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Amen, Kos! I'm glad someone said it.

Posted by monkey | January 4, 2007 2:12 PM
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No. Overreach happens when you assume that the opinions of the people that didn't vote for you don't count, just because they are the minority.

"Mandate" is a dirty word, no matter who is using it. Unless your support was unanimous, you don't have one.

Posted by BC | January 4, 2007 2:48 PM
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Did you see this:

http://www.komoradio.com/news/local/5083641.html

"The question of allowing - or banning - gay marriage or authorizing civil unions also will take a backseat as lawmakers try to come up with legislation that can clear both houses, leaders said."

WHAT THE FUCK? Clear both houses? THE DEMS HAVE SUPER-MAJORITIES IN BOTH AND THE GOV'S OFFICE.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

What the hell is wrong with them?

Posted by Original Andrew | January 4, 2007 3:10 PM
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Unfortunately, not all Dems think alike or represent safe districts. Ergo, not all Democratic legislation can easily pass the legislature.

Posted by keshmeshi | January 4, 2007 3:33 PM
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Safe districts?

That means that it's more important for them to keep their own jobs than to do the right thing. It's such a pathetic cop out. And that's sure as hell not how most Rethuglicans operate.

I'm so sick of donating money and voting for do-nothing-Dems who jump at their own shadows and are too afraid to stand up for, or just don't give a damn about equal rights.

The fact that we can't get marriage or civil unions passed in Washington, the bluest of the blue states, is truly pathetic and symptomatic of a leadership vacuum.

Posted by Original Andrew | January 4, 2007 4:22 PM

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