Comments on: SSDD http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/ Illinois, From Misery Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:14:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob_N http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6712 Rob_N Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:05:07 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6712 Bush had a record in Texas? Bush had a record in Texas?

]]> By: ArchPundit http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6709 ArchPundit Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:49:46 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6709 I'm sure I'm not consistent in some post if you look hard enough, but I don't find a problem with strategic voting if it helps further the legislative goal. I don't see much of a difference here then when someone switches their vote to be able to recall the bill. I fully admit I wouldn't want to try and explain this to most people, but using the tools of legislative process generally doesn't bother me so I don't find this all that terrible. I’m sure I’m not consistent in some post if you look hard enough, but I don’t find a problem with strategic voting if it helps further the legislative goal. I don’t see much of a difference here then when someone switches their vote to be able to recall the bill.

I fully admit I wouldn’t want to try and explain this to most people, but using the tools of legislative process generally doesn’t bother me so I don’t find this all that terrible.

]]> By: grand old partisan http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6710 grand old partisan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:44:29 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6710 I'm not shocked either, Arch, and that's the whole point. Obama is just another calculating, partisan politician. What's "horrible" is that tomorrow he'll be back on the stump saying that he's 'not beholden to special interests,' and that 'we need to end partisan gamesman in Washington.' At least when Bush campaigned as a "uniter, not a divider," he had a record in Texas that actually backed it up. Now, based on the fact that Bush was, for whatever reason, unable to replicate that success in Washington, maybe we can pin our hopes on Obama being the reverse: maybe his record in Springfield means he'll turn out to be an independent thinker above the partisan fray when he gets to the White House. I’m not shocked either, Arch, and that’s the whole point. Obama is just another calculating, partisan politician. What’s “horrible” is that tomorrow he’ll be back on the stump saying that he’s ‘not beholden to special interests,’ and that ‘we need to end partisan gamesman in Washington.’

At least when Bush campaigned as a “uniter, not a divider,” he had a record in Texas that actually backed it up. Now, based on the fact that Bush was, for whatever reason, unable to replicate that success in Washington, maybe we can pin our hopes on Obama being the reverse: maybe his record in Springfield means he’ll turn out to be an independent thinker above the partisan fray when he gets to the White House.

]]> By: JonShibleyFan http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6708 JonShibleyFan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:39:09 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6708 "So, Obama was following orders from a special interest group..." So weak. “So, Obama was following orders from a special interest group…”

So weak.

]]> By: ArchPundit http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6711 ArchPundit Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:13:49 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6711 Someone voted strategically? I'm shocked. What a horrible thing to do. Someone voted strategically? I’m shocked. What a horrible thing to do.

]]> By: grand old partisan http://archpundit.com/blog/2007/12/04/ssdd/comment-page-1/#comment-6707 grand old partisan Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:02:56 +0000 http://69.89.31.63/~archpund/2007/12/04/ssdd/#comment-6707 "Obama was voting as Planned Parenthood asked......in this case, Obama was providing cover for others [in his party]" So, Obama was following orders from a special interest group and allowing partisan considerations to supplant the views of his constituents and his own conscience? “Obama was voting as Planned Parenthood asked……in this case, Obama was providing cover for others [in his party]”

So, Obama was following orders from a special interest group and allowing partisan considerations to supplant the views of his constituents and his own conscience?

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