See ... I told you
posted by Jmac at 4:59 PM
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
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5 Comments:
Not to be contrary, but all the PI guys tell is is that the democratic caucus met today and read some literature that blasted the Glenn Tax.
I'm still waiting for them to draw down on this thing.
They better.
-wmo
Well, my fellow Anonymous friend, maybe they will "draw down" at some point, but think about it:
"Drawing down" is to, in effect, stand up and cheer for the property tax.
I'm not--politically--that's a good place to be.
Better to let the Republicans kill this thing themselves.
And they will--piece by piece, bit by bit.
I gotta agree with Anon #2.
Never interfere with your adversary while they are destroying themselves.
We win this one without firing a shot. That's good political strategy on both the micro and macro levels.
Dems are finally being recognized as the less radical, less crazy, less dangerous, and more mainstream than the Republicans. Predictable since Republicans know how to win elections but tend to get really greedy really fast.
Dems can usually govern well but can't hold on to offices because they won't "give away the store" to their big donors and their base.
There are, of course, individuals who are both shining and tarnished exceptions to this generalization but, over the past 50 years or so, that's how it tends to work out.
Under the Gold Dome, the Republicans are now engaged in a giant cat-fight amongst themselves and are looking crazier every day. Dems are well-advised to just stay on the sidelines and wait for them to finish imploding.
Al
Dems are finally being recognized as the less radical, less crazy, less dangerous, and more mainstream than the Republicans. Predictable since Republicans know how to win elections but tend to get really greedy really fast.
Dems can usually govern well but can't hold on to offices because they won't "give away the store" to their big donors and their base.
Uh, okayyyyyy....
I think you are missing just how 'fed up' people are getting with the WHOLE system. Telling us that the Dems are less corrupt and greedy and short-sighted and inefficient than the Repubs is so 20th century. Get with the program, man! We want something entirely different.
I think you are missing just how 'fed up' people are getting with the WHOLE system. Telling us that the Dems are less corrupt and greedy and short-sighted and inefficient than the Repubs is so 20th century. Get with the program, man! We want something entirely different.
I think you're missing the whole point. People, for the most part, still strongly favor the two-party system. Their problem, rather, is the tone of politics in today's environment and, perhaps, particular leaders and elected officials.
They want better leaders and a more candid discussion of the ideas. Not stuff like 'Republicans are trying to steal health care from poor kids' or 'Democrats don't want to protect us from terrorists.'
This is why, I think, folks are intrigued by both Barack Obama and Ron Paul. While I'll concede the former is definitely more in line with mainstream Democratic thought than Paul would be with mainstream Republican thought, they approach and discuss the issues in different, fresh ways. I'd argue that if either one opted to pursue a third-party campaign they wouldn't have nearly the same amount of traction they have as of now.
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