Name ONE progressive thing the republics have done since 1994

[Opusnone]

Bet you can't.

Seen the ad that challenges voters to read list of indicted, under investigation GOP officials In one breath?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/02/ad-challenges-voters-to-r_n_33119.html

[nytemare]

1. Term limits!

Oh. Wait. That didn't pass.

Never mind.

[KAZ]

2. Prescription drug program. While it's a mess...

...in its current incarnation, one could label it progressive.

[Opusnone]

3. You mean the one where we can't negotiate for a better volume price

like EVERY other customer in the world who buys ANY product thus guaranteeing big pharma profits?
That is NOT progressive.

[baldguy]

5. The "prescription drug program" is design to maximize BigPharma profits.

Part of it prohibits the importation of drugs from Canada. No one ever mentions that the reason drugs are cheaper in Canada is that Canada has "socialist" price controls.

[porphyrian]

4. Hung themselves with their blatant lack of credibility? - n/t

[Opusnone]

8. Everything they are is REGRESSIVE

As a Nation we will need years to correct the damage republics have done to the country, the Constitution, the society, the economy, the environment and American credibility abroad.

I hope our Democratic leaders are up to the task and not just in it to be politicians. Too much feeding at the public teat.

[porphyrian]

9. If we can get corporate influence out of government, we'll be halfway there. - n/t

[antigop]

6. here's one....

The do-not-call list.

(Probably not considered "progressive", but I think it was a good idea.)

[Opusnone]

12. It technically stands in the way of Free Markets

of which they pretend to champion.
But it was put in place because too many marketers had phone numbers of people who didn't want to be bothered.
Apparently it is too hard to say "Thanks, not interested" we had to make it a LAW. Big government. More laws. Free market interruption.
Not very progressive.

[antigop]

13. All depends upon what you consider "progressive"

The no-call list was still a good idea.

[Kerrytravelers]

16. I'm quite happy not to get multiple calls each day,

By multiple, I mean in the neighborhood of 20. When we were gone, there would be days our answering machine was completely full. After the list, our home is much more quiet and our answering machine has room on it at the end of the work day. When it comes to bugging me, I could care less about the free market. I don't like to be bothered. If I want to buy something, I'll find what I want. I have never nor do I ever intend on purchasing anything because someone calls me on the phone.

[Opusnone]

18. There is nothing Progressive about the do not call list law

You just don't want phone calls.

It is another law that took my tax dollars and Congress critter's time and effort to produce and enforce and did not progress society.

[Kerrytravelers]

19. I could care less if it's a Progressive law or not. It's one thing I liked.

And saying that I only liked one thing this Congress has done sure isn't a compliment to this particular Congress.

Quite frankly, I never received one phone call that I found the least bit interesting. I never had a company that I'd heard of or I could find locally call me. We take our business to local stores, if possible, then businesses that donate to liberal causes. Then, when all else fails, we go where we have to. I research where my business goes. Why would I want to just trust anybody that picks up the phone. You're right. I don't want a bunch of phone calls that waste my time.

Personally, I don't see how this law is either Progressive or Conservative. It simply is what it is- a law.

[obreaslan]

15. While seemingly good on the surface...

I think it was just a clever way to get all of us to sign our personal info into their database to make it easier for the NSA to listen in on our conversations, or protect our freedom or whatever they call it.

Rather than spend the time collecting the info, we did it for them. Now they can cross reference all of our names, addresses and telephone numbers.

Just a thought....

[devilgrrl]

7. Name one in the past 50 years!!!!!

They've done nothing positive for humanity in my 43 years on earth... NOTHING!

[Jack Rabbit]

10. Absolutely nothing

Republicans make lousy democrats; a lot of Democrats do, too.

Laying the partisan overtones asides, there were one or two good ideas in Newt's Contract with America in 1994. The one that I thought most worthwhile was ending unfunded mandates. An unfunded mandate is really just a political shell game that allows a Congressman to go back to his district in election year and boast of the wonderful free lunch program that didn't cost federal taxpayers a dime; meanwhile, the candidate of the same party running for the state legislature has to explain to voters that the reason state taxes had is rise is because Congress passed some legislation that required the state to provide a free lunch and required the states to fund it themselves.

Nothing much was done about this. After all, the all time King of the Unfunded Mandate was Ronald Reagan.

[kineneb]

11. dying off. of old age, etc.

seriously, I can't think of a thing, other than that.
:evilgrin:

[Atman]

14. Taken lots of prostitutes and teenaged boys off the streets?

;)

.

[Bobbie Jo]

17. Showed their asses.....

to the world...