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originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: TrueBrit
You've got to be kidding. The grid locked Congress is the only thing saving us.
The really sad thing about this is that a country as wealthy, talented, etc. can't produce anything better than this list of candidates.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
Hopefully the Republican party will disappear.
They no longer represent their base.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: TonyS
But it is not saving you at all. The gridlock you speak of is part of the reason for infrastructure decay being as bad as it is. Flints water crisis, not to mention the obscenely poor state of your nations roads and bridges, utility supply lines, and so on, are all related to the gridlock. A smoothly functioning public works department should be operating to solve these problems in order of priority, but if congress cannot pass a budget that allows for anything other than sticking plaster responses to nation wide problems, what the hell can you really expect?
I fully expect to see bridges collapse onto freeways, freeways collapse into sinkholes in the road, gas main leaks leading to massive explosions, and more counties and cities experiencing failures in their water supply.
Would you like to tell me how gridlock is solving these life and death problems?
originally posted by: Blue_Jay33
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
Every member of the GOP in Colorado could stay home or vote Democratic in the election and it would hardly have an effect on the results.
They don't have much of a leg to stand on.
~Tenth
That might be true, but in large purple/swing states angry GOP voters might make the difference for their lack of support this round.
originally posted by: Gothmog
From the latest polls , app 60% of Republican voters are either not going to vote , or vote 3rd party.
originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: TonyS
But it is not saving you at all. The gridlock you speak of is part of the reason for infrastructure decay being as bad as it is. Flints water crisis, not to mention the obscenely poor state of your nations roads and bridges, utility supply lines, and so on, are all related to the gridlock. A smoothly functioning public works department should be operating to solve these problems in order of priority, but if congress cannot pass a budget that allows for anything other than sticking plaster responses to nation wide problems, what the hell can you really expect?
I fully expect to see bridges collapse onto freeways, freeways collapse into sinkholes in the road, gas main leaks leading to massive explosions, and more counties and cities experiencing failures in their water supply.
Would you like to tell me how gridlock is solving these life and death problems?
You've got that wrong. Local public works are a local government concern not a national one.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Gothmog
From the latest polls , app 60% of Republican voters are either not going to vote , or vote 3rd party.
That doesn't surprise me.
I think lots of them are tired of this Right Wing Christian nonsense.
Many left the Rep because of the direction they took.
I think many want to get back to being financially conservative and not moral police.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: Blue_Jay33
Yep! I've been noticing this (actually, watching it slo-mo) since I suspected it would happen - which was after the midterms in 2014.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: TonyS
But it is not saving you at all. The gridlock you speak of is part of the reason for infrastructure decay being as bad as it is. Flints water crisis, not to mention the obscenely poor state of your nations roads and bridges, utility supply lines, and so on, are all related to the gridlock. A smoothly functioning public works department should be operating to solve these problems in order of priority, but if congress cannot pass a budget that allows for anything other than sticking plaster responses to nation wide problems, what the hell can you really expect?
I fully expect to see bridges collapse onto freeways, freeways collapse into sinkholes in the road, gas main leaks leading to massive explosions, and more counties and cities experiencing failures in their water supply.
Would you like to tell me how gridlock is solving these life and death problems?