17 Reasons Not To Slit Your Rists (My last political thread.)

…and now to bring some closure to the political threads. ;) :p

"Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:

1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.

2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since
Woodrow Wilson in 1916.

3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults
(Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always
wrong and you should never listen to them.

4. In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the
country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). (Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out. It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)

5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the
Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the
Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do
their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.

6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of
our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West
Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water,
all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in
lava. And no more show tunes!

7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any
old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut.
May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.

8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will
no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If
you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly
golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.

9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married
in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't
have to buy now.

10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress,
including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to
have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates
can't.

11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!

12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.

13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3
chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state
legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the
2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53
chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47
chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber
(Montana House) is still undecided.

14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than
the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out --
and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work
that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th
grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the
next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the
ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his
point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.

15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very
dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two
scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the
Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear
that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that
history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for
too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so ****y and
arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such
major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from
office.

16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting
age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it
means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards
to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of
those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go
home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three
yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are
coming!!!

17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the
candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total
number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore.
Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for
a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time
since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has
always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is
that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact,
that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones
who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November
2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of
surprise in 2008."


That's all folks! ;) :p

No, you can only be president for two consecutive terms, but he can wait one term and run again. No president has ever tried this, but it is completely legal.

Nos.

Doesn't the 22nd Amendment limit Presidents to two terms and thats it?

[QUOTE=Nostalgia]two consecutive terms[/QUOTE]

^^^

do any democrats think that hillary will actually beat gulliani in 2008? heck, she prob won't even win her home state ;)

chris

The diffrence between me and you.

Im conservative, and I have morals, you on the other hand dont.....


CLONING
STEM CELL
NO PLEDGE IN SCHOOL
NO FAITH IN THE COUNTRY
ATHEISM
ABORTION 2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1
GAY MARRIAGE
FLAG BURNING

As you see, all of these reasons are why Im republican and you are a liberal, im not saying you want all of those but liberals in general do.

[QUOTE=KinEtiK]^^^ [/QUOTE]

What are you two talking about? The only president that was eligible to serve more than two terms was Lyndon Johnson, because when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, he had served more than 2 years of his term.

"After Franklin Roosevelt's death, many desired to establish a firm constitutional provision barring Presidents from being elected more than twice; hence, the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted. Under the amendment, no person may be elected president more than twice. Furthermore, no Vice President or other person who has succeeded to the presidency, and served as President or Acting President for more than two years, may be elected president more than once.

Section 1

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Section 2

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress."

[QUOTE=Fig]do any democrats think that hillary will actually beat gulliani in 2008? heck, she prob won't even win her home state ;)

chris[/QUOTE]


I'd vote for Gulliani too.

[QUOTE=atrox]The diffrence between me and you.

Im conservative, and I have morals, you on the other hand dont.....


CLONING
STEM CELL
NO PLEDGE IN SCHOOL
NO FAITH IN THE COUNTRY
ATHEISM
ABORTION 2 FOR THE PRICE OF 1
GAY MARRIAGE
FLAG BURNING

As you see, all of these reasons are why Im republican and you are a liberal, im not saying you want all of those but liberals in general do.[/QUOTE]

You're just a part of a theocracy that has overtaken the South and the Midwest. I'm very happy I haven't been brainwashed to endure the intolerance toward women and their bodies, toward gays and lesbians, towards anyone who does not fit the compass of the "moral values" mass-produced by the established churches. I'm not going to debate with your theocratic bigotry. So cram it with walnuts.

You're an idiot, i live in Florida in the most democratic county. You are the ones who have changed, you libs are the ones who want to be able to do EVERYTHING you want, no restrictions, no morals, just whatever.

Right now you are the minority, most of the country still has morals. Saying republicans are the brainwashed ones is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard, you democrats are the ones that want all of those things I posted before.

You're obviously athiest(sp?) and against anything traditional or moral, you just want radical change(for the worst) and I dont, so dont spew out **** like conservatives are brainwashed. If anyone is its you and your party.

When a man kills a pregnant woman he is tryed for 2 murders.....Then why are democrats trying so hard to make abortion a normal thing. "Woops another baby, lets head on over and get it fixed"..."Ok then can we have more unprotected sex, please!!!!!!!" I understand if its rape or doctors can tell if the baby will be severly disordered but just killing life because you dont spend money on safe sex stiff is no way to be.


Also you live in California, and your talking to me about being brainwashed....sorry I had to take a minute to laugh my ass off at you. Go protest in the streets and when you see police with sticks, be sure to walk up near them and break a window.