Comments on: Nostalgia http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: morte http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-69871 morte Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:23:42 +0000 http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/#comment-69871 Not to continue this thread to infinity, but your point about ideological purity is precisely what I was teasing out with my Reagan comments. The Kucinichs and Pauls of the world are useful insofar as they represent an ideal to aim for (granted you agree with it in the first place). But real political leaders understand the limitations of ruling under constitutional arrangements and adapt. Not to mention that the public desires practical solutions, rather than ideological ones. Not to continue this thread to infinity, but your point about ideological purity is precisely what I was teasing out with my Reagan comments. The Kucinichs and Pauls of the world are useful insofar as they represent an ideal to aim for (granted you agree with it in the first place). But real political leaders understand the limitations of ruling under constitutional arrangements and adapt. Not to mention that the public desires practical solutions, rather than ideological ones.

]]> By: Burrowowl http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-69859 Burrowowl Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:28:30 +0000 http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/#comment-69859 Exactly. I meant this post to be a compliment of sorts to the Reagan-that-was. He wasn't the paragon of conservative virtue that his party now makes him out to be. The biggest problem with candidates like Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul is that they are so strongly inclined to stick to their ideological guns. Ideological purity may be well and fine for intellectual discussion, but where the cleats hit the turf you need to be flexible. Exactly. I meant this post to be a compliment of sorts to the Reagan-that-was. He wasn’t the paragon of conservative virtue that his party now makes him out to be. The biggest problem with candidates like Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul is that they are so strongly inclined to stick to their ideological guns. Ideological purity may be well and fine for intellectual discussion, but where the cleats hit the turf you need to be flexible.

]]> By: morte http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-69857 morte Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:48:51 +0000 http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/#comment-69857 Pragmatism is the key here. Once Reagan (and David Stockman) realized that the supply-side magic wasn't working the same way it was on the bar-napkin, they reversed course. I think Reagan does deserve some credit for this, unlike the stubborn George Bush, who appears incapable of recognizing error. Pragmatism is the key here. Once Reagan (and David Stockman) realized that the supply-side magic wasn’t working the same way it was on the bar-napkin, they reversed course. I think Reagan does deserve some credit for this, unlike the stubborn George Bush, who appears incapable of recognizing error.

]]> By: Burrowowl http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-69842 Burrowowl Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:13:01 +0000 http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/#comment-69842 Wow, Chunkbot. Just... wow. Wow, Chunkbot. Just… wow.

]]> By: msilver http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-69827 msilver Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:44:23 +0000 http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/200801/nostalgia/#comment-69827 dumbing down everything I come across... http://chunkbot.com/junk/reaganomics.mp3 killing me... killing YOU! dumbing down everything I come across…

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