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David Brooks takes on Obama "magic"

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Alma, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member



    No it couldn't. In a religion the assumption of an omniscient God precludes any Comedown - no inconsistency on campaign finance etc.
     
  2. Pastor

    Pastor Active Member


    ... an omniscient god presumably described through a text full of flaws (the "inconsistency...").

    It is a flawed case attempting to be made. It was applied to the wrong subject.
     
  3. Guy_Incognito

    Guy_Incognito Well-Known Member



    I have no idea what you're talking about.
     
  4. Pastor

    Pastor Active Member


    Of course...
     
  5. "The Gang of 14 created bipartisan unity on judges, but Obama sat it out. Kennedy and McCain created a bipartisan deal on immigration. Obama opted out of the parts that displeased the unions. Sixty-eight senators supported a bipartisan deal on FISA. Obama voted no. And if he were president now, how would the High Deacon of Unity heal the breach that split the House last week?"

    Jesus, can this guy not do snark. (By the way, David, you useless trend-sniffing foof, Mary Chapin Carpenter can write your pale ass around the block, so fuck off with your lead, OK?) But I would point out that, in the above passage, two of the three items mentioned -- the "compromise" on judges and the surrender on telcom immunity -- the bipartisan solution resulted in infinitely bad public policy to which no serious progressive Democratic politician should ally himself. And the immigration deal was so popular in the country that McCain's still getting the stuffing kicked out of him for it.
    "Bipartisanship" is one of those magic pundit words that result, in the real world, in a system by which the Republicans get pretty much what they want but the Democrats get to complain about it six months later.
     
  6. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Ding.
    Ding.
     
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