Jinx4740 Posted November 2016
My husband is so upset about the president elect. Anyone else have this problem?
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In due course I hope she'll reflect that achieving posts such as Secretary of State (I heard good reports from insiders about her performance in that job, btw) and NY Senator are not small potatoes in a political career. Just not the right person at the right time to break that embarrassing glass ceiling.
John Major on the night he was defeated came out of his house and said to the gathered reporters "oh bollocks! We lost." Which quite endeared him to a lot of people. That was the night we got Tony Blair instead.
Be careful what you wish for, eh.
Eguillot, the usual process when these radical changes take place is that members of one scheme are transferred en masse, automatically, to the new one: there is an orderly transition.
I haven't heard exactly what's in mind, of course, but I doubt if they'll do what the Indian Prime Minister did last week and just cancel everything without consultation or warning. In an anti-corruption sweep, he withdrew 100 rupee notes from circulation, with no notice, and closed the banks the next day for good measure. There's been utter chaos!
Why not give the man a chance, just like Obama was given a chance for eight years by those who did not vote for him. It was accepted regardless of whether they liked him or not.
Now the country will go in a different direction for a while - a pattern that has repeated itself for 200+ years which is why our country is strong. There have been plenty of elections where 1/2 the public did not get their wish, but they did not behave like this, or threaten, or riot or even do silent protest marches.
If a house is divided against itself, the house cannot stand. We live in dangerous times and this is not the time for chaos, but for unity. Just saying...........
His comments on his "behavior" and attitude toward women (groping type comments) as well as his racial attitudes, are totally inappropriate and to me completely unacceptable for someone in any position of leadership, at any level, much less someone who purports to be qualified to lead America.
Has he retracted those comments and suddenly said he no longer believes groping behavior is acceptable? Has he apologized to the racial minorities he's offended? Has he retracted the most offensive and egregious wall comments he's made?
His lack of substance, balance and sexual and racial tolerance goes well beyond giving him a chance.
Here it is 2016 and I still hear shallow and nasty comments against a woman who's achieved far more than most women do. It takes perseverance, stamina and dedication to get a law degree, practice, run for office, and put herself and her principals on the line in a national election.
Britain, India and Israel have each had women leaders. Whether anyone agrees with them (I didn't necessarily agree with Thatcher but I most certainly admired her ability to move into a male dominated world), their achievements at hammering away a glass ceiling certainly need to be recognized and respected.
Equillot, Ryan scares me like a hissing rattlesnake.
With so many millions reliant on Medicare, I'm thinking that AARP and other elder organizations might consider the option of litigation to prevent a voucher system change. Maybe we'll have to have a wheelchair sit-in to protest!
But I think there are still some rational Republicans in the House and Senate, aren't there? Please, tell me it's so!
My concern was that some with decades of experience might just decide it's time to retire.
im rather disturbed about certain groups in the usa choosing which laws they want to follow and which they dont .
a good example is black dirt bike and quad operators running amok gang style in some of our cities . the police wont apprehend and prosecute them because they dont want anyone to get hurt in the chase .
if i stick a quadrunner on the road it will likely be impounded .
im tired of criminals and scofflaws operating with impunity .
the female politicians and celebs snuffling and crying on tv right now is appalling . IMO , anyone that childish and overemotional shouldnt even be acknowleged with air time .
Career politicians feather their nests with lobbyist money and favors and pay for play in order to stay in office. I just read an article: in NY, 178 of the 179 state legislators were re-voted back into office - despite the horrible horrible proven crookedness of the NY State Govt. In 10 years we have been through 2 really bad scandalous governors (the present one is under investigation too - even as he was when he was Sect of HUD) And I will also throw in Pataki who preceded the last 3. He was a great governor the first term but by the third term he completely changed and started betraying the state. The speaker of the house was just convicted of taking bribes as have at least 1/2 dozen others. Everyone knew for years, yet he was re-elected for 30+ years, they all were. And, who is guilty here? The voters because they always do what they always do and they always get what they always get. Its human nature I guess
i think the issue with hillarys hidden emails doesnt occur to many people . she was running a fifth column of government and getting kickbacks from special interests and even foreign governments for doing so .
voting for a person because of their race or gender is pretty shallow . i voted for obama twice because i thought he was a visionary and a gentleman / statesman . as it turned out , he represented everything but my " white privileged " a** . its ok though . i never sobbed or rioted ..
With some Bills in the Senate, the Senate would need 60 yes votes for a Bill to win. Come 2017 are either 51 or 52 Republican seats, and 46 to 47 Democrat seats. With a 60 yes vote needed, that would mean 7 or 8 Democrats would need to vote "yes". But there are times with a few Republicans who don't vote party lines, thus vote "no".
There are still tea party Republicans who sit in Congress, and they were ready to go against the Grand Old Party [GOP]. I don't think they will change their tune having a Republican President.
It will be interesting to watch.
Term limits: we need them. Our forefathers did not put term limits in the Bill of Rights or Constitution because they (wrongly) expected a person would serve his term and then return to his hometown and answer to and live with the people who voted for him. That, plus the fact that life expectancy was much shorter, health not as good. The originators would have been shocked by the number of career politicians in their 80's and 90's staggering into the capitals (state and federal) only to vote party line because they barely understood what was going on, or cared or were totally out of touch. I bet every one of us can name at least ten of them, past and present!
Interesting, in NY, there is a law that a Supreme Court judge MUST retire when he/she reaches the age of 70. Yet, there is no age limit law for any other elected position. Crazy laws in NY
Jessie, I fully agree with you that votes should be based on population rather than the number of elected officials; I never understood the reasoning for that anyway. Seems to me as if it was, along with gerrymandering, created to pander to the elected so-called representatives, not the actual number of voters. As such, it's somewhat of a secondary representation.
AKDaughter, I would RELISH and CHERISH being ignored in elections!
Political candidate: PLEASE, PLEASE do that for Michigan! I am so sick of harassing political calls, junk political mail which never address issues but only how great a particular candidate is - most of them are like Phil the Groundhog, except they only appear in election years, opening their massive mouths and spewing rhetoric about their greatness.
Other than increased sales for certain segments of the cities they visit, I don't see any practical use for political visits - it's just more pandering to the electorate.
And I'll never forget the fact that in the late 60s and early 70s I was proud to be a part of the group that was trying to get the Equal Rights Amendment passed.
That was a MAJOR omission of the republic's conception and planning - as well as that we had to fight for the 19th Amendment just for the right to vote.
While there are some brilliant aspects to the inception planning of this country, there are also some sexist, disgusting absences - the two cited. which to me are the most blaringly unjust.
We currently have 8 U.S. Senators who are in their 80's, amazing. We currently have 17 U.S. Senators in their 70's, also amazing. And 38 U.S. Senators in their 60's. That means more than half of the U.S. Senate is 60 and older. There is 100 U.S. Senators, each serve 6 year terms.
What is tough is if term limits were set for the House of Representatives who are only in office 2 years before being re-elected. My gosh, it takes 2 years for someone new to learn how things are done, much less finding the bathrooms in the Capital and their own office buildings :P
With both House and Senate controlled by Republicans, and this their #1 priority, you can bet it will get done. All obstruction