From: mark on
On Mar 29, 8:56 am, Art Harris <n...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
The Republicans have once again chosen to be on the wrong
> side of history. They will become irrelevant except in the deep south.
>

I've already heard more than a few pundits refer to them as a regional
party at this point without national appeal. Even if the Rs appealed
to all of the white people in this country, the trends are against
them. White people will be a minority in this country within a few
decades. By that time, the added decades of R scapegoating of
minorities will exact an even deeper price from the Rs.

They're yesterday's news. We need two parties in this country. Maybe
the best thing would be for the Ds to become the centrist party (which
they are in everything but their PR) and for the progressives to form
a truly left-wing party in this country. The Ds could then occupy the
territory the Rs held and the liberals could take the place of the Ds.
From: O on
In article
<410ae89d-a6b9-4a3a-8336-f6d8e02f6c16(a)c34g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
mark <markstenroos(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Mar 29, 8:56�am, Art Harris <n...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> The Republicans have once again chosen to be on the wrong
> > side of history. They will become irrelevant except in the deep south.
> >
>
> I've already heard more than a few pundits refer to them as a regional
> party at this point without national appeal. Even if the Rs appealed
> to all of the white people in this country, the trends are against
> them. White people will be a minority in this country within a few
> decades. By that time, the added decades of R scapegoating of
> minorities will exact an even deeper price from the Rs.

Then you're sitting pretty, you have nothing to worry about, as long as
you don't utter any hate speech. Oops! Sorry, that's still Canada.
>
> They're yesterday's news. We need two parties in this country. Maybe
> the best thing would be for the Ds to become the centrist party (which
> they are in everything but their PR) and for the progressives to form
> a truly left-wing party in this country. The Ds could then occupy the
> territory the Rs held and the liberals could take the place of the Ds.

Welcome to Massachusetts.

-Owen
From: Lord Gow 333, not a White House approved poster! on

"Art Harris" <n2ah(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1c02f626-332d-4043-b33e-4ee82c6c4537(a)q23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> Trojan Cover wrote:
>> You now legally have to have insurance, which means you have to
>> pay insurance companies your hard earned money, and if you don't
>> then it's against the law.
>
> The fine is less than the cost of health care ($400?), so you could go
> that route. Most of us get healthcare through our employers so there
> won't be much change.

You're an idiot.

LG
--
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you
nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain


From: Howard Brazee on
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:56:11 -0700 (PDT), Art Harris
<n2ah(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>Things will change incrementally. Eventually there will be a public
>option, and then perhaps a Single Payer system. Or we could go the
>route of Switzerland and treat Insurance companies as regulated
>utilities. The Republicans have once again chosen to be on the wrong
>side of history. They will become irrelevant except in the deep south.

People forget. But the Republicans need to change something, stand
*for* something other than obstructionism. Don't keep reminding the
people that they voted against whatever we get. And don't be the
party of rudeness.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:16:18 -0700 (PDT), mark
<markstenroos(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>They're yesterday's news. We need two parties in this country. Maybe
>the best thing would be for the Ds to become the centrist party (which
>they are in everything but their PR) and for the progressives to form
>a truly left-wing party in this country. The Ds could then occupy the
>territory the Rs held and the liberals could take the place of the Ds.

The Democrats have already moved further right than, say Nixon, with
his health care policy, Bush's foreign wars, and with much lower taxes
than Reagan had - the same lack of regard to balancing the budget.


--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
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