Re: Eliot Spitzer, antismoking leader, self-destructs

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:42:39 -0500, "Judson McClendon"
<judmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"Clark F Morris" <cfmpublic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "HeyBub" <heybub@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>tim wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This saga prompts a thought...
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering why the Democratic majority in congress has been so
>>>> tame and has basically gone along with just about everything George
>>>> W. Bush has wanted for the past year. This case may actually offer a
>>>> clue.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't say they've been "tame." In the past year, there have been
>>>seventeen resolutions, bills, and whatnot introduced, debated, and
voted
>>>upon requiring the U.S. to leave Iraq. All have failed. On the other
hand,
>>>prior to the Democrats taking over the Congress, there were 24
consecutive
>>>quarters of economic growth. This, in spite of 9-11, Katrina, the war,
and
>>>other significant events. It took the Democrats less than a year to
f--k it
>>>all up.
>
>Just imagine what Hillary or Obama would do, if elected. Shudder.
>
>>>> With the massive expansion of monitoring of emails, financial
>>>> transactions, credit card records, phone calls, Internet accesses and
>>>> s forth by the government since the 9/11 attack, there must
>>>> be a huge amount of material available to the administration.
>>>
>>>Republicans don't do that sort of thing.
>>>
>> Sin and misuse of prosecutorial power are both bi-partisan and
>> bi-ideological.
>
>The Republican electorate is far less tolerant of many character flaws
>than the Democratic electorate. Every Democratic president since FDR,
>with the single exception of Carter, was a serious womanizer. AFAIK,
>the only Republican president in that timeframe who had *ever* had an
>affair was Eisenhower with his jeep driver when he was in England during
>WWII, before his presidency. A Republican president who did what Clinton
>did would have zero chance at re-election.

 You are saying Republicans have no sex drive. Is that good or bad? Why is
it good to have
frigid people in charge?