Guess who owns the redistricting map now Mr Cut and Paste? Oh, thats a change.
On Nov 3, 11:43 am, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Reason.tv: 3 Reasons This Election Didn't Change a Thing!Meredith Bragg&Nick > Gillespie| November 3, > 2010http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMtcTM9zZN4&feature=player_embeddedThere's > no question that the Republicans painted the map red during the 2010 midterm > elections, picking up control of the House of Representatives, gaining share > in the Senate, and picking up a good chunk of statehouses seemingly all over > the place. > The Republicans won big due to huge voter displeasure with the state of the > economy, President Obama's policies of the past two years, and (especially) > the Democrat-controlled Congress. But does the shift in power matter? Here's > three reasons the GOP wave won't change a goddamn thing:1. We're still on the > fast track to the poor house.When the GOP ran the show with George W. Bush, > they spent like drunken sailors (apologies to drunken sailors). Things have > only gotten worse since 2008 but the GOP's much-ballyhooed (at least by > themselves) Pledge to America only pledges to spend the least bit less than > the Dems. > Click on the image to get more details compiled by Mercatus Center analysts > Veronique de Rugy (also a Reason columnist) and Jakina Debnam. The Pledge > conspicuously exempted defense and entitlements from spending cuts, thereby > takingmore than 60 percent of outlaysoff the table and making it impossible > to seriously cut spending. Triumphant GOP spokespeople sounded the same > message on Election Day, generally refusing to offer up specifics about > spending cuts.2. Nobody's talking about foreign policy and ending the warfare > state.In constant dollars, defense spending hasbasically doubled since > 2000and is projected to stay at levels hundreds of billions of dollars above > what it was before the Cold War ended. Perhaps more important, neither > President Obama nor his party's leadership has even begun a meaningful > conversation about foreign policy. The same goes for the Republicans, who > constantly exempt defense spending, one of the very largest annual items in > the federal budget, from serious scrutiny, much less significant cuts. > President Obama is following George W. Bush's painfully slow withdrawal plan > from Iraq and has tripled down in Afghanistan without clarifying U.S. goals > and leaving lots of wiggle room when it comes to supposed deadlines for > leaving. The only folks more hellbent on maintaining an unexamined status quo > than the president are the Republicans.3. The only people worse than liberals > on social issues are conservatives.President Obama and the Democrats spent > more time hectoring Americans to eat our vegetables than they did repealing > "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," pushing immigration reform, or ending drug > prohibition. But don't look for the new crew in D.C. or your state capitol to > push social tolerance anytime soon. If anything - and despite all the > limited-government rhetoric - they'll be even worse when it comes to > expanding individual autonomy and increasing lifestyle choice. > The one up side to the midterms? Only that we don't have to worry about > another election for two woefully short years. > "3 Reasons This Election Didn't Change a Thing!" is written and produced by > Meredith Bragg and Nick Gillespie (who also hosts). > Go toReason.tvfor downloadable versions of our videos and subscribe to > Reason.tv'sYouTube channelto receive automatic notification when new material > goes live.http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/03/reasontv-3-reasons-this-electi -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
