They Are Both Keynesians Now - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast

They Are Both Keynesians Now - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast:

"Obama inherited an economy in free-fall and the most obstructionist opposition in decades. He prevented a second Great Depression, achieved a halting recovery, passed universal healthcare and won as solid a victory against al Qaeda as is conceivable. What he needs to argue is that this is just the beginning of a national renewal, a downpayment on the rest  - by insisting that long-term debt reduction can be done now, that immigration reform must be achieved for the next generation of Americans, and that the insane tax code can be rescued from the special interests.

 Obama will not win by playing safe, it seems to me, or defensively, so that external events determine his fate, and Romney can crudely but mercilessly try to blame all our woes on the incumbent. Obama's brand is inextricable from reform, and his campaign must be designed to break the Republicans' resistance to such reform. You don't need a new slogan. "Yes We Can" needs just some tinkering. "Yes We Must" is more 2012."

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If You Want Another Debt And Spending Binge, Vote GOP

I'm lazy today and just want to look at the pictures...if you're more inclined read the link below, and the counter from the other side that it linked to - and debunked.


If You Want Another Debt And Spending Binge, Vote GOP - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast:

For me, it's just like the headline and history indicates - Republicans spend like drunken sailors and complain when the Democrats try to tidy up their mess by tightening the belt and trying to generate enough revenues to pay for the Republican spending binges.



I tell my 'conservative' friends I'm a fiscal conservative and couldn't possibly vote Republican - they're not conservative - except socially, and I'm a social progressive who believes the richest (for now) country in the world should be able to take just a bit off our massive offensive (hardly defensive) military spending and take care of all the healthcare and social needs we have.

And quit whining that some people using the social safety net are able to or want to 'game the system' and 'live off the gov't teat' (woo hoo! - look at that lavish lifestyle).  The few that do are able to take so few real dollars compared to the corporate and defense contractor sucking on the teat that it's like a kid taking sand from the beach with a toy bucket vs. a line of dump trucks and a front end loader.

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