The Democratic critics of the critics of the Obama/Republican "compromise" ignore that it is not so much the compromise itself that ticked them off, but the complete capitulation before a compromise was arrived at. These Democrats supporting the president characterize "progressives" as "extremists" on the "far" left, reflecting the irrationality of the "extremists" on the far right.
So now the administration is promising to be "tough" in two years when extending the Bush tax cuts come up again. This makes it reasonable to believe that the administration caved before a fight only in order to show how "tough" they will be in two years when it will be harder to eliminate the benefits for the rich.
This form of unseemly BS is most uncomplimentary to the administration and those who believe in the "holy center." But criticizing them for their intellectual dishonesty only demonstrate how loony the loony left is.
The Wulfshead club is a well known watering hole for all the strange and unusual people in the world. And for those just passing through... No one's quite sure exactly where the club itself is located, and the very anonymous management likes to keep it that way, but there are authorized access points at locations all around the world, if you know where to look. And if your name's on the approved list. ~Simon Green, Daemons Are Forever
The Democratic critics of the critics of the Obama/Republican "compromise" ignore that it is not so much the compromise itself that ticked them off, but the complete capitulation before a compromise was arrived at. These Democrats supporting the president characterize "progressives" as "extremists" on the "far" left, reflecting the irrationality of the "extremists" on the far right.
ReplyDeleteSo now the administration is promising to be "tough" in two years when extending the Bush tax cuts come up again. This makes it reasonable to believe that the administration caved before a fight only in order to show how "tough" they will be in two years when it will be harder to eliminate the benefits for the rich.
This form of unseemly BS is most uncomplimentary to the administration and those who believe in the "holy center." But criticizing them for their intellectual dishonesty only demonstrate how loony the loony left is.
I'll just but it this way: It's a good thing that there were no "New democrats" and no DLC in 1776. History might have taken a very different turn.
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder what the "United States Declaration of Independence" might have sounded like.
ReplyDeleteYou mean, "The United States Declaration of Allegiance to the British Empire."
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