There is part of me (oh I don't know maybe 25% of me) that is happy Democrats took both Houses of Congress back. There are alot of shit Republicans have done that pissed me off, and they didn't seem to want to make them right either. Arrogance among the Republican leadership in both House destroyed their credibility in my opinion. This Congress did less than the "Do Nothing" Congress of 1948 (I think thats the right year). Social Security...nothing. Immigration...nothing. Energy policy...nothing. I could go on and on but you get my point. It doesn't mean I preferred the Democrats policy, but I prefer action to inaction anyday. Hopefully this will get Republican's back to the policies that swept them into power 12 years ago. My mid-term vote didn't make a difference, I'm in a safe Republican congressional district, and the Senate race was a joke here. But if I had lived in Tennessee, I would have seriously considered voting for Harold Ford Jr. If I were in Montana, the same thing for John Tester. If I were in North Carolina, I would have thought about voting for Heath Shuler. There were several moderate Democrats who caught my eye in this last election that I believe would make fine legislators.
But...you knew it was coming...there are two reasons that I probably never could have voted for them. They are Nanci Pelosi, and to a lesser extent Harry Reid. I have a pretty low opinion of alot of politicians on both sides, George Allen, Bill Frist and George Sensenbrenner on the right to just name a few. But I rate dogshit just above Nancy Pelosi. The women makes me sick to my stomach. Her actions to attack a loyal Democrat within hours of the parties victory in support of a corrupt, windpag politician disgusts me, and apparently her party didn't agree with her as they overwhelmingly shot her down. Her attack on anybody that has not voted 100% against the president is just wrong. There are a few instances I can name, but I want to talk about just one. There is a Democratic congresswomen from California named Jane Harman. She was the senior Democratic on the House Intelligence Committee. A women I have learned to respect, who also worked hard on re-working the Patriot Act when it was renewed. As a Republican, I appreciated a Democrat who realized the importance of the act, and didn't want to abolish it, just reform it. At the time Democratic leadership was pushing for its abolishment, but Harman worked with Repubicans and renewed the Patriot Act. When Democrats took control of Congress, she was in line to be its chairmen. Looking at all of the new chair's for the House's committee's, I was eager that at least one person I liked would be in charge of such a powerful committee. It was right about then that Nanci Pelosi wielded her revenge against her and moved someone else above her to the position. Someone else that was completely unqualified for the position, but had been Pelosi's bitch in Congress. On Friday, Rep. Reyes, who will be the new chair of the intelligence committee, showed his complete lack of knowledge of intelligence and Middle Eastern affairs by not being able to differentiate between Shiite and Sunni, among various other issues.
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politica...ence-chief.html
I'm going to give the Democrats a chance still, hell if they wanna do something about my student loans, that'll make me happy. But I promise if Nancy Pelosi keeps acting like this on issues of national defense and intelligence, she better not get too comfortable with her new title.
But...you knew it was coming...there are two reasons that I probably never could have voted for them. They are Nanci Pelosi, and to a lesser extent Harry Reid. I have a pretty low opinion of alot of politicians on both sides, George Allen, Bill Frist and George Sensenbrenner on the right to just name a few. But I rate dogshit just above Nancy Pelosi. The women makes me sick to my stomach. Her actions to attack a loyal Democrat within hours of the parties victory in support of a corrupt, windpag politician disgusts me, and apparently her party didn't agree with her as they overwhelmingly shot her down. Her attack on anybody that has not voted 100% against the president is just wrong. There are a few instances I can name, but I want to talk about just one. There is a Democratic congresswomen from California named Jane Harman. She was the senior Democratic on the House Intelligence Committee. A women I have learned to respect, who also worked hard on re-working the Patriot Act when it was renewed. As a Republican, I appreciated a Democrat who realized the importance of the act, and didn't want to abolish it, just reform it. At the time Democratic leadership was pushing for its abolishment, but Harman worked with Repubicans and renewed the Patriot Act. When Democrats took control of Congress, she was in line to be its chairmen. Looking at all of the new chair's for the House's committee's, I was eager that at least one person I liked would be in charge of such a powerful committee. It was right about then that Nanci Pelosi wielded her revenge against her and moved someone else above her to the position. Someone else that was completely unqualified for the position, but had been Pelosi's bitch in Congress. On Friday, Rep. Reyes, who will be the new chair of the intelligence committee, showed his complete lack of knowledge of intelligence and Middle Eastern affairs by not being able to differentiate between Shiite and Sunni, among various other issues.
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politica...ence-chief.html
I'm going to give the Democrats a chance still, hell if they wanna do something about my student loans, that'll make me happy. But I promise if Nancy Pelosi keeps acting like this on issues of national defense and intelligence, she better not get too comfortable with her new title.
