tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4132351128741553993..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Bastards Aren't Even Trying to Hide It.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-78586742155773490602018-10-17T12:46:13.043-07:002018-10-17T12:46:13.043-07:00As the US immolates itself in the service of excep...As the US immolates itself in the service of exceptionalism the biggest downside I can see is that the rest of the world will have to clean up the mess and I don't think the rest of the world has the jam for the job. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57330027324475635052018-10-17T11:33:31.591-07:002018-10-17T11:33:31.591-07:00Mound, you are probably familiar with the writings...Mound, you are probably familiar with the writings of Thomas Frank (<i>What's the Matter With Kansas?</i>). Rather than waste his time over the awfulness of the Republicans, Frank is concerned with the constant failures of the Democrats. For example:<br /><br />"For all their cunning, Republicans are a known quantity. Their motives are simple: they will do anything, say anything, profess faith in anything to get tax cuts, deregulation and a little help keeping workers in line. Nothing else is sacred to them. Rules, norms, traditions, deficits, the Bible, the constitution, whatever. They don’t care, and in this they have proven utterly predictable.<br /><br />The Democrats, however, remain a mystery. We watch them hesitate at crucial moments, betray the movements that support them, and even try to suppress the leaders and ideas that generate any kind of populist electricity. Not only do they seem uninterested in doing their duty toward the middle class, but sometimes we suspect they don’t even want to win." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/27/liberals-donald-trump-rightwing-populism<br /><br />So, yes, the Republicans continue to crap on the masses while the Democrats pretty much look away. <br /><br />By the way, Frank thinks Trump has a good chance of being re-elected. What are the democrats doing about it? Not much. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17594654016201335492018-10-17T11:23:59.718-07:002018-10-17T11:23:59.718-07:00At least now they’ll put Arthur Laffer back in the...At least now they’ll put Arthur Laffer back in the drawer.John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4841057353451839472018-10-17T08:29:23.927-07:002018-10-17T08:29:23.927-07:00For Republicans, lying is like breathing. It comes...For Republicans, lying is like breathing. It comes naturally.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51896252582575190432018-10-16T21:12:21.204-07:002018-10-16T21:12:21.204-07:00https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/malfunctio...https://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/malfunctioning-intuition-in-modern-world.html?m=1Jay Farquharsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335226520940843630noreply@blogger.com