Looks like the Republicans have the Senate...

[KappaTarzan]

stupid republicans mitt romney won mass for gov... that fucker is a cheat and a LIAR.. GRRR

[Imthechamp]

Do you really believe that there are politicians who AREN'T liars and cheats?

Hrm...

I really think that y'all who are predicting doom and gloom for the country simply because of the Republican victories have lost touch with reality and guilty of major hyperbole.

What is every politicians' main objective?

To get re-elected.

I don't think you are going to see massive changes to the American way of life. The government will continue on a rather middle of the road stance as it always has. You will not see the newly elected Republicans do things so radical as to hurt their chances of re-election.

Yes, Bush may have support to oust Hussein, but so what? It needs to be done. ANWR might get revisited, and as much as i disagree with the stances of many fellow Republicans, i doubt all of a sudden our pristene wilderness areas are going to become toxic waste dumping grounds. Don't forget, the NRA is probably a big supporter of Republicans, and they would be as upset as anyone if anything happened to lands that are prime hunting areas.

In closing, lets refrain from namecalling, stereotyping, and all the other low class things i've been seeing. We are all Americans here. This country is the greatest in the world. Why? Because we are able to have elections, and have bloodless changes in power.

Kitso
KS 361 things that make me proud to be an American on election days.

PS...I guarantee the economy will rebound by the time Bush is up for re-election.

[The1calledTKE]

Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361

PS...I guarantee the economy will rebound by the time Bush is up for re-election.

I am sure he hopes so. 4 years of an bad economy is what got his father knocked out of office.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by poodleNtraining


I wish I knew. These idiot bastards in Maryland just elected the as governor. So I don't want to hear a PEEP when there are no more school lunches, education gets $2.50, criminals get their guns back, and the Bay starts to glow orange from the toxic waste he shovels in. If you couldn't tell, I'm disgusted by this.

Silly rabbit! wasn't even running! He's already had his maximum two terms.

In actuality, we Marylanders chose substance over a flashy, well-known maiden name and elected Bob Ehrlich as our governor.

As for the gun issue; not to be rude but do you live in the same Maryland I live in? We've had over 300 gun deaths in this state in 2001 while Parris was in office. Remember Joe Palzynski, the guy in Dundalk who went on a killing spree and then held a family hostage for a week in 2000? Parris was in office then, too. And the most recent "sniper" (although I hesitate to call anyone who uses a rifle with a tripod from 100 yards a sniper) shootings in Montgomery and PG county happened on Paris' watch. Based on this, how do you equate having a democrat in the governor's mansion with fewer crimes with firearms?

If it makes you feel any better though, I'm rather disgusted myself that Dutch Ruppersberger got elected. But I guess that was to be expected since Parris reconfigured the voting districts to favor the Dems

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by Munchkin03


What's wrong with Missourans? Can we say "Jim Talent"? ;p

He is of the DEVIL!

-We're going into a state of RepublicanISM.

[Hermione]

I, for one, feel sorry for the Wisconsinites. Their options were Doyle (a weasel), McCallum (a wiener), Ed Thompson (I'm the real governor's brother, so elect me and we'll legalize drugs), and whichever token Green Party candidate ran this year (they're all interchangable, just someone to get 2% of the vote from the enviro-freaks who can't find it in their bleeding hearts to vote for someone as far right as a Democrat). They chose Doyle, the Democrat, and turned the state legislature around so that it's all a Republican majority. Hopefully four years of an idiot liberal like Doyle and a grid-locking right-wing assembly will prompt the Republicans to field a moderate gubernatorial candidate in 2006. That way, the legislature can go back to being Democrat and once again a balance will be struck.

And a big congratulations to my Lady Elizabeth Dole!

California: Arnold and Jesse in 2006!

[Kevin]

Several things that I don't understand... How does anyone equate a poor economy with the president or the congress? We have something called a free market economy. Legislation (unless it's sweeping reform) will usually have little if anything to do with the economy. The Fed does regulate interest rates which is the amount of interest that banks charge eachother... That's about it though.

