I guess I missed the part where Indiana annexed Northern VA.
One of the best forigen policy minds of the past 40 years is about to be replaced with an uncomprimising fool. Solid.
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I guess I missed the part where Indiana annexed Northern VA.
One of the best forigen policy minds of the past 40 years is about to be replaced with an uncomprimising fool. Solid.
But he wasn't a Tea Party conservative. How could we trust him to stop big government?
That's a crying shame. He did a lot of good work on nuclear proliferation and our (messed up) relationship with Pakistan. Another moderate bites the dust.
If we would repeal the 17th, we wouldn't have to put up with stuff like this.
I was going to write something but then realized he has me on ignore.
If someone wants to hold his hand through Montisqeu, Madison, and the difference between 2 and 6 years I'd be much obliged
I agree on the fact that Dick Lugar was a damn fine senator!! I also agree with Drone on the repeal of the 17th amendment. The biggest stumbling block would be whether a man could buy his way to the senate, but, isn't that what happens now?
Random observation: when post-war Germany was being rebuilt, west Germany adopted a constitution with a bi-cameral assembly in which one chamber (the Bundesrat, or Senate if you will) held a very large sway over the federal government. By and large, the same setup endures to this day, and with great success. Allthough it had historical precedent one of the reasons west-Germany was so "federal" was because the USA insisted that it would be that way - they thought it would be a good garantue against Prussian dominance, authoritarianism, and a load of other bad things.
He's also been in office longer than I've been alive and no longer bothered to live in the state that he nominally represented. I think it might have been time for a fresh face. Also, I doubt you'd lament his ouster if he was unseated by a Democrat. :wink:
Get the petition started- I'll sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by drone
Sounds good. The less functional it is, the less damage it can do. Too bad it didn't happen before Obamacare was passed.
Don't get me wrong, there are problems (long-term entitlement spending) that the federal government needs to address- I just don't have any confidence that it will do so. Any attempts at "reform" so far have only made things worse instead of better.
It matters, but not nearly as much as some present it to be. I could respond to this further, but it's much more fun to let Dan Quayle (my favorite veep of all time) do the talking. In no particular order....
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"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit . . . Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change."
"Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato', how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya' go... all right!" --"correcting" a student's correct spelling of the word "potato" during a spelling bee at an elementary school (he told the student to add an "e" at the end
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
"It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make."
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
Clearly Biden was the better alternative:
:yes:Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." –Joe Biden, referring to Barack Obama at the beginning of the 2008 Democratic primary campaign, Jan. 31, 2007
This is the first one that should have given everyone a clue.
Unlike Palin or Quayle, Biden has made for excellent Onion articles.