Comments on: Fallon Can’t Take What He Dishes Out

By: peacelady5374

peacelady5374 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:04:39 +0000

Al Gore deserved to lose in 2000. He was a warmonger just like Leonard Bowell. Ed Fallon was endorsed by StarPAC and has supported candidates like Nader and Dennis Kucinich who are truly for peace. Our planet needs more people like Ed Fallon, who really believes in peace, in Congress.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:27:08 +0000

For a more accurate analysis:

http://amesprogressive.org/2008/04/23/blogs/gavin/boswells-nader-mailer-again/

By: Gavin

Gavin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:24:46 +0000

That came off more snarky than I intended. An alternative analysis, I should have said.

By: REALLY

REALLY — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:29:16 +0000

Al Gore is a warmonger how interesting, is that why he won the nobel peace prize.

By: The Demo Memo

The Demo Memo — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:35 +0000

Peacelady, yeah it would be great if more peaceniks were in Congress. But while our country is at war, it’s very doubtful that a lot of them will get elected. If they DO get elected, they’ll have to learn how to compromise, which Ed Fallon does not know how to do.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:21:42 +0000

There’s a difference between compromise and complacency. I’d encourage people to think outside of the two-party dichotomy. Fallon’s more unwilling to compromise his principles than he is uncompromising.

It’s important to weigh political reality with social necessity. Democrats in Congress aren’t doing much about the war; Congress in general hasn’t been particularly effective on a lot of issues. And a lot of that is Republican stonewalling and Bush’s disdain for the Constitution. A Democratic majority is far and away better than a Republican one, no doubt. But you’re not going to have genuine change without taking risks.