Actually, it's probably more than two people. While there may be some value in what you are saying, in general, CavMedic's response is a valid one as well. Senator Coats is being pulled by several forces: on one hand, although most of us think Obama is a douche, he IS the international "face" of the United States and it is desirable that the US be believed when we make a definitive warning - no matter how foolish it may be. On the other hand, spending US lives and treasure for no geopolitical gain is foolish and wrongheaded. Coats, no doubt, believes the latter, but he is probably concerned about the former, as well.
CavMedic's response, as well as your own and everyone else's will help Coats see his way through the issue, I'm sure. And, at least he asked his constituents for their opinions on the issue, which is more than our Junior Senator has done, apparently.
Agreed.
Wow. You have no understanding of social psychology or use of indirect language. I'm not on the defensive. Quite the opposite, I just got tired of a pointless argument. I'm not going to speak to you like an adult when your previous post is a direct attack on my supposed ego and my wonderful imaginary life. This is my whole point. You say stupid baseless **** and expect me to continue listening to you? Nope, I have no respect for you now and will address you as you as such. This is exactly what Coats will do if you address him in a similar manner. Feelings hurt? nope. Just have no need to consider your opinion.
BTW never addressed anyones maturity. just making a point that if you want people to listen to you, and take you seriously, you don't rant at them. Something many will never understand. And yet they will be Suprised when they don't get their way....
Think of it this way. If you received more communications on a particular topic than you could process individually, how would you handle them? At that level, your words don't do the convincing, it's the numbers that do. So the specific details of your correspondence matters much less than a simple yea or nay. Yer either ferit, or yer aginnit, and it probably doesn't matter a whole lot how caustic you are in expressing that.
Todd must be much taller than he looks in his Facebook photos....he has to be in order to straddle the fences he does so well and so many times.
I don't think so. But this response is typical of all his I've read. (Most were back during the common sense gun control threat earlier this year). He's definitely not cut out of the Rand Paul/Ted Cruz mold. And considering his district, maybe he's a lot more savvy than I'm giving him credit for.
You're probably right. I doubt they voted for him or will vote for his re-election but as long as he comes out on the right side of things, I guess that's what counts.
I occasionally listen to the Greg Garrison podcasts that have Young as a guest. If you ask Todd what time it is, he'll explain how the clock works, and afterwards, you're still not sure what time it is. But so far he continues to earn my vote, just not an emphatic one. But in the 9th, someone more of my liking could not win. We take what we can get.