Ashlee's first political post (1404 hits)
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Submitted by Ashlee (View user info) at 2004-11-15 11:57:11 EST
Disclaimer: I'm going to try to do this with as little partisanship as possible, but it might be difficult as we all know my feelings about ol' Dubya.
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I don't know a whole lot about politics, and I admit that. I was shocked when George W. Bush became President, and moreso when he was re-elected. I went through the next day wondering how anyone could think this man has been doing a good job, or even an adequate one. But the people have spoken, and in a tight but clear race, we will be living with him in office for another four year term. Sadly but obviously, Bush has the support of his countrymen, or at least a little more than half of them.
So why doesn't he have the support of his cabinet? Today is November 15th, less than two weeks after the election, and already six out of fifteen cabinet members have handed in their resignations. It seems strange to me that so many in such high positions, people that work directly with the President, would just tip their hats and be on their merry ways so SOON after the re-election of the man who has been running things since 2000.
With such little explaination, we're left to speculate. Is this a testimony to what people who know things we may not think of Bush and his policies? Or is it merely coincidence? What do you think?
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Submitted by wardy (user info) at 2004-12-08 02:16:57 EST (#)
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i don't know if this was said but most cabinet members burn out due to the demanding schedule during the first four years. very few cabinet members ever make it all the way through 8 years.
just look at the president. notice the color of every president's hair before he becomes president, and tehn at the end of his term. it's a stressful job.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2004-12-08 01:57:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-11-30 19:50:53 (#)
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Fetish, you're so desperate. I almost feel bad for you.
Ashlee, I'd lock my garbage in the shed if I were you. You don't want to wake up one night and suprised Eric Rice masturbating on your lawn while he munches on used tampons
hahahahahaahahahahahahahahah
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-12-01 10:14:52 EST (#)
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Your reviews are awesome. I'm starting to like you more and more.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/52947#990413
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-30 22:25:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-11-30 19:50:53 (#)
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Fetish, you're so desperate. I almost feel bad for you.
Ashlee, I'd lock my garbage in the shed if I were you. You don't want to wake up one night and suprised Eric Rice masturbating on your lawn while he munches on used tampons.
I live in an apartment, we have an incinerator. That mental picture you painted for me really made these spagettios I was about to eat look different though....
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Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-30 19:38:54 (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:17:54 (#)
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fetish- because you're not a douche
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If that's the reward for being a douche, I'll let Caul give me douche lessons...
Although Caul is welcome to eat me at any time, I do not think he is a douche. When I say it to someone like someone (ha ha I made a funny), it's for different reasons.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-11-30 19:50:53 EST (#)
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Fetish, you're so desperate. I almost feel bad for you.
Ashlee, I'd lock my garbage in the shed if I were you. You don't want to wake up one night and suprised Eric Rice masturbating on your lawn while he munches on used tampons.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-30 19:38:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:17:54 (#)
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fetish- because you're not a douche
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If that's the reward for being a douche, I'll let Caul give me douche lessons...
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:30:20 EST (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:17:54 (#)
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fetish- because you're not a douche
coach guy: i am sorry, but i have been too stoned to think about heavy shit lately, and am in such a condition right now. Once we finish this ounce, i might get to it.
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very well then
Submitted by Ingsoc (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:26:35 EST (#)
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I wouldn't call it a RE-election, per se.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-29 22:17:54 EST (#)
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fetish- because you're not a douche
coach guy: i am sorry, but i have been too stoned to think about heavy shit lately, and am in such a condition right now. Once we finish this ounce, i might get to it.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2004-11-29 20:09:13 EST (#)
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"So why doesn't he have the support of his cabinet?"
Well, once you're a big time crooked politician, you get big time cushy job offers running crooked corporations. More money, less hassle! It's not that they don't support him, they want to be rich lobbiests.
Submitted by Wuzi (user info) at 2004-11-29 20:07:59 EST (#)
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Honestly I am tired of hearing about Bush ,but since I have read this I will say I think it is that the people don't want anything to change. I mean look at Clinton he was accused of smoking pot in the white house (rock on) and fucking women (that were not his wife mind you) in the white house (another 'rock on' for the man), yet the still elected him for a second term. Iether this means there are alot more cool peoples and pot smoking hippies in the USA then I (and many others I am sure) would have though.
