Thursday, January 10, 2008
Batch of idiots, with one exception
In the Fox "forum" just now, Brit asked Huckabee about his record as governor:
Brit stated that Huck had raised taxes and increased the size of government, and asked if he would do the same thing as President.
Huck finally gave a halfway decent answer. Governors have to do something that Senators don't have to do: We have to take the situation as it stands, including Federal mandates, and make it work.
But there was a perfectly conservative, perfectly Constitutional, and powerfully Reaganite answer to the question, which Huckabee either doesn't understand or isn't willing to give.
This answer would be:
"Yes, I made tremendous improvements in Arkansas [give details] and this did require an increase in taxes and an increase in the size of the STATE government. And this is exactly how our federal system is supposed to work. The Tenth Amendment says that all powers not explicitly given to the Federal level shall be exercised at the State level.
By improving my own state instead of sitting back and letting the Feds do it all, as my Democrat predecessors had done, I was following the will of the Founders."
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Overall, I found myself thinking for the first time that Ron Paul makes sense. All the other candidates spent the entire debate getting tangled up in a total contradiction. All the other candidates were trying to convey two simultaneous and insanely incompatible messages:
Message 1. I pledge to continue the policies of George W. Bush totally, completely and utterly, in all things. Our government under George W. Bush is totally, completely and utterly perfect, the most wonderful of all possible worlds, Nirvana and Heaven rolled into one.
Message 2. I will change everything for the better, but I won't tell you how.
Only Dr. Paul states clearly the obvious truth: the current situation is disastrous.
Most of his diagnosis is wrong, which means most of his prescription is also wrong, but he's the only candidate who states the patient's condition accurately, and the only candidate who gives the correct PROGNOSIS if the patient continues its present lifestyle without treatment. ¶ 7:25 PM
Brit stated that Huck had raised taxes and increased the size of government, and asked if he would do the same thing as President.
Huck finally gave a halfway decent answer. Governors have to do something that Senators don't have to do: We have to take the situation as it stands, including Federal mandates, and make it work.
But there was a perfectly conservative, perfectly Constitutional, and powerfully Reaganite answer to the question, which Huckabee either doesn't understand or isn't willing to give.
This answer would be:
"Yes, I made tremendous improvements in Arkansas [give details] and this did require an increase in taxes and an increase in the size of the STATE government. And this is exactly how our federal system is supposed to work. The Tenth Amendment says that all powers not explicitly given to the Federal level shall be exercised at the State level.
By improving my own state instead of sitting back and letting the Feds do it all, as my Democrat predecessors had done, I was following the will of the Founders."
= = = = = = = =
Overall, I found myself thinking for the first time that Ron Paul makes sense. All the other candidates spent the entire debate getting tangled up in a total contradiction. All the other candidates were trying to convey two simultaneous and insanely incompatible messages:
Message 1. I pledge to continue the policies of George W. Bush totally, completely and utterly, in all things. Our government under George W. Bush is totally, completely and utterly perfect, the most wonderful of all possible worlds, Nirvana and Heaven rolled into one.
Message 2. I will change everything for the better, but I won't tell you how.
Only Dr. Paul states clearly the obvious truth: the current situation is disastrous.
Most of his diagnosis is wrong, which means most of his prescription is also wrong, but he's the only candidate who states the patient's condition accurately, and the only candidate who gives the correct PROGNOSIS if the patient continues its present lifestyle without treatment. ¶ 7:25 PM
