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Title: GOP falling apart (gee, let's mourn)
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Star Tribune
URL Source: http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1369485.html
Published: Aug 20, 2007
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Post Date: 2007-08-20 01:02:19 by Mekons4
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A string of retirement announcements signals a shift on the Hill, but a GOP official say it's "normal and expected." Latest GOP hit: Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois added his name Friday to a rash of retirements among House Republicans, magnifying the party's electoral challenges and raising questions about a rush for the exits. Other hits: Rep. Ray LaHood of Illinois, Rep. Deborah Pryce of Ohio and Rep. Charles W. Pickering Jr. of Mississippi have all announced in recent days that they will not seek reelection. In the Senate, Wayne Allard, R-Colo., has already announced plans not to seek reelection, and other weighing the same option include Sen. John Warner of Virginia and Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. Opinion from within: "I think our party's chances for winning the majority back next time are pretty bleak at the moment, and I will admit to you that being in the minority is less fun," LaHood said in an interview. "People are going to continue to have heartburn over the war." Opinions of party officials: Julie Shutley, a spokeswoman for the House Republican campaign committee, called the retirements "normal and to be expected." She said that in each of the last three elections about 30 lawmakers, including members of both parties, had chosen to retire. A psychological edge: "Every vacancy creates opportunities," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the House Democratic campaign committee. He argued that the retirements would contribute to a "psychology" of demoralization among Republicans. Hastert's parting words: "Together, we have made a difference. We have made history, and I thank you," he told supporters Friday in front of the Kendall County courthouse in the northern Illinois district he was first elected to represent in 1986. He held the speaker post from 1999 to 2007 -- longer than any other Republican in American history. NEW YORK TIMES
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#1. To: Mekons4 (#0)
Way too long a time for a politician to serve. There's the problem - we need term limits so the special interest groups don't have the time to sink their clutches onto our politicians. They should serve 4 years and then they're gone - out with the old and in with the new - term limits would help America and Americans immensely.
Good. Let the damn party die. By the way Ron Paul is getting treated by the GOP rank and file they seem prefer extinction over returning a Reagan/Goldwater style era. Looks like that Soviet like purge of all the paleocons from the GOP wasn't so bright after all, eh Dubya?
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death" - Me.
And the sad thing is... After 8 years of the Clintoon Bitch, the GOP will start to look pretty good again. We're screwed.
Scrap... If you have ever read the Constitution adopted by CSA back in 1860, they wrote in strict term limits for all Federal offices. The President was a six year term and then gone forever. Thus no campaigning for the next term while you were president. The South made these changes because they saw that America was reelecting professional lifetime politicians that did NOT represent the people. America lost the Civil War.
That's a start. I'd like for their salary to be whatever is the median family income of their district, and of course, no retirement benefits since they'd have only served for four years. Another member suggested selecting reps by a random drawing - that would also work. It would certainly be cheaper, and I don't think that we could get any worse people than what we now have.
After 8 years of the Clintoon Bitch, the GOP will start to look pretty good again. Just in time for Jeb Bush or maybe his Hispanic son.
Rove is more televised now than before he retired. Will we ever be rid of this plague of evil?
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today!
After 8 years of the Clintoon Bitch, the GOP will start to look pretty good again. Just in time for Jeb Bush or maybe his Hispanic son. In 8 years America may be a wasteland that resembles the surface of the moon with roving bands of cannibal mutants who will eat you if they can.
I wouldn't doubt it.
If we cut all foreign aid then those nuclear tipped, sub launched Harpoon missiles we sold to a certain Middle eastern country may be fired at Washington from the Potomac River. And, the director of DHS will blame China, Syria, Russia or any country but the right one. And, the govt types with their meaty secretaries (not their wives) will wait for the radiation to drop below X ray levels under The Greenbrier Hotel.
the northern Illinois district he was first elected to represent in 1986
#2. To: Mekons4 (#0)
#3. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#2)
Good. Let the damn party die.
#4. To: scrapper2 (#1)
we need term limits so the special interest groups don't have the time to sink their clutches onto our politicians. They should serve 4 years and then they're gone - out with the old and in with the new - term limits would help America and Americans immensely.
#5. To: scrapper2. the thread (#1)
They should serve 4 years and then they're gone - out with the old and in with the new - term limits would help America and Americans immensely.
#6. To: Sodie Pop (#3)
And the sad thing is...
#7. To: Mekons4 (#0)
raising questions about a rush for the exits.
#8. To: Ringo Blankenship (#6)
And the sad thing is...
#9. To: HOUNDDAWG (#8)
In 8 years America may be a wasteland that resembles the surface of the moon with roving bands of cannibal mutants who will eat you if they can.
#10. To: lodwick (#9)
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