Who's Stronger?

[Pryderi]

Poll question: Who's Stronger?

[Fovea]

1. A well asked question answers itself

Thank you for asking the correct question.

[ProSense]

2. The Dems weren't a minority in 1994, it was 1995, and the Repubs had 52 seats to Dems 48.

And from 1997 through 2001, Repubs had a 10-seat majority. In 2006 the Congress was split 49-49, with 2 Independents.

On edit: There was a brief period between 2001 and 2002 when the Congress was split, and then the Repubs went up two to three seats. At the beginning of the 109th Congress in 2005, the Repubs had an 11-seat majority.

[Pryderi]

4. Ok. Who is better at being a minority party?

[ProSense]

5. Republicans,

which is why they should remain permanently in the minority.

Did you expect me to say Democrats? Never!

[whistle]

3. GOP are like the Viet Cong (VC)

The Viet Cong

The People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), more popularly known as the Viet Cong (VC), was the military arm of the National Liberation Front (NLF). Established at the end of 1960, the VC was created by the North Vietnamese communists to escalate the armed struggle in South Vietnam. In the early 60's they grew rapidly and by 1964, totaled over 30,000 soldiers.

The Viet Cong were organized into three levels: regular forces operating under the command of the southern communist leadership, full time guerrillas organized into companies serving under provincial leadership and finally, a part time self-defense militia, composed of units organized into squads and platoons used primarily for village defense.

Primarily, the VC were guerrillas, and it has been said that no one has ever developed an adequate defense against guerrilla warfare. They wore no uniforms, dressed in the same type of clothing as the local peasants, and blended into the landscape when their mission was complete.

The VC would periodically launch hit-and-run attacks on government installations, military outposts and even district towns in the South. Its most celebrated victory was at the village of Ap Bac in early 1963, when VC soldiers inflicted heavy casualties on the Southern Vietnamese units. The VC also played a primary role in the Tet offensive in early 1968, where they attacked villages, towns and cities in the South. Eventually, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) superseded the VC's combat role and by the end of the war in 1975, the Viet Cong's participations were only minor. After the war, the remaining VC were integrated into the PAVN.

[rug]

6. More like werewolves.

http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/2005/12/minutemen-of-third-reich-history-of.html

Interested far more in destruction than rebuilding a society.