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Originally Posted by dc_dux
ace....its a no win catch-22 for the Democrats in your world.
You said earlier in this thread (#40) that "My position is that Congress has the responsibility to make sure the President does not abuse his power..."
But if a Democrat controlled Congress attempts to meet that responsibility (after seven years of Republication abrogation of that responsibility)...they are politically grandstanding.
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Your logic is flawed.
Honest disagreement on issues leads to real debate and often to real solutions that benefits both sides of an issue. I think I could have an honest disagreement and real debate with Dennis Kucinich, but I don't think I could with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Hilery Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, etc. On the Republican side I would put Mit Romney or even a guy like Rush Limbaugh in that category. Kucinich says what he believes and acts on it, the others are more about blowing hot air than being willing to take an unpopular stance or act on what they think is the right thing to do.
The 60 Minute interview with the FBI agent who spent months interviewing Saddam Husein was very interesting this past Sunday. He said that Husein never believe the US would invade Iraq. He thought the US would drop bombs like in the past but not invade. I guess nobody other than Bush, some in his administration and I would think that getting the authorization to use military force, and saying we would use military force, would lead to actually using military force. The war could have been avoided if he understood that Bush was not the typical Washington politician. That is really sad and truly depressing.
In my book there is no place for "grandstanding" - simply say what you believe and act on your beliefs.