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America to Obama:

Potvin63 said:
I personally don't think these midterm elections were a mandate for Republicans as much as people were unhappy about the economy and jobs and voted for the party that wasn't in power. In 2008 Obama and the Democrats claimed they had a mandate (and by their majorities in each chamber of Congress, they technically did) and then they bungled things up and the voters paid them back for it.
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As much as I would like to put the current state of affairs in the lap of one party or administration, the problem lies in the increasing bipartisan atmosphere in Washington and the willingness of each party to sabotage the policies of the other regardless of whether or not it would be good for the country.
 
lunatic59 said:
As much as I would like to put the current state of affairs in the lap of one party or administration, the problem lies in the increasing bipartisan atmosphere in Washington and the willingness of each party to sabotage the policies of the other regardless of whether or not it would be good for the country.
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I agree. Neither party is innocent when it comes to the state of the nation. The era of intense partisanship has ruined what was great about some of the biggest pieces of legislation passed in the 20th century. Most of them were passed with bipartisan support, reaching across the aisle, and a willingness to compromise, even on issues where both sides had fundamental differences.

I just secretly wonder if it continues at the current rate if the two-party system would ever fold under that pressure and spawn a system that encourages the creation of new third parties or increased viability for current third parties.
 
Can anyone post a link to a peer reviewed study, an official investigation, or testomony from the banking industry that the CRA had anything to do with the crisis.

I posted links to studies and under oath testomony that show the opposite?

Can anyone point me to 1 law the democrate congress passed in 2007 & 2008 that caused the sub-prime crisis?

Can anyone tell me how Barney Frank stopped regulation of F&F in 2005 when he was not the committee chairman and did not have the majority in the committee?
 
SMH at anyone who thinks Democrats or Republicans give a rats ass about the people they "represent." It's so funny to go on the internet and see all the arguing about who is better. News flash....they all suck and care nothing about you! Politics is about power. They have it and you don't. It doesn't matter who you vote in or who promises change. They are all liars and thieves.

I don't waste my time with politics. I think the best use of your energy is improving yourself and those around you. The government won't fix your problems for you.

Carry on....
 
Obama doesn't get it. Listen to his talks and speeches since the election. He keeps saying that the people did not understand what they were trying to do. He thinks we are all idiots.

It's not that the people all wanted republicans it's that the people were tired of his administration not doing anything and always blaming some one else.

Until some one makes it to the presidency with the stones to stop blaming and actually try to fix something we will continue in this vicious circle.
 
Until some one makes it to the presidency with the stones to stop blaming and actually try to fix something we will continue in this vicious circle.
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So, to sum up your feelings...

"WE'RE DOOMED!!!!"

:P
 
I think the two party system is ruining the US

Ye need a far right extremist party for everyone to laugh at, a small social right party, big center right party, big center party, medium left party, small green party
Oh and a Sarah Pailn patry :p
 
Actually Shadowninety, you're dead on with your very first statement: the two party system IS killing our country. And there are a LOT more "far Right" people then you think...

What's really screwing us is "party line voting". As an example: a couple cycles ago, Wisconsin had two referendums on the ballot; gay marriage and the death penalty. Both of those went very conservative (yes to the death penalty, no to gay marriage).

And yet, across the entire state, liberals won elections. So... folks wanted conservative policies... and wanted liberals to enact them...

Sorry boys: both sides are seriously messed up. And the ones who DO have good ideas don't get any air time...
 
I feel that people are using the Tea Party as a protest vote
A party with no policies except "leave us alone" is easy to support
Like the Labour party here: "sure we'll cut the budget by 25%! - Will you increase taxes? - no - Will you cut spending? - no - How will you save money? - cut wastage - eh all that was cut in the last €15bn, how about this €15bn we have to cut after that? - *tumbleweed*"
 
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