tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post8789405780797782248..comments2024-03-18T14:20:19.438-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: Ye Auld New America: Didn't We Go Down This Road Before?Ramona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-8022504839194236382014-03-27T22:40:43.914-04:002014-03-27T22:40:43.914-04:00Interesting, yes. Just don't know if I can be...Interesting, yes. Just don't know if I can believe it. Too many years of optimistic hopes dashed with no correlating evidence showing that my hopes should have been dashed.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-87902740075145886722014-03-26T07:45:49.112-04:002014-03-26T07:45:49.112-04:00I'll be fighting, too, unless my arm is hangin...I'll be fighting, too, unless my arm is hanging from its socket and I can't swing it. Lol.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-52695030992811136212014-03-26T00:05:30.403-04:002014-03-26T00:05:30.403-04:00Clearly, the GOP has a winning strategy with their...Clearly, the GOP has a winning strategy with their whole, "Fewer people covered with health care!" approach. <br /><br /><br />I'm not truly free unless my right to an untreated gangrenous leg is respected. I'll fight for that. I mean, you know, assuming I can waddle over there to you on my black and smelly leg.Katyhttp://www.lesbiansinmysoup.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-76110630960715491952014-03-25T21:12:05.405-04:002014-03-25T21:12:05.405-04:00So true! All of it. Dems do have that whole &quo...So true! All of it. Dems do have that whole "punishing your own" thing down pat. Dems also don't vote. I'm a Dem. How do I get through to my peeps? I wish I knew. Lord knows I keep trying.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-87600419735291404362014-03-25T17:51:26.694-04:002014-03-25T17:51:26.694-04:00The only way to win is to keep pushing on all medi...The only way to win is to keep pushing on all media constantly. A no show voter is a vote for the GOP and all of their policies.<br />What is frustrating to me is the fact that the worst blue dog democratic party member is still better then any GOP member and so many work hard to punish Democratic party members that we lose to the GOP. We should be focusing on every GOP member being tossed out. Not punishing our own.raypc800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-64730496732897036262014-03-25T17:27:17.641-04:002014-03-25T17:27:17.641-04:00Just saw Connie Schultz on Ed Schultz a moment ago...Just saw Connie Schultz on Ed Schultz a moment ago. She said when people are looking to find where their kids' next meals are coming from they don't care who's running and they probably won't even vote. She said, "Despair benefits the Republicans". Made me want to weep. <br /><br /><br /><br />They know this and they play it to the hilt. They work relentlessly to keep us down and the sad thing is--it works. Even those who have never been this poor or this vulnerable will still vote Republican. Their lies fall on deaf ears. All those people are hearing is that only the Republicans can save them.<br /><br /><br />Never mind that it was the Republicans who put them down in the ditches--they've been fed that load of bull about the Socialist Democrats and big government coming to take everything away and fear kicks in. Fear works even when it's full of lies. And "despair benefits the Republicans".<br /><br /><br />I hate this.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-30025522998049764762014-03-25T16:34:13.053-04:002014-03-25T16:34:13.053-04:00In the matter of which party has the edge do not b...In the matter of which party has the edge do not be very concerned about political predictions. Nate Silver had to base his prediction on predominately GOP polling centers. <br />The importance of voting is factual but with a big catch. The GOP understand the lower the voter turn out the better they win. They have been cutting down early voting in numerous states. This combined with the numerous hoops some have to go through just to get to vote is hurting democracy badly. But what needs to be pushed hard is that a stay at home voter, is a vote for the GOP and all their policies.<br />Here is the one very undeniable fact Democracy only works if all parties concerned play by the rules. Now look at what the GOP have been doing as a party for several years now. Are they playing by the rules or ignoring the rules and doing what they want?raypc800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-62734270286404565092014-03-25T16:10:09.166-04:002014-03-25T16:10:09.166-04:00The Koch brothers and ridiculous gerrymandered bor...The Koch brothers and ridiculous gerrymandered borders don't help, but in the end it's still individuals who enter that polling booth and cast their votes. All the obstruction and destruction in the world wouldn't make a dent if people where willing to educate themselves or even look around. After all the Republicans have done to us, it's baffling that there are still so many who will vote for them they're actually in a position to win and win big.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-84657616225149128202014-03-25T15:56:39.086-04:002014-03-25T15:56:39.086-04:00If it were a fair vote yes I agree, it would also ...If it were a fair vote yes I agree, it would also require the other side to except said vote. We elected President Obama and look at the resulting actions of the GOP. They are past worrying about votes they are at War right now and are practicing a military strategy called scorched earth. They will refuse to recognize they lost and continue all forms of obstruction, while attacking state governments and bankrupting numerous states. This is all devised to further weaken the Federal government.raypc800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-88278036782759745652014-03-25T15:48:57.888-04:002014-03-25T15:48:57.888-04:00We had a revolution, too. Something about church-...We had a revolution, too. Something about church-run monarchies. . .<br /><br />We can stop short of a real revolution by just being smart about who we vote for. We don't have to let them in.Ramonahttp://ramonasvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-40354724651129015312014-03-25T15:39:24.125-04:002014-03-25T15:39:24.125-04:00The people of France had a similar problem years a...The people of France had a similar problem years ago and decided to end it with the French Revolution. I wonder how the people of the USA will solve this nonstop problem?raypc800noreply@blogger.com