[clue-talk] Ron Paul 2008

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 05-30 22:58, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:

> If they wanted to be able to pass a bill that Bush opposed, remember how
> much is required to override his veto.  
> 
> Does it make sense to fight to pass a bill if he can veto it, and you
> cannot override him?  Do you want to waste your time tilting at windmills?

I think in this case, yes. If justice isn't going to be served, at least a
message needs to be sent.

Instead, they spent time holding hearings on baseball and drug use. I'd
rather they spent time tilting at windmills than grandstanding about
frivolities like drug use in sports.

 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Sean LeBlanc <seanleblanc at comcast.net>
> > On 05-30 15:04, Michael Fierro wrote:
> >  
> > > No, I think this time around we're going to see a unified Democratic party. 
> > > Not just at the presidential level, but for the senate and house too.
> > 
> > 
> > Geez, I hope so. I've never seen a party so capable of snatching defeat from
> > the jaws of victory.
> > 
> > Even when they were swept into Congress in 2006, with a pretty clear mandate
> > to investigate this current regime's crimes, they quickly lost - their
> > spines, anyway, and Pelosi took it "off the table".
> > 
> > Ridiculous.
> > 
> > So much for an opposition party, and so much for the rule of law. I'm not
> > sure who said it - maybe it was Chomsky - but someone said there is one
> > party with two wings on it - the Money Party.
> > 
> > So, yeah, I'm skeptical. It's my natural setting, I guess, about everything,
> > but especially politics.
> > 
> > -- 
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