Comments on: My Advice to the Democrats http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Post-Brown Advice for Dems http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7481 Post-Brown Advice for Dems Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:30:50 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7481 [...] at The New Clarion provides advice to the Democrats, after their recent electoral [...] [...] at The New Clarion provides advice to the Democrats, after their recent electoral [...]

]]> By: JimWoods http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7480 JimWoods Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:11:30 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7480 Before the MA election, I thought that the Democrats were approaching the overreach of the Federalist, which led to their political oblivion beginning in 1800. The election of Brown may have saved the Dems from that fate. My prescription for the Dems: 1) sack Pelosi as Speaker, as her "leadership" precipitated the Bush-Obama recession, 2) pass significant deregulation legislation, as the Dems did in transportation during the 70s, and 3) Obama needs to hire some grownups for the White House staff to teach him to be President instead of simply being the congressional spokesmodel. My prescription for the Reps: Embrace the economic policies of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin, who substantially reduced the debt of the United States by eliminating specific programs, offices, and taxes. Such a program would undermine the spoils system associated with appropriating federal money to political supporters as occurs today. Before the MA election, I thought that the Democrats were approaching the overreach of the Federalist, which led to their political oblivion beginning in 1800. The election of Brown may have saved the Dems from that fate.

My prescription for the Dems:
1) sack Pelosi as Speaker, as her “leadership” precipitated the Bush-Obama recession,
2) pass significant deregulation legislation, as the Dems did in transportation during the 70s, and
3) Obama needs to hire some grownups for the White House staff to teach him to be President instead of simply being the congressional spokesmodel.

My prescription for the Reps: Embrace the economic policies of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin, who substantially reduced the debt of the United States by eliminating specific programs, offices, and taxes. Such a program would undermine the spoils system associated with appropriating federal money to political supporters as occurs today.

]]> By: Myrhaf http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7479 Myrhaf Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:55:27 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7479 2008 showed us that anything is possible. It was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's coronation, right? Coakley had kind of the same expectation in Massachusetts. There is a great deal of discontent on the left with Obama now. Krugman, Jane Hamsher and others are disappointed. We have to remember the incompetence factor. Two or three more years of fecklessness and anything could happen. LBJ knew when to give up. A group of senators went to Nixon and told him it was time to resign. I'm not sure Obama wouldn't welcome quitting. When he was asked why he wanted to be president back when he first considered running, he say something to the effect that it would make people feel good if he was elected. Well, he achieved that the day he was elected. Maybe he is indeed such a narcissist that everything after the symbolic achievement of being the first black man elected president is anti-climactic to him. On the other hand, everything he has done in his first year shows a far leftist ideologue. He remains a peculiar bird to figure out. He's a strange guy, and his coldness reflects his strangeness. He's quite different from Bill Clinton, who is like a puppy dog with his emotions all out there on the surface. 2008 showed us that anything is possible. It was supposed to be Hillary Clinton’s coronation, right? Coakley had kind of the same expectation in Massachusetts.

There is a great deal of discontent on the left with Obama now. Krugman, Jane Hamsher and others are disappointed. We have to remember the incompetence factor. Two or three more years of fecklessness and anything could happen. LBJ knew when to give up. A group of senators went to Nixon and told him it was time to resign.

I’m not sure Obama wouldn’t welcome quitting. When he was asked why he wanted to be president back when he first considered running, he say something to the effect that it would make people feel good if he was elected. Well, he achieved that the day he was elected. Maybe he is indeed such a narcissist that everything after the symbolic achievement of being the first black man elected president is anti-climactic to him. On the other hand, everything he has done in his first year shows a far leftist ideologue. He remains a peculiar bird to figure out. He’s a strange guy, and his coldness reflects his strangeness. He’s quite different from Bill Clinton, who is like a puppy dog with his emotions all out there on the surface.

]]> By: madmax http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7475 madmax Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:07:12 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7475 Is there any possibility that if Obama continues to alienate the country that the Democrats will not chose him as the candidate in 2012? It seems unthinkable but some Conservatives have raised it as a possibility. Is there any possibility that if Obama continues to alienate the country that the Democrats will not chose him as the candidate in 2012? It seems unthinkable but some Conservatives have raised it as a possibility.

]]> By: Bill Brown http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7468 Bill Brown Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:18:37 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/2010/01/my-advice-to-the-democrats/#comment-7468 I'm invoking Godwin's Law early here. I think the Reichstag fire you mention would be global warming if it weren't so darn cold this winter. As it stands now (and given Obama's recent squawks), it sounds like he's going to try and use the banks and their big bonuses as that catalyst. It's definitely manufactured because I've never heard a squawk from anyone I know outside of the strident liberals and the MSM. I think his efforts are going to fall flat because Americans are *generally* not conscious of stratification by class. Envy seems to take more of a "I gots to get me some of that" rather than "he doesn't deserve to have that." I’m invoking Godwin’s Law early here. I think the Reichstag fire you mention would be global warming if it weren’t so darn cold this winter. As it stands now (and given Obama’s recent squawks), it sounds like he’s going to try and use the banks and their big bonuses as that catalyst. It’s definitely manufactured because I’ve never heard a squawk from anyone I know outside of the strident liberals and the MSM.

I think his efforts are going to fall flat because Americans are *generally* not conscious of stratification by class. Envy seems to take more of a “I gots to get me some of that” rather than “he doesn’t deserve to have that.”

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