RSS Feed MenuA reader in a government job writes in response to the blogpost below,
I am sure you have better things to do than to watch the Today Show, but here was the morning lede from last night’s vote…”Republicans voted against the measure because there were not enough tax cuts.” That’s right. After all the Republican soul searching in the wake of two devastating elections they unify around small government and tax cuts. Truly innovative.Now imagine if the GOP did not have such a knee-jerk opposition to spending and actually thought strategically. The lede could have been “Republicans voted against the measure because it did not include enough large infrastructure projects and lacked imagination.” Instead of fighting Dems on the dollar amount of spending, knowing that we would lose that fight in any event, we could have stood with Obama and called for large high-tech infrastructure projects that would employ large numbers of minorities in construction and white collar suburbanites in development. These projects (high speed rail corridors as an example) would also capture the imagination of the green close-in suburbs that are turning viciously against the GOP and have the strategic benefit of jamming up the young Dem members (Webb/Warner/Hagan/McCaskill) who depended on these voters for their victories.
Then again, we could just listen to Rush and harken back to the 1980s when Ronald Reagan supposedly curbed spending.
larryo // Jan 30, 2009 at 8:25 pm
And finally, sinz, if that jibe about letting foreign countries tell you who to vote for was about Sarah Palin being an international laughing stock, you will quickly see, I suspect, the difference between the policies negotiated by someone who is internationally liked and respected and those advanced by someone who everyone on the planet with any influence thinks is a clown. Thoughtfulness is a trait to be highly encouraged in the most powerful executive in the world, I hope you agree, and Sarah Palin cannot tell you which newspaper(s) she reads. That can only be true if she reads none at all. Don’t you know which newspapers you read?
gerrysh // Jan 31, 2009 at 12:31 pm
We need to give credit where credit is due. Only a genius like Barry O could come up with this new plan to increase revenue without raising taxes. Simply nominate forgetful people to high federal positions, so they remember how much they owe Uncle Sam and and forced to pay up.
(BTW, the troll has been outed. No need to feed it.)
larryo // Jan 31, 2009 at 4:56 pm
BTW, jerrysh, when Mr. Frum opened this forum up, he made it plain that he sought submissions from across the spectrum of political opinion, so if there is any troll here it is you.
gerrysh // Jan 31, 2009 at 5:21 pm
If I wanted the opinion of a dolt, I would have asked for yours, larryo.
Here’s a little education for you. Being a troll has nothing to do with a point of view. It’s the dishonesty in posting, or example, when someone says that they are a Republican, but then trashes every successful Republican out there.
gerrysh // Jan 31, 2009 at 5:22 pm
BTW, it’s no use asking, but I’ll note that larryo owes me an apology.
larryo // Jan 31, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Bluster and blather – surely, even you can see how discredited you are.