Anyone else have mixed feelings about the Demos landside win?

SBR_John · 11-08-2006, 07:53 AM

I cheered the results as they came in but I think I woke up with a political hangover.

First of all I'm glad to see those that tried their best to damage the online gaming industry get swept out. But then again, its a little late and the Demos won't help the industry now.

Second, are we on are way back to higher taxes and more senseless social programs spending? What will our new democratic congress do? Does anyone even know? They do not have the votes to over ride a veto so will they actually do anything?

jjgold · 11-08-2006, 08:01 AM

Johnny I am poor so I am elated, I will be able to get more gov't checks. Yes!!!

Plus way more libreral behavior on the way and I am for that.

Sam Odom · 11-08-2006, 08:06 AM

The 'under class' are the Dems largest most loyal base. They (Dems) will transfer more $$ from the 'haves' to the 'have nots' even more so than the Repubs did, and they handed out a lot.

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Karl Marx

isetcap · 11-08-2006, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Sam Odom

"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Karl Marx

That sounds like solid rhetoric! Who was this Marx character anyway? Did anyone ever take him seriously? I'd like to live in a country where that policy is its foundation for governing. Are there any good examples? I'm sure that if I were a famous pop singer or a high-profile movie star, I'd really understand the wisdom of that statement.

Sam Odom · 11-08-2006, 08:34 AM

isetcap, it 'sounds' good but not many peeps want to work their azz off so to give a large part of the fruit of their labor to someone sitting on their azz.

Willie Bee · 11-08-2006, 08:39 AM

John, I think we were doomed to more senseless spending on one thing or another regardless whether the donkeys or the elephants are in control.

I got shutout at the polls yesterday, took an ohfer. Not one person I voted for won. The irony is that, here in Texas at least, that pretty much puts me in the majority since more than 60% of the voters didn't cast their choice for Gov Perry.

moses millsap · 11-08-2006, 09:57 AM

Don't like the results at all seeing that I voted Republican across the board.

JC · 11-08-2006, 10:48 AM

No.

The Republicans got what they had coming. It was their's to lose and they blew it.

Had they stayed true to the concepts that brought them to power, they wouldn't have lost. Instead they grew the size of government, threw fiscal responsibility out the window, and clamped down on civil liberties.

They have become more of a nanny state then the Dems ever were. They have been more fiscally irresponsible then the Dems ever were.

The power went to their heads. They ran Congress like they owned it. They never let the Dems introduce any bills.

What happened to limited government and increased personal responsibility? That's what it used to say on Kyl's web site.

I hope everyone calls Leach's office and laughs at him.

Ask yourself this, if the republicans and democrats were equal on taxes, would it even be a contest?

sergfro · 11-08-2006, 01:32 PM

nothing will get done the next two years

JoshW · 11-08-2006, 01:56 PM

Loved it. Nice to see Rumsfeld go. At least Bush isn't acting like nothing happen.

SBR_John · 11-08-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JC

No.

The Republicans got what they had coming. It was their's to lose and they blew it.

Had they stayed true to the concepts that brought them to power, they wouldn't have lost. Instead they grew the size of government, threw fiscal responsibility out the window, and clamped down on civil liberties.

They have become more of a nanny state then the Dems ever were. They have been more fiscally irresponsible then the Dems ever were.

The power went to their heads. They ran Congress like they owned it. They never let the Dems introduce any bills.

What happened to limited government and increased personal responsibility? That's what it used to say on Kyl's web site.

I hope everyone calls Leach's office and laughs at him.

Ask yourself this, if the republicans and democrats were equal on taxes, would it even be a contest?

I agree the Republicans no longer stand for what brought them to power 100%. They have forgotten they were the party of less goverment in our daily life. So now we punish them by electing the party that wants bigger goverment??

Yea, I'm glad they are punished, I'm just not sure we are going to like their replacements.

Dark Horse · 11-08-2006, 03:48 PM

I just love the idea that gamblers came out and decided the close races, including the Senate.

BuddyBear · 11-08-2006, 04:31 PM

Anyone who is sitting on a gaming forum and voting for Republicans is without doubt an idiot....

SBR_John · 11-08-2006, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BuddyBear

Anyone who is sitting on a gaming forum and voting for Republicans is without doubt an idiot....

Uh, sharp post Buddy.

Btw, our new Speaker of the House, a democrat, ALSO voted FOR the gambling prohibition in the last congress.

I'm so gladddd she will be in control of the House

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tacomax · 11-08-2006, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BuddyBear

Anyone who is sitting on a gaming forum and voting for Republicans is without doubt an idiot....

So I presume that you voted Republican then, BuddyBear?

JC · 11-08-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SBR_John

I agree the Republicans no longer stand for what brought them to power 100%. They have forgotten they were the party of less goverment in our daily life. So now we punish them by electing the party that wants bigger goverment??

Yea, I'm glad they are punished, I'm just not sure we are going to like their replacements.

Well, forget our little issue. What else would wake these religious retard pandering Republicans up? Let them regroup and find their roots. Right now they are both the parties of big government. the difference I see is the Republicans are the ones who want to take away our civil liberties.

As I posted at EOG:

These Republicans are nothing like the class of '94. They are corrupt, believe in "Their way or the highway," fiscally reckless, have no respect for the Constitution, particularly the 4th Amendment. They pander way too much to the religious retards.

The only thing they have done is lower taxes which is good. But they still never lowered it to the level it was at before Bush 41 raised them, or even to where they were before Clinton jacked them up. Many of the tax cuts have been offset by increases in state taxes and fees. Many states had to raise things to offset the decreased funding they were getting from the Feds.

It was the Repbulicans that have been the driving force behing the online gambling bills in Congress for the last 9 years. The last bill and the one before it nearly failed in committee with most Democrats voting against and most Republicans voting in favor. Goodlatte's last bill started with 115 co-sponsors, only 5 were democrats.

What's your point? That they are all pigs at the trough? Most of them are. Isn't it amazing how many of them are millionaires, even many of the ones who have been in public service their whole lives? I have never seen a demographic like the Congress before that is so good at stock picking and speculative real estate. What an eye for investments so many of them have! Go figure.