get ready to pay higher prices for everything

**greencrest1272** · January 11th, 2007, 09:13 PM

I doubt it, too busy bashing the President's Iraq policy to give any credit about the economy. I will agree though that Iraq is a much larger and more important issue at this point.

**NotSoSilentBob** · January 11th, 2007, 09:15 PM

What am I saying is that it will take very little time for the Dems to take credit for the fall of petro prices.

**greencrest1272** · January 11th, 2007, 09:17 PM

Oh yeah....you are right on that, Im sure that they will soak in that glory even though thay had about as much to do with it as I did.

**R0cketer** · January 11th, 2007, 09:53 PM

LOL yeah and the GOP never take credit for anything or try to blame the Democrats for anything.

Guys please, repeat after me, it will make you healthier. Both GOP and Democrats are full of it. Both will lie. Both will pass the blame to the other, and take the credit to themselves. Both screw about 50% of the issues, which means they get about 50% right.

When the Dems try to take the credit for the econommy, the GOP try to give credit to the GOP in office before them. When the GOP should take blame, they blame it on the Dems in office before them. Turn that around for the other party and you cover the basis pretty well.

I know that a few of you think I'm super-Democratic, but I'm not. When I take the surveys to determine my affiliation, I tend to be right in the middle. The biggest reason I guess I come off more Democratic is because it seems to turn into a witch hunt on here a lot.

I honestly didn't respond to the Bush being a basstard or the earlier because it was silly but so is the opposite view.

The GOP blame Clinton for not doing his job when he was president and more concerned about his personal life issues, when they were the very ones who made everything in his personal life issues, the ones who pressed the issue.

You can turn that around with Bush and Iraq for the other way.

Seriously, some of you really need to open your eyes and not see everything in terms of the Grand Old Party or the Democrats or whichever party you are following. Neither party has all the answers or causes all the problems. Neither is going to run much of anybody worth a hoot because anybody worth a hoot won't have the political affiliation or support to get nominated or anything. I say both parties.

To often we all fall for the 'quick fix'. We talk about the schools on here, a quick fix. Consolidate, repair, build new ones, etc. Some suggest one way, some suggest another. Same thing in the parties. Gilmore had the car tax, lovely quick fix, put money in people's hands, its wonderful. It was a good short-term thing but long-term that money had to be made up. There is no 'definitive perfect solution' because very few things are absolute. Bush and GOP plan might have worked but the world changed. Maybe the Democratic plans work now, maybe not, maybe the world changes for or against them.

If there was absolutes, there would be simple absolute answers. Accounting is basically taking numbers and making them look good. Its just like stats, you can take the numbers you want and make nearly anything look good or look bad. A reporter can talk about how 'this team' had 40:00 of clock possession and controlled the game, but if the other team was able to score every time in 3 plays, the possesion is not so valuable.

We're all guilty of looking at things crooked sometimes.

**greencrest1272** · January 11th, 2007, 10:02 PM

You usually see my opinions as just strictly being conservative and going with the party lines. But have you ever thought that the party goes with my ideas and beleifs? I mean what politics basically boils down to is people affiliating themselves on common beleifs and ideas and attempting to accomplish things within those beleifs and ideas. I can't help that what I think is right falls within the Republican party.

I cant stand when people have such negative opinions on politics and government in general. I mean we all are living a pretty [censored] good life. Have you ever thought that there are people actually running this show? Republican or Democrat, law-makers are vital to all American lives and will affect them in one way or another.

**NotSoSilentBob** · January 11th, 2007, 10:15 PM

I'm not saying the GOP doesn't take credit for things for which they were not responsible.

What I am saying is that the Dems have only had control of the Legislative branch for a week and they will be jumping to take credit for anything good that happens.