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Post #303,259 by beepster 1/29/09 4:35:42 PM Reply	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 1/29/09 5:42:46 PM Reply	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." -- Drew
Post #303,331 by Ashton 1/30/09 4:44:47 PM Reply	{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