I can agree with you there, being relatively conservative by Norwegians standards. One reason why republikanske are not very popular around here is that they usually don't seam to know much about the world outside the US. And in the previous election they used Skandinavia as an example of a system they didn't want :-)
DagT Den 8. nov. 2012 kl. 07:57 skrev Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com>: > Hey, I acknowledge being moderately left of the Canadian center, which > makes me a raving commie by US standards, but I think it’s good for > politics when there are sensible conservatives saying things like > “don’t go so fast, don’t queer the business pitch, don’t assume > spending more will solve the problem” and so on. Seems to me like the > big problem in US politics is the lack of an intelligent conservative > voice. > > Those British pinkos over at the Economist pretty well summed it up > back in December 2011: http://www.economist.com/node/21542180 > > Sorry if you’re offended by politics. Oh wait, no I’m not. -T > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Miserere <miser...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A political pundit made a good point about the Republican party today >> on the radio: "You can't be anti-gay, anti-immigration, >> anti-healthcare, anti-women, anti-taxes and anti-minorities and expect >> to receive majority votes in the America of the 21st century." As your >> average teenager would say, well, duh! >> >> Massachusetts lost a Republican senate seat held by Scott Brown; he's >> a nice guy that seemed to truly care, and he's the type of republican >> the party needs. As you might imagine, on a number of occasions he's >> been chastised by the party for not being Republican enough...like the >> time he said rape was a bad thing. >> >> Anyway...I can't even vote, so I'm going to stop. I have a bunch of >> lenses I want to put up for sale on Friday and need to sort the photos >> out. That seems far more pressing right now that achieving political >> consensus on the PDML :-D >> >> But I do agree with you on the Tea Party. Have not heard anything >> rational come out of their corner yet. >> >> Cheers, >> >> —M. >> >> \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com >> >> http://EnticingTheLight.com >> A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment >> >> >> >> On 6 November 2012 22:39, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Looks like Obama is back as US President. >>> >>> Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. >>> 1. He is so rich that didn't relate to the average 'Joe in the >>> street.' ($250 million personal wealth) >>> 2. To get the nomination, he swung to the conservatives starting in 2008. >>> McCain got the nomination in 2008, but Romney kept his conservative >>> positioning to get nominated in 2012 and get money and backing. >>> 3. His positions and retoric were perfect for the right wing, but by the >>> national campaign they looked so extreme. Way too far from the mainstream >>> US. >>> >>> The ultra conservative 'Tea Party' which took congressional seats as >>> Republicans >>> in the last election are being repudiated and replaced by Democrats. >>> This is the team that is responsible for our congressional gridlock. >>> They aren't all gone, but have taken a sound thrashing, as should be. >>> >>> This is my personal opinion. >>> I give it to share my perspective with our overseas readers (and some >>> Canadians too). >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
