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In reply to the discussion: New York Daily News Front Cover: This Isn't A Joke Any More [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Jesse Helms put a stop on his confirmation hearing over weed and other issues.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/1997/08/weld_vs_helms.html
He was a MA Republican (RINO to the die-hards) at the time. He went to law school with the Clintons (and thought Hillary was the smartest of the lot) and WJC thought the GOP would confirm him because of his party affiliation. Nutso Helms thwarted that idea.
Why anybody would want to drive more people to the polls who very well might vote downticket GOP escapes me. A third party at the debate would do that.
We don't just want to win the Presidency, we want the legislature too.
Clinton can handle herself at debate--she wins them, hands down, every time, because she's so in command of facts and she doesn't let an asshole get to her.
Libertarians are Republicans and Paulbots and selfish young men who want to smoke pot, by and large. They don't care about anything but themselves. We don't want them returning Republicans to the House or Senate.
The GOP voters are so disgusted, a lot of them just may stay home. I'd rather that be the situation as opposed to giving them an alternative/reason to go vote.