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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-28-09 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #25
27. That's why a purist will never be President.
Sometimes you have to compromise you're ideals in order to govern. Would it have been a better Idea to veto it and then have another bill passed with more deregulations added that the President couldn't veto? It's my understanding that once a veto is overridden a bill can not be vetoed again. I guess that would change if amendments are added, but I'm not sure about that.
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  -FREEPTURDS name me ONE meaningful piece of legislation you've passed in 29 years DainBramaged  Aug-28-09 09:46 AM   #0 
  - They got rid of Glass-Steagall, which was meaningful.  CanonRay   Aug-28-09 09:49 AM   #1 
  - We can't blame that one on them.  Laelth   Aug-28-09 10:06 AM   #7 
  - Clinton signed it because it had a veto proof majority.  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-28-09 10:47 AM   #17 
     - That's interesting. I didn't know that.  Laelth   Aug-28-09 10:58 AM   #18 
     - It had a 90 vote majority.  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-28-09 11:08 AM   #20 
        - Both of your statements are wishful thinking.  Political Heretic   Aug-28-09 12:15 PM   #26 
     - That's no excuse.  Political Heretic   Aug-28-09 12:07 PM   #25 
        - That's why a purist will never be President.  SIMPLYB1980   Aug-28-09 12:21 PM   #27 
           - Sometimes you have to compromise - that's exactly right. Sometimes.  Political Heretic   Aug-28-09 09:38 PM   #30 
  - But it wasn't beneficial to anyone except the one percenters  DainBramaged   Aug-28-09 11:50 AM   #23 
  - Patriot Act! Be afraid! Be very afraid!  rfranklin   Aug-28-09 09:51 AM   #2 
  - Now that the Democrats are in charge....  Kansas Wyatt   Aug-28-09 09:54 AM   #3 
  - It's gotta be good for 'Murka...it's got "Patriot" right in the title.  YOY   Aug-28-09 10:17 AM   #11 
  - Look, my bil is a turd.  asdjrocky   Aug-28-09 09:55 AM   #4 
  - The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) - STAR WARS!  HopeHoops   Aug-28-09 09:56 AM   #5 
  - If there is any justice.  wolfgangmo   Aug-28-09 10:04 AM   #6 
     - "A little higher, Nancy-pookie. Oh yeah, that's right."  HopeHoops   Aug-28-09 10:07 AM   #8 
  - One of the biggest threats to humanity is overpopulation  Cyrano   Aug-28-09 10:10 AM   #9 
  - Well, there's the Iraq war.  Deep13   Aug-28-09 10:16 AM   #10 
  - The 1986 FOPA afforded US citizens more rights.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Aug-28-09 10:27 AM   #12 
  - Passing legislation that makes it easier to kill people isn't meaningful  DainBramaged   Aug-28-09 10:35 AM   #14 
  - Have you ever READ the '86 FOPA?  OneTenthofOnePercent   Aug-28-09 10:42 AM   #16 
     - Was the FOPA as important as raising the minimum wage?  DainBramaged   Aug-28-09 11:20 AM   #22 
        - It allowed americans more freedoms.  OneTenthofOnePercent   Aug-28-09 12:01 PM   #24 
           - Well I figured out what side of the fence you stand on  DainBramaged   Aug-28-09 12:45 PM   #28 
              - "Your 'right' to bear weapons give you the right to intimidate everyone else"  OneTenthofOnePercent   Aug-28-09 01:10 PM   #29 
  - Ahhh... but there's one more!  -..__...   Aug-28-09 10:05 PM   #31 
  - They are VERY proud of the USA PATRIOT Act.  kestrel91316   Aug-28-09 10:33 AM   #13 
  - And what did it do for America other than start the largest expansion of the Federal government  DainBramaged   Aug-28-09 10:41 AM   #15 
  - To be allowed to buy guns online from another state  michreject   Aug-28-09 11:05 AM   #19 
  - Their goal isn't meaningful legislation. They want a gov't that DOES NOT  harun   Aug-28-09 11:15 AM   #21 
 

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