Posted on 04/11/2012 3:46:56 PM PDT by Syncro
April 11, 2012In a fast-changing world, a common mistake is to keep fighting the last war.
For example, why would Republicans support sending more troops to Afghanistan, when that war was long over, or helping topple Moammar Gadhafi, who had become an ally in the war on terrorism? Some Republicans seem to support all military deployments just out of habit.
For years after the 9/11 terrorist attack on America, Democrats hysterically bemoaned any military action, especially in Iraq. They claimed to have many precious objections, but the truth was, they thought we deserved the attack -- or at best, both sides were at fault.
So when it came to Obama's pointlessly sending more troops to Afghanistan or foolishly intervening in Libya, some Republicans' first instinct was to demand muscular American military action, forgetting that we are the party that cares about American national security and does not fling troops around the globe just to look tough, as the Democrats do.
Republicans who supported sending more troops to Afghanistan and taking out Gadhafi were fighting the last war.
Similarly, sometimes it seems as if Republicans' only move on the economy is to cut taxes. With the highest corporate tax rate in the world, there's much to be said for cutting taxes. But, unlike when Reagan ran for president, it's going to take a lot more than tax cuts to rescue this country from its $16 trillion debt.
When Reagan took office, the top marginal tax rate in this country was a staggering 70 percent. Lowering that to 28 percent was an enormous shot in the arm to the economy.
Cutting the top tax rate today from 35 percent to 30 percent -- or even 20 percent -- cannot possibly have the same dramatic effect. Republicans, as the only responsible party, are going to have to do something that's never been tried before in Washington: Cut government spending.
To keep prattling about cutting taxes, rather than cutting our behemoth, useless government is fighting the last war.
buh bye rominyite
Well, Ann, people like you are dooming us to fighting the last Presidential election.
Here true true love is Christie. Who is even more liberal than Romney but at least is willing to speak some economic truth once in a while.
She needs to float his global warming agenda trial baloon.
“Really, UN carbon taxes, a carbon trade “market” for Mittens and his pals, and high gas prices are ideal for the environment and economy, America!”
Ok, let me know when it’s settled. Both Anns and I will fight the good fight in the meantime.
Although I didn’t say he’d be better than W, just no worse, I’ve reconsidered and I concede that he may well be worse in some ways. However, W was infuriating with the way he rolled on immigration, NCLB BS, Part D, and would never veto spending bills, and had that quisling as press secretary who would never fight back, and spent too much GOP capital on the wars, with weak rhetoric and justifications, letting the Wilson/Plame debacle drag on for years, all of which which led to devastating defeats in 2006 and 8, and thus Obamacare. In any case Mitt beats the hell out of BO, the African-centered Liberation Theologist agitator with the giant chip on his America-transforming shoulder.
But I’m once bitten twice shy. Heck, multiply that.
If Mitt does the same, what truly is the difference? I just don’t get the confidence I need to believe he would do anything strong enough to stop this madness.
While I don’t think Bush wasted capital on the wars, I agree his reasons were badly stated as well as the implementation of the aftermath. Bremer in Iraq? What a joke. Not a position at the time for a frat house committee chairman.
But his daddy wasn’t much better letting Colin Powell advise him to take it easy on Saddam at the end and giving them offensive weapons (helicopters) for “humanitarian reasons”.
I forgot about the Wilson/Plame crap and you are correct. Badly handled and he let good people be treated unfairly for no reason. That’s Rove for you.
I know 0 is the worse, but at least we had Reagan in 1980. Mitt isn’t even up to one tenth of that. He’ll be a middle of the road president that will start off on the defensive with every petty attack the Dems will make.
They took down Bush 41 just like that and I don’t think Mitt will fight.
“I do think it’s pretty clear that Gov. Romney is ultimately going to be the nominee and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure that he is, in fact, effective and that we as a team are effective both in winning this fall and then, frankly, in governing,” - Newt
Let’s pull together now and defeat the communist. Mitt’s speeches are great.
You make me sick. I will not be herded by the GOPe and vermin with nothing bu compromise with evil as an agenda, into voting for a man who promoted and funded abortion, invented what little barry bastard turned into a national healthcare legislation, and a man who lies as easily as he breathes. You make me sick. Compromise all you want, try to threaten conservative4s with ‘the end of the Republic if we don’t vote for Milt Rominy’ ... you and Ann Coulter can go straight to hell and not pass go to collect 200 indulgences. You want conservatives to ‘pull together’ and support an alternate evil scumsucker. You make me sick.
Barry makes me sick. does Newt now make you sick?
You and the fake ann coulter make me sick. You are a useful idiot, not worthy of Freeperdom.
If barry actually made you sick, you wouldn’t be licking and swallowing the same bilge rominy spittles. You’re a fraud.
Hoyt.. is that you?
Man I hope not. I don’t want to lose respect for another person I have admired int he past. Hoyt is hopefully above such rominy sycophancy.
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Who’s Hoyt? Sounds like a guy who could be reasoned with.
Does Newt now make y’all sick?
Hoyt Axton
No you’re a useful idiot if it comes down to R v O and you don’t pull the lever for R.
If it comes down to R v O, you will support infanticide and communism if you don’t pull for R.
What's your excuse for being a purposeful mischaracterizing shill for the abortion promoting rominy?
I smell hypocrit in your posts.
I know this must be getting depressing, but perhaps you can ‘help this rominyite out’? It seems to have the abortion issue twisted around from all Milt Rominy’s spinning.
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