"Commonsense" is everybody's buzzword. It's a throwaway adjective. I'm waiting for some genius to start touting the application of "constitutional" solutions, and slow/steady dismantling of the federal bureaucracy.
Here, from the left-wing of the Republican party:
Republican Main Street Partnership
The goal of the Republican Main Street Partnership is simple; to find commonsense solutions to problems that people are wrestling with each and every day.
What we actually want is to be left alone for the most part. And we are going to have to insist on Constitutional governance until we get just that and nothing more.
“Commonsense” is everybody’s buzzword.
****
It may be, but that doesn’t mean that we should cede it to the dems. If it resonates, we should use it in every answer to every political challenging question.
We have let the leftists own the language for too long.
How about going with what works rather then clinging to the failed dogmas of the Keynesian economic school?
Both JF Kennedy and Ronald Reagan showed them the way to fix a broken economy.
Cut taxes, cuts spending, get the Govt out of the private sector's way. Let the people decide what to do with their money.
Been there, done that. It's ain't rocket science.
Respectfully, I disagree. Gibbs, like most liberals, hasn't got a clue what common sense is. Among many other things;
Common sense tells us that there is a higher Power in charge.
It tells us that man is puny compared to the natural forces of nature and cannot control the climate or effect it much in geologic time scales.
It tells us that we can't insure everyone in the US for less money and maintain quality.
It tells us that no entity can spend more than it earns and survive for long.
It tells us that total government control of indivuals is bad for the individual.
It tells us that in immediate decisions, you have to choose the least harmful, or you end up with Obama and the Dems running the country.
Common sense for me is the basis of conservatism, and Dems will never be able to co opt it....