Monday, November 28, 2011
He was right
My father used to say "If you want Republican policies, elect a Democrat. If you want Democrat policies, elect a Republican." I suspect he was quoting some commentator like Eric Sevareid, but he meant it.
Latest example, via NPR: The Obama administration is cutting back proposed regulations much more strongly than Rezident Bush The Son did.
Facts don't matter, though. Idiot partisans on both sides are still running with their shared lie that "Obama is progressive and anti-capitalist, Bush is all for big business." Mindless Brand-D partisans cheer this false assumption, mindless Brand-R partisans boo this false assumption.
Both are wrong. My father was right.
Incidentally, the same pattern happened with Rezident Bush The Father and Clinton. RBTF, supposedly a "small-government conservative", allowed government regulations and agencies to run murderously wild and created TWO huge Stalinist tyrannies (ADA, Clean Air Act). Clinton, supposedly a "socialist", brought regulations and spending under control and abolished the Fed welfare entitlement.
Latest example, via NPR: The Obama administration is cutting back proposed regulations much more strongly than Rezident Bush The Son did.
OIRA stands for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. It's part of the White House office that manages the entire federal budget. ....
The outcome, according to a new study by the Center for Progressive Reform, is that the office "has served as a killing ground for protective rules. We studied the records of 1,080 meetings that have been held at OIRA over the last ten years," said Rena Steinzor, CPR's president. "And we found that OIRA has changed 84 percent of environmental regulations, and 65 percent of other agencies' regulations, and the change rate is worse than it was under George W. Bush."
Facts don't matter, though. Idiot partisans on both sides are still running with their shared lie that "Obama is progressive and anti-capitalist, Bush is all for big business." Mindless Brand-D partisans cheer this false assumption, mindless Brand-R partisans boo this false assumption.
Both are wrong. My father was right.
Incidentally, the same pattern happened with Rezident Bush The Father and Clinton. RBTF, supposedly a "small-government conservative", allowed government regulations and agencies to run murderously wild and created TWO huge Stalinist tyrannies (ADA, Clean Air Act). Clinton, supposedly a "socialist", brought regulations and spending under control and abolished the Fed welfare entitlement.
Labels: Shared Lie
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