01-31-2015, 07:58 PM
I don't know that much about her but: Olympia Snowe. I recall her impressing me several times for breaking with her party over certain issues.
Maggot, I DO think the Republican Party is eating itself. They disagree on so many issues amongst themselves, they're too busy fighting each other over everything to even appear to get behind one candidate or even basic philosophical beliefs. If they put up even a slightly moderate Republican candidate, he/she will be torn apart by the tea party folks, the religious extremists, the anti immigration die-hards...some part of the herd is constantly tearing apart the other.
Jerry Brown has been...interesting this go around. On the one hand, fucker raised taxes A LOT and on the other hand, now his party is pissed with him for NOT reversing some spending cuts that helped the poor etc. He's getting pushed to spend all that money as opposed to maintaining a rainy day fund. Also, some of those tax increases are set to expire in 2018 (I believe). IIRC, he wants to let them expire (good) while the far left, of course, is already saying they should be extended.
They're ALL fucked up but the most fucked up part of it all is campaign spending, PACS and Super PACs. It's a completely corrupt system.
Maggot, I DO think the Republican Party is eating itself. They disagree on so many issues amongst themselves, they're too busy fighting each other over everything to even appear to get behind one candidate or even basic philosophical beliefs. If they put up even a slightly moderate Republican candidate, he/she will be torn apart by the tea party folks, the religious extremists, the anti immigration die-hards...some part of the herd is constantly tearing apart the other.
Jerry Brown has been...interesting this go around. On the one hand, fucker raised taxes A LOT and on the other hand, now his party is pissed with him for NOT reversing some spending cuts that helped the poor etc. He's getting pushed to spend all that money as opposed to maintaining a rainy day fund. Also, some of those tax increases are set to expire in 2018 (I believe). IIRC, he wants to let them expire (good) while the far left, of course, is already saying they should be extended.
They're ALL fucked up but the most fucked up part of it all is campaign spending, PACS and Super PACs. It's a completely corrupt system.
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