tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post7370787830205653353..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Why the Supplemental stinks on iceLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-12421509631671130422007-03-30T19:09:00.000-06:002007-03-30T19:09:00.000-06:00and yeah, McCain is loathsome.what really worries ...and yeah, McCain is loathsome.<BR/><BR/>what really worries me is that we'll end up just losing any sort of progressive alternative at all; instead it'll end up becoming a fight between these assclowns and a sort of nativist paleocon, probably with strong theocratic/Christianist leanings. you know, all that brownshirtism has to go somewhere...belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-84324383834761296712007-03-30T19:07:00.000-06:002007-03-30T19:07:00.000-06:00yep. except for the inevitability of the Dems win...yep. except for the inevitability of the Dems winning in '08, and except for Giuliani being the one to sweep in.<BR/><BR/>the scary thing is i can think of worse scenarios. <BR/><BR/>god, where did these people ever learn to bargain? don't they know that you start by asking for MORE than you know you're gonna get? that that's how it WORKS?belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-73895914648554082182007-03-30T11:42:00.000-06:002007-03-30T11:42:00.000-06:00I don't understand why the Democrats couldn't thin...I don't understand why the Democrats couldn't think of a better way to play politics. Hell, Matthew Yglesias was able to:<BR/><BR/>Stick to the letter of the War Powers Act. Approve the supplemental appropriation for 3 months. Then, either the <I>Republicans</I> have to poo-poo the money, or they have three months to watch the war spiral down further, giving the Democrats time to actually put together and pass a war-ending bill. It's not like the Democrats lack for plans to do so well: Zbigniew Brzizinski and Brent Scowcroft have excellent ideas, just to name two.<BR/><BR/>But what is truly, truly scary, is that Hillary Clinton -- and to a lesser extent Edwards and Obama -- are more of the same. The only thing worse is McCain, who is Bush on crack.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com