Who ya voting for?

Really? What about Norm Mineta? Further, although not a Dem, Bush had to know that Powell would be well received by both parties.

Further still, Dubya did make an attempt to court some other Dems but they didn't appear to be interested. I'm pretty sure Breaux was one of them and Sam Nunn another.

 

You are comparing Sen. William S. Cohen as defense secretary to Norm Mineta as sec of transportation? And you think those are comparable examples of one side reaching out to the other? The Defense Secretary is a position CENTRAL to your administration. Sec of Trans is clearly not.

You are kidding right?

There is little doubt in anyone not interested in spin that Clinton really worked across the isle in a way that meant that bills that got passed had some "republicaness" to them.

But Bush never reached out that way. Bush expected the Demmos to always be the ones compromising. And only when they did compromise did anything get done.

When Demmos finally began to say no and insist that the Republicnas needed to at least "give a little", they got attacked as "blocking Bush's grand plan".

And I got this information from reading about 2 newspapers a week for the last 3 years and NOT from Kerry's web site. Nor have I gone to the Demmo web site or some other Demmo group to "get my talking points".

 

i'm voting for kerry. simply because my friends and I are of the appropriate age to be selected to go and die in a war i don't believe in. (i'm sounding vietnamish i guess). but i don't like some things bush's administration tried to slip by. (changing the draft age, and making the draft genderless)

i live in NY so my state is going to Kerry anyway. but every vote counts. since i will be voting for kerry if bush wins i have the right to complain.

 

I don't recall making any such comparison.

You stated, "Clinton had a good number of Republicans in his cabinet. Bush never has".

I merely pointed out that the only one I could recall was Cohen and that Bush had appointed Mineta.

And his other choice was ________?

I mean, he had to deal with a Congress that was pretty much controlled by the GOP. How could he have hoped to get anything accomplished otherwise?

 

Shouldn't women also be drafted since national policy is that they can also be put in harm's way as combatants. Remember that this insane gender neutral policy came from the Democrats! :guns:

The Kerry campaign has been claiming that Bush wanta to have the draft. The fact is that the draft legislation pending in congress came from Democrats.

 

I am not sure that the removal of the electoral college would be a good thing. By making sure all of the states have some say in the election, you can ensure that everyones voice is heard. A straight popular vote would give a lot of power to the states with the largest populations.

 

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm pretty sure Bush has had a few Republicans in his cabinet. :wink:

 

tag,

I can't think of another one either.
But the 2 examples you found, about how Bush ran his government as if he had a mandate when he didn't, while Clinton never did, support my case stronger than I ever could.

Thanks again.




Cyndrax,

Why is it that treating people equally will be bad to small states?

It may indeed be true that a future candidate will go to high population states more than small population states. But the reason they would go to the high population states is because that is where the people are.

Low population states have low density of people per square mile. In some ways, there is more real estate than people.

But peope vote, not real estate.

But this does not change the value of your vote. Your vote carries exactly the same weight as any Californian or Texan.

 

Okay.......whatever.

Here, have a penguin!

 

I voted for Bush. Arnold is the Man here in California... And Arnold votes Bush. So I have to go with Arnold on this one. He’s done right so far. I don't think it’s going madder here, but I was surprised at the number of Californians voting for Bush. Every person I know is voting for Bush expect my Dad.

 

Heaven help us.

 

According to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov:

S.89
Title: A bill to provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] (introduced 1/7/2003)      Cosponsors (None)
Related Bills: H.R.163

H.R.163
Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] (introduced 1/7/2003)      Cosponsors (14)
Related Bills: S.89

The Cosponsors are:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] - 1/7/2003
Rep Brown, Corrine [D-FL-3] - 1/28/2003
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI] - 5/19/2004
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] - 1/28/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] - 1/7/2003
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] - 1/28/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] - 1/28/2003
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] - 7/21/2004
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] - 1/28/2003
Rep Lewis, John [D-GA-5] - 1/7/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] - 1/7/2003
Rep Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] - 1/28/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] - 1/7/2003
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] - 1/28/2003

These bills were introduced will over a year ago by leading democrats with democrats as the cosponsors. You might want to double check your source!

 

Perhaps you need to re-read the blog you referenced.

Both votes for the draft were democrats.

The republicans pushed the vote because the false rumors were blaming the republicans for wanting the draft. In reallity, as pointed out by the bill listings on the congressional sites above, all the backers of the bills were democrats

'nuf said!

 

Evan,

Do you have an example of a Republican bill for the draft? Or isn't that what you're implying?

 

Jayson,

Not to get personal, I really don't mean to, but when I read that, my first thought was something a co-worker told me Tuesday morning: Her 9 Y/O son's class 'voted'. She asked him who he chose. He said "Bush". She asked what factors he used to make his decision. "Ryan's older brother likes Bush".

Just because a high profile politician you agree with votes party line, does not mean that YOU agree with the policies of the candidate.

According to the 'votes by county' stats, that would be because you live in Riverside, not on the coast ;-)