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Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
« on: October 25, 2016, 01:12:43 pm »
Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
If you think it’s bad now, wait until January. We’ll be standing at the San Andreas fault line of dysfunction.
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It’s become just about all anybody can say: “I can’t wait for this election to be over.” It also is very likely to become a textbook case of: “be careful what you wish for.” If you think this contest has demonstrated fault lines in our political system, I have news for you: Come January, we may all be standing close to the San Andreas fault of government dysfunction.

Take the most likely result of the elections: a comfortable Clinton win, a very narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, and a reduced Republican majority in the House. Mix in the optimistic assumption that there’s at least some desire for a working relationship among Clinton and (current) GOP leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.

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Re: Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2016, 01:13:30 pm »
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Re: Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2016, 01:26:12 pm »
I'm of the "no matter who wins, this country is in serious trouble unless the Republicans in Congress grow a spine" school of thought.
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Re: Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2016, 02:47:53 pm »
I'm of the "no matter who wins, this country is in serious trouble unless the Republicans in Congress grow a spine" school of thought.
The country is in trouble more because the younger generations of Americans are year by year becoming more leftist.  The two present awful candidates are basically only symptons of the national disease of "creeping socialism."
I remember back in high school fifty years ago one of my teachers telling the class that "creeping socialism" was a huge problem even then. I sort of laughed privately thinking he was just an old fogey (he was only about 35 years old), and just spouting right-wing nonsense. Government was good I thought.
As it turns out he was 100% correct. That is still the biggest national problem...ever increasing numbers of citizens who think socialism is the way to go.

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Re: Can’t Wait for It to Be Over? Don’t Kid Yourself
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2016, 05:08:13 am »
I'm of the "no matter who wins, this country is in serious trouble unless the Republicans in Congress grow a spine" school of thought.

I think that America has had quite enough of politicians being so recalcitrant that we haven't seen a budget out of Congress for the last eight years.  Compromise is needed.  Not just from the left, but from the right as well.

And that compromise is not a 'if we can't get 100% of what we want right now, we'll just hold our breath for a bit... and then give up'.
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