How many Democrat congressmen will lose their seats in November?

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

Could be -- I haven't read The Discourses.

I believe it's in "The Prince."




When Princess' show is done, I'm going to steam-clean the carpets, after that, I'll see if I have the time to get you chapter and verse. Remember, he wrote for a 'King' about a Republic fallen, so he was well aware of the cycles in political thought.

 

[thomast4808]

I hope all of them

 

[redpaint]

Personally, I believe ALL 435 should lose their jobs,

And the 1/3 that are up for re-election in the Senate.

Whether they are doing a good job is irrelevant.

It's what is desperately needed.

Until they start understanding the concept of a Representative Republic.

I agree with you. When did the job become one for life?

 

[MeeMie]

*sigh* MeeMie, the political center-of-gravity of the constituents is to the left of the Congresscritters, not the right.

You haven't been paying attention very well.

The majority of conservative voters (right/left/independent) are against the tax and spend liberal loonie governing of this administration, and have been very verbal of it, as it progressed into this nightmare of debt and special favors, ignoring what the people who pay taxes are saying.

Tea anyone?

 

[miles]

You are most ignorant. For history and details on the conservative movement's think-tanks, organizations, etc., see The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America, by (conservative) British journalists Adrian Wooldridge and John Mickelthwait. For more on the media outlets in particular, see The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy, by David Brock. In breadths and depth of organization, the left/liberal side really has nothing to compare.

I'm totally unimpressed by your phony intellectualism. Any moron can go to Amazon and post links to books under the pretense of having read them. That aside, your "history" book was written by the Founder of Media Matters, which is right on par with the Daily Kos. You'd have more credibility if you posted a link to The Cat in the Hat.

 

[CaptainKirk]

I have to go with the 'middle of the road' crowd on this one.

I think what's called for here is a clean sweep; get rid of all of them. In my opinion, all they've done is preen and posture in front of each other, play the 'finger pointing Blame Game', and adding ridiculous hype to cater to the media in order to make their respective party look good... and not get anything done.

A drawback to this 'sweep' is that we would lose the ones that actually are doing a good job, or at least trying to. They are the ones that are being swept away by all the bullshit and overshadowed by the loons and nuts they have to work with, that nobody notices their attempt(s) to try and put things right.

 

[miles]

You haven't been paying attention very well.

The majority of conservative voters (right/left/independent) are against the tax and spend liberal loonie governing of this administration, and have been very verbal of it, as it progressed into this nightmare of debt and special favors, ignoring what the people who pay taxes are saying.

Tea anyone?

Oreo is a dim bulb.

 

[The_Trouvere]

Oreo is a dim bulb.

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[unregistered]

 

[miles]

You're getting boring, he has you nuclear ignore.

Which is exactly why he's been nuked.

 

[Sean]

Which is exactly why he's been nuked.

Do you send PMs to everyone on your nuclear iggy list trying to solicit anal sex?

 

[KingOrfeo]

You haven't been paying attention very well.

The majority of conservative voters . . .

I have been paying attention quite well enough to know that the majority of voters are not conservative. See post #16.

 

[KingOrfeo]

I think what's called for here is a clean sweep; get rid of all of them.

Do you think that is even long-shot politically possible? When was the last time any republic had a national election that turned out all the incumbents?

 

[KingOrfeo]

That aside, your "history" book was written by the Founder of Media Matters . . .

Exactly. David Brock. A one-time RW insider/operative -- author of the "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty" smear against Anita Hill, I believe -- who got fed up with it and switched over. See his book Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. IOW, when he writes a book about The Republican Noise Machine, he really knows what he's talking about.

 

[miles]

Exactly. David Brock. A one-time RW insider/operative -- author of the "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty" smear against Anita Hill, I believe -- who got fed up with it and switched over. See his book Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative. IOW, when he writes a book about The Republican Noise Machine, he really knows what he's talking about.

Jesus, you're boring.

 

[Ishmael]

Jesus, you're boring.

One trick ponies generally are.

Ishmael

 

[KingOrfeo]

Jesus, you're boring.

Facts generally do bore the ignorant.

 

[CaptainKirk]

Do you think that is even long-shot politically possible? When was the last time any republic had a national election that turned out all the incumbents?

Nope. Not in your, my, or anyone's lifetime. As long as the corporate world has the politicians firmly in their back pockets, I doubt we will ever see any type of sweeping change in this nation that actually benefits everyone equally.

One can dream, but...

 

[Ishmael]

Of course they won't all be turned out. Even if the balance of the nation got sick of their shit, the ignorant inner core of all the large cities would vote for the incumbant.

They count on that ignorance.

Ishmael

 

[KingOrfeo]

Of course they won't all be turned out. Even if the balance of the nation got sick of their shit, the ignorant inner core of all the large cities would vote for the incumbant.

They count on that ignorance.

Ishmael

I don't think the rate of Congressional seat-turnover is any higher in the countryside.

And I know the rate of ignorance is higher in the countryside.

 

[firespin]

I have been paying attention quite well enough to know that the majority of voters are not conservative. See post #16.

Who are you going to believe? Some authors, or the representatives who the people actually elect?

Weren't you just noting that the people who actually get elected are more conservative than you'd expect from your oh-so-insightful articles?

Maybe there's a reason for that.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Who are you going to believe? Some authors, or the representatives who the people actually elect?

Weren't you just noting that the people who actually get elected are more conservative than you'd expect from your oh-so-insightful articles?

Maybe there's a reason for that.

Yes . . . the reason is the range of choices the voters are offered. Campaign financing in America being what it is, every candidate has to win a "wealth primary" to get taken seriously; and you don't win it by pissing off the corporate interests.

The "authors" I cited in post #16 are political scientists, pollsters and statisticians.