tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post397026219983411394..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Reelin' In The Years: Political Accountingdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-80349150203385895592016-05-29T09:48:27.378-04:002016-05-29T09:48:27.378-04:00While I'm at it, I always thought it highly re...While I'm at it, I always thought it highly remarkable that the current president, when asked which former prez he might seek to emulate, said GHW Bush. I think the case could be made that subsequent B-or-C presidencies worked hard to distinguish themselves from GHW, often to ill effect.dpreimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-36298971223718279652016-05-29T09:37:45.392-04:002016-05-29T09:37:45.392-04:00Yep. That's the money quote alright. I'm p...Yep. That's the money quote alright. I'm parsing the two houses legacies, and the more I read the fewer distinctions I find. dpreimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-4814608291937318972016-05-28T10:01:34.057-04:002016-05-28T10:01:34.057-04:00I love this quote:
As a mock-Hillary in a 2007 Sa...I love this quote:<br /><br />As a mock-Hillary in a 2007 Saturday Night Live episode put it, "Democrats know me…. They know my support for the Iraq War has always been insincere."<br /><br />This pattern, of modern Democrats bending so far back to preserve what they believe is their claim on the middle that they end up plainly in the wrong, has continually repeated itself.<br /><br />Matt Taibi nails it againJoel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.com