Someone above mentioned good & bad democrats. If you read the posts on this board you would think there is no such thing as a bad democrat or a good republican. I have yet to hear anyone on the other side of the aisle basically say they believe in the 2 party sytem & that many good republicans exist
I live in NY & a bad democrat is Sheldon Silver NY State lawmaker. He continually blocks tort reform & one would wonder why.He is on the payroll of a law firm that brings many frivilous lawsuits against the city & state. It costs untold millions but he basically controls his chamber & his members move in lockstep behind him.Bye bye tort reform. He just, singlehandedly , blocked approval to construct a new Penn Station. Say goodbye to thousands of jobs. He wants the Madison Square Garden torn down & replaced & until that happens he will hold up Penn Station. In the 70's, while trying to have a grand old theater designated as a landmark. despite 8,000 signatures on petitions to do just that, the than democrats in power stopped it spearheaded by a Queens borough president who later committed suicide as he was being involved in a parking violation scandal
The whole GOP should not be condemmed for Foley. There was a double standard in the 80's when a Democratic house member actually had sex with a page. He got a reprimand but than politics was not so poisoned as it is now
I believe, as in a previous post, we should leave Iraq . GWB has failed miserably in many areas. If you want to hold his party responsible for it ( I believe many good GOP members will be thrown to the wolves here) so be it. In the words of a wise man: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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Updated On: 10/19/06 at 07:03 PM