Put the Bush shit to rest and let people from countries other than USA read a actually funny.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-29 20:02:31 EST (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-27 15:55:32 (#)
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That comment was not made as a comparison of Bush to Hitler's war against the jews, but rather, his attempts to control the actions of everyone in the country and remove our basic civil rights, and I think you know that, so I'll forgive your ignorant accusations.
Someone, you can, as usual, eat me.
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Why can't I get an offer like that from you?
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-29 19:59:06 EST (#)
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are you going to rebutt or what
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-27 22:23:00 EST (#)
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And what attempts? What has he done? Can you name a specific instance in which Bush has plainly tried to control Americans? Have you gotten this idea from just, shit you've heard?
Forgive me for assuming you were talking about Bush being bad because of the deaths he caused... you DID reference the body count... and nothing else.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-27 22:19:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-27 15:55:32 (#)
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That comment was not made as a comparison of Bush to Hitler's war against the jews, but rather, his attempts to control the actions of everyone in the country and remove our basic civil rights, and I think you know that, so I'll forgive your ignorant accusations.
Someone, you can, as usual, eat me.
Shlongy: Do they have to be MY tits?
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Ignorant accusations? You plainly said Bush was worse than Hitler, period.
Hitler was a DICTATOR. So unless Bush somehow passes a bill that states he can stay in office as long as he pleases... then no... he isn't worse.
If Bush was worse than Hitler, you would be in jail for speaking out against him.
Take away your civil rights? Are you kidding me?
I think it's stupid that he's against gay marrage and abortions, but under Hitler, if you even THOUGHT gay, you would be KILLED.
What are you talking about?
Can you just admit that you got carried away so we can end this? I won't hold it against you, but it concerns me when Americans think they would be better off socially... under Hitler.
Bush is not evil. Though, he may make stupid decisions, though he runs this country poorly, and though it would be better for America that he was not elected, he is not in any way shape or form comparable to Hitler. Case closed.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2004-11-27 17:17:21 EST (#)
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Thank you for the compliment chérie. And the sentiment is reciprocal.
Florida, here I come!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-27 16:11:12 EST (#)
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I can see all the random tits I want right here:
http://www.fucksakes.com/
So, in conclusion, yes.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-27 15:55:32 EST (#)
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That comment was not made as a comparison of Bush to Hitler's war against the jews, but rather, his attempts to control the actions of everyone in the country and remove our basic civil rights, and I think you know that, so I'll forgive your ignorant accusations.
Someone, you can, as usual, eat me.
Shlongy: Do they have to be MY tits?
Submitted by RegionalDisc (user info) at 2004-11-27 15:53:27 EST (#)
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Presidents often reshuffle their cabinets at the start of a second term, dolt.
The fact that they "resign" and aren't "fired" is just politics, as most of these "resignations" are asked for and planned in advance.
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-27 15:46:27 EST (#)
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Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2004-11-27 14:17:53 (#)
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Coachmagirk27, you are wrong----I guess you haven't heard about GTMO---you know the little prison we have in Cuba for folks deemed as "terrorists" who are being held there without charges or trial. Not much justice there.
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So you're telling me you'd rather see 6 million people in death camps?
Why does everyone have to be so godamn retarded?
Submitted by Schwarzes_Glas (user info) at 2004-11-27 14:19:30 EST (#)
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Everyone look. Here we have the very definition of the multitude's vote for John Kerry.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2004-11-27 14:17:53 EST (#)
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Coachmagirk27, you are wrong----I guess you haven't heard about GTMO---you know the little prison we have in Cuba for folks deemed as "terrorists" who are being held there without charges or trial. Not much justice there.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2004-11-27 14:08:47 EST (#)
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If you don't know a lot about politics, don't open your mouth and ask asinine questions. Furthermore, you were ranting on a election post that you hate bush, go kerry, yadadadadadada etc etc, but yet you just admited you don't know much about politics.
Fuck people that jump on the bandwagon cause Bush hating is the popular thing to do. Seriously, at least have some reasonable arguments and beliefs behind your decision.
Oh, and as far as the cabinet thing, there is no need to explain, a few people below me have already done so.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-27 13:52:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-27 13:51:43 (#)
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Queen Ashlee has been going out of her way to befriend Shlongy so I will not comment on Hostess caloric intake, when addressing Queen Ashlee, anymore.
As long as she sends ME an e-mail tittie shot.
Submitted by NickZeta (user info) at 2004-11-27 02:29:52 EST (#)
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I think... you stated the obvious!
