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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:54 PM Original message |
just what the f*** were voters so pissed about in 1994 ??? |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. some light |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. In remember the so-called "bank scandal".... |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. YEP ... WILDLY overplayed ... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Add to the the Keating 5 & the Post Office Scandal |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 05:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. "Communism's goal is to exterminate the white race." |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well half of America was pissed off that Bill Clinton took office in 1993. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Th dems trying to bring universal health care in n/t |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I always thought that was the main issue, in addition |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Don't forget they hated him for raising their taxes. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. WINNER!!! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. and daring to sign the Family Leave Act. Very Unamerican. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
66. If only they had, but the result was an unworkable, un-passable, |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. They Were Both Pissed And Hopeful |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. If I might elaborate |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Well stated. |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. and |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. Another part of the Republican agenda is to create as many wedge issues |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I nearly cried with joy when I heard someone on the Diane Rehm |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hillary wasn't simpering |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Good post |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. H had a career too. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. She was also a First Lady who spoke her own mind. She made a |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
67. You got it with that "Angry White Male" phenomenon, Calimary. |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. yes, indeed - Hillary was demonized by the |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. 10% unemployment and national debt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. ten percent? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Excuse me 7.5 |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. It was more than the percentage - - people had been unemployed for years |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yeah, I lived it too |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. That was Bush41's legacy. And we actually measure nemplyment back then. |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Look at "The Contract With America" for clues: |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. On the surface that POS sounded good to many Americans... |
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lcordero2 (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. maybe NAFTA too...EOM |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Clinton's very 1st move was to openly allow gays in the military, |
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DocSavage (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I was |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. I wonder what the lifer you referred to would think of Clinton now. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. Bill Clinton stopped the neo-clown plan for their rise to power. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Media conditioned too many voters to believe the crap |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. TAXES |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Slow economy, Democratic scandals, failed health care plan, higher |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. NAFTA, weapons ban, check writing scam in Congress |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Did'nt NAFTA pass after 1994? |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It was signed into law in Jan 1994. |
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hijinx87 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. I always thought that their misleading term limits pledge . . . |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. No kidding. Right now my rep. is 300% over the term he promised in '94. |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hate to say it, but it was the tax increases |
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Singular73 (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. A new era has begun |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. AND, the cycle IS going to repeat itself ... |
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IamyourTVandIownyou (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. More Criminals |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. this is nothing |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. media was depicting all dems in congress as crooks b/c of banking scandal |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. A great question! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Clinton's first two years were very liberal. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Whaaaaa?????? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Power corrupt and absolute power corrupt absolutely |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Supposedly, there were a lot of "Angry White Men" who felt |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #48 |
63. Angry white men have totally fucked up this country |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. The attack on universal health care brought out the repukes in huge |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. Gun control was one issue which angered many voters |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Bingo! |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. It was a joke |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. A larger number of 2006 Dem candidates are opposed to the ban |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Yet the NRA convinced many of its members otherwise |
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joeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yeah, let's analyze the top reasons |
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ACK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. A host of issues but the Repukes got their shit together |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
58. One can't overestimate the role NAFTA played. |
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ACK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Very good point!!! on NAFTA and gerrymandering |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. It was more a sheeple ,media induced anger, |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
65. The 1994 Feinstein ban was a big part of it... |
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