Posted on 06/23/2013 10:26:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I’m pretty sure it was my first Washington mentor, the great M. Stanton Evans, who told me—and perhaps originated—the famous story of a senior Senate aide explaining American democracy to a Russian visitor shortly after the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991. The story is probably apocryphal, but like Xenophon’s re-telling of Cyrus the Great, or Machiavelli’s subtle mis-tellings of so many stories, it contains the “effectual truth” of the matter:
It’s true, we have a two-party system in America: The Evil Party, and the Stupid Party. And every once and a while the Evil Party and the Stupid Party get together to pass something really evil and stupid. That’s called “bipartisanship.”
It would seem the perfect description of the Gang of Eight and immigration reform. Please save us from bipartisan gangs.
Stan also taught me that whenever you hear about a bad piece of legislation under development in Congress, when you actually read the bill you invariably find out that it’s even worse than you imagined. So Stan’s column a few days ago (I don’t have a link) notes:
On first appraisal, the amnesty/immigration bill before the Senate looks pretty bad. On a more careful comb-through, clause by clause, it looks much worse – like a complete disaster. It also looks like a massive venture in deception...
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
The evil party and the stupid party triumph again!
Much, Much Worse!
That is absolutely brilliant.
I remember the Panama Canal debate, with Howard Henry Baker, Jr., William F. Buckley, Jr., and John Wayne on the liberal side against Reagan, who stood practically alone. I can’t remember where Goldwater stood; does anyone remember?
I would imagine that tens of millions of low-information voters think that “bipartisanship” means you get paid twice instead of getting fleeced twice.
For many of them, it might be true.
M. Stanton Evans is a TREASURE!! He used to be on C-Span a lot when C-Span was NOT just DEMOCRAT.
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