Comments on: This isn’t going to go over well at dKos http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414122 MaxDamage Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:58:05 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414122 Right now we're getting our chief executives out of a sort of reality show, which isn't as bad as it might sound but really tilts the playing field towards showmanship and less towards reality. Hey, can't fix that before the next election, might as well accept it and move on for now. And we're too large a country to expect campaigns to always stop nearby. Plus the prize is electoral college votes, so small population areas are dismissed by simple calculus. It's a heckuva way to run a Republic, but as they say it beats the heck out of all the others. Right now we’re getting our chief executives out of a sort of reality show, which isn’t as bad as it might sound but really tilts the playing field towards showmanship and less towards reality.

Hey, can’t fix that before the next election, might as well accept it and move on for now.

And we’re too large a country to expect campaigns to always stop nearby. Plus the prize is electoral college votes, so small population areas are dismissed by simple calculus.

It’s a heckuva way to run a Republic, but as they say it beats the heck out of all the others.

]]> By: Justthisguy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414123 Justthisguy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:43:02 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414123 I really prolly ought to quit drinking, for all sorts of reasons. When I contemplate upon the people who want to be Prez of the US, I just want to drink more. I want to be numb when they come for me. Maybe it won't hurt so much, that way. I do pine for the days when political parties had real conventions, in which the deciding was done in smoke-filled rooms. That's how we got President Truman, instead of President Wallace (shudder!) I really prolly ought to quit drinking, for all sorts of reasons.

When I contemplate upon the people who want to be Prez of the US, I just want to drink more. I want to be numb when they come for me. Maybe it won’t hurt so much, that way.

I do pine for the days when political parties had real conventions, in which the deciding was done in smoke-filled rooms.

That’s how we got President Truman, instead of President Wallace (shudder!)

]]> By: MaxDamage http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414121 MaxDamage Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:14:17 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414121 I read this as Bush is fighting for the rights of the Office of the President. He's been fighting that fight for his entire term in office. There are three branches of government, with checks and balances, and Congress has for 6 years determined it has oversight on the Administrative branch. If somebody who believes that takes said office, the precedent would cause those rights to be lost forever. This has ramifications at the Constitutional level. If you want to see how a little wedge can open the door, take a look at any bill before the congress and notice how part of the justification is it somehow affects interstate commerce. Its about power, pure and simple. I see Bush fighting to retain the rights and powers of the office he holds now, so that others who gain it will not have lost on his watch, no matter their party or their politics. - Max I read this as Bush is fighting for the rights of the Office of the President. He’s been fighting that fight for his entire term in office. There are three branches of government, with checks and balances, and Congress has for 6 years determined it has oversight on the Administrative branch. If somebody who believes that takes said office, the precedent would cause those rights to be lost forever.

This has ramifications at the Constitutional level. If you want to see how a little wedge can open the door, take a look at any bill before the congress and notice how part of the justification is it somehow affects interstate commerce.

Its about power, pure and simple. I see Bush fighting to retain the rights and powers of the office he holds now, so that others who gain it will not have lost on his watch, no matter their party or their politics.

– Max

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414124 Skippy-san Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:45:58 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414124 The man has been over estimated repeatedly. What it shows is that the guy is every bit as political as Clinton-plus he believes that Clinton getting the Nom is the best thing for the Republican party. As for the Republicans taking back Congress-fat lot of good that did us.............. The Republicans lost the election in 92 and the Dems lost the Congress in 94 by their own buffoonery. The man has been over estimated repeatedly. What it shows is that the guy is every bit as political as Clinton-plus he believes that Clinton getting the Nom is the best thing for the Republican party. As for the Republicans taking back Congress-fat lot of good that did us…………..

The Republicans lost the election in 92 and the Dems lost the Congress in 94 by their own buffoonery.

]]> By: rpl http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414119 rpl Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414119 I hope that they choke on their bile, and do something incredibly foolish that pushes the center towards the right. Kind of like the MoveOn ad with General Petraeus. Apparently, the advertisement didn't quite have the impact that the far left had thought. I hope that they choke on their bile, and do something incredibly foolish that pushes the center towards the right. Kind of like the MoveOn ad with General Petraeus. Apparently, the advertisement didn’t quite have the impact that the far left had thought.

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/comment-page-1/#comment-414120 Kris, in New England Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:04:44 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/09/25/this-isnt-going-to-go-over-well-at-dkos/#comment-414120 <blockquote>I think it’s quite possible that once again the man has been misunderestimated.</blockquote> Lex, you just summed up the past 6+ years.

I think it’s quite possible that once again the man has been misunderestimated.

Lex, you just summed up the past 6+ years.

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