Robert Green wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Home Guy wrote:
Will Perry become the next idiot republican prez, following in
Bush's klownish footsteps?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6an4zSj8LhU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSJv-...eature=related

We can only hope. Unemployment at 4%, DOW-Jones above 12,000, 23
consecutive quarters of economic growth, low interest rates,
virtually no inflation, dead Mohammadens piled up like cordwood.

It was just an illusion, Bub. The magical numbers sprouted from all
of that from the Feds spending trillions on post 9/11 security, wars,
TSA, etc. It's amazing how a little government deficit spending can
falsely goose the economic numbers. Now we're experiencing the crash
of the speculative bubble and runaway defense spending that made
those high-flying numbers possible - but not real. We also destroyed
Iraq, the country that had the most to gain from keeping Iran nuke
free because they'd be one of the first victims of Iranian nuclear
aggression.

I don't miss Bush one tiny bit. I just wonder how long it will take
to pay off the mountain of debt Bush's incredible spending sprees and
cowboy diplomacy have left us? When will the Republican Tax Cut
Fairy come and wave her magic wand and make 10 years of war debt
disappear?

I noticed that voters in Ohio have said "we didn't give the
Republicans a mandate to go union busting" and rolled back the
changes that the Tea Party & Co. tried ramming down their throats.
How many times do they have to get bitch-slapped to realize that NO
ONE has a mandate when elections are won by tiny margins? It was
pretty easy to see by the tenor of the protests when that law was
passed that the Republicans had made a serious error in estimating
the support they'd garner for union hatchetwork.

In other news, Republican overreach around the US got knuckle-slapped
in a number of states. An anti-abortion amendment in Mississippi got
trounced, voting restrictions in Maine got overturned. The seething
southwestern anti-immigrantion agenda took a hit as Arizonans
recalled the State Senate's president, Russell Pearce and other
elections indicated that the day of the Tea Party may have come and
gone. Now we will have to wait to see if Wisconsin's Gov. Scott
Walker will face a recall vote in the spring. As my very wise
journalism prof. said "the pendulum always swings."

With only Romney and P - p - p - Perry looking like they'll survive
the "Quickening" and Obama undoubtedly having some pre-election trick
up his sleeve comparable to capturing Osama, it's going to be an
interesting year ahead.

You make some good points, especially about Ohio. Although I think the
over-all result is more mixed.

Regarding Ohio, specifically, the unions, I believe, dumped upwards of $34
million in the campaign to revoke the anti-union law. If I was in charge in
Ohio, I'd pass the bill again, this time exempting cops and firemen, and
encourage the unions to spend another $34 million. Eventually the'd run out
of money to defeat it.

As to Wisconsin, local governments are already saving bags of money because
of the new laws on collective bargaining. For example, in the past, as part
of the collective bargaining agreements, teachers got their health care
insurance through a wholly-owned subsidary of the state's teacher's union.
Now that insurance is open for bids, the premiums are only ONE-THIRD what
they were under the collective-bargain mandated vendor.

If savings like that continue, statutes of the governor will be erected in
every public square.

Regarding a possible "October Surprise" by the Obama crew, you may be
overestimating them. Chicago politics has never been known for subtlety. The
"surprise" will be an obviously Photoshopped picture of the GOP nominee
delicately removing a woman's garter belt from a goat, the spouse eating
monkey brains, or him (or her) carrying a big bag with a big "$" on it away
from the Chinese Embassy.

No, don't look for any finesse from the current White House crew.

As for a mandate, that may be in the eye of the beholder. In 2010, the GOP
picked up six seats in the Senate and sixty-three in the House. Last
Tuesday, the GOP gained control of both houses of the Virginia Assembly to
go along with the governorship.