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In reply to the discussion: The Republicans SERIOUSLY fucked themselves with the FAA thing [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)35. I PRAY for the day when our Democratic Party leadership plays "hardball"..
..instead of seeking "bi-partisan consensus" and pandering to the Corporate Interests.
THIS is "hardball":
Read Up on "The Johnson Treatment".
http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html
"Johnson was the catalyst, the cajoler in chief. History records him as the nation's greatest legislative politician. In a great piece on the Daily Beast website, LBJ aide Tom Johnson, writes about how his old boss would have gotten a health care reform bill through the current congress. It's worth reading to understand the full impact of the "Johnson treatment" and how effective LBJ could be in winning votes for his legislation."
http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html
http://thejohnsonpost.blogspot.com/2009/08/johnson-treatment.html
"Strong and successful presidents (meaning those who get what they want - whether that happens to be good for the country or not) do not accept "the best deal on the table". They take out their carpentry tools and the build the goddam piece of furniture themselves. Strong and successful presidents do not get dictated to by the political environment. They reshape the environment into one that is conducive to their political aspirations."
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/17
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/17
[font color=firebrick size=3][center]"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone[/font][/center]
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[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]
[font size=5 color=firebrick]Solidarity![/font]
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He is referring to the recent vote on the FAA where both parties supported it. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#31
In fact I think it's worse for the Democrats. While this could have been an issue in the coming
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#48
So what! Make sure that the money funding the FAA comes from sales of tickets and
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#21
Make the FAA function as a separate non-profit with fees exacted from the airlines and
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#22
I'm not saying that they should'nt Regulate, I'm saying who should fund them.
bahrbearian
Apr 2013
#28
I would like to respectively question your assumptions. What if Pres Obama is getting exactly what
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#47
We are fighting an uphill battle. Even supposedly "liberal minded Democrats" here in DU are
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#50
I disagree. The Democrats seriously screwed themselves by getting in the mud
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#33
It's all about OUR representatives paying attention to who really matters to them.
alarimer
Apr 2013
#46
We'll see. It comes down to votes. Republicans show up to vote for Republicans.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2013
#56