The Dems are starting to look pretty bad.
[Update a while later]
Here’s a good idea (from that link):
Wanna get to Harry Reid? Call all those hotels and casinos in Las Vegas and tell them you won’t play until Harry backs down. Tell the books you won’t bet on sporting events, especially NFL games. They can get to Harry far more quickly and effectively than anybody else. Boycott Vegas.
The problem is that there is no single target, except maybe the Chamber of Commerce.
Harry Reid was born in 1939, He doesn’t face an election until 2016.
At that point he will be 77. Maybe he chooses to run again, maybe he doesn’t.
But, 3 years is a long time. Unless you think you can run a boycott of Vegas for 3 years,
it’s going to be long forgotten.
However, What do I know about politics?
Also the casino’s don’t worry about individuals coming to vegas anymore. The big business in vegas
is conventions and conferences. Vegas is all about conferences. The rise of indian gaming has eaten away
the bulk of individual gamblers.
Vegas is Corporate now, pure corporate.
That would be true, if he were a Republican, but Democrats seem to die in office, or do everything in their power to make that true (not the dying part, the “President for Life” thing), as we saw with Wilson, and F.D.R.. Wiser minds then mine can speculate why they are so unwilling to let go of power, but it seems very clearly to be a Democrat problem.
well, Strom Thurmond was 100 when he was senator from South Carolina.
Ted Stevens was 87 when he lost election.
Certainly. But this works against your point, doesn’t it? And on the partisan side, I note you have no examples of Republicans refusing to step down when they were obviously in bad health and could not do the job, as opposed, again, by Wilson and F.D.R., who’s wives ending up running the government (yes, rumor, but very solid rumor.). Or Senator Ted Kennedy, who lingered for months, but did not step down.
” I note you have no examples of Republicans refusing to step down when they were obviously in bad health”
Reagan, had alzheimers the last 2 years of his office.
Bush-41 was very sick the last 18 months he was in office.
Bush-41 was the classic case, He had achieved a decisive military result in 91,
had an approval rating of 91% in march of 91, he had no serious democrats running for office, in 91, all you had was Tsongas running in the primaries,
bill clinton was the “Bill Who?” candidate, comes out of nowhere, buried in bimbos, scandals and small state nonsense and still creams Bush.
Bush-41 was so sick during the 92 campaign, he could barely get out and appear.
Two of the top three longest serving Senators were Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye, both Democrats that died in office. Actually, you have to go to 11th in the list of longest serving Senators to find a Republican. And while 5 of the top 10 Democrat Senators died in office, 2 of them are still serving in the senate including the longest serving John Dingell.
Bush-41 was so sick during the 92 campaign, he could barely get out and appear.
BS Yeah, 41 threw up in December 1992, after the campaign was over, due to a 24 hour flu. But Bush 41 made his appearances on the campaign trail, and apparently was healthy enough later in life to make 3 skydiving jumps. So Douche nozzle’s argument is both a lie and irrelevant when compared to the facts. Officer holders don’t retire for politics because of a flu.
he had no serious democrats running for office, in 91, all you had was Tsongas running in the primaries
And Ross Perot running in a third party. Which is another reason Bush lost in 1992, and also why he actually did get on the campaign trail just fine during the general election. That Bush didn’t have a major primary challenge and his success with the Gulf War explains quite well why he didn’t campaign much in the primary and decided to act Presidential. Bush lost not because he was sick, but because he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. So instead, we got Clinton, who immediately raised taxes and made them retro-active to the period before he became President.