What Will Democrats Do When Their Default Excuse For Screwing Up (Blame Bush) Is Out Of Office?
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Do not worry there is still Haliburton
696345
I don't know about that, but I do know that the dems will now be forced to work WITH the president instead of just shooting off their mouths. Since they have the majority, if nothing gets done, it WILL be blamed on them. They can't simply obstruct any longer.
142593
He will not be held accountable until the day his no good rear end is voted out of office.\n\nI was deployed to Louisiana for two months with the National Guard and had to listen to his imcompetent butt on a daily basis. He was no more equipped to deal with a crisis than he blames other people of being.\n\nIt is time to stop whining and blaming his troubles on others. Great leaders rise to the ocassion no matter what the circumstances are. Anyone out there think Nagin rose to anything???
353391
It is always the democrats fault, if you don't believe me ask any repuglican. LOL
744171
doesn't matter what we'd do IF... there's a thousand what would you do if's that you could think about in your mind. the point is, we're NOT in charge, and we didn't make those decisions. and if Bush made the wrong one's, he has to take the blame for that, not have his decisions lessened in their weight by trying to wonder what we would have done. he was elected to do a job, he was trusted to do a job. when he fails, he has to take the wrap. it's not for me to wonder what i would have done because it wasn't be who botched the job. it was him.
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A politician that is out of power because his party is now in the minority or because he was replaced by someone of the opposite party is called a lame duck, because they are shot and unable to fly (metaphorically speaking).  The current Speaker of the House is a lame duck because a Democrat will be replacing him in January; any attempts at last minute legislation by him will be blocked and postponed until the next Congress.  The President may become a lame duck if the Democratic Congress choose to block any and all of his proposals and actions (which they are entitled to do, but probably won't--they will be satisfied just curtailing him a little bit).\n\nI hope that helps.
932714
Actually, its Bill Clinton's fault.  Republicans blame everything on poor old Bill, so let's blame this one on him as well.
711108
The Democrats broke the Bush Dictatorship, took control of the House of Representatives and the Senate is still in question. Bush will have to be responsible for his actions now. Democracy still works with the Constitution.
557715
I hope not, bush's poor job approval& his stupid actions will make it easy for the Democrats to sweep the 2006 & 2008 elections! Watch how fast republicans try to distance themselves from him.
747370
Actually the Democrats want to start doing a draw down on troops as soon as they take office. I sure wouldn't want to be one of the last ones there. Come home in a box that is for sure.
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It would be political suicide for the dems to defund the war.\n\nThey will have to compromise.  Remember, the new dems tend to be more to the center, not the left.  I think they are already saying they cannot impeach Mr. Bush, and they cannot just "cut n run."\n\nLet's hope they keep their senses about them.
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There is no reason to be any more concerned today than you were yesterday. The Democrats won the House. What did they really win? They won the right to make the president a lame duck. Mr. Bush can still veto any legislation they try to pass and the Democrats do not have a 2/3 Senate majority required to over ride a veto. The Democrats say they want change, so here's their chance. We will see in the coming days if Democrats really want change for all Americans and are willing to reach across the aisle, or if they just want power. Either way do not expect much to change in the next 2 years. If anything this election has almost guaranteed that nothing substantive will happen in that time.\n\nmrfoxhorn: I have to take exception with a few of your statements.\nI am middle class, I do not make 200K a year. I make more money than I did during the Clinton administration and I am paying less in taxes.\nBecause one man in the Republican party solicited a teenage boy, it does not make the entire Republican party gay. This is one the most ridiculous statements Democrats make.\nThe Republicans did not handcuff Mr. Clinton with Monica. Mr. Clinton created his own woes by lying about the affair under oath. Credibility and honesty from our leaders (all of them) may not matter to you, but it is very important to me.\nI do not blame Mr. Clinton for 9/11, I blame terrorists. What I blame Mr. Clinton for in regard to terrorism is his administrations direct efforts to hamper intelligence gathering and sharing. \nThe idea that the Democrats will build up the military stands in stark opposition to their actual record on military spending. How do you think Mr. Clinton was able to balance the budget? It wasn't by cutting social programs, but rather by dessimating the military and intelligence communities.\nDemocrats have won the midterm, you wanted change and now you have it. Pointing fingers at the other side for their failings isn't going to work anymore. Democrats now have to take responsibilty and start showing us what positive change they propose for America. I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt in this area, but I honestly believe they will fail miserably unless they change their thinking and move forward rather than looking back.
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It will be in time for the Republicans to use it as a campaign tool.  They'll say, "We're bringing them home while the Democrats never came up with a plan."  All the while it was actually the Dems idea, the righties just took it after they shot it down.
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God only knows. They failed to act in the way, in the fashion that got them a majority in congress in the first place.\n\nFiscal responsibility? Pffffft! Out the window!\nReform social security? Pffffft! Out the window!\nEtc.\n\nIt was not their conservative-ness that got them fired by the people - it was their failure to be conservative, their failure to have and follow a cohesive conservative plan.\n\nAfter all, as was demonstrated, if the people wanted squishy big-government, drunken-sailor spending and socialism, they'll vote Democrat.
647284
I am a Democrat, and America is totally aware of how the Republicans come across in the World. Over 70% of America doesn't support them, and Congress gets voted in November of this year. The Republicans are going to be history, gone. George Bush could be indicted if the Congress is the Majority Democrat, and then impeached. I hope the World knows that America has more then one political party and will forgive us for what the Republicans have done in the last 6 years.
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It will take years to straighten out the mess that Bush has started, indeed the next president will have his or her work cut out for them. I think the only hope is to hold Bush in check until his term is up and the only way to do that is to elect democrats to the house and senate this november.
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Lying Comes Naturally to Republicans\nWhenever Republican politicians find themselves in trouble, their automatic knee-jerk reaction is to blame Democrats. If there is nothing to blame Democrats for, they merely make something up - they lie. This is exactly what the Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, following the lead of his boss George W. Bush, has done and is doing. He is placing the blame of the mean and punitive House immigration bill on the Democrats, when he knows that it is an outrageous lie. \nthey also know that come this November they will be out of a job...