EPTAs a big ol' liberal, I always thought he acted like an ass.
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
As a big ol' liberal, I always thought he acted like an ass. | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:06 choboPEon wrote: As a big ol' liberal, I always thought he acted like an ass. And I loved every minute of it | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
I am watching a 5 hour mid-term election program on the tv right now and they mentioned that you need to have 60 seats in the senate or there is the possibility of you being blocked. What the hell does that mean ? Thanks ! ps: 3 am here. | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:09 Tufas wrote: Hello, unknowing austrian asking. I am watching a 5 hour mid-term election program on the tv right now and they mentioned that you need to have 60 seats in the senate or there is the possibility of you being blocked. What the hell does that mean ? Thanks ! ps: 3 am here. There are procedural filibuster rules that prevent a vote on the bill itself. Here is an article on English wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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LSB
United States5171 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:13 Romantic wrote: There are procedural filibuster rules that prevent a vote on the bill itself. Here is an article on English wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate Basically in the senate there is a rule that you can't stop someone from speaking (unless you have 60 votes). So what the minority party does is bring up some water and read dictionarys out loud until the Bill is killed | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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ragingfungus
United States271 Posts
Its because people always blame everything on whoevers in charge. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 03 2010 10:58 LuckyFool wrote: It's gonna be a good night for Republican's that's for sure. Ppl getting fed up with Dems lately I do believe. Funny how the scales just tilt back and forth over the years... It's like clockwork really. Republicans are leading; the government is completely retarded, so people hate the republicans. Democrats are leading; the government can't do anything because of filibusters and such. It looks like inaction and passivity in a country which really needs some serious work. This leads to people hating the democrats. Democrats and republicans could even do a great job, and people will still end up "switching". There are good ideas in liberalism, socialism (which are opposing views btw), conservatism and libertarism, and we all stand for some values which make sense for a certain extent. I'm sure Christine O'Donnell actually believes in like, ONE thing that makes sense even though she won't admit that she's still got a pinch of sanity left in her. You need a compromise of the good ideas of both parties. Sadly enough, right now, one of the parties doesn't have many good ideas and the other one is getting shut down  | ||
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HeadhunteR
Argentina1258 Posts
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Playguuu
United States926 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:33 HeadhunteR wrote: dumb Americans how can you expect one guy to solve problems in 2 years when you just had someone fucking up the country in debt and excessive expenses in warfare in 8 years.Voting for republicans wont help at all good luck to you all. We don't expect him to fix everything in 2 years. However, we do expect him not to colossally fuck up our country with the kind of absolute shit that he signed over the past two years (stimulus package and Obamacare). | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:36 xDaunt wrote: We don't expect him to fix everything in 2 years. However, we do expect him not to colossally fuck up our country with the kind of absolute shit that he signed over the past two years (stimulus package and Obamacare). You mean, the stuff he campaigned on and was voted in to do? | ||
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angelicfolly
United States292 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:38 choboPEon wrote: You mean, the stuff he campaigned on and was voted in to do? lol, What? He had a clear health care plan when he campaigned for election? Or perhaps he already told everyone how much money he expected to spend? Didn't know those where talking points before..... | ||
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HeadhunteR
Argentina1258 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:36 xDaunt wrote: We don't expect him to fix everything in 2 years. However, we do expect him not to colossally fuck up our country with the kind of absolute shit that he signed over the past two years (stimulus package and Obamacare). well i hope you can say you are satisfied with the republicans you chose as you are straight up American as I can see you don't believe in universal health care, so see you in 2 years ill ask what is your opinion of what happend then... Good luck and dont bitch about any laws that are passed because of who you voted. | ||
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:36 xDaunt wrote: We don't expect him to fix everything in 2 years. However, we do expect him not to colossally fuck up our country with the kind of absolute shit that he signed over the past two years (stimulus package and Obamacare). lol. People still think the stimulus ruined the country. I wonder how people work that out in their heads. | ||
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ZeaL.
United States5955 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:16 Tufas wrote: Thanks for the filibuster input, now I know. To further clarify, no one actually goes up and reads out of a dictionary anymore. You can just file some paperwork and its effectively filibustered. Basically it makes it impossible to do anything unless you have 60 votes because all you have to do to block stuff is fill out the paperwork. | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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Dimenus
United States157 Posts
On November 03 2010 11:46 Romantic wrote: lol. People still think the stimulus ruined the country. I wonder how people work that out in their heads. People have extremely short memories when it comes to politics man. Imo a stimulus that was too small is analogous to Palin's "Bridge to Nowhere" in the electorate's eyes. | ||
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