tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1823910308455637191..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-22802912773301676502012-11-09T11:35:29.754-05:002012-11-09T11:35:29.754-05:00The election and its aftermath (specifically, the ...The election and its aftermath (specifically, the rage & denial exhibited by the likes of Trump, Limbaugh & Nugent) makes me think that the single best thing that could happen to the Dems is a continuation - nay, an intensification - of the lumpenright fever infecting the GOP. If I were well-heeled and sufficiently cynical, I'd be very tempted to contribute to every loony-bin Tea Party outfit I could find. We need those GOP primaries to be simon-pure ideological tests... again.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-21838221799827273382012-11-09T10:28:51.887-05:002012-11-09T10:28:51.887-05:00I hope you're right. But right-wing pols tend...I hope you're right. But right-wing pols tend to find rabble-rousing intransigence hard to resist.<br /><br />Business interests in the South thought segregation was hurting business in the '60s, but pols' need to whip up the anger of the populace was too strong. And business these days doesn't want a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, but pols on the right won't budge. Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-24912367357545542642012-11-09T10:19:21.071-05:002012-11-09T10:19:21.071-05:00Turning down the Medicaid expansion is going to hu...Turning down the Medicaid expansion is going to hurt "job creators" who have a low-paid workforce. Instead of low-paid employees going into Medicaid, they will cost the employer one way or another.<br /><br />Once businesses figure this out, there will be huge pressure to expand Medicaid.<br /><br />By 2016 this will be a non-issue.biz5thhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274752715396083700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-21307039468177108842012-11-09T06:47:08.054-05:002012-11-09T06:47:08.054-05:00And I suppose any Governor who goes into hospitals...And I suppose any Governor who goes into hospitals and pulls out IV's and plugs, will be a shoo-in?<br /><br />Never mind the fever breaking, I think their cancer is metastisizing.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com