tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1037298009629400149..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-19667081412002831492011-12-19T06:30:10.730-05:002011-12-19T06:30:10.730-05:00But that's my point -- you said Bush could get...But that's my point -- you said Bush could get things through because they were popular. Tax increases on the rich are popular, but Obama can't get them through. So popularity isn't sufficient.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-30867103267652469192011-12-19T00:49:53.437-05:002011-12-19T00:49:53.437-05:00Tax increases on the rich are popular.
Two of the...<i>Tax increases on the rich are popular.</i><br /><br />Two of the three parties in parliament are against them.Davis X. Machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314589238738948708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-69867124408566845132011-12-18T23:05:09.044-05:002011-12-18T23:05:09.044-05:00Tax increases on the rich are popular.Tax increases on the rich are popular.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-33932562760932973692011-12-18T22:23:59.018-05:002011-12-18T22:23:59.018-05:00NCLB, the Patriot Act, and the tax cut were all po...NCLB, the Patriot Act, and the tax cut were all <i>popular</i>. The war was <i>popular</i>, if a UN resolution was sought as promise, it'd have had 2/3 a majority.<br /><br />Bush's vaunted political skill consisted of passing things <i>that were going to pass anyways. </i> The half of the Democratic caucuses that are actually Republicans saw to that.<br /><br />Which is why Social Security isn't privatized. That's not something everyone wanted -- and no amount of bullyarmfirepulpittwistingchats could cause it to pass.Davis X. Machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314589238738948708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76219625924102658982011-12-18T21:35:13.152-05:002011-12-18T21:35:13.152-05:00Nocera gets credit for exposing that sleazebag for...Nocera gets credit for exposing that sleazebag foreclosure-mill near Buffalo where the employees dressed as homeless people for Halloween, when they weren't engaging in massive robo-signing abuses. He helped drive the company <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/11/homeless-mocking-foreclosure-firm-shutting-down.html" rel="nofollow">out of business.</a><br /><br />Bruni? Nothing of value so far.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58018994571830929622011-12-18T17:55:31.800-05:002011-12-18T17:55:31.800-05:00And that's why the new NY Times Sunday "D...And that's why the new NY Times Sunday "DC Old Zoo Review" is something I read - maybe - during the week. If that - except for the Liberal multi-panel comic strip.<br /><br />When Frank Rich, for all his earlier faults was writing there, it was the first section I looked at as soon as I picked the paper up on Sunday's.<br /><br />Bruni, who is not ATROCIOUS, but is, at best - insipid, and has picked-up the DC BS faster than anyone since that fucking idiot Chuck Todd on MSNBC. At least Luke Russert has an excuse - he inherited the "insipid follower of Republican Talking Points" gene.<br /><br />Bruni and Nocera, as much as I hoped for the positive, have turned into uninteresting scribes of standard Beltway bullshit.<br /><br />I'd say it's time to cut them loose, but I'm afraid of what the NY Times might bring in to replace these assholes. <br /><br />Bill Kristol would LOVE another crack at the NY Times.<br /><br />God - all I ask from Santa for Christmas is a fucking fatal cardiac or aneurism!<br /><br />I'm tired SOOOOO tired of this countries bullshit!c u n d gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00875369227763250574noreply@blogger.com