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Cary

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23. I am not saying that you said there wasn't a difference

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #21)

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 06:29 PM

Jul 2012

I am saying that you grossly understate that difference.

Have you ever held an elective office? I have and I was ac used of all kinds of crap that was untrue.

Come to think of it, that experience is oddly similar to some of the crap that has been tbrown at me at DU.

But I digress. I detect a certain anti-government thread running through your conclusions and I don't think that sentiment is particularly healthy. I know from my experience where I honestly put my heart and soul into it, purely as a volunteer, I was permanently put off from public service.

And that's really unfortunate. Why would anyone want to do public service when people are going to summarily dismiss them as evil and corrupt?

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I believe she does...100% jorno67 Jul 2012 #1

Then why didn't the other mopes go along with it too? n/t Cary Jul 2012 #2

It only took one. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #4

Perhaps but if they were conspiring, as is suggested here, then why not a unanimous decision? Cary Jul 2012 #5

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Roberts was actually doing his job for once. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #8

Clearly he was not being a rank partisan hack, Cary Jul 2012 #10

Agreed. But don't forget having a Senate that will try to block all of the appointments. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #11

How far will the pukes go? Cary Jul 2012 #13

It's only going to get worse in Obama's second term. They'll do anything to derail his goals. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #14

They value their politics and ideology over the welfare of our nation. Cary Jul 2012 #15

To be fair, in many ways there is no difference. When it comes to caring about people... HopeHoops Jul 2012 #18

If there isn't a difference then why are the Koch Brothers and other oligarchs investing so much Cary Jul 2012 #19

I did NOT say there wasn't a difference. I said there wasn't in some respects. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #21

I am not saying that you said there wasn't a difference Cary Jul 2012 #23

My wife was elected to a school board - thankless job. As for anti-government... HopeHoops Jul 2012 #24

He also saved Obama from what would have been the biggest setback of his Presidency. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #3

Why does he need a position? Cary Jul 2012 #6

It may be worse than that Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2012 #7

There are other taxes in the ACA bornskeptic Jul 2012 #17

The bill they used had passed the House of Representatives. Bolo Boffin Jul 2012 #22

It depends on what she means by "precedent" ashling Jul 2012 #9

I made a post about this, there is also one other thing. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2012 #12

Roberts is the Chief Justice, and Chiefs are judged on a different scale hifiguy Jul 2012 #16

I agree with some of that. Motown_Johnny Jul 2012 #20