So like I said: threw your vote away.
Side note, I'm pretty sure you've sucked more dick than I have, but that's a compliment cause it takes alot of balls to suck a dick according to Louie.
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Side note, I'm pretty sure you've sucked more dick than I have, but that's a compliment cause it takes alot of balls to suck a dick according to Louie.
it was a dumb metaphor, but yeah I threw my vote away instead of compromising myself
So not being a right wing fanatic makes you jelly spined? Christ, you're as bad as the liberals who think Obama ran as a super lefty and were disappointed?
I missed voting in 2004 by one week, but in retrospect, I'm glad I did, since I would have voted for Bush D:
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also it doesn't really matter, but I've never had a homosexual experience
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also it doesn't really matter, but I've never had a homosexual experience
That was a poor choice of words though, and I'm sorry
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It's pretty much taken for granted that on any high-controversy issue, the RINOs can be counted on to vote with the democrats. They did it over stimulus, they did it over the "public option," hell, the only reason they don't kick Snowe out of the republican party is because the R next to her name goes toward deciding which party gets to be committee chairs.
And the Democrats had Lieberman and Ben Nelson. Whoop de doo. Still a load of nonsense.
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Lieberman went (I) cause the democrats tried to replace him, but he still caucuses with them. Remind me what's wrong with Ben Nelson?
Whoops. I retract my previous statement. I apologize, and you should feel free to complain as much as you want.
"Cornhusker Kickback".
GasBandit
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Hey, he still voted for cloture, didn't he?
Doesn't really matter. The whole thing literally left the White House without any power for 2 years. Not exactly a team player there.
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My point was, between the 58 democrats and the 2 independents that caucused with them, they had 60 votes. That's the magic number to stop a filibuster. Then you figure in RINOs as a comfort buffer. The reason the democrats "didn't get anything done" (thank god they didn't get more done than they did) was not because of anything the republicans did.. it was all because of democrats who wouldn't stick together. I think that's kind of where you were going too, wasn't it?
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Funny, I've heard of a good number of judicial appointments last decade who say otherwise.
Here I thought we were talking about bills. Are we changing the discussion now?
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I thought we were talking about filibusters.
Oof, I see my disconnect. Having multiple discussions with you threw me for a loop there.
Yes, in filibusters it has taken party line votes to get cloture and take to a vote. Which is funny since half the time if they make it past the filibuster they get voted in with a rather large majority.
Most of the time nominees (not necessarily judicial) are denied simply to prevent things from working. Which is sad.
Yes, in filibusters it has taken party line votes to get cloture and take to a vote. Which is funny since half the time if they make it past the filibuster they get voted in with a rather large majority.
Most of the time nominees (not necessarily judicial) are denied simply to prevent things from working. Which is sad.
I didn't vote for Pres in '08. I voted for everything else on the ballot though. We didn't have a third party option or I would have voted for someone else. I am sending a message to both stupid parties that I am not picking the lesser of two evils. I'll do it again this year if it's Obama vs Newt or Romney. I'm not lazy and not voting. I am choosing not to choose.
No you're clearly being lazy and/or throwing your vote away. Despite the fact that you made a conscious decision and choice not to vote for either candidate you're apathy means that you can have no say or room to complain about anything that goes on in politics. Even if the Senate proposed a bill that forced anyone going by the online alias "drawn_inward" or similar variations to grab their ankles and take a pinapple up their ass.
GasBandit
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Bob Barr wasn't on your state's ballot?
For the record - casting an empty ballot is voting.
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I'll buy that when it's actually possible to leave an office unoccupied if the greatest plurality of voters vote "none" for that entry. But at least you can say you got off your ass and went to the polling station.
I remember that a city position in my town had none of the above win but because it was not above 60% or some arbitrary percentage the man who had the most votes took the office. I remember alot of people were upset over it since most believed neither of the two candidates were fit for the office.
Sounds like "We're going to invent a new rule because we have no idea what to do in this situation."
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