Another GOP rat bails from the sinking ship

[gabosaurus]

How many Republican Congressmen want to run in 2010? The number is dwindling.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1175846.html

[MtnBiker]

Again, you might want to inform yourself a little. Martinez is a Senator, not a congressman and he was not going to run for another term anyway.

[gabosaurus]

I meant the entire Congressional delegation, senators and congressmen.
And his bailout leaves the seat vulnerable.
Might want to real a little closer, Mr. MountainBiker.

[MtnBiker]

Yet you claim the number is dwindling, how is it dwindling, when Martinez wasn't seeking reelection. A replacemnt will be appointed by republican Govenor Crist and the seat will in effect have an incumbent running, that is an advantage. Your attempt to paint the republican party having dwindling canidates is laughable.

[Trigg]

I meant the entire Congressional delegation, senators and congressmen.
And his bailout leaves the seat vulnerable.
Might want to real a little closer, Mr. MountainBiker.

The approval rating for Congress is in the toilet. I guess we'll see who's right, but I predict the dems loose seats.

The American people arn't happy with all the bailouts.

[avatar4321]

I meant the entire Congressional delegation, senators and congressmen.
And his bailout leaves the seat vulnerable.
Might want to real a little closer, Mr. MountainBiker.

How is a retiring Senator resigning earlier than expected leaving a seat vulnerable? If anything it places the Republicans in a stronger position because they now have an incumbant.

[Insein]

How is a retiring Senator resigning earlier than expected leaving a seat vulnerable? If anything it places the Republicans in a stronger position because they now have an incumbant.

Cut her some slack. The LA times didn't explain that part.

[stephanie]

Cut her some slack. The LA times didn't explain that part.

made me laugh...:thumb:

[5stringJeff]

Yet you claim the number is dwindling, how is it dwindling, when Martinez wasn't seeking reelection. A replacemnt will be appointed by republican Govenor Crist and the seat will in effect have an incumbent running, that is an advantage. Your attempt to paint the republican party having dwindling canidates is laughable.

Certainly, the GOP has no shortage of candidates. Whether they have any candidates with principles is a whole other story.

[stephanie]

Certainly, the GOP has no shortage of candidates. Whether they have any candidates with principles is a whole other story.

I'm wondering about that myself..
I am really believing we need term limits on these people..I know the vote is suppose to take care of those things, but not enough people today pay any attention to politics to make a good decision in my opinion...I mean look what we have now as President..

[DragonStryk72]

How many Republican Congressmen want to run in 2010? The number is dwindling.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1175846.html

Eh, I see this whole thing as the natural reaction to the horrible run Bush had. He showed America what happens when one party gains complete control (at least til 06, after that, you can look to your own party, since they came into their majority in congress). We've screwed the pooch by going all the way to the extreme right, and so now, we're screwing it up going all the way to the extreme left. Hopefully, when the dust settles, Americans will wake up and begin to see that both groups are morons, who should be ignored as such, and we can dig our collective heads out of our ass.

[Insein]

Eh, I see this whole thing as the natural reaction to the horrible run Bush had. He showed America what happens when one party gains complete control (at least til 06, after that, you can look to your own party, since they came into their majority in congress). We've screwed the pooch by going all the way to the extreme right, and so now, we're screwing it up going all the way to the extreme left. Hopefully, when the dust settles, Americans will wake up and begin to see that both groups are morons, who should be ignored as such, and we can dig our collective heads out of our ass.

We never made it to the extreme right. Far left is totalitarianism. Far right is anarchy.

We made it maybe to the middle during Bush years. Spending was still out of control and the government still ran alot of our lives while wanting to intrude into more. Bush was more conservative on principles of security and taxes but horribly liberal on spending and government control. I would welcome something closer to anarchy then totalitarianism anyday cause at least in anarchy, you're free.

[avatar4321]

Eh, I see this whole thing as the natural reaction to the horrible run Bush had. He showed America what happens when one party gains complete control (at least til 06, after that, you can look to your own party, since they came into their majority in congress). We've screwed the pooch by going all the way to the extreme right, and so now, we're screwing it up going all the way to the extreme left. Hopefully, when the dust settles, Americans will wake up and begin to see that both groups are morons, who should be ignored as such, and we can dig our collective heads out of our ass.

We never made it to the right, let alone the extreme right. When the heck did the government shrink? When did we repeal federal programs?

[cat slave]

How many Republican Congressmen want to run in 2010? The number is dwindling.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1175846.html

ROTFL.....its a sure thing that we have seen the last of John Edwards, just
an example there to make the point that the **** is not only on one side.

[cat slave]

We never made it to the extreme right. Far left is totalitarianism. Far right is anarchy.

We made it maybe to the middle during Bush years. Spending was still out of control and the government still ran alot of our lives while wanting to intrude into more. Bush was more conservative on principles of security and taxes but horribly liberal on spending and government control. I would welcome something closer to anarchy then totalitarianism anyday cause at least in anarchy, you're free.

Good points! Bush lost me with his refusal to secure our southern border.
And wheres that fence????:salute:

I agree with you, Id rather have freedom no matter what else.

[Insein]

Good points! Bush lost me with his refusal to secure our southern border.
And wheres that fence????:salute:

I agree with you, Id rather have freedom no matter what else.

The fence was shameless appeasment to anti-illegal people. They knew it would never go through. It was just to try and show that they were doing something.

Ultimately I said no to it because a fence would cost too much but with the way Washington is throwing money around these days, whats a couple billion to build a fence?

[cat slave]

Oh, I realize that and knew it would never be built but Id still like to see it.

On the other hand why should tax payers have to foot the bill to put up
a physical barrier when all that has to be done is enforce the laws regarding
the employment of illegal aliens.

No jobs, no services, no problems!!!