Goodbye Donald
A post to commemorate the belated passing of Donald Rumsfeld. Bush showed himself to be a man with immense balls by keeping him for such a long time when it was plain for all to see that his post-conflict strategy in Iraq was, for want of a better word, rubbish. It's not surprising that Bush was so stubborn about Rumsfeld though - supposedly one of the reasons that he has been so popular (at times) is his confidence in his own decisions. However this was a time when that confidence clearly betrayed him.
I guess now's the time when we find out what plans, if any, the Democrats have had up their sleeves these past twelve years. Maybe we'll see something getting done about climate change?
With regard to a post of a couple months ago - "Rampant Cross-dressing" - note this observation: "The Times believes the Democrats won votes by moving into the centre ground. Among these so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats is Jon Tester, the Montana Senate candidate, who is "is an anti-abortion, pro-gun, three-generation farmer with a buzz cut, three missing fingers on his left hand and no big fan of Hillary Clinton"." It could be a sign of the political discourse having been hegemonised by the right, to the extent that the only way to get elected is to talk like you're one of them (in much the same way as David Cameron is trying to change the image of the Conservative party over here). But I guess this was a local phenomenon in Montana, rather than a national one.
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I guess now's the time when we find out what plans, if any, the Democrats have had up their sleeves these past twelve years. Maybe we'll see something getting done about climate change?
With regard to a post of a couple months ago - "Rampant Cross-dressing" - note this observation: "The Times believes the Democrats won votes by moving into the centre ground. Among these so-called "Blue Dog" Democrats is Jon Tester, the Montana Senate candidate, who is "is an anti-abortion, pro-gun, three-generation farmer with a buzz cut, three missing fingers on his left hand and no big fan of Hillary Clinton"." It could be a sign of the political discourse having been hegemonised by the right, to the extent that the only way to get elected is to talk like you're one of them (in much the same way as David Cameron is trying to change the image of the Conservative party over here). But I guess this was a local phenomenon in Montana, rather than a national one.
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