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MAR 08, 2008 05:15 PM
vermicious_knid said:
Uncognitive said:
DevilsReject said:
Uncognitive said:
vermicious_knid said:
coyotemike said:
his failure to win, well, anything
He just got elected to his eleventh Congressional term. He beat his opponent by a whopping 40% margin.
Awesome. Now he can go back to getting absolutely nothing done while the taxpayers pay his salary.
You have to be more specific, you could be talking about Dennis Kucinich here too.
No, Denny The K has gotten next to nothing done:
Statistics: Dennis Kucinich has sponsored 103 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 94 haven't made it out of committee (Average) and 1 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers).
Ron Paul has literally gotten nothing accomplished in Congress for the past 11 years:
Statistics: Ronald Paul has sponsored 352 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 347 haven't made it out of committee (Extremely Poor) and 0 were successfully enacted (Average, relative to peers).
Yeah, the two Congressmen, each from different approaches and vantage points, refusing to feed the morphing government/business mergers get shut down by their Congressional peers who are wedded to the interests of one or both, while simultaneously gathering consolidated corporate media ridicule.
And this is supposed to be cool and awesome or something? 
I'm not the one touting complete job incompetence as a selling point, Ron Paul is.
MAR 08, 2008 05:26 PM
coyotemike said:
vermicious_knid said:
coyotemike said:
Wouldn't it be funny as hell if he lost his seat in November? *crosses fingers and dances the lucky dance*
To whom? The only person who ran for the seat against him was in his own party and got beaten decisively.
The election for that seat is over. I am not even saying this to be snarky, I am legitimately curious but does anyone know how to read for comprehension anymore? fuck.
Well, there could very easily be an independant candidate. November is a long time from now, damn near anything could happen.
Nice attempt at a rebound.
MAR 08, 2008 05:27 PM
vermicious_knid said:
coyotemike said:
vermicious_knid said:
coyotemike said:
Wouldn't it be funny as hell if he lost his seat in November? *crosses fingers and dances the lucky dance*
To whom? The only person who ran for the seat against him was in his own party and got beaten decisively.
The election for that seat is over. I am not even saying this to be snarky, I am legitimately curious but does anyone know how to read for comprehension anymore? fuck.
Well, there could very easily be an independant candidate. November is a long time from now, damn near anything could happen.
Nice attempt at a rebound.
Aw, man, don't take away my dream 
MAR 08, 2008 05:32 PM
coyotemike said:
Well, there could very easily be an independant candidate. November is a long time from now, damn near anything could happen.
Nice attempt at a rebound.
Aw, man, don't take away my dream
Well, take solace in his not becoming POTUS. This ought to cheer you up.
MAR 08, 2008 05:43 PM
vermicious_knid said:
Well, take solace in his not becoming POTUS. This ought to cheer you up.
Is a bit ironic that you're against the idea of a dark horse candidate coming in and beating the established politician.
MAR 08, 2008 05:48 PM
coyotemike said:
vermicious_knid said:
Well, take solace in his not becoming POTUS. This ought to cheer you up.
Is a bit ironic that you're against the idea of a dark horse candidate coming in and beating the established politician.
Dude, he's just trying to be civil, and make a little joke - against himself, at that.
MAR 08, 2008 05:50 PM
SockPuppet said:
coyotemike said:
vermicious_knid said:
Well, take solace in his not becoming POTUS. This ought to cheer you up.
Is a bit ironic that you're against the idea of a dark horse candidate coming in and beating the established politician.
Dude, he's just trying to be civil, and make a little joke - against himself, at that.
Ooooh. I didn't see that the first time. My bad. I sorry.
MAR 08, 2008 05:56 PM
IDGAS said:
Candidates who have filed a Declaration of Intent to run as Independent
U.S. Representative, District 14 (Texas)
Gregory Randall Roof - Professor of Economics
Benjamin Eloy (Ben) Mendoza - Real Estate Agent (source)
Dammit, where were you 10 minutes ago when I was trying to prove a point? 
MAR 08, 2008 11:08 PM
IDGAS said:
Candidates who have filed a Declaration of Intent to run as Independent
U.S. Representative, District 14 (Texas)
Gregory Randall Roof - Professor of Economics
Benjamin Eloy (Ben) Mendoza - Real Estate Agent (source)
Cool I wish them much luck.
From first glance they look like non-serious candidates. They don't even have websites, campaign offices, or even an address or phone number where one can donate.
The Mendoza guy ran for Congress once before - and his first check bounced, ending his campaign at the time of filing. The other guy teaches at a rural community college. Ron Paul is a ten time incumbent who generally wins with 60 to 70 percent endorsement within his district.
...But hey, you never know.
MAR 08, 2008 11:30 PM
coyotemike said:
IDGAS said:
vermicious_knid said:
coyotemike said:
his failure to win, well, anything
He just got elected to his eleventh Congressional term. He beat his opponent by a whopping 40% margin.
He did not win his eleventh term - that election will be in November - he won the Republican primary. This information was in the first sentence of your linked story. Did you read it?
Shhhhh . . . you'll wake him from his blissful delusions.
Wouldn't it be funny as hell if he lost his seat in November? *crosses fingers and dances the lucky dance*
He probably will - now that people know who he is 
IDGAS
Jackson Heights, NY
March 2004
MAR 08, 2008 03:42 PM