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[deborahkla]

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[hardblue]

In all fairness, the longer that Dubya was away from the job,
the safer and better we felt.

If he went to work more often, we might have gone to war with Cuba.

[brother_dour]

If you think one party is the problem, you don't understand the problem.

[enders_shadow]

If you think the two big parties are equally bad, you also don't understand the problem.

(But yes, both parties are the problem--hell, the two party system is part of the problem too)

[fizzyland]

Maybe it's the increasing pettiness of the complaints. Democrats made noises about impeachment for various parts of the War on Terror but didn't deny funding for the war. Nor was every single measure in the Senate forced to overcome Cloture/Filibuster.

I expect this to only get worse. Do we really want a completely deadlocked country?

[madscience]

good policy > deadlocked > evil policy

[enders_shadow]

If I had facebook, I'd share.

+1

[deborahkla]

Not to worry, I found it on Facebook!

[cindyanne1]

This is how I'm starting to feel about all of it on both sides:

[chron_job]

I understand the sentiment, but we must be cautious of how much sway we give our internal political cynicism.

Cultivating such cynicism is a powerful way to convince people to remove themselves from political action, and that serves the current power.

[deborahkla]

Exactly. The cynical don't vote.

[moonshaz]

Yes, yes, yes. This is SO true.