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"2 to 1" is a light overstatement. It is Democrats 9 to Republicans 5, but only pundits like R. Hudson Limbaugh III (and AA) will point that out.
The larger question this headline answers is: "What did ALL presidents accomplish in the last 50 years?"
The answer (and the Brookings Institute article, from 1999 is too dated to include the Bush melt-down of the last eight years) is leveling.
Maybe Democrats outstripped Republicans because the more liberal society America actually prefers worked to their favor; more voters simply approved of what Democrats had to offer so passing legislation was simpler.
In the end though, if the Brookings Institute article is correct, Obama has the "bipartisan" instincts average American voters actually want.
Sadly for progressives, BO's policies won't be nearly as left as they'd like. The silver lining for them will be of course that Clinton could not have won.
2 to 1-- Democratic Presidents Outstrip Republicans in Accomplishments
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Posted By: CLB Posted on: Jul. 7, 2008 at 2:16 PM  10 Comments
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Jul. 7, 2008 at 07:26:02 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by Phaedrus on Jul. 7, 2008 at 06:27:03 PM]
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Jul. 7, 2008 at 06:27:03 PM That 9-5 ratio, oddly enough, correlates not only in accomplishments but "size",... View this Comment Size? |
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Jul. 7, 2008 at 11:14:44 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by CLB on Jul. 7, 2008 at 07:26:02 PM]
Don't go there Cynthia. |
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Jul. 8, 2008 at 02:08:18 PM
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[This is a reply to comment by www.MoronInCharge.com on Jul. 7, 2008 at 11:14:44 PM]
Ah, come on, pleez let me go there! |
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 06:26:40 AM
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| Ya don't see Thom Hartmann or Mike Malloy getting busted with illegal viagra and Encite, do ya? We all kknow Bess Truman and Lady Bird Johnson stuck around for a reason.
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 08:43:50 AM
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[This is a reply to comment by Phaedrus on Jul. 9, 2008 at 06:26:40 AM]
Phaedrus
Jul. 9, 2008 at 06:26:40 AM Ya don't see Thom Hartmann or Mike Malloy getting busted with illegal viagra and Encite, do ya? We all kknow Bess Truman and Lady Bird Johnson stuck around for a... View this Comment Oh My God!!! Is EVERYTHING with numbers a size ratio for guys? Gawd, no wonder they want to be together for the sports games. Women would never put up with all that final score comparing! |
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 09:04:53 AM
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[This is a reply to comment by CLB on Jul. 9, 2008 at 08:43:50 AM]
CLB
Jul. 9, 2008 at 08:43:50 AM Oh My God!!! Is EVERYTHING with numbers a size ratio for guys? Gawd, no wonder they want to be together for the sports games. Women would never put up with all that final score... View this Comment Cynthia, We all know that you are a sophisticated woman, with refined and delicate sensibilities. I would never wish to question your personal propriety. However, I have known other members of the fairer sex -- namely all of them -- that could make Andrew Dice Clay blush if the conversations among themselves were to be shared. The most wild and out-of-control crowd in a strip club are invariably the female patrons. Men might not be so obsessed with size, if we had not overheard prim and proper women sit around in parlors and compare their lover's "shortcomings." |
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 09:27:36 AM
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[This is a reply to comment by CLB on Jul. 9, 2008 at 08:43:50 AM]
CLB
Jul. 9, 2008 at 08:43:50 AM Oh My God!!! Is EVERYTHING with numbers a size ratio for guys? Gawd, no wonder they want to be together for the sports games. Women would never put up with all that final score... View this Comment Mo Dowd's NYT column this week had her conversations with a marriage counselor/ Catholic Preist of 40 years, and his mother was asked how she dealt with a life of a husband and 2 sons - her answer was boys don't mature past the age of 11.
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 10:54:11 AM
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[This is a reply to comment by www.MoronInCharge.com on Jul. 9, 2008 at 09:04:53 AM]
www.MoronInCharge.com
Jul. 9, 2008 at 09:04:53 AM Cynthia, We all know that you are a sophisticated woman, with refined and delicate sensibilities. I would never wish to question your personal propriety. However, I have known other members of the fairer sex -- namely all of them -- that... View this Comment That's not true Moron! I think you are expressing another male fantasy-- women discussing MEN especially when they are alone! Women in male strip clubs are drunk-- and most are not used to constant exposure to "strip club" exposure (aren't most men are aclimated to overt sexualisation of women via porn and strip clubs by 16 if not sooner?)-- so I think their behavior is "nervous" if nothing else (and yes I have directly witnessed this behavior myself)! On the other hand, given mags like COSMO, your explanation makes sense (although I know more men who read it than women)! I forget though...I've heard today's "girls" are much more wild then I surely was! |
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Jul. 9, 2008 at 01:30:04 PM
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| Haven't you heard, CLB, according to Bama and the people here, billy Clinton was a terrible president. But now that the bitch Hilary is pretending to be on Bama's side, the Clintons aren't so bad.
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That 9-5 ratio, oddly enough, correlates not only in accomplishments but "size", too.
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