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Offline DYNAMITE

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« on: December 13, 2006, 05:04:03 PM »
Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S. D has been reported to have experienced a possible stroke...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16191212/

He's a Dem from a Red-state with a Red governor... if he's been incapacitated he may well be replaced with a Republican replacement, shifting power back to the Republicans by splitting the Senate 50/50 (with the VP as the tie breaker..)

 Before the politicking gets going... i'd just like to send my prayers to the Senator and his family... i hope all turns out ok for him.

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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2006, 07:48:31 PM »
If that happens, It would make my night.  Not in that he had a stroke or could die, but because it would be hilarious how unproductive the government would become.


BTW, the link is saying that he didn't have a stroke.
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2006, 08:20:41 PM »
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he may well be replaced with a Republican replacement, shifting power back to the Republicans by splitting the Senate 50/50 (with the VP as the tie breaker..)

 

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Havent we been through this once before at the beginning of Bushs first term?
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2006, 08:24:14 PM »
An unproducive government is a good government.  No party should control the executive & both sides of the legislative (we saw the disaster THAT created), and for safety sake, no party should control both house and senate either.

I hope he gets better, but the less "unity", the better.
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2006, 10:00:52 PM »
Don't count on in.  Bonilla (R-TX) just lost in his run-off.  He won on Nov 7th but didn't get the majority.  The dems pumped a crap load of money into his opponents campaign.
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2006, 11:09:42 PM »
Bonilla was for the House, he's talking about the Senate. If the Gov does that, he can kiss his career goodbye, but I'm sure he'll find something in the private sector.
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2006, 11:40:15 PM »
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An unproducive government is a good government.  No party should control the executive & both sides of the legislative (we saw the disaster THAT created), and for safety sake, no party should control both house and senate either.

I hope he gets better, but the less "unity", the better.


Agreed.
there needs to be balance
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2006, 01:11:57 AM »
Balance?  There needs to be no government at all.  


Through all the reasons that you list of the government being bad, it never occurs to you to get rid of it entirely?
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2006, 08:20:53 AM »
when they are working... they are working against us.

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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2006, 09:03:16 AM »
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Balance?  There needs to be no government at all.  


Through all the reasons that you list of the government being bad, it never occurs to you to get rid of it entirely?


No not getting rid of the government.
Just replacing most of the people in it
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2006, 09:05:20 AM »
government in itself is a necessary evil.   All government get's worse over time.

The best thing to do would be to role back our government to 1912... every 50 years or so... role it back to 1912.

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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2006, 11:24:27 AM »
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government in itself is a necessary evil.   All government get's worse over time.

lazs


Says who?  The government?  And they want you to be OK with it?
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2006, 02:17:13 PM »
not sure I understand what you are saying laser.   please explain.  I say that all governments get worse over time because they grow in scope and power.

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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2006, 02:34:54 PM »
The Constitution allows a Senator or member of Congress to remain seated as long as he has a heart beat.  I doubt it will come to this, but if the Senator finds out he needs to be hospitalized for months, and is unable to attend votes, I sure hope his allegiance is to his constituents and not to his party.
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2006, 04:46:23 PM »
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government in itself is a necessary evil.


That's all the explanation you need.  You said it yourself.
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