Watch our man Dennis turn a young arrogant rightwing prick into a nice lookin' heap a'stinkin' garbage...
Friday, July 10, 2009
so let me get this straight, mister anon bush dude...
it is classified, held secret from Congress, and no big deal...
"This characterization of something that began in 2001 and continued uninterrupted for eight years is just wrong. Honest men would question that characterization. It was more off and on," said a former top Bush administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the classified nature of the issue.
The official said he was certain that, if the nature of the program could be revealed, it would be seen as "no big deal."
"This characterization of something that began in 2001 and continued uninterrupted for eight years is just wrong. Honest men would question that characterization. It was more off and on," said a former top Bush administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the classified nature of the issue.
The official said he was certain that, if the nature of the program could be revealed, it would be seen as "no big deal."
Thursday, July 9, 2009
The Kid's All Right
My strong sense is that contrarianness reached its apogee in the 1990s when a general sense took over that politics was basically silly and that punditry should be seen as basically akin to the college debate circuit wherein the idea is to construct the most clever possible argument rather than to actually hit on the truth. When this general spirit of the times merged with the elite press’ inexplicable loathing of Al Gore you started getting really bizarre arguments being made with a straight face. People would say that one good thing about George W. Bush was that he was dimwitted, which made him understand leadership. Or that a big problem with Gore was that he was interested in public policy.
This attitude brought us thousands of Americans killed in a terrorist attack, thousands more killed in a senseless war, and eventually the collapse of the world economy. But that in turn has at least to a small extent reminded people that it actually does matter what happens and who’s right.
-- Matt Yglesias
tx/DougJ
This attitude brought us thousands of Americans killed in a terrorist attack, thousands more killed in a senseless war, and eventually the collapse of the world economy. But that in turn has at least to a small extent reminded people that it actually does matter what happens and who’s right.
-- Matt Yglesias
tx/DougJ
Sunday, July 5, 2009
EVERYBODY MISREAD YER ASS, JOE...
i'm with atrios -- this shit about "everybody" misreading the economy back when he and obama gave the repugnants every opportunity to ruin the stimulus -- while progressives-with-voice -- krugman, stiglitz et al. -- were "uh-oh-ing" all over the friggin' place that this stimulus was too small even before "obama and them" cut its heart out for the republicans... who then didn't cast one vote fer it.
biden oughta be ashamed of himself -- but moreover, git back to work and get stimulus #2 in the pipeline.
the other disingenuous comments came from the Prez himself, telling us DFHs we should play nice as the healthcare bill becomes smoke and mirrors like they have for 2 generations.
Caution will be the policy that destroys this presidency -- ie (and this is painful to say) being the NOT-BUSH/CHENEY wont work.
I has spoken. (as Mammy was wont to say...)
biden oughta be ashamed of himself -- but moreover, git back to work and get stimulus #2 in the pipeline.
the other disingenuous comments came from the Prez himself, telling us DFHs we should play nice as the healthcare bill becomes smoke and mirrors like they have for 2 generations.
Caution will be the policy that destroys this presidency -- ie (and this is painful to say) being the NOT-BUSH/CHENEY wont work.
I has spoken. (as Mammy was wont to say...)
Sunday, June 28, 2009
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