LIMITS ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND SENATORS, THEY GET COMFORTABLE IN THEIR POSITIONS AND THEIR PASSION FOR THE BEST OF OUR COUNTRY AND IT'S PEOPLE IS NOT THE FRONT RUNNER IN THEIR ACTIONS, IT IS THEIR PERSONAL AGENDAS THAT TAKE THE FRONT SEAT AND THEY REMAIN THERE, THINK IF THEY HAD 3 YEAR TERMS AND THE MOST THEY COULD RUN FOR THAT OFFICE WOULD ALSO BE 3 TIMES, THEY WOULD WORK HARDER TO GET WHAT THEY PROMISED US, AND AS THE PRESIDENT HAS 2 TERM LIMIT, THEN THE 3 TERM LIMIT WOULD ALWAYS CULTIVATE NEW BLOOD, IDEAS AND ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE FOR THE BETTER INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY AND IT'S PEOPLE.
2007-12-25 02:56:29
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answered by fed up 2
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