A Berkeley liberal sees the error of her ways.
I blame Sarah Palin.
Of course, it could have something to do with matters of taste.
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Irreconcilable DifferencesBy lex, on May 12th, 2009
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From the linked WSJ art: “The President of the United States should be better than this.”
Should be…..but clearly isn’t.
Which brings me to a point I’ve long pondered, namely, when is some President going to finally say enough is enough, and officially abstain from this event as being beneath the dignity of the office, violative of all the rules
of fraternization and too cutsy-pie by half. It only demeans the office, imo–and especially for a Republican President is a no-win deal in all kinds of ways. First he lays himself wide open to viscous ridicule; second to the charge he has no sense of humor if he doesn’t laugh enough or his jokes are unfunny. And third to the charge of laughing too much at tasteless jokes.
The next GOP President should end this “tradition.”
Thank God for the Second Amendment. Period.
Speaking as a recovering liberal myself – 7 years, 8 months and one day – I applaud Robin for doing what she’s done. It’s difficult for us former-bleedingheartliberals to acknowledge the error of our ways.
Difficult. But better, much much better.
There is always time for salvation…but sooner is better, so you can undo the votes of so many years on “the other side.”
I thought Robin’s essay was delightful. How many of us today are willing to say openly, “boy, was I ever wrong about that,” and then apologize? That’s the thing that grown- ups do. And there are too few of those around, especially lately.
Virgil … I like your description of the White House Correspondents dinner as “too cutesy by half.” And Lex’s description of it as a “group grope,” was right on, and made the big time in Jules Crittenden’s column. I agree that it’s time to let the occasion die a natural death. Public discourse and meetings with strangers have become so notoriously uncivil today that one needs to don a suit of armor before venturing forth to talk with folks you don’t know. In just the past ten years, I’ve noticed that people are so puffed up about their own importance that they think it’s fun to be rude to strangers.
Evidently, Wanda Sykes and Barack Obama belong to that group. Lex and his group are their polar opposites. Thank goodness.
Marianne
To the “Apologetic Liberal”, this conversion, is this before or after you got all of the benefits? Is this before or after you discovered your tax/salary ratio? Many people start as a Liberal to get their education and higher paying salaries, then convert to being a Conservative. These converts want to cut all of the programs that helped them. They figure this will cut taxes way down.
As I read the blogs, I see both sides of this question acting *exactly the same*, I refuse to become a member of either party. There was a time, it was said, “When a politician dies, they don’t bury him, they just screw him into the ground. When it comes to this subject, just color me, *cynical*.
I don’t know….the Bush/McCain primaries of 2000 were pretty ugly. But they didn’t turn me into a Clinton supporter.
I’m glad the Democrats acted as they did last year. Can you imagine if Hillary got the presidency? Are you sorry she didn’t. Come on….It was a reflexive survival instinct.
Are you sorry she didn’t?
Yes. At the time I said that I’d prefer Hillary because I thought she was stronger on defense.
Not if she was anything like her husband.
In the first 5 years following Desert Storm we went from 18 army divisions to 10. 24 fighter air wings to 13. The Clinton Administration cut our air power almost in half. And 546 naval ships to 333 ships in the U.S. Navy, about 40 percent. All while overall deployments increased.
Liz — those cuts were set in place once the Wall came down in ’89, and were decided in the Bush 41 administration. Can’t really blame them on the Clintons.
You’re correct, but the Clinton administration cut the planned scale backs to one third of the time Bush ’41 planned.
That was just the first five years, it continued downward from that.
(sorry to add in a double post, but I’m having trouble with the edit feature)
I’ve got to side with Fuzzy on this one – Hillary would be far better than Obama, and as much as it pains me to say it (even though I voted for him) McCain as well based on his state level performance.
Were you there when she took over military healthcare? That was her one job. How did that go during her involvement?
When did Tricare start? I’m asking because I don’t know. Tricare, my fellow blogodytes, was, and is, an abortion.
Scott is right about the “Peace Dividend.” It started with Bush I and continued through Clinton. The most damaging part took place under Clinton.
Tricare started with Hillary. It was the experimental test-case for the new national healthcare plan. It was, in a word, painful for the first few years.
I understand the peace dividend, but cutting by 40 percent in five years while keeping commitments and increasing deployments wasn’t the way to go about it. I don’t agree that things would have been the same either way. Yes, the cold war was over and the cuts necessary. No, they didn’t need to cut 40 percent in the first term of office. Somalia, Kosovo, Bosnia, no-fly zones over Iraq, Haiti….it was too much with too little.
Uhhh, unchanged as far as I noticed..
You should read the third comment down by Jason in Fort Lauderdale. American Thinker does not allow links to comments for some reason but here is an excerpt:
Both Republicans and Democrats need to start thinking about what we have in common and work together to restore opportunity so we can all have a shot at the game. Unless we see ourselves as Americans and stop thinking left and right and calling each other socialists or worse communists etc we will destroy this country.
He makes more sense than Robin does.