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-25 16:44:02 EST (#)
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Forgive me for taking it onto your post, I figured you wouldn't see it on the other. Here is a plus two to even it out, just so you know this isn't out of spite.
But Ashlee, hitler put 6 million jews in death camps, not to mention the millions of soldiers killed because of his actions.
You must be retarded.
Propaganda has gotten to you, and you don't even care about facts...
And guess what, Saddam killed 1.2 million Iraqis.
Even as a Kerry supporter, I can still say, without a doubt, you can't even compare Bush to Hitler.
I probably won't be replying again, because I'm pretty positive you will still retain your retarded-at-best viewpoint.
I have lost all respect for you.
Bush, even if his war is for oil, never intentionally harms innocent people the way Hitler did.
It's absolutely ridiculous.
Bush doesn't put INNOCENT PEOPLE in DEATH CAMPS.
Jesus christ...
Submitted by CoachMagirk27 (user info) at 2004-11-24 19:30:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-23 12:12:34 (#)
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Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-11-23 11:44:43 (#)
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Man, i cant wait to laugh my butt off when you all get arrested.
They can arrest you for turning around now? Man, I don't know what I was thinking; Bush is nothing like Hitler. Nope, he's worse.
If I could afford the time off work and the trip, I would LOVE to do this. I guess I'll just have to settle for quiet disgust, eh?
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Minus two for this Ashlee.
Please take back that comment. I think it's being EXTREMELY insensitive.
I recently visited the halocaust museum. Hitler exterminated millions of jews. He gassed children. He commited genocide, Ashlee.
That comment is extremely ignorant. Saying that is being disrespectful to all of those who died under him.
Please apollogize.
If Bush starts gassing children and starts world war three, then sure, you can say it.
Until then, please refrain, and don't make silly comments like that ever again.
Submitted by legallady (user info) at 2004-11-22 19:37:00 EST (#)
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+2 for thinking about it. Politics sucks.
I can't believe I was into this way back
in the 80s. We had evil USSR and Ronald
Reagan...and when did he become such a hero??
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2004-11-15 16:34:30 EST (#)
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2 seconds of google would have saved us all from this post.
Submitted by Asylem (user info) at 2004-11-15 15:32:40 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by RamJetMax (user info) at 2004-11-15 15:29:57 EST (#)
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Submitted by stevendurel (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:31:44 (#)
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While I am not a fan of George W. Bush, I think that your lack of knowledge about politics ruins -- well, everything that you are saying.
Many cabinet members often leave after the first term of a president, simply because the work is so consuming. Look at Clinton:
1st term Sec of State = Warren Christopher
2nd term Sec of State = Madelaine Albright
1st term Sec of Labor = Robert Reich
2nd term Sec of Labor = Alexis Herman
1st term Sec of Housing = Henry Cisneros
2nd term Sec of Housing = Andrew Cuomo
1st term Sec of Transportation = Frederico Pena
2nd term Sec of Transportation = Rodney Slater
These were not the only changes. Clinton actually had 3 Secretaries of the Treasury, 3 Secretaries of Defense, and 4 Secretaries of Commerce (and there were even more changes in other departments).
It is VERY, VERY, VERY common for a President's cabinet to change between terms.
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2004-11-15 15:26:20 EST (#)
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+1 for bring up the question I have been wondering all day and for
making this an educational post.
No, I am serious. I learn a lot from posts like this. People bring up
views that I would have never considered or facts I have not heard of.
Submitted by Donitsu2002 (user info) at 2004-11-15 15:06:40 EST (#)
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Jeez, i love how this was totally unbiased.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-11-15 14:54:40 EST (#)
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"Sadly but obviously, Bush has the support of his countrymen, or at least a little more than half of them."
Tell me again how you're not questioning their motives?
Genius.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2004-11-15 14:43:38 EST (#)
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And hopefully your last.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-15 13:52:36 EST (#)
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"How can you feel so strongly about something when you even admitted that you don't know that much about it? What is it with ultra-liberals that make them think "conservative" means evil?"
Thanks for making assumptions and jumping to conclusions, there, buddy. Where did I say I felt strongly about this particular issue? I do feel strongly about the fact that Bush was reelected, but you don't have to know a lot about politics to have an opinions about that, all you have to do is fucking live here. However, I did not once bring issue up. This post is about something else entirely. Where, again, did I say anything about conservatives AT ALL, let alone that they were evil?
