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| Author: | Hopwin [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Turned on the radio |
Barack Obama is going to be on local sports talk radio @ 11:50 AM tomorrow to talk about my Browns, Indians and Cavs. http://www.facebook.com/923thefan Does he EVER actually preside? Really, like ever? He's on Letterman, he's doing fundraisers, he goes to Columbus (and mispells O-H I-O) he's doing all the local media in Cleveland. GO CREATE A JOB, MAKE A TRADE DEAL, NEGOTIATE A TREATY, pass a **** budget, do something to improve the goddamn economy, do something freaking Presidential in the next month!! But no, he's going to talk about my sports teams. Unbelievable. |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:21 am ] |
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Welcome to campaign season. It's no different than any other president. I'd almost like to see us elect a president for 8 years and only 1 term. Maybe that would: 1. Make people pay attention to who they were voting for and do some research on the candidate. 2. Prevent the current president from doing anything other than their job. |
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| Author: | FarSky [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
Hell, just back it down to five years, one term. Hold elections twice a decade. Bam, done. |
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| Author: | Müs [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
FarSky wrote: Hell, just back it down to five years, one term. Hold elections twice a decade. Bam, done. President: 4 years, 2 terms. Senator: 6 years, 2 terms. Rep: 2 years, 3 terms. Done and done. |
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| Author: | Rorinthas [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
8 years is a long time to deal with a lemon. Also we need to go back to Senators being appointed. |
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| Author: | RangerDave [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
Rorinthas wrote: Also we need to go back to Senators being appointed. I've never understood what the supposed advantage of this would be. It's not like your average state legislator is a font of wisdom and knowledge, the special interest money would be even more influential, and old-school machine politics would likely be reinvigorated to a huge degree. |
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| Author: | Hopwin [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
RangerDave wrote: Rorinthas wrote: Also we need to go back to Senators being appointed. I've never understood what the supposed advantage of this would be. It's not like your average state legislator is a font of wisdom and knowledge, the special interest money would be even more influential, and old-school machine politics would likely be reinvigorated to a huge degree. Tell that to the Democrats in Ohio. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/O ... ue_2_(2012) |
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| Author: | Rynar [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
RangerDave wrote: Rorinthas wrote: Also we need to go back to Senators being appointed. I've never understood what the supposed advantage of this would be. It's not like your average state legislator is a font of wisdom and knowledge, the special interest money would be even more influential, and old-school machine politics would likely be reinvigorated to a huge degree. Senators were suposed to be representatives of the State while the House was intended to be representatives of the people. |
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| Author: | DFK! [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 12:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
Rynar wrote: RangerDave wrote: Rorinthas wrote: Also we need to go back to Senators being appointed. I've never understood what the supposed advantage of this would be. It's not like your average state legislator is a font of wisdom and knowledge, the special interest money would be even more influential, and old-school machine politics would likely be reinvigorated to a huge degree. Senators were suposed to be representatives of the State while the House was intended to be representatives of the people. This. |
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| Author: | Aizle [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Turned on the radio |
Rorinthas wrote: 8 years is a long time to deal with a lemon. Frankly IMHO that's part of the point. 4 years (or 5 as Farsky suggested) really isn't long enough to either get much done or do much damage, consequently I don't think many people are very invested in the electoral process. If you have to deal with the results of the election for 8 years then the "penalty for failure" is greater so my hope would be that people would pay more attention during the election cycle. |
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