gulliver
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Sun Oct-23-05 03:49 PM
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What about a "Square Deal?" A promise by the government to be transparent, to make all activities open and accountable, to stamp out cheating by insiders, corporations, and "connected" hustlers.
Antonym: Raw Deal (see Republican rip-off machine, cronyism, shady deal).
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| obxhead
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Sun Oct-23-05 04:00 PM
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| 1. That has NEVER been a reality in any government |
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nor will it ever become likely.
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| gulliver
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Sun Oct-23-05 04:09 PM
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| 2. Doesn't have to be perfect. There has never been a circle ... |
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... in reality either. Nothing is perfect.
I'm looking for a way to crystallize what we all know: Republicans are up to their eye teeth in corruption. Dems are up to their knees. Choose the side that wants to shed light.
We need to think big, IMO. The hardest thing to do is to get people not only to vote Democrat but to decide they can no longer identify with Republicans.
Nothing new here. I just heard someone on Franken's show (I think) talking about a "Raw Deal". That's what the Republicans have given us. Lots and lots of plays in that area I think...
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Sun Oct-23-05 04:22 PM
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| 3. Ok start the flame thrower up |
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I think the dems are more than "up to their knees." in the corruption, but the repugs are just better organized than we are at getting what they want to steal out of life. If the Dems had as much power for the same amount of time that the repugs have I'm sure they would be just as bad.
The corporations run this country not the elected (yeah right, whatever) leaders. Until that changes nothing else will.
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Sun Oct-23-05 04:26 PM
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| 4. That's just wrong. Witness the nineties before Repubs ... |
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Edited on Sun Oct-23-05 04:26 PM by gulliver
... took power.
You can compare it to what is happening with Bush/Rove/Cheney/Delay now, and there is a comparison. But what is important is the contrast.
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Sun Oct-23-05 04:31 PM
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| 5. The 90's were good to me as well as most, |
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but there were a lot of world politics that helped Clinton out as well. (I'm a huge Clinton fan BTW) and the repugs didn't just take power after Clinton they reclaimed it.
As I said above, The repugs are just more organized and better at corruption than the dems.
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Sun Oct-23-05 05:48 PM
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| 6. I like it, but I think it's been used before . . . |
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though I can't recall when or by whom . . .
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