all the questions for Speaker's Questions are submitted beforehand and the Prime Minister goes in there with responses already written out. I do not see how it would be any different here than there.

2/12/2008 11:31:46 AM

The best part of PM's question time is the jeering and hooting from the member's of parliament. I'd love to hear the president get heckled.

2/12/2008 12:16:37 PM

^^ Oh well thats not half as fun then....

2/12/2008 12:18:23 PM

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" "nutsmackr: The party has all the right in the world to determine who represents them. If you don't like that, then go create a third party. the parties are private entities, they are not the government." "

The communist party in China does that to but it doesn't mean its right or even good.

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"The best part of PM's question time is the jeering and hooting from the member's of parliament. I'd love to hear the president get heckled."

agreed

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2/12/2008 12:54:14 PM

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"The communist party in China does to that doesn't mean its right or even good."

WAT?

2/12/2008 12:55:47 PM

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"all the questions for Speaker's Questions are submitted beforehand and the Prime Minister goes in there with responses already written out. I do not see how it would be any different here than there."

Its asinine to expect a president, any president, to be up on every possible issue a congressman could randomly throw at him in an open free-for-all session.

What would be awesome is watching the president get booed (or cheered) for statements. I don't think that'd happen here though since the president is the head of the nation while, in England, the prime minister isn't soverign, just another politician.

2/12/2008 1:04:23 PM

Yeah. That shit would be like a perpetual State of The Union speech.

2/12/2008 1:06:14 PM

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"The communist party in China does that to but it doesn't mean its right or even good."

How can you even compare the communist party of china with the democratic or republican party? Last I checked, the party chairman for either party wasn't automatically the head of state for the United States.

2/12/2008 1:14:35 PM

If that's the way the Dems wanna pick their nominee, then so be it. I find it rather amusing though, seeing these politicians grovel and pimp out for votes. Phone calls, luncheons, hilarious!

2/12/2008 1:52:51 PM

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"I find it rather amusing though, seeing these politicians grovel and pimp out for votes."

good point - that is an entirely Democratic behavior. Republicans would never stoop so low!

2/12/2008 2:22:19 PM

LOL care?

2/12/2008 2:59:36 PM

i was just wondering if you've ever provided anything of use to this board except for partisan hackery.

speaking of (partisan hackery and our silly primary system), I just talked to a friend in Alexandria, VA who is voting today in the Open Primary. He said he heard morning DJs this morning encouraging registered Republicans to vote for Hillary, trying to giving her the advantage because they view her as more beatable by McCain. Then while in line at the polls he heard two other people say they were doing just that.

2/12/2008 4:04:25 PM

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"Last I checked, the party chairman for either party wasn't automatically the head of state for the United States."

What about chief political consultant to the president?

2/12/2008 6:54:59 PM

^^ actually I'm amused when I get under the skin of wingbat douchebags like yourself.

2/12/2008 7:55:18 PM

i thought once elected the president is the head of his respective party

2/12/2008 8:32:02 PM