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This week's episode is sans-guests and sans-metaphysics, as Lucretia and Steve kick around the news of the week, which is a mix of the usual ominous portents from Washington, along with some evidence that Democrats are in free-fall with the public.
First up is a look at the egregious Department of Justice letter identifying parents protesting at local school board meetings as a threat to the regime (in an ironic way, the DoJ is right!), wondering just what the federal question under the law is, and noting how this step certifies the open contempt Washington has for local self-government (thank you for your candor Terry McAuliffe!). Then we look at the Ezra Klein NY Times article about Democratic data-maven David Shor, who is trying to warn Democrats that the public is swifty turning against them. Steve offers some historical perspective to show how insane Democrats are in thinking they can govern the country as though they had the same kind of huge and durable majorities that FDR and LBJ had once upon a time.
And this leads into another of our friendly arguments about how to judge Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who Steve thinks has performed brilliantly in dividing House Democrats and showing that Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are actually terrible political strategists, while Lucretia is naturally less enamored of this thesis.
And finally, a Lucretia shout out to Andrew Klavan's new article in City Journal on what lies at the heart of our political divisions of the moment, and what is necessary to fix it.
Exit music this week is "What's In the News" by MacMillan, Bell, and Alexander.
Hosted by Steve Hayward, with guest "Lucretia"
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The problem is that the Republicans, when they get the majority in Congress, don’t eliminate the new Democratic programs. ObamaCare has been cut back but many of its destructive elements remain. The Education Department is still there.. NPR and PBS continue to be funded. The march through the institutions continues. As Mark Steyn says, the Ds govern when they have the majority. Rs congratulate themselves for doing minor trimming. The huge bills are destroying the U.S.’s finances. I take no solace in Rs taking the Congress back after this is accomplished.
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They are being so stupid about this it's unbelievable. I really wish I could force confessions at gunpoint out of these idiots.
It's forcing single payer. Act accordingly.
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It is interesting that Obama wasted his entire first year trying to pass a carbon tax to raise money for the rest of his projects, health care included. He was completely defeated on the subject. He did pass a bunch of emergency stuff for the economic crisis. Obamacare was the second year.
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And the economic wizard that he was his first instinct was to look at the disaster of an economy he was sitting on due to the Wall St./Financial collapse and...(wait for it!)...RAISE taxes!
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I have always said that Mark Kelly was a very wealthy, celebrity gun grabber, with an engineering degree. I don't get why this makes him qualified to start in the Senate instead of somewhere else.
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