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I've always been an Independent who leans left, with a toe on the middle line! However, I recently registered as a Democrat, because for the first time in my life, I support a candidate and will campaign and vote for Senator Obama in the primaries. Certainly, my favorite topic is Politics, of which I have only become ravenously involved since 2004. I try to provide thoughtful answers as much as possible, if warranted, because I am fascinated in how people view the world. I'm a proud wife and mother with a BA in Communication and minor in Family Studies.
Why so few vetoes for Bush?
Please, I'm looking for insightful opinions, preferably with citations or logical justifications, since this is a non-threatening question. I'm curious to know what factors contribute to this and what effect this has had on our country?
Bush had issued just one veto against embryonic stem cell research. A look at the vetoes of other presidents over eight decades:
Bill Clinton (1993-2001), 37 vetoes, two overridden.
George H.W. Bush (1989-93), 44 vetoes, one overridden.
Ronald Reagan (1981-89), 78 vetoes, nine overridden.
Jimmy Carter (1977-81) 31 vetoes, two overridden.
Gerald Ford (1974-77) 66 vetoes, 12 overridden.
Richard Nixon (1969-74), 43 vetoes, seven overridden.
Lyndon Johnson (1963-69), 30 vetoes, none overridden.
John F. Kennedy (1961-63), 21 vetoes, none overridden.
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-61), 181 vetoes, two overridden.
Harry Truman (1945-53), 250 vetoes, 12 overridden.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-45), 635 vetoes, nine overridden.
- AP
19 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoConservatives have a problem with "Neo liberals"?
I kept seeing "neo liberal" as a derogatory term, and being a liberal, I looked it up. After reading on Wikipedia, I guess I am a neo liberal as well, but I am wondering, if there is an alternate meaning for conservatives, because it sounds like a conservative value? And I'm looking for thoughtful, polite and referenced answers please!
"Neoliberalism is a label for economic liberalism that describes government policies aiming to promote free competition among business firms within market, notably liberalization and monetarism.
Neoliberalism promotes a stable currency, a balanced budget, free market capitalism, and free trade. Characteristic aspects include expansion of the market to a 24-hour global trading cycle, contract maximalization, increase in the frequency of contracts, continuous assessment, and derivative markets."
15 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWith the price of gas going up again...?
How much - per gallon - do you think YOU, out of your hard earned money, are paying for to fund the Saudi Royal Family's prostitutes, lavish vacations, murder cover-ups, golden toilets, indoor ski slopes and general extravagent lifestyle?
Oh, and by the way, who are their closest friends in the US?
16 AnswersPolitics1 decade agoWhat qualifies "success" in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Q1: In Afghanistan, the mission was to find Bin Laden and irradicate the Taliban, correct?
Q2: In Iraq the mission was to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, the immenent threat Saddam Hussein posed, and the support for the attacks of 9/11, right?
Q3: If these three things were disproved by at least 3 seperate inspections in Iraq, what is it that we are fighting for now?
Q4: When will the wars be determined a "success" so we can bring the troops home without all the political bickering?
9 AnswersMilitary1 decade ago