Posted on 02/26/2008 10:11:22 PM PST by ThePythonicCow
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One Reagan adviser had predicted such a win shortly after Reagan had become the de facto nominee the previous spring. In a memo about the coming general election contest with Jimmy Carter, Richard Whalen wrote Reagan's "secret weapon" was that "Democrats fail to take him very seriously."
Are Republicans making the same mistake with Barack Obama?
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In just the past week, conservative commentators have accused Mr. Obama of speaking in "Sesame Street platitudes," of giving speeches that are "almost content free," of "saying nothing." He has been likened to Chance the Gardner, the clueless mope in Jerzy Koscinski's "Being There," whose banal utterances are taken as brilliant by a gullible political class.
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The assumption behind much of this criticism is that because Mr. Obama gives a good speech he cannot do substance. This is wrong. Mr. Obama has done well in most of the Democratic debates because he has consistently shown himself able to think on his feet. Even on health care, a complicated national issue that should be Mrs. Clinton's strength, Mr. Obama has regularly fought her to a draw by displaying a grasp of the details that rivals hers, and talking about it in ways Americans can understand.
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Remember the flu shot shortage a few years ago? Thank Hillary. It was her brain child to have the government buy up the vaccine forcing sales at greatly reduced rates. Price went too low so most of the manufacturers stopped making flu vaccine.
LOL. The left will not give up on this ever. If Hussein wins the election, that will be agenda item 1.
I saw nothing in the article linked above that changes my mind on my disagreement with the specifics of af's original claim.
Since the article throughout is recommending lifting the reimportation ban thus forcing more costs onto the rest of the drug subsidized world in order to sustain R&D costs, I don’t agree with your analysis.
As to the collapse of the Canadian system, I don’t know enough about it to speak.
I think this is closer analogy. He was such a disaster for NYC, he paved the way for Rudy.
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Since Barack and his wife agree with the black victimization and hate whitey creed, I think it could be much worse.
“We underestimate Obama at our own peril.”
I agree as well. We have lots of white voters eagerly voting for this man in order to feel absolved of racism, plus younger voters who want “change,” whatever that’s supposed to mean. If Obama is elected, it will be interesting to see what happens to the issue of race in this country.
We risk trying to "fix" the market distortions that have been caused by excessive intervention, both here and in other countries, by yet more regulatory intervention.
My current guess (yet another vacillation, sorry) is that it won't really make much difference whether or not re-importation is allowed. The excessive role of government in medical services and drugs will continue to grow.
That article favored "lifting the reimportation ban" because it could be a first step toward reducing the market distortions of excessive government intervention. I doubt that.
“The excessive role of government in medical services and drugs will continue to grow.”
I agree. Medicare D costs are going to grow exponentially, and a Dem government will surely step in and impose price controls. I would not want to buy pharma stocks long term.
My ailment was that the bones in my skull were fused, after a difficult birth (my mother has narrow hips, and I have a large head.) So it was good fortune that a cranial osteopath was just down the country road from us, in the next town. She was "just what the doctor ordered."
As usual in medicine, the key to a successful outcome is picking your ailment. Most specialists tend to treat you for whatever they specialize in. So pick an ailment the remedy for which will actually be of benefit to yourself.
The same probably applies to computer programmers, though I choose not to think much about that one -- it risks hitting too close to home.
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