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Old 11-21-15, 07:46 PM   #1
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The Congressional disapproval rate is pretty much meaningless and you know it. For one thing it has hardly budged since the Democrats were in control showing it's no indication of party preferences and secondly however much they hate Congress as a group 85% of people still tend to reelect their own Senators and Congressmen anyways.

You also completely ignore the Republican gains in state Governorships, many in deep blue states. To me that's a far more telling sign of which party the voters are currently leaning towards.
Funny how the disapproval rate is meaningless if the DEMs are on the receiving end; then there is no end of crowing from the FRGOP, Rush, Sean, et al while they point at the "dismal" DEM numbers. It' s not so pleasant being on the receiving end of short stick,is it?...

As previously noted, quantity does not define quality: where are all the major GOP, much less the FRGOP, accomplishments over the last seven years? Can you point out any of them? I seriously doubt it; your forte is making very broad statements, devoid of factual backup or cogent argument and, failing that, you broadly try to impugn the character or what you want others to perceive as a taint of political "bias"; all in all, the desperate flailing of someone who has no spine in the back of his ideas and declarations. Once again, as with so many, many of your arguments, there is no "there" there...

So what if the GOP has a numerical majority in Congress: they have no real power. They don't have the numbers to override almost any possible Presidential veto; they cannot muster enough votes from the DEM side to advance whatever their flavor of the week cause may be in Congress; their ineffectiveness has compelled them to try to seek recourse in the courts, where their record has been very less than stellar, particularly in SCOTUS; they are so factionalized and fractured the sane, sensible members of the party are running from assuming positions of leadership. The GOP in Congress, particularly in the House, are an ungodly mess and an embarrassment; GOP voters deserve better than this; hell, the whole country deserves better than this...

Who cares about the number of GOP or DEM or any other brand of governors? They don't make national policy; at best they function as party cheerleaders within their own states or as proxies for their parties when they want to do an end around on matters they can't advance in Congress; they are often little more than litigious stalking horses for the national parties on a more local level. Most of the governors are form states that have little impact nationally, not like, say New York, Texas, California, etc.; for most governors, unless something happens to attract national attention in the respective states, they might as well be Maytag Repairmen...

I ask of you only one favor: please try to make a solid, fact based, cogent, coherent post: I am a senior citizen and I don't think I can hold out long enough to see such a mythical occurrence; I've already seen Haley's Comet, it would be nice to see something else remarkable...


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Old 11-21-15, 10:41 PM   #2
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I ask of you only one favor: please try to make a solid, fact based, cogent, coherent post: I am a senior citizen and I don't think I can hold out long enough to see such a mythical occurrence; I've already seen Haley's Comet, it would be nice to see something else remarkable...
Retreating to insults huh?
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Old 11-22-15, 06:34 PM   #3
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Retreating to insults huh?
Simply stating facts...

...and you still haven't presented a solid argument...

...so, still retreating to deflection to conceal the paucity of your abilities?...


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Simply stating facts...

...and you still haven't presented a solid argument...

...so, still retreating to deflection to conceal the paucity of your abilities?...


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What's the matter? Couldn't remember the "rubber and glue" comeback...


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What's the matter? Couldn't remember the "rubber and glue" comeback...


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