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Something I've noted several times is that, while most of us agree it's important to be informed about Canadian politics and to be an engaged citizen, the fact is that Canadian politics are generally pretty boring (this can be a good thing, IMO). The Americans, on the other hand, have turned the dysfunction of their political system into an entertainment industry (although it appears Harper, et al., are determined to reduce the Canadian system to the same level).

So I thought I'd start a thread for discussion of the Reality TV show they call American Politics.

I'll start with this posting I saw on another forum, with respect to the Republican's policies on women's health care, especially with regard to contraception and abortion:
After years and years and years of specifically targeting homophobes, racists, bigots, religious zealots, anti-intellectuals and sociopaths why should we be at all shocked that the GOP picked up a ****load of misogynists along the way?
 
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With luck, Mitt Romney will get a full two term presidency ............. and with any further luck and a Republican held Congress, they will do away with the 22nd Amendment, giving Mitt Romney enough time to do as he wants without worrying about what the people want/need, what the Constitution dictates, and what is good for America ..... however you spell this word. After all, it took FDR four terms to clean up the mess caused by Hoover. :D

We shall see.
It may take only one term to deal with the mess left by FDR.
 
#323 ·
It may take only one term to deal with the mess left by FDR.
Well, Ike, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and II had their chances ............. guess we are going to need the Tea Party to finally put the last nail into the coffin of the New Deal/Great Society .............. which, while helping millions of Americans, has caused great stress upon the wealthy in the US. According to Fox News, Romney now has the support of more billionaires than any other president or presidential candidate in the history of the Republic. Hopefully, this money will help to cover up any faults that Romney might bring to the election. Who knows, he is young enough to go 5+ terms ........... or just do away with presidential elections and run the US like a corporation??? We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#324 ·
Well, Ike, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush I and II had their chances ............. guess we are going to need the Tea Party to finally put the last nail into the coffin of the New Deal/Great Society
This is my hope. The Great Society is becoming indistinguishable form a European welfare state--with higher taxes to boot.
 
#325 ·
This is my hope. The Great Society is becoming indistinguishable form a European welfare state--with higher taxes to boot.
We shall see. Hopefully, they can cut the many social and environmental benefits put in place by LBJ that helped generations of people of all ages, and change around the tax code to place a greater burden upon these people, keep the benefits flowing to the Tea Party supporters while not raising corporate taxes or resorting to the taxation of the super wealthy. It won't be easy for Romney, but if he is strong enough to withstand the overt suffering of millions of Americans, he might just pull it off. We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#326 ·
We shall see. Hopefully, they can cut the many social and environmental benefits put in place by LBJ that helped generations of people of all ages, and change around the tax code to place a greater burden upon these people, keep the benefits flowing to the Tea Party supporters while not raising corporate taxes or resorting to the taxation of the super wealthy. It won't be easy for Romney, but if he is strong enough to withstand the overt suffering of millions of Americans, he might just pull it off. We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.
Ahh, the failed Great Experiment which transfers "suffering" from able bodied people to the middle class.

We shall see.
 
#327 ·
Ahh, the failed Great Experiment which transfers "suffering" from able bodied people to the middle class.

We shall see.
Yes, good point, Macfury. I say, "let them suffer" ............. or at least "let them eat cake". The middle class has suffered enough, and if the upper class should ever feel this pain, then there will less to "trickle down" to the rest of us. The US needs to really stop the flow of red ink. We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#328 ·
Apparently not a misspell, he really wants to be president of Amercia.
Hey, when Mitt Romney becomes president, he will make singing "Amercia teh Buetiflu" standard practice in US schools, along with prayers ............ and maybe even those weekly spelling tests we all hated. We shall see.
 
#329 ·
Apparently not a misspell, he really wants to be president of Amercia.
At least this proves Donald Trump correct -- Pres. Obama was NOT born in Hawaii, the 50th state in the United States of Amercia.
 
#330 ·
At least this proves Donald Trump correct -- Pres. Obama was NOT born in Hawaii, the 50th state in the United States of Amercia.
I will say this--the document produced by the White House was clearly not an original certificate. I have no idea why they would further stoke up the debate by providing such an obvious paste-job.
 
#331 ·
I will say this--the document produced by the White House was clearly not an original certificate. I have no idea why they would further stoke up the debate by providing such an obvious paste-job.
Now CNN and the Gov. of Hawaii are in on this conspiracy/cover-up as well. Wonder if Romney will select Trump as his VP candidate???? If so, the election is his for the asking ............. and Trump can fund his own campaign as well. We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
 
#332 ·
I believe there is something being covered up, but not the nationality of the president. Would that it would be so easy to flush him from office.

Now CNN and the Gov. of Hawaii are in on this conspiracy/cover-up as well. Wonder if Romney will select Trump as his VP candidate???? If so, the election is his for the asking ............. and Trump can fund his own campaign as well. We shall see.

Paix, mon ami.

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
 
#333 ·
I believe there is something being covered up, but not the nationality of the president. Would that it would be so easy to flush him from office.
Good point, Macfury. There has to be some reason for his being elected president in the first place. After all, when was the last time a US Senator was elected president??? As well, we all know what happened to JFK, the last US Senator to be elected president.

Still, with Karl Rove coming on board the Romney team to provide his "3-2-1" plan for a Romney presidency, I think that it is becoming clear who shall win in Nov. Not sure if Romney can do all that he is saying he will do on day one, but the sooner he gets the deadbeats off the backs of the US taxpayer, the sooner the country will be back on the right path (no pun intended).

Of course, Romney could select Sarah Palin as his VP running mate and make the election really interesting. I don't see that happening. We shall see.

Have you joined up with "Canadians for a New Amercia"? It is a Superpac to support the Romney cause here in Canada, and to surpress the US vote for Pres. Obama here in Canada by all those pinko American citizens who are eligible to vote in a federal US election.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#334 ·
Have you joined up with "Canadians for a New Amercia"? It is a Superpac to support the Romney cause here in Canada, and to surpress the US vote for Pres. Obama here in Canada by all those pinko American citizens who are eligible to vote in a federal US election.
I would probably do this, but Obama is doing such a great job of suppressing his own vote. I don't think I could outdo his efforts.
 
#335 ·
I would probably do this, but Obama is doing such a great job of suppressing his own vote. I don't think I could outdo his efforts.
Still, why not get behind a winner like the rest of us ................ stand up for Amercia, regardless of where you live or your nationality. There will come a time in the near future when, as former Pres. Bush once said, "You are either with us or against us." For me, I would like to be on the winning side to show I have nothing to hide.

Paix, mon ami.
 
#338 ·
Ronmey in 2102 has a nice ring to it ................. :D
 
#340 ·
Could be a Dynasty of Republicans all the way into the next century.
Given that the Republicans of the last century were far to the Left of current Democrats (let alone current Republicans), and the fact that the U.S. cannot possibly sustain it's culture of consumerism and war-mongering, whatever party occupies the White House in the future is bound to be far to the Left of the current occupant.
 
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