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Aerows

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4. Congress is 90% of our problems

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 01:05 PM

Dec 2011

We need to clear out the people who aren't interested in anything but collecting lobbyist money and campaign donations, and get people who are interested in working for the people.

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Politics is More than just Presidential [View all] MineralMan Dec 2011 OP

Very true, very obvious, known to those who actually work in campaigns, and sure to be ignored by... TreasonousBastard Dec 2011 #1

the executive is SUPPOSED to be weak, but it doesn't work that way in reality. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #2

We are seeing the result of a weak executive branch right now. MineralMan Dec 2011 #6

Last election the difference in having a Dem governor and a Scott Walker clone was 20,000 votes NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #3

Yes. That should have been easy to overcome, but MineralMan Dec 2011 #5

Congress is 90% of our problems Aerows Dec 2011 #4