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Democrats have big plans if they take over in Congress
Lexington Herald Leader ^
| Sept. 2, 2006
| Margaret Talev
Posted on 09/02/2006 5:23:11 PM PDT by FairOpinion
If Democrats win one or both houses of Congress in November's elections, as polls suggest is increasingly likely, President Bush's Washington will change dramatically.
Democrats will press to get out of Iraq. They'll mount investigations into the Bush administration's record that could rival those of Presidents Nixon in Watergate and Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky affair. They'll push a boatload of social-welfare legislation, such as raising the minimum wage, that reflects their pent-up priorities, while blocking the Republican agenda on social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religion.
Those are some of the top plans that Democrats would pursue if they won power, according to interviews with Democratic lawmakers, strategists, staff aides and lobbyists. The tone and temper of the Democrats were reflected well by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, in a conference call in late August. He'll become the panel's chairman if Democrats take the House.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; 2006election; congress; democrats; dncagenda; doom; dumbocrats; election2006; elections; gloom; rats; tinfoil
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To: Stultis
The only thing missing from that picture is the Libs' orgy pit.
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:46:37 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: Doctor Stochastic
42
posted on
09/02/2006 5:46:48 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
To: FairOpinion
Had the Republicans acted when they gained power as the Dems are predicted to do, we would not be having this conversation. Republicans are way too soft.
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
"I even saw a few posts on DU today (after the call to convert) that were seriously questioning some of what they usually mock..."
Which things?
44
posted on
09/02/2006 5:48:15 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: tomzz
let them have the red parts of the USA shown on this map, it seems to be where they congregate anyway...;) oh, but have to get michigan back, it's a beautiful state...:)
45
posted on
09/02/2006 5:48:48 PM PDT
by
callthemlikeyouseethem
(Miss England: "Even moderate Muslims are turning to terrorism to prove themselves.")
To: FairOpinion
gay marriageA sure winner for the De"Moe"crat Party...
46
posted on
09/02/2006 5:49:20 PM PDT
by
melt
(Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
To: goldfinch
Thanks for putting words in my mouth. Just as bad as the MSM.
To: justiceseeker93
"Let's hope that this Democrat dream doesn't become the nation's real nightmare."
It already has. They've been "impeaching" Bush through the media since 2001.
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:50:20 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: italianquaker
It's called mental masturbation.
49
posted on
09/02/2006 5:50:47 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: BW2221
If the GOP loses in November it will have no one to blame but itself. The party abandoned the principles laid out in the "Contract with America" long ago. Bingo! I've been saying this for years.
50
posted on
09/02/2006 5:51:19 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: MHGinTN
Who got your panties in a bunch? Stretch them out a little, reread your post and then reread mine and you'll see where I'm coming from. People like you make me want to vote Dem in November.
By the way, just in case you didn't get it (again), that last sentence was a joke.
To: abercrombie_guy_38
i think you hit the nail right on the head
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:54:45 PM PDT
by
camas
To: WorkingClassFilth
Ahh, that is their quest and goal. But what is their plan once in office???? Other than shi@@ing on Bush....NOTHING!
53
posted on
09/02/2006 5:54:46 PM PDT
by
Phibes
To: callthemlikeyouseethem
Move to the UP and blow up the bridge.
54
posted on
09/02/2006 5:54:52 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
To: stm
To destroy our country and replace Democracy with Socialism? More like destroy our country and replace our Representative Republic with a socialist democracy
55
posted on
09/02/2006 5:54:59 PM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
To: BW2221
Thats the spirit..teach those republicans a lesson by letting the democrats take over...ya....that will do it just right.
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:56:21 PM PDT
by
svcw
To: Gritty
Very good depiction of the democrats. Where can I find it in a larger size? It's almost impossible to read.
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:56:44 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: shankbear
Good point.
When the Democrats were in power during my lifetime, this is what they achieved, in chronological order:
Vietnam
Iran
UBL
Now, these were just Presidents,and doesn't include the years when we had a R president and a D congress (in one of those years they defunded the Vietnam War, more or less--see how that turned out, even without a D president).
Do we really want to give them the ability to hamstring a Republican President with two years of subpoenas and impeachment while our troops are fighting overseas?
To: Phibes
GWB has less than 2 years to go. If the RATs take control, you'll see just what they can do. The 1994 elections were a result of the reactions to the plans they were seeking to implement.
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:58:40 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
To: Gritty
Your cartoon is perfect, an Iron Curtain fallen over the democratic party. "An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind."
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posted on
09/02/2006 5:59:25 PM PDT
by
FreeRep
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