I posted this because I thought it strange that half of Bush's cabinet resigned less than two weeks after he got re-elected. This post had a signifigant lack of partisanship. I was not questioning people's motives for voting for Bush, but rather, what I see as a lack of faith from his own administration.
How about next time you go off on a tirade, you make sure you're actually ranting about the subject the post was on?
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2004-11-15 13:42:07 EST (#)
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I want to know why so many people voted when many claim to not like either candidate? P. Diddy threatened lives and television denounced your existence, that's why. I think it would have been great if like 12 people voted, showing our government that we'll vote for whoever the fuck we want.
Don't listen to me I'm retarded.
Submitted by youarsoghey (user info) at 2004-11-15 13:31:21 EST (#)
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How can you feel so strongly about something when you even admitted that you don't know that much about it? What is it with ultra-liberals that make them think "conservative" means evil? Want to know why I thought Bush was a better candidate than Kerry? I feel domestic economic issues outweigh foreign policy issues.
- I support NAFTA because while some people might say it just benefits corporations and not people, I realize that it does both. We can buy products cheaper because it takes less money to make the product which is a plus for corporations.
- I don't believe in tariffs or quotas to restrict trade because I don't think the way to solve job loss in this country is to wave a big stick at our economic competitors and say, "YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY!" If our steel industry is going out because someone else can produce it more cheaply, then that's the way it is. It's tough for the steel workers, but capitalism doesn't always work out for everyone. I do believe in Bush's plan to teach those steel workers how to do other things, though, because that makes the most sense. Why punish the purchasers of steel (other American or foreign companies who pay workers more or less money based on how many expenses they have...like buying steel) just because we want to hang onto the steel trade at a cost. What cost? Good question.
- I don't believe in foreign tariffs on our goods. The European Union threatened to put tariffs on our citrus products (mainly Florida, Georgia, and other southeastern states) if we didn't lift the tariff on their steel. So we're supposed to save the jobs of a dying business at the expense of thousands of jobs in the citrus business? You just can't do that. Capitalism isn't always fair, but, once again, it's the best system anybody can figure out just yet.
- I think it's disgusting that many democrats feel hoodwinked by rich people. They say that the rich aren't paying their share of the taxes. I don't think a lot of people understand just how high of a percentage of their income they DO pay in taxes. It's much, much more than low-income people, so don't go screaming for Robin Hood just yet. You also have to understand that it's not as most of these rich people didn't earn their money the hard way. Their jobs are valued greater than poorer people's jobs. That's the way of capitalism, and if you can come up with a better system, you're smarter than Karl Marx.
- I really don't believe in most welfare programs. I don't think anything should be given away unless circumstances are dire. At the same time, I recognize the need for better education in poor neighborhoods. I think it's the government's responsibility to find a way to provide low-income housing at low mortgage rates for people on welfare and to get them trained and into jobs. I am a firm believer that once people have a stake in the community (ownership), the community will thrive, as opposed to the projects where people have no homeowner's equity, and each month's rent is like paying a mortgage check and gaining no extra value on your home.
I really can go on and on, but my hands are tired. Notice how none of these reasons included things like:
- BUSH ROXORZ! Because I know he doesn't.
- IRAQIS R TOTALLY INFERIOR!! Because I know they aren't. I think Bush was an idiot for going into Iraq on his own, but I think it's disgusting that any country in the world would sit idly by while a tyrant slaughters and tortures his own people by the thousands. The U.N. should be more solidified and it should have harsher laws against that sort of thing.
- GAYZ SUXORZ! Because I am very in favor of giving gay couples rights under a civil union.
- ABORTION SUXORZ! Because while I am personally opposed to it, and although I'm not Christian, I honestly think it is mainly a religious thing which means it is not universally accepted by all people that fetuses are living humans.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:53:59 EST (#)
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The reason why they quit is that Bush has a little more than a year and a half before the mid-term elections, so now is the time to start the looting.
Drilling in ANWAR, mandatory prayer in public schools, execution of violators of the Patriot Act - THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:53:44 EST (#)
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The answer to your question about the cabinet could easily have been answered if you had decided to do any research on the matter at all. A cabinet always reshuffles the second time around, and resignation does not mean contempt for the leader. This was not quite as hysterical as maureen dowd or others on the whining left that does not understand that because most people do not like liberals they lost and not because America is stupid.
