Someone should tell Morris that the “country” is NOT the Republican party. But of course, it doesn’t matter. He’s just a shill for whoever pays him, and no one else other than Fox network would offer the guy a dime. Speaking of dimes, I’m tempted to go to his website and contribute one thin dime to Chambliss. Or maybe a penny. Can I do that using a credit card? Maybe if I use an Amex card, it will cost them more to process the “donation” than it’s worth to them.

This guy has never gotten over being dropped by Clinton, disgraced on the cover of Time and Newsweek, front page news for days, his wife is apeshit because she thought she was going to be appointed a Federal judge by Clinton–that is the source of his wrath. Both Morris and his wife, Eileen are scum.

Another is Kerry’s “flip-flop / voted for it before I voted against it” myth, whereby the viewer is supposed to not understand how the Senate frequently puts forth competing versions of bills for the same issue.

Then there’s Obama’s “voted present” myth; in the Illinois legislature a “present” vote can actually be an effective strategic tactic in getting legislation passed or stopped.

Then there’s everything you’ve ever heard about earmarks. In general, most Presidential campaign promises fall into this category as well – most of what they’re saying they’re for or against, I’m like “that’s not the President’s job.” Ferinstance, Obama putting forth a position on gay marriage. Unless federal legislation on the matter were to cross his desk, he’s got not a damn thing to do with it.

It’s positively disgusting that the MSM gives a pass on all of these people who have a stake in keeping voters misinformed; not just about issues, but about the basic functions of the positions of government that they’re seeking. It’s also similar to all of those who’s success requires that fewer people vote. If that’s what you need to win in a Democracy, then you’ve already lost.

only on fox news would this happen.

He should have stopped right there. If you cut the head off a chicken, it will run around for a while, making a mess. But it’s already dead.

Besides, he’s just spinning another yarn here. Even if the Dems only have 58 seats, there are enough moderate Repubs afraid of losing their jobs to kill most attempts to block legislation. Are Olympia Snow or Susan Collins going to go to the wall with Repubs to block healthcare or ending the war? I don’t think so. Is Chuck Hagel going to block ending the war? Nope. Is Orin Hatch going to block stem cell funding? Nope.

While I appreciate that strict party control of voting has been called “discipline”, I guaruntee that said euphamism was coined by a republican, and it offers a bright view of it — it paints a little smiley face on it. The fact is, though, that it IS discipline in an authoritarian sense: vote as we say or else.

I don’t like that euphamism in this regard: voting party line because it is party line is not discipline, it is sheepish and weak (afraid to make one’s own stand, or even unable to make a decision). I don’t think that we should refer to the hivemind approach to voting as being “disciplined.”

My $.02

1) everyone in your party WILL vote exactly the same, and

2) everyone in your party SHOULD vote exactly the same

This is putting the ‘party’ above all else. This is NOT a democratic process if that is how it works.

The days of Bush’s bid for the Fascist States of America are over. The people said “no”. Enough with the hivemind.

The fact is that Democrats inherently never muster the party political discipline that the Republicans do because mindless adherence to overarching authority in the service of dogma just isn’t in their psychological makeup.

Morris is of course painting the Georgia election as a last stand against an existential ‘enemy’ in typical GOP fashion, and as it happens trying to stay relevant—if Chambliss wins Morris will claim that his campaigning “saved” the GOP.

MORRIS: Yes, the Republican Party is dead at that point. It has no role at all to play, because you won’t have 60 — you’ll have 60 votes in the Senate for the Democrats.

Frankly, I think th Democrats sould work on Chuck Hagel to go Independent and caucus with them. Hasn’t Hagel already announcd that he’s retiring at the end of his current term?

And, after the way the Republicans treated John McCain, he could be another convert too.

Seems there is more than one way to get to 60 if Martin loses next Tuesday. (hint, hint)

Dick, may I call you Dick?

Maybe you should call a TOE TRUCK!

He’s wasting his money, anyway, the election will likely be rigged as it probably was 6 years ago. Max Clelland was loved by Republicans and Democrats alike. It seemed rather impossible that someone like Chambliss could have beaten him fairly.

ATLANTA – Lingering questions regarding former US Sen. Max Cleland’s (D-GA) loss in 2002 to US Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) are resurfacing in the last days of Democrat Jim Martin’s Run-off Election with Chambliss.

Whistleblower Chris Hood, former Diebold employee, spoke with Atlanta Progressive News in detail about an illegal patch, which may or may not be the same “0808″ patch Diebold now admits its workers applied during the 2002 Primary Election.

As previously reported in 2006 by Atlanta Progressive News, Hood and another whistleblower, Rob Behler, had given independent accounts regarding illegal Diebold patches used in 2002, to Rolling Stone magazine, as well as Black Box Voting (BBV) and Wired News magazine, respectively.

Hood told Rolling Stone in 2006 that he and other Diebold employees were instructed by then-Diebold President, Robert Urosevich, to install the patch on some 5,000 machines in Dekalb and Fulton Counties in July 2002.

http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0403.html

While you’re completely irrational about this, since January 20th is still a couple months away, now you know how we felt four years ago. Only, we’d already had 4 years of Bush and were legitimate in our discomfort. You’re just trying to fear-monger over what hasn’t even happened yet, but will likely be a huge improvement over the past eight years. Stop being so puerile.