Tuesday, August 06, 2013
BUSYBODY POLITICS: "[T]he key to busybody politics, and its endlessly imposed "solutions," is that third parties pay no price for being wrong. This not only presents opportunities for the busybodies to engage in moral preening, but also to flatter themselves that they know better what is good for other people than these other people know for themselves."
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: If only our foreign enemies were Republicans. Wait, wait. I thought Republicans were the Taliban.
OH, REALLY? Republicans are destroying civilization. Hmm. Let's look at the facts.
Post-Reagan, there have been 4 Presidents, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Two of the four were Democrats, and since George H. W. Bush served only one term, the Democrats have controlled the Presidency for 4 of seven terms. Democrats have controlled the Senate for 7 of 13 Congressional sessions, and the House for 5 of 13 Congressional sessions.
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama each had one Congressional session where Democrats also controlled both Houses of Congress; George W. Bush had two Congressional sessions where Republicans controlled both Houses.
Democrats have controlled 2 or more of the House, Senate, and Presidency for 7 of the 13 Congresses since Reagan.
During Reagan's 8 years in office, Democrats held the House of Representatives all 8 years, by significant margins, and held the Senate for 6 of the 8 years. In words even a Daily Kossack can understand, Ronald Reagan never once had a united Congress of his own party.
And you expect me to believe Republicans are destroying civilization??
Post-Reagan, there have been 4 Presidents, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Two of the four were Democrats, and since George H. W. Bush served only one term, the Democrats have controlled the Presidency for 4 of seven terms. Democrats have controlled the Senate for 7 of 13 Congressional sessions, and the House for 5 of 13 Congressional sessions.
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama each had one Congressional session where Democrats also controlled both Houses of Congress; George W. Bush had two Congressional sessions where Republicans controlled both Houses.
Democrats have controlled 2 or more of the House, Senate, and Presidency for 7 of the 13 Congresses since Reagan.
During Reagan's 8 years in office, Democrats held the House of Representatives all 8 years, by significant margins, and held the Senate for 6 of the 8 years. In words even a Daily Kossack can understand, Ronald Reagan never once had a united Congress of his own party.
And you expect me to believe Republicans are destroying civilization??
MICHAEL BARONE: Congress can take away your entitlements. But they won't. The Obama administration will, though, if it believes it politically expedient to do so.
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