Submitted by stevendurel (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:43:45 EST (#)
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Well, you're not answering me, Stabby, but here's what I want you to read & rate: http://www.ubersite.com/m/51681
Submitted by stevendurel (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:37:45 EST (#)
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I made changes from the original, you see.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:37:40 EST (#)
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How often do you have to vacumn the chip crumbs from your keyboard? And lap?
Submitted by stevendurel (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:36:51 EST (#)
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Hey, Stabkill, did you read my post on the draft? DON'T LOOK FOR IT NOW IF NOT! If you didn't, I want to repost it now and see what you have to say.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:36:08 EST (#)
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This is not atypical for a two term president, but I hate to see Powell go. He was the only one who knew his ass from a hole in the ground.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:32:10 EST (#)
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Ashlee: I'd rather be forced to resigned in a Bush cabinet than be forced to "retire" in Clinton's cabinet. (Ron Brown)
On Lorens reply: Political experience is just bullshit, isn't it? The only thing "political" experience is: Backdoor deals and secret handshakes. It is about getting what you want passed by helping someone else get what they want passed.... It is "knowing the system" and "using the system" to work for you. Personally, I'd rather have people with very little political experience for president.
Submitted by stevendurel (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:31:44 EST (#)
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While I am not a fan of George W. Bush, I think that your lack of knowledge about politics ruins -- well, everything that you are saying.
Many cabinet members often leave after the first term of a president, simply because the work is so consuming. Look at Clinton:
1st term Sec of State = Warren Christopher
2nd term Sec of State = Madelaine Albright
1st term Sec of Labor = Robert Reich
2nd term Sec of Labor = Alexis Herman
1st term Sec of Housing = Henry Cisneros
2nd term Sec of Housing = Andrew Cuomo
1st term Sec of Transportation = Frederico Pena
2nd term Sec of Transportation = Rodney Slater
These were not the only changes. Clinton actually had 3 Secretaries of the Treasury, 3 Secretaries of Defense, and 4 Secretaries of Commerce (and there were even more changes in other departments).
It is VERY, VERY, VERY common for a President's cabinet to change between terms.
Submitted by domenad (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:30:43 EST (#)
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Rod Paige is retiring. He was hugely supportive of No Child Left Behind, but he's older. Powell said two years into the administration he was a one-termer, not going to stay for a second. Ashcroft is resigning due to health issues. There are no individuals resigning under protest - most are simply moving on.
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:26:00 EST (#)
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Shlongy. Can I be you?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:23:36 EST (#)
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Are the keys on your keyboard covered in chocolate?
Submitted by WhatTheHell (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:21:36 EST (#)
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Boobies ??
Submitted by I_Have_a_Kristen_Fetish (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:19:00 EST (#)
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Meh... Avoid politics.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:18:21 EST (#)
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Loren! http://www.ubersite.com/m/51577 !
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:15:25 EST (#)
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so what else did you learn in your special needs class today ?
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:14:06 EST (#)
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Off this immediate subject, but still on the subject, my favorite UberPolitics-related *brilliance* was someone writing something like:
"Well, Kerry doesn't have any presidential experience" (compared to Dubya).
Is it just me, or was that one of the most stupid things you've ever heard?
How many presidents "didn't have experience" when they were elected?
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. It's that mentality that lead to the re-(well first time really)-election of Dubya.
Submitted by QueenAshlee (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:10:29 EST (#)
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I also meant to add in that last paragraph "Should we expect more resignations?" but I forgot.
Submitted by DJMattB241 (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:06:03 EST (#)
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<shrug> he was expected to dump a handful of them anyways. the way they get dumped is by handing in their resignation. that way they walk away honorable.
Submitted by Zandy1123 (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:05:10 EST (#)
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I don't think it's a coincidence.
Have you ever seen Powell on Meet the Press over the last 4 years? Everytime I saw him speak, I felt as though the words he was saying weren't his - it was as if he had to force them out. Powell's got a boatload of integrity and my gut tells me that Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rove forced him to do and say things he didn't want to. Again - this is my gut feeling from watching the guy speak before and after working for the Bush administration.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:01:36 EST (#)
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Typically, cabinet members resign because they know that they're going to get canned. W might be cleaning house, and letting them be in control of their own fate.
A few of them stated earlier this year that they intend to resign whether Bush gets reelected or not.
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:00:17 EST (#)
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Ashcroft resigned for health reasons, did he not? Either way, good riddance.
Who else is gone - Powell is out, right?
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-11-15 12:00:14 EST (#)
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Probably because they got rich enough from last term's coruption that they are able to retire.