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pan6467 · 02-06-2006, 04:42 PM

Another reality is when the next president is elected they will have a true mess on their hands. And no matter what they do to cut the debt (and they will have to which means they will raise taxes, cut programs to nothing, etc.) they will be blamed by the GOP for bad management.

I said it in '88 and I maybe saying it in '08, the worst thing the Dems can do is win the Presidency, let a GOP try to clean up the mess. Look what happened to Bush 1, he had to raise taxes and try to clean up Reagans mess. That allowed Clinton to come in, and he fixed things (I think he had a lot more but the GOP hounded him to where he couldn't do his job he was elected 2 times to do.)

We'll see, hopefully, in '06 elections the Dems make some headway and the GOP meanwhile take Voinovich's lead and speak out on tax cuts and cutting social programs too deep, while still allowing corporate welfare.

We have a tough road ahead of us, but as long as we put one foot in front of the other and keep walking forward with our eyes on the goal, we can do it. (Very cliche but very true.)

02-06-2006, 04:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Another reality is when the next president is elected they will have a true mess on their hands. And no matter what they do to cut the debt (and they will have to which means they will raise taxes, cut programs to nothing, etc.) they will be blamed by the GOP for bad management. I said it in '88 and I maybe saying it in '08, the worst thing the Dems can do is win the Presidency, let a GOP try to clean up the mess. Look what happened to Bush 1, he had to raise taxes and try to clean up Reagans mess. That allowed Clinton to come in, and he fixed things (I think he had a lot more but the GOP hounded him to where he couldn't do his job he was elected 2 times to do.) We'll see, hopefully, in '06 elections the Dems make some headway and the GOP meanwhile take Voinovich's lead and speak out on tax cuts and cutting social programs too deep, while still allowing corporate welfare. We have a tough road ahead of us, but as long as we put one foot in front of the other and keep walking forward with our eyes on the goal, we can do it. (Very cliche but very true.) __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"