It's the free market... Enron, Arthur Anderson et al. How can you draw the connection to the President? The recession began when Bush entered office.. or actually before that right after the Clinton white house. How can you even make the connection to this administration? (and I'm not saying Clinton had anything to do with it either)

It's just smoke and mirrors any way you look at it.

[madmax]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Several things that I don't understand... How does anyone equate a poor economy with the president or the congress? We have something called a free market economy. Legislation (unless it's sweeping reform) will usually have little if anything to do with the economy. The Fed does regulate interest rates which is the amount of interest that banks charge eachother... That's about it though.

It's the free market... Enron, Arthur Anderson et al. How can you draw the connection to the President? The recession began when Bush entered office.. or actually before that right after the Clinton white house. How can you even make the connection to this administration? (and I'm not saying Clinton had anything to do with it either)

It's just smoke and mirrors any way you look at it.

Its simple. Bush is a Republican and Zke is a Democrate , therefore it's Bush's fault that the stock market took a plunge at the end of Bill Clinton's term as President. Its Bush's fault that companies like Lucent went from $80/ share to .50 even though Bush had yet to be elected.

[Kevlar281]

People might not agree with it but its election results like this that make me vote for the party not that man. Go Republicans!

[madmax]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Several things that I don't understand... How does anyone equate a poor economy with the president or the congress? We have something called a free market economy. Legislation (unless it's sweeping reform) will usually have little if anything to do with the economy. The Fed does regulate interest rates which is the amount of interest that banks charge eachother... That's about it though.

It's the free market... Enron, Arthur Anderson et al. How can you draw the connection to the President? The recession began when Bush entered office.. or actually before that right after the Clinton white house. How can you even make the connection to this administration? (and I'm not saying Clinton had anything to do with it either)

It's just smoke and mirrors any way you look at it.

Its simple. Bush is a Republican and Zke is a Democrate , therefore it's Bush's fault that the stock market took a plunge at the end of Bill Clinton's term as President..

[lovelyivy84]

I WOULD say that this election would have no effect on us so who cares because they;re all the same except for two things:

1. Supreme Court Positions
2. War with Iraq

I dont really think there is that much of a difference between teh PEOPLE in these parties, but the policies of both parties at this particular moment in time are different in some substantive ways.

Yep, our country is going to hell.

And NO it's not necessarily Bush's fault about the economy, but he COULD do a lot more to make things better for those being hit hardest by admitting we're in a recession and taking steps like lengthening the amount of time people receive unemployment benefits.

[chopper816]

yall need to remember these facts:

1. clinton/gore started the recession, not bush, yall sound like its bushs fault when in fact if you talk to any analyst theyll tell you it started when clinton was still in office, and you didnt see him do anything about it.

2. bill clinton was in office during the prosperity and nothing more!!!! in 1994 the republicans ran on the contract with america, which in turn got them both houses of congress. legislation passed by a republican congress was a huge part of the sucess of the economy, bill clinton merely decided to go along with it. also, some historical economists have stated that reagan's economics plans helped create the prosperity of the 90s, so theres an argument that if a republican was in during the 90s, the economy wouldve been the same.

3. also, you can place blame on the markets not doing well when investors pour large sums of money into companies who dont turn a profit, ie all the dot coms.

just my two cents.

[Optimist Prime]

Originally posted by madmax


Its simple. Bush is a Republican and Zke is a Democrate , therefore it's Bush's fault that the stock market took a plunge at the end of Bill Clinton's term as President. Its Bush's fault that companies like Lucent went from $80/ share to .50 even though Bush had yet to be elected.

Bush wasn't elected.

[Kevin]

I have YET to see ONE Florida recount that says otherwise. Lots of groups have gone in there and recounted and the results are always in Bush's favor.

You can try to make excuses... The fact is Gore lost.