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12-18-2006, 01:10 PM | #31 | |
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12-18-2006, 01:17 PM | #32 | |
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Oh...not to get political. |
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12-18-2006, 01:19 PM | #33 | |
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The fact that the Dems only have a 1-seat lead in the Senate (and he's in the hospital possibly dying now) is enough proof that the nation doesn't really trust them so much. If they were really the answer, they would've really swung a huge majority. |
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12-18-2006, 01:55 PM | #34 | ||
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FWIW, some of the pictures you posted are funny as well. But, apparently we can't laugh at them because "Buster didn't say it's OK." Quote:
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12-18-2006, 02:08 PM | #35 | |
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Only 1/3 of the Senate is up for election every 2 years. Thus, this year, it was not the entire country voting on all 100 seats. There were only 33 seats (each third is a "class", and this was Class 1). Of those seats, 15 were R, and 18 were Dem+Independent (Independents have traditionally aligned with Dems). Thus, the Dems already had a majority of the seats in Class 1, with 54.5%. After the election, the Rs had 9 seats, and the Dems+Independents had 22 seats, or 66.6% of the Class. Picking up 6 out of 15 seats (or, 40% of the seats the Dems could have possibly acquired), is not inconsequential, although what it actually means is a completely separate debate. My point is that you shouldn't draw broad inferences about what the "country" wants, when only 1/3 of the country voted. Plus, we're mostly all idiots since we keep electing politicians to office. |
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12-18-2006, 02:09 PM | #36 | |
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12-18-2006, 02:18 PM | #37 |
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