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Post #303,259
by beepster
1/29/09 4:35:42 PM
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New Do we really?
Those "legions of fans" are voters. Those congressmen that retort "we're in charge, not you" against those "legions of fans" are then saying what, exactly? "Thanks for your vote, now shut up and leave me alone!"?

Now there's a good message.

I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #303,268
by drook
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1/29/09 5:42:46 PM
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New His fans are a *portion* of the voters
There are a whole lot more voters who don't listen to him than there are who do listen to him. Pundits don't have to care about compromise or pragmatism. As long as they get enough people interested to make their ratings look good, they're happy. It doesn't matter to them whether their preferred policies are feasible, or whether they're acceptable to the majority of voters.

You know, pretty much exactly what the congressman said to start this whole thing off.

So no, it's not the same as saying, "Thanks for your vote, now shut up and leave me alone!" It's more like saying, "If you think Rush has such great ideas, tell him it's time to put up or shut up and run for office himself."
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Drew
Post #303,331
by Ashton
1/30/09 4:44:47 PM
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New {sigh}
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
-- H.L. Mencken
     Don't cross Rush Limbaugh - (Ashton) - (15) - Jan. 29, 2009, 02:48:06 AM EST
         Think the power here was combined - (beepster) - Jan. 29, 2009, 04:36:05 AM EST
         Oh, yeah! - (mhuber) - (13) - Jan. 29, 2009, 08:37:19 AM EST
             s/grave/coffin - (mvitale) - Jan. 29, 2009, 08:59:32 AM EST
             So you think their main question unfounded? - (beepster) - (11) - Jan. 29, 2009, 09:26:08 AM EST
                 Not the point - (drook) - (10) - Jan. 29, 2009, 09:41:12 AM EST
                     Follow the bouncing thread - (beepster) - (9) - Jan. 29, 2009, 10:34:12 AM EST
                         I did - (drook) - (8) - Jan. 29, 2009, 11:47:44 AM EST
                             you is correct - (boxley) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2009, 12:23:41 PM EST
                                 Gee, thanks pops -NT - (drook) - Jan. 29, 2009, 01:23:32 PM EST
                                 I can't wait - (jb4) - Feb. 3, 2009, 09:09:51 PM EST
                             Are they? - (beepster) - (4) - Jan. 29, 2009, 02:26:47 PM EST
                                 Doesn't really matter - (drook) - (3) - Jan. 29, 2009, 04:02:40 PM EST
                                     Do we really? - (beepster) - (2) - Jan. 29, 2009, 04:35:42 PM EST
                                         His fans are a *portion* of the voters - (drook) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2009, 05:42:46 PM EST
                                             {sigh} -NT - (Ashton) - Jan. 30, 2009, 04:44:47 PM EST

Nobody has that much Schadenfreude in him.
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