You held'em off all by yourself!
I want to buy you a drink.
Posted on 11/18/2002 7:26:58 AM PST by Jack Black
Fact, the Republican party was a "fringe" party at one point NP. Just an FYI.
EBUCK
Nope. That really depends on the district. A lot of them are under 5000 votes, sometimes a lot less.
20,000 is a very big block to have in your corner.
Did you see the vote count??? 90 - 9 in favor. That is bilateral if I ever seen it.....or should that be unilateral?
EBUCK
There sure were a lot of close ones here in Tennessee during this last election, with finger-biting going on in some precincts well past midnight.
But Tennessee isn't one of the states FSP has under consideration. S here's some info for you from one that is:
If you think your single vote can't make a difference, think again! In 1776, one vote resulted in Americans speaking English instead of German. In 1939, one vote passed the Selective Service Act. In Montana, some local elections have been decided by a single vote. In the 2000 presidential election, the margin of victory was so close that one more person voting in each precinct could have changed the outcome!
Most of them. And this thread is typical
You mean the ones who've been FReepers for a couple of years, but don't have any bookmarks or personal info listed, and don't even fly their *state FReeper flag* on their profile page? Ah, yes.
Oh well. Just imagine the deals to be found as their tear-stained desks, swivel chairs and computers are auctioned off once they're RIFfed and their services are no longer needed. Help starve a feeding bureaucrat!
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I added emphasis to another part of his quote, no less valid or important than your emphasis. (Personally, I'm more of a John Adams fan than a Jefferson fan.) Nevertheless, divining the intent of the Founding Fathers is dangerous for the Libertarian, because it's like divining the intent of those voters in Florida. This quote you cited somehow didn't make it into the Constitution, which was a group effort and the product of debate and compromise and finally mutual agreement among the group, as well as among the various state legislatures that ratified it. Look, the whole point here is that reasonable people can differ on interpretation. Just as we have a gazillion denominations because of differing interpretations of the Bible, so we have different political parties due to differing interpretations of the Constitution. As citizens, you and I are equals; we have all agreed to this system of government under the Constitution, and we have all agreed as to the methods of resolving our disagreements over interpretation--at the ballot box and through the Supreme court, which has appellate jurisdiction as to facts and law(with certain exceptions) under the Constitution.
A trickle would certainly help things.
What are all these pocupines intending to do for work,
In addition to bringing all of that capitol with them (most are financially secure) a lot of them would actually bring their businesses with them....jobs for ID's stagnant job market to soak up.
housing would hit a shortfall that would send prices sky high,
No argument from me on that point. I was in the market to buy a house when the Cali exodus hit Oregon.
They're idealists, which is worse.
Worse that socialists? I disagree. Without Idealists there would be no America, land of the free, home of the Brave, only another British colony.
EBUCK
EBUCK
Exactly....Eugene is a prime candidate for colonization. Heavy percentage leans left but the numbers aren't all that difficult to overcome...
And without Eugene, Portlands socialists are left with only one leg, to fall over on.
EBUCK
Is that Dist 4?
There are endless angles a conservative could run and pick up the Oregon Dem. For instance, conservation backed by science disguised as environmentalism. Still conservative, yet has emotional appeal.
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