Re: Online gambling to be attached to defense bill???- article Uh oh!!
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And how many of your ridiculed my 75% change of passage perdiction? Where there is an evil politician, there is a way...and most all politicians are evil - particularly during election season.
---Leavenfish
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You're kind of like the guy that goes all in when dominated, sucks out, and then berates the rest of the table. If the bill passes, it doesn't mean there was a 75% chance of passage...just means you happened to get lucky...kind of.
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Touchy.
Of course I hope I am wrong and I have never berated anyone as you well know. Your attempt and a cute analogy does not hold water. I was simply pointing out that certain people have sometimes tried to make short work of any opinion that this thing was likely to pass by saying essentially that others and myself were claiming the sky was falling or not very politically astute. Quite the contrary. I live in TN and what has always tipped my thoughts towards 75% has been my argument that Frist and Co. would pull out all the stops to get this thing passed in an election year - if only to make it appear to certain constituents that they can be trusted to 'get things done' by core party faithful. And they appear willing to do just that. It's sad...but a reality that a politicans level of ethics usually goes out the window when election time comes.
---Leavenfish
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The first line of your statement makes it seem as if you were taunting us. I've always taken exception to your view (and the view of a few others) that the sky is falling. I've disagreed, and I don't think it is particularly productive. My aim is to be productive in fighting this legislation. It is not to sit around and say that this thing is going to pass and put a percentage on it. When have you posted one thing in this forum that has provided information pertinent to the issue at hand (that issue being the defeat of this legislation)? Every post that I've seen from presents a view that the sky if falling and not much else. You seem to be pretty excited that there is now a pretty good chance you will be correct. What does this accomplish?
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